Men's 4×400 metre relay at the Games of the V Olympiad
The winning American relay team.
Venue	Stockholm Olympic Stadium
Dates	July 14 (semifinals) July 15 (final)
Competitors	28 from 7 nations
Medalists
United States (USA) Edward Lindberg, Ted Meredith, Charles Reidpath, Mel Sheppard    France (FRA) Pierre Failliot, Charles Lelong, Charles Poulenard, Robert Schurrer    Great Britain (GBR) Ernest Henley, George Nicol, Cyril Seedhouse, James Soutter
	1920»

Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men
200 m		men
400 m		men
800 m		men
1500 m		men
5000 m		men
10000 m		men
110 m hurdles		men
4×100 m relay		men
4×400 m relay		men
3000 m team race		men
10 km walk		men
Road events
Marathon	men
Field events
Long jump	men
Triple jump	men
High jump	men
Pole vault	men
Standing long jump	men
Standing high jump	men
Shot put	men
Discus throw	men
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men
2-hand shot put	men
2-hand discus	men
2-hand javelin	men
Combined events
Pentathlon	men
Decathlon	men
Cross-country events
Individual	men
Team	men

The men's 4x400 metre relay was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the debut appearance of the event, which along with the 4x100 metre relay marked the first relays of equal legs in the athletics programme (a medley relay had been held in 1908). The competition was held on Sunday, July 14, 1912 and on Monday, July 15, 1912.

Twenty-eight runners from seven nations competed.

[edit] Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1912 Summer Olympics.

World Record	3:18.2	Harry Schaaf Harry Gissing James Rosenberger Mel Sheppard	New York (USA)	September 4, 1911
Olympic Record	-	none	-	-

The British squad, running in the first semifinal, set the best time of the semifinal round with 3:19.0 minutes. It was bettered by the Americans in the final, as they took the gold medal and set a new world record in 3:16.6 minutes.

[edit] Results

The final: Edward Lindberg passing over the baton to Ted Meredith.

[edit] Semifinals

All semifinals were held on Sunday, July 14, 1912.

Semifinal 1

Place	Athletes	Time	Qual.
1	George Nicol, Ernest Henley, James Soutter, Cyril Seedhouse (GBR)	3:19.0 OR	QF
2	George Brock, John Howard, Thomas Gallon, John Tait (CAN)	3:22.2

Semifinal 2

Place	Athletes	Time	Qual.
1	Mel Sheppard, Edward Lindberg, Ted Meredith, Charles Reidpath (USA)	3:23.3	QF
2	Hanns Braun, Max Herrmann, Hermann Burkowitz, Erich Lehmann (GER)	3:28.5

Semifinal 3

Place	Athletes	Time	Qual.
1	Charles Lelong, Robert Schurrer, Pierre Failliot, Charles Poulenard (FRA)	3:22.5	QF
2	Paul Zerling, John Dahlin, Eric Lindholm, Knut Stenborg (SWE)	3:25.0
3.	Ervin Szerelemhegyi, Ödön Bodor, István Déván, Frigyes Wiesner (HUN)	3:29.4

[edit] Final

The final was held on Monday, July 15, 1912.

Place	Athletes	Time
1	Mel Sheppard, Edward Lindberg, Ted Meredith, Charles Reidpath (USA)	3:16.6 WR
2	Charles Lelong, Robert Schurrer, Pierre Failliot, Charles Poulenard (FRA)	3:20.7
3	George Nicol, Ernest Henley, James Soutter, Cyril Seedhouse (GBR)	3:23.2

[edit] References

• Bergvall, Erik (ed.) (1913). Adams-Ray, Edward (trans.).. ed. The Official Report of the Olympic Games of Stockholm 1912. Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand. 
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich". http://olympic.w.interia.pl/. Retrieved 1 January 2007.  (Polish)