1954 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
The men's 4 x 100 metres relay at the 1954 European Athletics Championships was held in Bern, Switzerland, at Stadion Neufeld on 27 and 29 August 1954.[1]
Medalists
Results
Final
29 August
Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Hungary | László Zarándi Géza Varasdi György Csányi Béla Goldoványi |
40.6 | CR | |
Great Britain | Ken Box George Ellis Ken Jones Brian Shenton |
40.8 | ||
Soviet Union | Boris Tokarev Viktor Ryabov Levan Sanadze Leonid Bartenyev |
40.9 | ||
4 | Czechoslovakia | František Brož Bohuslav Hlídek Václav Janeček František Šimánek |
40.9 | NR |
5 | Italy | Wolfgango Montanari Sergio D'Asnasch Lucio Sangermano Luigi Gnocchi |
41.0 | |
6 | Sweden | Börje Andersson Kaj Månsson Sven Olof Westlund Jan Carlsson |
41.3 |
Heats
27 August
Heat 1
Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Soviet Union | Boris Tokarev Viktor Ryabov Levan Sanadze Leonid Bartenyev |
41.0 | Q |
2 | Great Britain | Ken Box George Ellis Ken Jones Brian Shenton |
41.0 | Q |
3 | Poland | Nikodem Goździalski Wiesław Holajn Zdobysław Stawczyk Emil Kiszka |
41.5 | NR |
4 | Saar | Gert Lemmes Werner Kiefer Kurt Heidrich Erich Ladwein |
42.3 | NR |
Heat 2
Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Czechoslovakia | František Brož Bohuslav Hlídek Václav Janeček František Šimánek |
41.1 | NR Q |
2 | Italy | Wolfgango Montanari Sergio D'Asnasch Lucio Sangermano Luigi Gnocchi |
41.2 | |
3 | France | René Bonino Yves Camus Ernest Wanko Alain David |
41.4 | |
4 | Yugoslavia | Milovan Jovančić Aleksandar Benjak Petar Pecelj Veljko Petrović |
42.2 | |
West Germany | Leonhard Pohl Peter Kraus Heinz Fütterer Manfred Germar |
DQ |
Heat 3
Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Hungary | László Zarándi Géza Varasdi György Csányi Béla Goldoványi |
40.8 | CR Q |
2 | Sweden | Börje Andersson Kaj Månsson Sven Olof Westlund Jan Carlsson |
41.1 | NR Q |
3 | Netherlands | Teun Aret Theo Saat Hayo Rulander Aad van Hardeveld |
41.3 | NR |
4 | Belgium | Jacques Vercruysse Carlos Germonprez Roland Vercruysse Isidoor Vandewiele |
41.5 | NR |
5 | Switzerland | Joseph Huber Willy Eichenberger Pierfrancesco Campana Hans Wehrli |
41.9 |
Participation
According to an unofficial count, 56 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.
- Belgium (4)
- Czechoslovakia (4)
- France (4)
- Hungary (4)
- Italy (4)
- Netherlands (4)
- Poland (4)
- Saar (4)
- Soviet Union (4)
- Sweden (4)
- Switzerland (4)
- Great Britain (4)
- West Germany (4)
- Yugoslavia (4)
References
- ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 377–384, retrieved 13 August 2014