1954 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay

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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]

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Medalists

Gold László Zarándi
Géza Varasdi
György Csányi
Béla Goldoványi
Flag of Hungary (1949-1956; 1-2 aspect ratio).svg  Hungary
Silver Ken Box
George Ellis
Ken Jones
Brian Shenton
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Bronze Boris Tokarev
Viktor Ryabov
Levan Sanadze
Leonid Bartenyev
Flag of the USSR (1936-1955).svg  Soviet Union

Results

Final

29 August

RankNationCompetitorsTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Hungary (1949-1956; 1-2 aspect ratio).svg  Hungary László Zarándi
Géza Varasdi
György Csányi
Béla Goldoványi
40.6CR
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Ken Box
George Ellis
Ken Jones
Brian Shenton
40.8
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of the USSR (1936-1955).svg  Soviet Union Boris Tokarev
Viktor Ryabov
Levan Sanadze
Leonid Bartenyev
40.9
4Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia František Brož
Bohuslav Hlídek
Václav Janeček
František Šimánek
40.9NR
5Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Wolfgango Montanari
Sergio D'Asnasch
Lucio Sangermano
Luigi Gnocchi
41.0
6Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Börje Andersson
Kaj Månsson
Sven Olof Westlund
Jan Carlsson
41.3

Heats

27 August

Heat 1

RankNationCompetitorsTimeNotes
1Flag of the USSR (1936-1955).svg  Soviet Union Boris Tokarev
Viktor Ryabov
Levan Sanadze
Leonid Bartenyev
41.0Q
2Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Ken Box
George Ellis
Ken Jones
Brian Shenton
41.0Q
3Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Nikodem Goździalski
Wiesław Holajn
Zdobysław Stawczyk
Emil Kiszka
41.5NR
4Flag of Saar (1947-1956).svg  Saar Gert Lemmes
Werner Kiefer
Kurt Heidrich
Erich Ladwein
42.3NR

Heat 2

RankNationCompetitorsTimeNotes
1Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia František Brož
Bohuslav Hlídek
Václav Janeček
František Šimánek
41.1NR Q
2Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Wolfgango Montanari
Sergio D'Asnasch
Lucio Sangermano
Luigi Gnocchi
41.2
3Flag of France.svg  France René Bonino
Yves Camus
Ernest Wanko
Alain David
41.4
4Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia Milovan Jovančić
Aleksandar Benjak
Petar Pecelj
Veljko Petrović
42.2
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany Leonhard Pohl
Peter Kraus
Heinz Fütterer
Manfred Germar
DQ

Heat 3

RankNationCompetitorsTimeNotes
1Flag of Hungary (1949-1956; 1-2 aspect ratio).svg  Hungary László Zarándi
Géza Varasdi
György Csányi
Béla Goldoványi
40.8CR Q
2Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Börje Andersson
Kaj Månsson
Sven Olof Westlund
Jan Carlsson
41.1NR Q
3Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Teun Aret
Theo Saat
Hayo Rulander
Aad van Hardeveld
41.3NR
4Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Jacques Vercruysse
Carlos Germonprez
Roland Vercruysse
Isidoor Vandewiele
41.5NR
5Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  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.

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References

  1. European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 377–384, retrieved 13 August 2014