1954 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

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The men's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1954 European Athletics Championships was held in Bern, Switzerland, at Stadion Neufeld on 28 and 29 August 1954. [1]

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Medalists

Gold Pierre Haarhoff
Jacques Degats
Jean-Paul Martin-du-Gard
Jean-Pierre Goudeau
Flag of France.svg  France
Silver Hans Geister
Helmut Dreher
Heinz Ulzheimer
Karl-Friedrich Haas
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
Bronze Ragnar Graeffe
Sven-Oswald Mildh
Rolf Back
Voitto Hellsten
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland

Results

Final

29 August

RankNationCompetitorsTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of France.svg  France Pierre Haarhoff
Jacques Degats
Jean-Paul Martin-du-Gard
Jean-Pierre Goudeau
3:08.7CR NR
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Germany.svg  West Germany Hans Geister
Helmut Dreher
Heinz Ulzheimer
Karl-Friedrich Haas
3:08.8
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Finland.svg  Finland Ragnar Graeffe
Sven-Oswald Mildh
Rolf Back
Voitto Hellsten
3:11.5
4Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Gösta Brännström
Uno Elofsson
Tage Ekfeldt
Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt
3:12.5
5Flag of Hungary (1949-1956; 1-2 aspect ratio).svg  Hungary Péter Karádi
Lajos Szentgáli
Egon Solymossy
Zoltán Adamik
3:26.1
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Peter Higgins
Alan Dick
Peter Fryer
Derek Johnson
DQ

Heats

28 August

Heat 1

RankNationCompetitorsTimeNotes
1Flag of Hungary (1949-1956; 1-2 aspect ratio).svg  Hungary Péter Karádi
Lajos Szentgáli
Egon Solymossy
Zoltán Adamik
3:12.0Q
2Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Gösta Brännström
Uno Elofsson
Tage Ekfeldt
Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt
3:12.8Q
3Flag SSSR ot 5 dekabria 1936 goda.svg  Soviet Union Oleg Ageyev
Edmunds Pīlāgs
Timofey Shevchenko
Yuriy Bitter
3:14.1
4Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Gerald Wicher
Rudolf Haidegger
Hans Muchitsch
Ernst Suppan
3:25.7

Heat 2

RankNationCompetitorsTimeNotes
1Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany Hans Geister
Helmut Dreher
Heinz Ulzheimer
Karl-Friedrich Haas
3:09.7CR Q
2Flag of France.svg  France Pierre Haarhoff
Jacques Degats
Jean-Paul Martin-du-Gard
Jean-Pierre Goudeau
3:11.2Q
3Flag of Switzerland.svg   Switzerland René Weber
Josef Steger
Ernst Vogel
Jean-Jacques Hegg
3:13.4

Heat 3

RankNationCompetitorsTimeNotes
1Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Peter Higgins
Alan Dick
Peter Fryer
Derek Johnson
3:10.8Q
2Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Ragnar Graeffe
Sven-Oswald Mildh
Rolf Back
Voitto Hellsten
3:11.3NR Q
3Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Stanisław Swatowski
Zbigniew Makomaski
Lech Sierek
Gerard Mach
3:13.1NR
4Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Charles Cuvelier
Roger Moens
Lucien De Muynck
Dirk Stoclet
3:15.9

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 44 athletes from 11 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