1950 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

The men's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1950 European Athletics Championships was held in Bruxelles, Belgium, at Stade du Heysel on 26 and 27 August 1950.[1]

Medalists

GoldMartin Pike
Leslie Lewis
Angus Scott
Derek Pugh
 Great Britain
SilverBaldassare Porto
Armando Filiput
Luigi Paterlini
Antonio Siddi
 Italy
BronzeGösta Brännström
Tage Ekfeldt
Rune Larsson
Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt
 Sweden

Results

Final

27 August

RankNationCompetitorsTimeNotes
 Great BritainMartin Pike
Leslie Lewis
Angus Scott
Derek Pugh
3:10.2CR
 ItalyBaldassare Porto
Armando Filiput
Luigi Paterlini
Antonio Siddi
3:11.0NR
 SwedenGösta Brännström
Tage Ekfeldt
Rune Larsson
Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt
3:11.6NR
4 FranceRené Leroux
Francis Schewetta
Jean-Paul Martin du Gard
Jacques Lunis
3:11.6NR
5 Soviet UnionPavel Kiyanenko
Gennadiy Modoy
Heino Potter
Sergey Komarov
3:15.4NR
6 FinlandJaakko Suikkari
Lennart Lindberg
Ragnar Graeffe
Rolf Back
3:16.6NR

Heats

26 August

Heat 1

RankNationCompetitorsTimeNotes
1 SwedenGösta Brännström
Tage Ekfeldt
Rune Larsson
Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt
3:17.4h
2 Great BritainMartin Pike
Leslie Lewis
Angus Scott
Derek Pugh
3:18.4h
3 Soviet UnionPavel Kiyanenko
Gennadiy Modoy
Heino Potter
Sergey Komarov
3:18.6h
4 BelgiumAlbert Lowagie
Jean-Baptiste Peeters
Oscar Soetewey
Marcel Dits
3:19.4h

Heat 2

RankNationCompetitorsTimeNotes
1 ItalyBaldassare Porto
Armando Filiput
Luigi Paterlini
Antonio Siddi
3:15.2h
2 FinlandJaakko Suikkari
Lennart Lindberg
Ragnar Graeffe
Rolf Back
3:16.4h
3 FranceRené Leroux
Francis Schewetta
Jean-Paul Martin du Gard
Jacques Lunis
3:16.8h
4 YugoslaviaMarko Račič
Branislav Stankovic
Zvonko Sabolović
Lazar Milosevski
3:19.2h
5 NetherlandsJan Hofmeester
Frans Buys
Constant Mahieu
3:19.4NR

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 36 athletes from 9 countries participated in the event. The fourth member of both the Belgian and Dutch relay teams are unknown.

References

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