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

GoldLászló Zarándi
Géza Varasdi
György Csányi
Béla Goldoványi
 Hungary
SilverKen Box
George Ellis
Ken Jones
Brian Shenton
 Great Britain
BronzeBoris Tokarev
Viktor Ryabov
Levan Sanadze
Leonid Bartenyev
 Soviet Union

Results

Final

29 August

RankNationCompetitorsTimeNotes
 HungaryLászló Zarándi
Géza Varasdi
György Csányi
Béla Goldoványi
40.6CR
 Great BritainKen Box
George Ellis
Ken Jones
Brian Shenton
40.8
 Soviet UnionBoris Tokarev
Viktor Ryabov
Levan Sanadze
Leonid Bartenyev
40.9
4 CzechoslovakiaFrantišek Brož
Bohuslav Hlídek
Václav Janeček
František Šimánek
40.9NR
5 ItalyWolfgango Montanari
Sergio D'Asnasch
Lucio Sangermano
Luigi Gnocchi
41.0
6 SwedenBörje Andersson
Kaj Månsson
Sven Olof Westlund
Jan Carlsson
41.3

Heats

27 August

Heat 1

RankNationCompetitorsTimeNotes
1 Soviet UnionBoris Tokarev
Viktor Ryabov
Levan Sanadze
Leonid Bartenyev
41.0Q
2 Great BritainKen Box
George Ellis
Ken Jones
Brian Shenton
41.0Q
3 PolandNikodem Goździalski
Wiesław Holajn
Zdobysław Stawczyk
Emil Kiszka
41.5NR
4 SaarGert Lemmes
Werner Kiefer
Kurt Heidrich
Erich Ladwein
42.3NR

Heat 2

RankNationCompetitorsTimeNotes
1 CzechoslovakiaFrantišek Brož
Bohuslav Hlídek
Václav Janeček
František Šimánek
41.1NR Q
2 ItalyWolfgango Montanari
Sergio D'Asnasch
Lucio Sangermano
Luigi Gnocchi
41.2
3 FranceRené Bonino
Yves Camus
Ernest Wanko
Alain David
41.4
4 YugoslaviaMilovan Jovančić
Aleksandar Benjak
Petar Pecelj
Veljko Petrović
42.2
 West GermanyLeonhard Pohl
Peter Kraus
Heinz Fütterer
Manfred Germar
DQ

Heat 3

RankNationCompetitorsTimeNotes
1 HungaryLászló Zarándi
Géza Varasdi
György Csányi
Béla Goldoványi
40.8CR Q
2 SwedenBörje Andersson
Kaj Månsson
Sven Olof Westlund
Jan Carlsson
41.1NR Q
3 NetherlandsTeun Aret
Theo Saat
Hayo Rulander
Aad van Hardeveld
41.3NR
4 BelgiumJacques Vercruysse
Carlos Germonprez
Roland Vercruysse
Isidoor Vandewiele
41.5NR
5  SwitzerlandJoseph Huber
Willy Eichenberger
Pierfrancesco Campana
Hans Wehrli
41.9

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 56 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

References

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