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

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]

Medalists

GoldPierre Haarhoff
Jacques Degats
Jean-Paul Martin-du-Gard
Jean-Pierre Goudeau
 France
SilverHans Geister
Helmut Dreher
Heinz Ulzheimer
Karl-Friedrich Haas
 West Germany
BronzeRagnar Graeffe
Sven-Oswald Mildh
Rolf Back
Voitto Hellsten
 Finland

Results

Final

29 August

RankNationCompetitorsTimeNotes
 FrancePierre Haarhoff
Jacques Degats
Jean-Paul Martin-du-Gard
Jean-Pierre Goudeau
3:08.7CR NR
 West GermanyHans Geister
Helmut Dreher
Heinz Ulzheimer
Karl-Friedrich Haas
3:08.8
 FinlandRagnar Graeffe
Sven-Oswald Mildh
Rolf Back
Voitto Hellsten
3:11.5
4 SwedenGösta Brännström
Uno Elofsson
Tage Ekfeldt
Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt
3:12.5
5 HungaryPéter Karádi
Lajos Szentgáli
Egon Solymossy
Zoltán Adamik
3:26.1
 Great BritainPeter Higgins
Alan Dick
Peter Fryer
Derek Johnson
DQ

Heats

28 August

Heat 1

RankNationCompetitorsTimeNotes
1 HungaryPéter Karádi
Lajos Szentgáli
Egon Solymossy
Zoltán Adamik
3:12.0Q
2 SwedenGösta Brännström
Uno Elofsson
Tage Ekfeldt
Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt
3:12.8Q
3 Soviet UnionOleg Ageyev
Edmunds Pīlāgs
Timofey Shevchenko
Yuriy Bitter
3:14.1
4 AustriaGerald Wicher
Rudolf Haidegger
Hans Muchitsch
Ernst Suppan
3:25.7

Heat 2

RankNationCompetitorsTimeNotes
1 West GermanyHans Geister
Helmut Dreher
Heinz Ulzheimer
Karl-Friedrich Haas
3:09.7CR Q
2 FrancePierre Haarhoff
Jacques Degats
Jean-Paul Martin-du-Gard
Jean-Pierre Goudeau
3:11.2Q
3  SwitzerlandRené Weber
Josef Steger
Ernst Vogel
Jean-Jacques Hegg
3:13.4

Heat 3

RankNationCompetitorsTimeNotes
1 Great BritainPeter Higgins
Alan Dick
Peter Fryer
Derek Johnson
3:10.8Q
2 FinlandRagnar Graeffe
Sven-Oswald Mildh
Rolf Back
Voitto Hellsten
3:11.3NR Q
3 PolandStanisław Swatowski
Zbigniew Makomaski
Lech Sierek
Gerard Mach
3:13.1NR
4 BelgiumCharles 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.

References

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