1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

Events at the 1946 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men
800 m		men
1500 m		men
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
80 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men
3000 m steeplechase		men
10,000 m track walk		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men
Road events
Marathon		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Decathlon		men

The men's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held in Oslo, Norway, at Bislett Stadion on 25 August 1946.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Bernard Santona Yves Cros Robert Chef d’Hôtel Jacques Lunis  France
Silver	Ronald Ede Derek Pugh Bernard Elliott William Roberts  United Kingdom
Bronze	Folke Alnevik Stig Lindgård Sven-Erik Nolinge Tore Sten  Sweden

Results

Final

25 August

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
	France	Bernard Santona Yves Cros Robert Chef d’Hôtel Jacques Lunis	3:14.4
	United Kingdom	Ronald Ede Derek Pugh Bernard Elliott William Roberts	3:14.5
	Sweden	Folke Alnevik Stig Lindgård Sven-Erik Nolinge Tore Sten	3:15.0
4	Denmark	Herluf Christensen Knud Greenfort Gunnar Bergsten Niels Holst-Sørensen	3:15.4
5	Switzerland	Werner Rugel Werner Christen Karl Volkmer Oskar Hardmeier	3:20.8
6	Czechoslovakia	Vlastimil Holeček Tomas Sale Jiří David Leopold Láznička	3:33.6

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 6 countries participated in the event.

Czechoslovakia (4)  Denmark (4)

France (4)  Sweden (4)

Switzerland (4)

United Kingdom (4)

References

1. European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 367–372, retrieved 13 August 2014