1954 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay

Events at the
1954 European
Athletics Championships

Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men
800 m men women
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
Pentathlon women
Decathlon men

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

Gold László Zarándi
Géza Varasdi
György Csányi
Béla Goldoványi
 Hungary
Silver Ken Box
George Ellis
Ken Jones
Brian Shenton
 United Kingdom
Bronze Boris Tokarev
Viktor Ryabov
Levan Sanadze
Leonid Bartenyev
 Soviet Union

Results

Final

29 August

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1st  Hungary László Zarándi
Géza Varasdi
György Csányi
Béla Goldoványi
40.6 CR
2nd  United Kingdom Ken Box
George Ellis
Ken Jones
Brian Shenton
40.8
3rd  Soviet Union Boris Tokarev
Viktor Ryabov
Levan Sanadze
Leonid Bartenyev
40.9
4  Czechoslovakia Frantisek Broz
Bohuslav Hlídek
Václav Janeček
František Šimánek
40.9 NR
5  Italy Wolfgango Montanari
Sergio D'Asnasch
Lucio Sangermano
Luigi Gnocchi
41.0
6  Sweden Börje Andersson
Kaj Månsson
Sven Olof Westlund
Jan Carlsson
41.3

Heats

27 August

Heat 1

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1  Soviet Union Boris Tokarev
Viktor Ryabov
Levan Sanadze
Leonid Bartenyev
41.0 Q
2  United Kingdom Ken Box
George Ellis
Ken Jones
Brian Shenton
41.0 Q
3  Poland Nikodem Goździalski
Wiesław Holajn
Zdobysław Stawczyk
Emil Kiszka
41.5 NR
4  Saar Gert Lemmes
Werner Kiefer
Kurt Heidrich
Erich Ladwein
42.3 NR

Heat 2

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1  Czechoslovakia Frantisek Broz
Bohuslav Hlídek
Václav Janeček
František Šimánek
41.1 NR Q
2  Italy Wolfgango Montanari
Sergio D'Asnasch
Lucio Sangermano
Luigi Gnocchi
41.2
3  France René Bonino
Yves Camus
Ernest Wanko
Alain David
41.4
4  Yugoslavia Milovan Jovančić
Aleksandar Benjak
Petar Pecelj
42.2
5  West Germany Leonhard Pohl
Peter Kraus
Heinz Fütterer
Manfred Germar
DQ

Heat 3

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1  Hungary László Zarándi
Géza Varasdi
György Csányi
Béla Goldoványi
40.8 CR Q
2  Sweden Börje Andersson
Kaj Månsson
Sven Olof Westlund
Jan Carlsson
41.1 NR Q
3  Netherlands Teun Aret
Theo Saat
Hayo Rulander
Aad van Hardeveld
41.3 NR
4  Belgium Jacques Vercruysse
Carlos Germonprez
Roland Vercruysse
Isidoor Vandewiele
41.5 NR
5   Switzerland Joseph Huber
Willy Eichenberger
Pierfrancesco Campana
Hans Wehrli
41.9

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 56 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event. The fourth member of the Yugoslavian relay team is unknown.

References

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