1954 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 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 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
| Gold | Pierre Haarhoff Jacques Degats Jean-Paul Martin-du-Gard Jean-Pierre Goudeau  France |
| Silver | Hans Geister Helmut Dreher Heinz Ulzheimer Karl-Friedrich Haas  West Germany |
| Bronze | Ragnar Graeffe Sven-Oswald Mildh Rolf Back Voitto Hellstén  Finland |
Results
Final
29 August
| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | France | Pierre Haarhoff Jacques Degats Jean-Paul Martin-du-Gard Jean-Pierre Goudeau | 3:08.7 | CR NR |
 | West Germany | Hans Geister Helmut Dreher Heinz Ulzheimer Karl-Friedrich Haas | 3:08.8 | |
 | Finland | Ragnar Graeffe Sven-Oswald Mildh Rolf Back Voitto Hellstén | 3:11.5 | |
| 4 |  Sweden | Gösta Brännström Uno Elofsson Tage Ekfeldt Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt | 3:12.5 | |
| 5 | .svg.png){kind=small} Hungary | Péter Karádi Lajos Szentgáli Egon Solymossy Zoltán Adámik | 3:26.1 | |
| 6 |  United Kingdom | Peter Higgins Alan Dick Peter Fryer Derek Johnson | DQ |
Heats
28 August
Heat 1
| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungary | Péter Karádi Lajos Szentgáli Egon Solymossy Zoltán Adámik | 3:12.0 | Q |
| 2 | Sweden | Gösta Brännström Uno Elofsson Tage Ekfeldt Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt | 3:12.8 | Q |
| 3 | .svg.png){kind=small} Soviet Union | Oleg Ageyev Edmunds Pīlāgs Timofey Shevchenko Yuriy Bitter | 3:14.1 | |
| 4 |  Austria | Gerald Wicher Rudolf Haidegger Hans Muchitsch Ernst Suppan | 3:25.7 |
Heat 2
| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Germany | Hans Geister Helmut Dreher Heinz Ulzheimer Karl-Friedrich Haas | 3:09.7 | CR Q |
| 2 | France | Pierre Haarhoff Jacques Degats Jean-Paul Martin-du-Gard Jean-Pierre Goudeau | 3:11.2 | Q |
| 3 |  Switzerland | René Weber Josef Steger Ernst Vogel Jean-Jacques Hegg | 3:13.4 |
Heat 3
| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Kingdom | Peter Higgins Alan Dick Peter Fryer Derek Johnson | 3:10.8 | Q |
| 2 | Finland | Ragnar Graeffe Sven-Oswald Mildh Rolf Back Voitto Hellstén | 3:11.3 | NR Q |
| 3 |  Poland | Stanisław Swatowski Zbigniew Makomaski Lech Sierek Gerard Mach | 3:13.1 | NR |
| 4 | .svg.png){kind=small} Belgium | Charles 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.
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References
- ↑ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 377–384, retrieved 13 August 2014
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