1958 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

Events at the
1958 European
Athletics Championships

Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
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
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men
Road events
Marathon men
20 km walk 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 1958 European Athletics Championships was held in Stockholm, Sweden, at Stockholms Olympiastadion on 23 and 24 August 1958.[1]

Medalists

Gold Ted Sampson
John MacIsaac
John Wrighton
John Salisbury
 United Kingdom
Silver Carl Kaufmann
Manfred Poerschke
Johannes Kaiser
Karl-Friedrich Haas
 West Germany
Bronze Nils Holmberg
Hans Lindgren
Lennart Jonsson
Alf Petersson
 Sweden

Results

Final

24 August

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1st  United Kingdom Ted Sampson
John MacIsaac
John Wrighton
John Salisbury
3:07.9 CR
2nd  West Germany Carl Kaufmann
Manfred Poerschke
Johannes Kaiser
Karl-Friedrich Haas
3:08.2
3rd  Sweden Nils Holmberg
Hans Lindgren
Lennart Jonsson
Alf Petersson
3:10.7 NR
4  Italy Nereo Fossati
Mario Fraschini
Giovanni Scavo
Renato Panciera
3:11.1
5  Soviet Union Konstantin Grachov
Abram Krivosheyev
Mikhail Nikolskiy
Valentin Rakhmanov
3:11.4
6  Poland Stanisław Swatowski
Jacek Jakubowski
Tadeusz Kaźmierski
Zbigniew Makomaski
3:13.8

Heats

23 August

Heat 1

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1  West Germany Carl Kaufmann
Manfred Poerschke
Johannes Kaiser
Karl-Friedrich Haas
3:12.5 Q
2  Soviet Union Konstantin Grachov
Abram Krivosheyev
Mikhail Nikolskiy
Valentin Rakhmanov
3:13.2 Q
3  Italy Nereo Fossati
Mario Fraschini
Giovanni Scavo
Renato Panciera
3:13.3 Q
4  Finland Börje Strand
Pentti Rekola
Jussi Rintamäki
Voitto Hellstén
3:13.4

Heat 2

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1  United Kingdom Ted Sampson
John MacIsaac
John Wrighton
John Salisbury
3:13.4 Q
2  Sweden Nils Holmberg
Hans Lindgren
Lennart Jonsson
Alf Petersson
3:14.6 Q
3  Poland Stanisław Swatowski
Jacek Jakubowski
Tadeusz Kaźmierski
Zbigniew Makomaski
3:14.9 Q
4   Switzerland Bruno Urben
Bruno Galliker
Christian Wägli
René Weber
3:15.3

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 32 athletes from 8 countries participated in the event.

References

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