Athletics at the 1959 Summer Universiade – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay

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The men's 4 × 100 metres relay event at the 1959 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadio Comunale di Torino in Turin on 6 September 1959.[1][2]

Results[edit]

Heats[edit]

Rank Heat Nation Athletes Time Notes
1 1  Italy Guido De Murtas, Salvatore Giannone, Giorgio Mazza, Livio Berruti 41.2 Q
2 1  Poland Bogusław Gierajewski, Janusz Ludka, Jerzy Pilaczyński, Jan Cholewa 42.5 Q
3 1  Great Britain Brian Anson, Jim Railton, Archie MacDonald, Ian Taylor 42.8 Q
4 1  Belgium Romain Poté, Gaston Knockaert, Julien De Decker, Jean-Pierre Barra 43.3
1 2  West Germany Rudolf Sundermann, Martin Reichert, Burkhart Quantz, Fritz Helfrich 41.6 Q
2 2  France Ali Brakchi, Joël Caprice, Jean-Claude Penez, Guy Lagorce 41.6 Q[3]
3 2  Japan Hiroshi Shibata, Yoshiaki Osada, Koji Sakurai, Norihiko Kubo 42.6 Q
4 2  Greece Giorgos Katsibardis, Dimitrios Skourtis, Georgios Marsellos, Nikolaos Georgopoulos 43.3
5 2  Pakistan Iftikhar Shah, Mohd, Farooq, Tahir 43.6

Final[edit]

[4]

Rank Nation Athletes Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Italy Guido De Murtas, Salvatore Giannone, Giorgio Mazza, Livio Berruti 41.0
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  West Germany Rudolf Sundermann, Martin Reichert, Burkhart Quantz, Fritz Helfrich 41.0
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  France Ali Brakchi, Joël Caprice, Jean-Claude Penez, Guy Lagorce 41.4 [3]
4  Great Britain Brian Anson, Jim Railton, Archie MacDonald, Ian Taylor 42.0
5  Poland Bogusław Gierajewski, Janusz Ludka, Jerzy Pilaczyński, Jan Cholewa 42.0
6  Japan Hiroshi Shibata, Yoshiaki Osada, Koji Sakurai, Norihiko Kubo 42.3

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Resultados Universiada - 1959" (PDF). Atletismo (in Spanish). November 1959: 9–10. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  2. ^ Results at Tilastopaja
  3. ^ a b French results
  4. ^ García, Gerardo (7 September 1959). "Terminaron los Juegos de la Universiada" (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. p. 6. Retrieved 26 February 2021.