1954 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
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
Results
Final
29 August
Heats
28 August
Heat 1
| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Hungary |
Péter Karádi Lajos Szentgáli Egon Solymossy Zoltán Adamik |
3:12.0 | Q |
| 2 |  Sweden |
Gösta Brännström Uno Elofsson Tage Ekfeldt Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt |
3:12.8 | Q |
| 3 |  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 Hellsten |
3:11.3 | NR Q |
| 3 |  Poland |
Stanisław Swatowski Zbigniew Makomaski Lech Sierek Gerard Mach |
3:13.1 | NR |
| 4 |  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