1962 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

Men's 4 x 400 metres relay at the European Athletics Championships

The men's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1962 European Athletics Championships was held in Belgrade, then Yugoslavia, at JNA Stadium on 16 September 1962.

Medalists

Gold	Johannes Schmitt Wilfried Kindermann Hans-Joachim Reske Manfred Kinder West Germany
Silver	Barry Jackson Ken Wilcock Adrian Metcalfe Robbie Brightwell Great Britain
Bronze	Bruno Galliker Marius Theiler Hansruedi Bruder Jean-Louis Descloux Switzerland

Results

Final

16 September

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
	West Germany	Johannes Schmitt Wilfried Kindermann Hans-Joachim Reske Manfred Kinder	3:05.8	CR
	Great Britain	Barry Jackson Ken Wilcock Adrian Metcalfe Robbie Brightwell	3:05.9
	Switzerland	Bruno Galliker Marius Theiler Hansruedi Bruder Jean-Louis Descloux	3:07.0	NR
4	Sweden	Bo Althoff Ronny Sunesson Bengt-Göran Fernström Hans-Olof Johansson	3:07.7	NR
5	Italy	Mario Fraschini Vittorio Barberis Gian Paolo Iraldo Salvatore Morale	3:07.8
6	France	Jean Bertozzi Bernard Martin Jean-Pierre Boccardo Germain Nelzy	3:08.9

Heats

16 September

Heat 1

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	Great Britain	Barry Jackson Ken Wilcock Adrian Metcalfe Robbie Brightwell	3:09.4	Q
2	Italy	Mario Fraschini Vittorio Barberis Gian Paolo Iraldo Salvatore Morale	3:10.0	Q
3	Sweden	Bo Althoff Ronny Sunesson Bengt-Göran Fernström Hans-Olof Johansson	3:10.2	Q
4	Soviet Union	Viktor Bychkov Valeriy Bulyshev Vadym Arkhypchuk Vasyl Anisimov	3:10.6
5	Yugoslavia	Srđan Savić Miloje Grujić Viktor Šnajder Miroslav Bosnar	3:12.5
	Czechoslovakia	Jaromír Šlégr Jan Kasal Josef Odložil Josef Trousil	DNF

Heat 2

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	West Germany	Johannes Schmitt Wilfried Kindermann Hans-Joachim Reske Manfred Kinder	3:08.8	Q
2	France	Jean Bertozzi Bernard Martin Jean-Pierre Boccardo Germain Nelzy	3:09.2	Q
3	Switzerland	Bruno Galliker Marius Theiler Hansruedi Bruder Jean-Louis Descloux	3:09.7	Q
4	Poland	Andrzej Badeński Stanisław Swatowski Ireneusz Kluczek Jerzy Kowalski	3:10.2
5	Finland	Börje Strand Pentti Rekola Olavi Salonen Jussi Rintamäki	3:13.8
6	Turkey	Gürkan Çevik Fahir Özgüden Ferruh Oygur Muharrem Dalkılıç	3:21.3

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 48 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.

• Czechoslovakia (4)
• Finland (4)
• France (4)
• Italy (4)
• Poland (4)
• Soviet Union (4)
• Sweden (4)
• Switzerland (4)
• Turkey (4)
• Great Britain (4)
• West Germany (4)
• Yugoslavia (4)