1950 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

Events at the
1950 European
Athletics Championships

Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men
800 m men
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 1950 European Athletics Championships was held in Bruxelles, Belgium, at Stade du Heysel on 26 and 27 August 1950.[1]

Medalists

Gold Martin Pike
Leslie Lewis
Angus Scott
Derek Pugh
 United Kingdom
Silver Baldassare Porto
Armando Filiput
Luigi Paterlini
Antonio Siddi
 Italy
Bronze Gösta Brännström
Tage Ekfeldt
Rune Larsson
Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt
 Sweden

Results

Final

27 August

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s)  United Kingdom Martin Pike
Leslie Lewis
Angus Scott
Derek Pugh
3:10.2 CR
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Italy Baldassare Porto
Armando Filiput
Luigi Paterlini
Antonio Siddi
3:11.0 NR
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Sweden Gösta Brännström
Tage Ekfeldt
Rune Larsson
Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt
3:11.6 NR
4  France René Leroux
Francis Scheweita
Jean-Paul Martin du Gard
Jacques Lunis
3:11.6 NR
5  Soviet Union Pavel Kiyanenko
Gennadiy Modoy
Heino Potter
Sergey Komarov
3:15.4 NR
6  Finland Jaakko Suikkari
Lennart Lindberg
Ragnar Graeffe
Rolf Back
3:16.6 NR

Heats

26 August

Heat 1

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1  Sweden Gösta Brännström
Tage Ekfeldt
Rune Larsson
Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt
3:17.4h
2  United Kingdom Martin Pike
Leslie Lewis
Angus Scott
Derek Pugh
3:18.4h
3  Soviet Union Pavel Kiyanenko
Gennadiy Modoy
Heino Potter
Sergey Komarov
3:18.6h
4  Yugoslavia Marko Račič
Branislav Stankovic
Zvonko Sabolović
Lazar Milosevski
3:19.2h

Heat 2

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1  Italy Baldassare Porto
Armando Filiput
Luigi Paterlini
Antonio Siddi
3:15.2h
2  Finland Jaakko Suikkari
Lennart Lindberg
Ragnar Graeffe
Rolf Back
3:16.4h
3  France René Leroux
Francis Scheweita
Jean-Paul Martin du Gard
Jacques Lunis
3:16.8h
4  Belgium Albert Lowagie
Jean-Baptiste Peeters
Oscar Soetewey
Marcel Dits
3:19.4h
5  Netherlands Jan Hofmeester
Frans Buys
Constant Mahieu
3:19.4 NR

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 36 athletes from 9 countries participated in the event. The fourth member of both the Belgian and Dutch relay teams are unknown.

References

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