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
| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |  France | Pierre Haarhoff Jacques Degats Jean-Paul Martin-du-Gard Jean-Pierre Goudeau | 3:08.7 | CR NR |
 |  West Germany | Hans Geister Helmut Dreher Heinz Ulzheimer Karl-Friedrich Haas | 3:08.8 | |
 |  Finland | Ragnar Graeffe Sven-Oswald Mildh Rolf Back Voitto Hellsten | 3:11.5 | |
| 4 |  Sweden | Gösta Brännström Uno Elofsson Tage Ekfeldt Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt | 3:12.5 | |
| 5 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Hungary | Péter Karádi Lajos Szentgáli Egon Solymossy Zoltán Adamik | 3:26.1 | |
 Great Britain | Peter Higgins Alan Dick Peter Fryer Derek Johnson | DQ |
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 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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 | Great Britain | 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 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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
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