1938 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

Events at the
1938 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
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men
Road events
Marathon men
50 km walk men
Field events
Long jump men women
Triple jump men
High jump men women
Pole vault men
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Hammer throw men
Combined events
Decathlon men

The men's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1938 European Athletics Championships was held in Paris, France, at Stade Olympique de Colombes on 5 September 1938.[1]

Medalists

Gold Herman Blazejezak
Manfred Bues
Erich Linnhoff
Rudolf Harbig
 Germany
Silver John Barnes
Alfred Baldwin
Alan Pennington
Godfrey Brown
 United Kingdom
Bronze Lars Nilsson
Carl-Henrik Gustafsson
Bertil Thomasson
Bertil von Wachenfeldt
 Sweden

Results

Final

5 September

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s)  Germany Herman Blazejezak
Manfred Bues
Erich Linnhoff
Rudolf Harbig
3:13.7 CR
2nd, silver medalist(s)  United Kingdom John Barnes
Alfred Baldwin
Alan Pennington
Godfrey Brown
3:14.9
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Sweden Lars Nilsson
Carl-Henrik Gustafsson
Bertil Thomasson
Bertil von Wachenfeldt
3:17.3
4  France Joseph Bertolino
André Gardien
Jacques Lévèque
Prudent Joye
3:18.3
5  Italy Angelo Ferrario
Gioacchino Dorascenzi
Otello Spampani
Mario Lanzi
3:19.7
6  Hungary Gyula Gyenes
Ferenc Temesvári
József Vadas
János Görkói
3:22.9

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 6 countries participated in the event.

References

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