1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay

Events at the
1946 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
Decathlon men

The men's 4 x 100 metres relay at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held in Oslo, Norway, at Bislett Stadion on 24 and 25 August 1946.[1]

Medalists

Gold Stig Danielsson
Inge Nilsson
Olle Laessker
Stig Håkansson
 Sweden
Silver Agathon Lepève
Julien Lebas
Pierre Gonon
René Valmy
 France
Bronze Mirko Paráček
Leopold Láznička
Miroslav Řihošek
Jiří David
 Czechoslovakia

Results

Final

25 August

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s)  Sweden Stig Danielsson
Inge Nilsson
Olle Laessker
Stig Håkansson
41.5
2nd, silver medalist(s)  France Agathon Lepève
Julien Lebas
Pierre Gonon
René Valmy
42.0
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Czechoslovakia Mirko Paráček
Leopold Láznička
Miroslav Řihošek
Jiří David
42.2 NR
4  Netherlands Jan Lammers
Chris van Osta
Jo Zwaan
Gabe Scholten
42.3
5  United Kingdom Thomas Jover
Bert Liffen
Robert Roach
Jack Archer
42.4
6  Belgium Herman Kunnen
Fernand Bourgaux
François Braekman
Pol Braekman
43.5

Heats

24 August

Heat 1

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1  United Kingdom Thomas Jover
Bert Liffen
Robert Roach
Jack Archer
42.3h Q
2  Belgium Herman Kunnen
Fernand Bourgaux
François Braekman
Pol Braekman
42.4h Q
3  Czechoslovakia Mirko Paráček
Leopold Láznička
Miroslav Řihošek
Jiří David
42.6 NR Q
4  Norway Kjell Mangset
Peter Bloch
Rolf Bakken
Haakon Tranberg
42.8h
5  Denmark Tage Egemose
Børge Stougaard
Gunnar Christensen
Arne Thisted
43.1h

Heat 2

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1  Sweden Stig Danielsson
Inge Nilsson
Olle Laessker
Stig Håkansson
41.9h Q
2  France Agathon Lepève
Julien Lebas
Pierre Gonon
René Valmy
42.3h Q
3  Netherlands Jan Lammers
Chris van Osta
Jo Zwaan
Gabe Scholten
42.4h Q
4  Italy Michele Tito
Giusto Cattoni
Carlo Manara
Carlo Monti
42.5h

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 36 athletes from 9 countries participated in the event.

References

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