1954 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay

Events at the 1954 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men
800 m		men		women
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 100 metres relay at the 1954 European Athletics Championships was held in Bern, Switzerland, at Stadion Neufeld on 27 and 29 August 1954.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	László Zarándi Géza Varasdi György Csányi Béla Goldoványi  Hungary
Silver	Ken Box George Ellis Ken Jones Brian Shenton  United Kingdom
Bronze	Boris Tokarev Viktor Ryabov Levan Sanadze Leonid Bartenyev  Soviet Union

Results

Final

29 August

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
01 !	Hungary	László Zarándi Géza Varasdi György Csányi Béla Goldoványi	40.6	CR
02 !	United Kingdom	Ken Box George Ellis Ken Jones Brian Shenton	40.8
03 !	Soviet Union	Boris Tokarev Viktor Ryabov Levan Sanadze Leonid Bartenyev	40.9
4	Czechoslovakia	Frantisek Broz Bohuslav Hlídek Václav Janeček František Šimánek	40.9	NR
5	Italy	Wolfgango Montanari Sergio D'Asnasch Lucio Sangermano Luigi Gnocchi	41.0
6	Sweden	Börje Andersson Kaj Månsson Sven Olof Westlund Jan Carlsson	41.3

Heats

27 August

Heat 1

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	Soviet Union	Boris Tokarev Viktor Ryabov Levan Sanadze Leonid Bartenyev	41.0	Q
2	United Kingdom	Ken Box George Ellis Ken Jones Brian Shenton	41.0	Q
3	Poland	Nikodem Goździalski Wiesław Holajn Zdobysław Stawczyk Emil Kiszka	41.5	NR
4	Saar	Gert Lemmes Werner Kiefer Kurt Heidrich Erich Ladwein	42.3	NR

Heat 2

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	Czechoslovakia	Frantisek Broz Bohuslav Hlídek Václav Janeček František Šimánek	41.1	NR Q
2	Italy	Wolfgango Montanari Sergio D'Asnasch Lucio Sangermano Luigi Gnocchi	41.2
3	France	René Bonino Yves Camus Ernest Wanko Alain David	41.4
4	Yugoslavia	Milovan Jovančić Aleksandar Benjak Petar Pecelj	42.2
5	West Germany	Leonhard Pohl Peter Kraus Heinz Fütterer Manfred Germar	DQ

Heat 3

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	Hungary	László Zarándi Géza Varasdi György Csányi Béla Goldoványi	40.8	CR Q
2	Sweden	Börje Andersson Kaj Månsson Sven Olof Westlund Jan Carlsson	41.1	NR Q
3	Netherlands	Teun Aret Theo Saat Hayo Rulander Aad van Hardeveld	41.3	NR
4	Belgium	Jacques Vercruysse Carlos Germonprez Roland Vercruysse Isidoor Vandewiele	41.5	NR
5	Switzerland	Joseph Huber Willy Eichenberger Pierfrancesco Campana Hans Wehrli	41.9

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 56 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event. The fourth member of the Yugoslavian relay team is unknown.

References