1962 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

Events at the
1962 European
Athletics Championships

Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
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
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men
Road events
Marathon men
20 km walk 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 1962 European Athletics Championships was held in Beograd, then Yugoslavia, at JNA Stadium on 16 September 1962.[1]

Medalists

Gold Johannes Schmitt
Wilfried Kindermann
Hans-Joachim Reske
Manfred Kinder
 West Germany
Silver Barry Jackson
Ken Wilcock
Adrian Metcalfe
Robbie Brightwell
 United Kingdom
Bronze Bruno Galliker
Marius Theiler
Hansrüdi Bruder
Jean-Louis Descloux
  Switzerland

Results

Final

16 September

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s)  West Germany Johannes Schmitt
Wilfried Kindermann
Hans-Joachim Reske
Manfred Kinder
3:05.8 CR
2nd, silver medalist(s)  United Kingdom Barry Jackson
Ken Wilcock
Adrian Metcalfe
Robbie Brightwell
3:05.9
3rd, bronze medalist(s)   Switzerland Bruno Galliker
Marius Theiler
Hansrüdi Bruder
Jean-Louis Descloux
3:07.0 NR
4  Sweden Bo Althoff
Ronny Sunesson
Bengt-Göran Fernström
Hans-Olof Johansson
3:07.7 NR
5  Italy Mario Fraschini
Vittorio Barberis
Gian Paolo Iraldo
Salvatore Morale
3:07.8
6  France Jean Bertozzi
Bernard Martin
Jean-Pierre Boccardo
Germain Nelzy
3:08.9

Heats

16 September

Heat 1

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1  United Kingdom Barry Jackson
Ken Wilcock
Adrian Metcalfe
Robbie Brightwell
3:09.4 Q
2  Italy Mario Fraschini
Vittorio Barberis
Gian Paolo Iraldo
Salvatore Morale
3:10.0 Q
3  Sweden Bo Althoff
Ronny Sunesson
Bengt-Göran Fernström
Hans-Olof Johansson
3:10.2 Q
4  Soviet Union Viktor Bychkov
Valeriy Bulyshev
Vadim Arkhipchuk
Vasiliy Anisimov
3:10.6
5  Yugoslavia Srđan Savić
Miloje Grujić
Viktor Šnajder
Miroslav Bosnar
3:12.5
6  Czechoslovakia Jaromír Šlégr
Jan Kasal
Josef Odložil
Josef Trousil
DNF

Heat 2

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1  West Germany Johannes Schmitt
Wilfried Kindermann
Hans-Joachim Reske
Manfred Kinder
3:08.8 Q
2  France Jean Bertozzi
Bernard Martin
Jean-Pierre Boccardo
Germain Nelzy
3:09.2 Q
3   Switzerland Bruno Galliker
Marius Theiler
Hansrüdi Bruder
Jean-Louis Descloux
3:09.7 Q
4  Poland Andrzej Badeński
Stanisław Swatowski
Ireneusz Kluczek
Jerzy Kowalski
3:10.2
5  Finland Börje Strand
Pentti Rekola
Olavi Salonen
Jussi Rintamäki
3:13.8
6  Turkey Gürkan Çevik
Fahir Özgüden
Ferruh Oygur
Muharrem Dalkılıç
3:21.3

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 48 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.

References

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