1958 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
| Men's 4 x 400 metres relay at the European Athletics Championships |
|---|
The men's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1958 European Athletics Championships was held in Stockholm, Sweden, at Stockholms Olympiastadion on 23 and 24 August 1958.[1]
Medalists
[edit]Results
[edit]Final
[edit]24 August
Heats
[edit]23 August
Heat 1
[edit]| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  West Germany | Carl Kaufmann Manfred Poerschke Johannes Kaiser Karl-Friedrich Haas | 3:12.5 | Q |
| 2 |  Soviet Union | Konstantin Grachov Abram Krivosheyev Mikhail Nikolskiy Valentin Rakhmanov | 3:13.2 | Q |
| 3 |  Italy | Nereo Fossati Mario Fraschini Giovanni Scavo Renato Panciera | 3:13.3 | Q |
| 4 |  Finland | Börje Strand Pentti Rekola Jussi Rintamäki Voitto Hellstén | 3:13.4 |
Heat 2
[edit]| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Great Britain | Ted Sampson John MacIsaac John Wrighton John Salisbury | 3:13.4 | Q |
| 2 |  Sweden | Nils Holmberg Hans Lindgren Lennart Jonsson Alf Petersson | 3:14.6 | Q |
| 3 |  Poland | Stanisław Swatowski Jacek Jakubowski Tadeusz Kaźmierski Zbigniew Makomaski | 3:14.9 | Q |
| 4 |  Switzerland | Bruno Urben Bruno Galliker Christian Wägli René Weber | 3:15.3 |
Participation
[edit]According to an unofficial count, 32 athletes from 8 countries participated in the event.
Finland (4)
Italy (4)
Poland (4)
Soviet Union (4)
Sweden (4)
Switzerland (4)
Great Britain (4)
West Germany (4)
References
[edit]- ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 384–390, retrieved 13 August 2014
