1958 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
| Men's 4 x 400 metres relay at the European Athletics Championships |
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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
