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1950 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
The men's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1950 European Athletics Championships was held in Brussels, Belgium, at Heysel Stadium on 26 and 27 August 1950.[1]
Medalists edit
Results edit
Final edit
27 August
| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Britain | Martin Pike Leslie Lewis Angus Scott Derek Pugh | 3:10.2 | CR | |
| Italy | Baldassare Porto Armando Filiput Luigi Paterlini Antonio Siddi | 3:11.0 | NR | |
| Sweden | Gösta Brännström Tage Ekfeldt Rune Larsson Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt | 3:11.6 | NR | |
| 4 | France | René Leroux Francis Schewetta Jean-Paul Martin du Gard Jacques Lunis | 3:11.6 | NR |
| 5 | Soviet Union | Pavel Kiyanenko Gennadiy Modoy Heino Potter Sergey Komarov | 3:15.4 | NR |
| 6 | Finland | Jaakko Suikkari Lennart Lindberg Ragnar Graeffe Rolf Back | 3:16.6 | NR |
Heats edit
26 August
Heat 1 edit
| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sweden | Gösta Brännström Tage Ekfeldt Rune Larsson Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt | 3:17.4h | |
| 2 | Great Britain | Martin Pike Leslie Lewis Angus Scott Derek Pugh | 3:18.4h | |
| 3 | Soviet Union | Pavel Kiyanenko Gennadiy Modoy Heino Potter Sergey Komarov | 3:18.6h | |
| 4 | Belgium | Albert Lowagie Jean-Baptiste Peeters Oscar Soetewey Marcel Dits | 3:19.4h |
Heat 2 edit
| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italy | Baldassare Porto Armando Filiput Luigi Paterlini Antonio Siddi | 3:15.2h | |
| 2 | Finland | Jaakko Suikkari Lennart Lindberg Ragnar Graeffe Rolf Back | 3:16.4h | |
| 3 | France | René Leroux Francis Schewetta Jean-Paul Martin du Gard Jacques Lunis | 3:16.8h | |
| 4 | Yugoslavia | Marko Račič Branislav Stankovic Zvonko Sabolović Lazar Milosevski | 3:19.2h | |
| 5 | Netherlands | Jan Hofmeester Frans Buys Constant Mahieu | 3:19.4 | NR |
Participation edit
According to an unofficial count, 36 athletes from 9 countries participated in the event. The fourth member of both the Belgian and Dutch relay teams are unknown.
- Belgium (4)
- Finland (4)
- France (4)
- Italy (4)
- Netherlands (4)
- Soviet Union (4)
- Sweden (4)
- Great Britain (4)
- Yugoslavia (4)
References edit
- ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 372–377, retrieved 13 August 2014