Swimming at the 1958 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay

Qualifying rounds of Men's 4 x 100 metre medley relay at the 1958 European Aquatics Championships were held on 4th, final was on 6 September. 11 teams competed at the champion.

Soviet Union won the gold medal with a European record. Hungary finished at the 2nd, Italy at the 3rd place.

Records edit

Before the races

Name Nationality Result Place Date
World record John Moncton
Terry Gathercole
Brian Wilkinson
John Devitt
  4:10,4 Osaka 22 August 1958.
European record László Magyar
Ferenc Utassy
György Tumpek
Imre Nyéki
  4:18,1 Budapest 5 August 1954.

New records during the competition:

European record final   Soviet Union
Leonid Barbier
Vladimir Minachkin
Vitaliy Chenenkov
Viktor Polevoy
4:16,5 Budapest, Hungary 6 September
European Championship record qualification   Soviet Union
Leonid Barbier
Vladimir Minachkin
Vitaliy Chenenkov
Viktor Polevoy
4:22,6 Budapest, Hungary 4 September
European Championship record qualification  
Gilberto Elsa
Roberto Lazzari
Federico Dennerlein
Paolo Pucci
4:20,6 Budapest, Hungary 4 September

Results edit

Here are the meanings of the abbreviations:

  • Q: Qualified based on the result
  • ECR: European Championship record
  • WR: World record
  • ER: European record

Qualifications edit

Result Race Name Nation Result Other
1. 2 Gilberto Elsa (1:06,7)
Roberto Lazzari (1:13,1)
Federico Dennerlein (1:04,6)
Paolo Pucci (56,2)
  4:20,6 Q, ECR
2. 2 László Magyar (1:06,0)
György Kunsági (1:15,0)
György Tumpek (1:03,7)
Gyula Dobai (57,0)
  4:21,7 Q
3. 1 Georgij Kuvaldin (1:06,7)
Vladimir Minaskin (1:13,8)
Leonid Sagajduk (1:05,1)
Viktor Polevoj (57,0)
  Soviet Union 4:22,6 Q, ECR
4. 2 Dieter Pfeifer (1:06,5)
Konrad Enke (1:13,6)
Wolfgang Sieber (1:05,9)
Horst-Günter Gregor (58,5)
  4:24,5 Q
5. 1 Ladislav Bačík (1:07,8)
Vítězslav Svozil (1:12,9)
Pavel Pazdírek (1:04,1)
Petr Kováč (59,8)
  4:24,6 Qo
6. 1 Ekkerhard Miersch (1:09,2)
Hans Tröger (1:15,0)
Horst Weber (1:04,3)
Paul Voell (57,7)
  4:26,2 Q
7. 2 Haydn Rigby (1:09,1)
Christopher Walkden (1:15,7)
Ian Black (1:04,9)
Neil McKechnie (59,8)
  4:29,5 Q
8. 2 Robert Cristophe (1:04,0)
Maurice Lusien (1:19,8)
René Pirolley (1:07,8)
Marc Kamoeun (59,8)
  4:31,4 Q
9. 2 Friedl Duda
Gerald Brauner
Otto Mayer (1:09,7)
Gert Kölli (1:00,4)
  4:36,9
1   DQ

Final edit

Result Line Name Nation Time Other
  3 Leonid Barbier (1:04,2)
Vladimir Minachkin (1:11,6)
Vitaliy Chenenkov (1:02,7)
Viktor Polevoy (58,0)
  4:16,5 ER
  5 László Magyar (1:06,5)
György Kunsági (1:14,5)
György Tumpek (1:03,2)
Gyula Dobai (56,2)
  4:20,4
  4 Gilberto Elsa (1:07,8)
Roberto Lazzari (1:13,5)
Federico Dennerlein (1:04,6)
Paolo Pucci (56,0)
  4:21,9
4. 6 Wolfgang Wagner (1:06,2)
Konrad Enke (1:14,8)
Wolfgang Sieber (1:04,7)
Horst-Günter Gregor (57,6)
  4:23,3
5. 2 Ladislav Bačík (1:07,9)
Vítězslav Svozil (1:13,1)
Pavel Pazdírek (1:03,0)
Petr Kováč (1:00,1)
  4:24,1
6. 7 Ekkerhard Miersch (1:09,9)
Hans Tröger (1:15,1)
Horst Weber (1:03,8)
Paul Voell (56,3)
  4:25,1
7. 1 Graham Sykes (1:07,2)
Christopher Walkden (1:14,6)
Graham Symonds (1:05,0)
Neil McKechnie (59,9)
  4:26,7
8. 8 Robert Cristophe (1:03,2)
Maurice Lusien (1:18,8)
René Pirolley (1:06,0)
Marc Kamoeun (58,8)
  4:26,8

Sources edit

  • IX. úszó, műugró és vízilabda Európa-bajnokság. Magyar Úszó Szövetség. 1958.