1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay

The men's 4 x 100 metres relay at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held in Oslo, Norway, at Bislett Stadion on 24 and 25 August 1946.

Medalists

Gold	Stig Danielsson Inge Nilsson Olle Laessker Stig Håkansson Sweden
Silver	Agathon Lepève Julien Lebas Pierre Gonon René Valmy France
Bronze	Mirko Paráček Leopold Láznička Miroslav Řihošek Jiří David Czechoslovakia

Results

Final

25 August

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
	Sweden	Stig Danielsson Inge Nilsson Olle Laessker Stig Håkansson	41.5
	France	Agathon Lepève Julien Lebas Pierre Gonon René Valmy	42.0
	Czechoslovakia	Mirko Paráček Leopold Láznička Miroslav Řihošek Jiří David	42.2	NR
4	Netherlands	Jan Lammers Chris van Osta Jo Zwaan Gabe Scholten	42.3
5	Great Britain	Thomas Jover Bert Liffen Robert Roach Jack Archer	42.4
6	Belgium	Herman Kunnen Fernand Bourgaux François Braekman Pol Braekman	43.5

Heats

24 August

Heat 1

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	Great Britain	Thomas Jover Bert Liffen Robert Roach Jack Archer	42.3h	Q
2	Belgium	Herman Kunnen Fernand Bourgaux François Braekman Pol Braekman	42.4h	Q
3	Czechoslovakia	Mirko Paráček Leopold Láznička Miroslav Řihošek Jiří David	42.6	NR, Q
4	Norway	Kjell Mangset Peter Bloch Rolf Bakken Haakon Tranberg	42.8h
5	Denmark	Tage Egemose Børge Stougaard Gunnar Christensen Arne Thisted	43.1h

Heat 2

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	Sweden	Stig Danielsson Inge Nilsson Olle Laessker Stig Håkansson	41.9h	Q
2	France	Agathon Lepève Julien Lebas Pierre Gonon René Valmy	42.3h	Q
3	Netherlands	Jan Lammers Chris van Osta Jo Zwaan Gabe Scholten	42.4h	Q
4	Italy	Michele Tito Giusto Cattoni Carlo Manara Carlo Monti	42.5h

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 36 athletes from 9 countries participated in the event.

• Belgium (4)
• Czechoslovakia (4)
• Denmark (4)
• France (4)
• Italy (4)
• Netherlands (4)
• Norway (4)
• Sweden (4)
• Great Britain (4)