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