European Athletics Championships 1938/4 × 100 m men

2. European Athletics Championships
discipline	Men's 4 x 100 meter relay
city	Paris
Stadion	Stade Olympique
Attendees	8 relays with 32 athletes
Competition phase	September 5th (preliminary / final)
Medalist
gold	German Empire
silver	Sweden
bronze	Great Britain

Olympic Stadium in Paris 1924

The men's 4 x 100 meter relay at the 1938 European Athletics Championships was held on September 5, 1938 in the Stade Olympique in the French capital, Paris .

The German season with the cast of Manfred Kersch , Gerd Hornberger , Karl Neckermann and Jakob Scheuring became European champions . Sweden won the silver medal with Gösta Klemming, Åke Stenqvist , Lennart Lindgren and Lennart Strandberg . Bronze went to Great Britain (Maurice Scarr, Godfrey Brown , Arthur Sweeney , Ernest Page ).

Records

Existing records

World record	39.8 s	USA ( Jesse Owens , Ralph Metcalfe , Foy Draper , Frank Wykoff )	OS Berlin , Germany	August 9, 1936
Championship record	41.0 s	German Empire ( Egon Schein , Erwin Gillmeister , Gerd Hornberger , Erich Borchmeyer )	EM Turin , Italy	September 9, 1934

Record improvement

With the line-up of Manfred Kersch , Gerd Hornberger , Karl Neckermann and Jakob Scheuring, Germany improved its own EM record in the final by a tenth of a second to 40.9 seconds.

Preliminary round

September 5, 1938, 3 p.m.

The preliminary round was held in two runs. The first three seasons of each run qualified for the final - highlighted in light blue.

Forward 1

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	German Empire	Manfred Kersch Gerd Hornberger Karl Neckermann Jakob Scheuring	41.1
2	Great Britain	Maurice Scarr Godfrey Brown Arthur Sweeney Ernest Page	41.4
3	Sweden	Gösta Klemming Åke Stenqvist Lennart Lindgren Lennart Strandberg	42.0
4th	France	Victor Goldowski Oscar Stolz Andre Dessus Jean Jourdian	42.2

Forward 2

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Italy	Tullio Gonnelli Gianni Caldana Edoardo Daelli Orazio Mariani	42.1
2	Switzerland	Fritz Seeger Jean Studer Bernard Marchand Paul Hänni	42.3
3	Netherlands	Martinus Osendarp Wil van Beveren Tjeerd Boersma Heinz Baumgarten	42.4
4th	Hungary	Gyula Gyenes Janos Paizs József Kovács József Sir	42.8

final

September 5, 1938, 4:10 p.m.

space	Season	occupation	Time (s)
1	German Empire	Manfred Kersch Gerd Hornberger Karl Neckermann Jakob Scheuring	40.9 CR
2	Sweden	Gösta Klemming Åke Stenqvist Lennart Lindgren Lennart Strandberg	41.1
3	Great Britain	Maurice Scarr Godfrey Brown Arthur Sweeney Ernest Page	41.2
4th	Italy	Tullio Gonnelli Gianni Caldana Edoardo Daelli Orazio Mariani	41.3
DNF	Netherlands	Martinus Osendarp Wil van Beveren Tjeerd Boersma Heinz Baumgarten
DSQ	Switzerland	Fritz Seeger Jean Studer Bernard Marchand Paul Hänni

Web links

• European Athletics Championships - Paris 1938 from the European Athletics homepage , accessed March 11, 2019
• Men 4x100m Relay European Championships 1938 Paris (FRA) on todor66.com, accessed March 11, 2019
• II European Championship, Paris 1938 from trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed March 11, 2019
• Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1938, 4 × 100 m men on sportschau.de, accessed on March 11, 2019
• 2nd European Men's Athletics Championships 1938 in Paris, France from ifosta.de, accessed on March 11, 2019

Individual evidence

1. ↑ IAAF world records. 4 × 100 m , accessed on March 11, 2019