European Athletics Championships 1938/4 × 100 m men
2. European Athletics Championships | |
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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 |
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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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 |
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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
- ↑ IAAF world records. 4 × 100 m , accessed on March 11, 2019