European Athletics Championships 1938/4 × 400 m men
| 2. European Athletics Championships | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| discipline | Men's 4 x 400 meter relay |
| city |
 Paris
|
| Stadion | Stade Olympique |
| Attendees | 6 relays with 24 athletes |
| Competition phase | 5th September |
| Medalist | |
 gold |
.svg){kind=small} German Empire
|
 silver |
 Great Britain
|
 bronze |
 Sweden
|
The men's 4 x 400 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 relay with Hermann Blazejezak , Manfred Bues , Erich Linnhoff and Rudolf Harbig became European champions . Great Britain (Jack Barnes, Alfred Baldwin, Alan Pennington , Godfrey Brown ) won the silver medal. Bronze went to Sweden in the line-up of Lars Nilsson, Carl Hendrik Gustafsson, Börje Thomasson and Bertil von Wachenfeldt .
Records
Existing records
| World record | 3: 08.2 min |
 USA ( Ivan Fuqua , Edgar Ablowich , Karl Warner , Bill Carr ) |
OS Los Angeles , USA | August 7, 1932 |
| Championship record | 3: 14.1 min |
 German Empire ( Helmut Hamann , Hans Scheele , Harry Voigt , Adolf Metzner ) |
EM Turin , Italy | September 9, 1934 |
Record improvement
With the line-up of Hermann Blazejezak , Manfred Bues , Erich Linnhoff and Rudolf Harbig, Germany improved its own EM record in the final by four tenths of a second to 3: 13.7 minutes.
Conducting the competition
There were only six nations participating in this competition. So the seasons went to the finals without any further preliminary runs.
final
September 5, 1938, 5.45 p.m.
| space | Season | occupation | Time (min) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
German Empire
|
Hermann Blazejezak Manfred Bues Erich Linnhoff Rudolf Harbig |
3: 13.7 CR |
| 2 |
Great Britain
|
Jack Barnes Alfred Baldwin Alan Pennington Godfrey Brown |
3: 14.9 |
| 3 |
Sweden
|
Lars Nilsson Carl Hendrik Gustafsson Börje Thomasson Bertil von Wachenfeldt |
3: 17.3 |
| 4th |
France
|
Joseph Bertolino André Gardien Jacques Lévèque Prudent Joye |
3: 18.3 |
| 5 |
 Italy
|
Angelo Ferrario Gioacchino Dorascenzi Otello Spampani Mario Lanzi |
3: 19.7 |
| 6th |
.svg){kind=small} Hungary
|
Gyula Gyenes Ferenc Temesvári József Vadas János Görkói |
3: 22.9 |
Web links
- European Athletics Championships - Paris 1938 from the European Athletics homepage , accessed March 11, 2019
- Men 4x400m 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 × 400 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 × 400 m , accessed on March 11, 2019