European Athletics Championships 1946/4 × 400 m men
| 3. European Athletics Championships | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| discipline | Men's 4 x 400 meter relay |
| city |
 Oslo
|
| Stadion | Bislett Stadium |
| Attendees | 6 relays with 24 athletes |
| Competition phase | August 25 |
| Medalist | |
 gold |
 France
|
 silver |
 Great Britain
|
 bronze |
 Sweden
|
The men's 4 x 400 meter relay at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held on August 25, 1946 in the Bislett Stadium in the Norwegian capital, Oslo .
France became European champions with Bernard Santona , Yves Cros , Robert Chef d'hôtel and Jacques Lunis . The season from Great Britain won the silver medal with the cast of Ronald Ede , Derek Pugh , Bernard Elliot and Bill Roberts . Bronze went to Sweden ( Folke Alnevik . Stig Lindgård, Sven-Erik Nolinge , Tore Sten).
Existing records
| World record | 3: 08.2 min |
 USA ( Ivan Fuqua , Edgar Ablowich , Karl Warner , Bill Carr ) |
OS Los Angeles , USA | August 7, 1932 |
| European record | 3: 09.0 min |
Great Britain ( Freddie Wolff , Godfrey Rampling , Bill Roberts , Godfrey Brown ) |
OS Berlin , Germany | August 8, 1936 |
| Championship record | 3: 13.7 min |
.svg){kind=small} German Empire ( Hermann Blazejezak , Manfred Bues , Erich Linnhoff , Rudolf Harbig ) |
EM Paris , France | September 5, 1938 |
The existing EM record was not set at these European championships and was not improved.
final
August 25, 1946
There were only six nations participating in this competition. So the seasons went to the finals without any further preliminary runs.
| space | Season | occupation | Time (min) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
France
|
Bernard Santona Yves Cros Robert Chef d'hôtel Jacques Lunis |
3: 14.4 SB |
| 2 |
Great Britain
|
Ronald Ede Derek Pugh Bernard Elliot Bill Roberts |
3: 14.5 SB |
| 3 |
Sweden
|
Folke Alnevik Stig Lindgård Sven-Erik Nolinge Tore Sten |
3: 15.0 SB |
| 4th |
 Denmark
|
Herluf Christensen Knud Greenfort Gunnar Bergsten Niels Holst-Sørensen |
3: 15.4 SB |
| 5 |
 Switzerland
|
Werner Rugel Werner Christen Karl Volkmer Oskar Hardmeier |
3: 20.8 SB |
| 6th |
 Czechoslovakia
|
Vlastimil Holeček Tomáš Šalé Jiří David Leopold Láznička |
3: 33.6 SB |
Web links
- European Athletics Championships - Oslo 1946 from the European Athletics homepage , accessed March 18, 2019
- Men 4x400m Relay European Championship 1946 Oslo on todor66.com, accessed March 18, 2019
- III European Championship, Oslo 1946 from trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on March 18, 2019
- Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1946, 4 × 400 m men on sportschau.de, accessed on March 18, 2019
- 3rd European Athletics Championships 1946 in Oslo, Norway from ifosta.de, accessed on March 18, 2019
References and comments
- ↑ IAAF world records. 4 × 400 m , accessed on March 18, 2019
- ^ Progression of the European Outdoor Records. 4 × 400 m at rfea.es, p. 37 (PDF), accessed on April 7, 2019