European Athletics Championships 1946/4 × 100 m men

3. European Athletics Championships
discipline	4 × 100 m relay of men
city	Oslo
Stadion	Bislett Stadium
Attendees	9 relays with 36 athletes
Competition phase	August 24th (preliminary) August 25th (final)
Medalist
gold	Sweden
silver	France
bronze	Czechoslovakia

The Bislett Stadium in Oslo shortly after the European Championships

The men's 4 x 100 meter relay at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held on August 24 and 25, 1946 in the Bislett Stadium in the Norwegian capital, Oslo .

The season from Sweden in the line-up of Stig Danielsson , Inge Nilsson , Olle Laessker and Stig Håkansson became European champions . France won the silver medal with Agathon Lepève, Julien Lebas , Pierre Gonon and René Valmy . Bronze went to Czechoslovakia (Mirko Paráček, Leopold Láznička, Miroslav Řihošek , Jiří David ).

Existing records

World record	39.8 s	USA ( Jesse Owens , Ralph Metcalfe , Foy Draper , Frank Wykoff )	OS Berlin , Germany	August 9, 1936
European record	40.1 s	German Empire ( Erich Borchmeyer , Gerd Hornberger , Karl Neckermann , Jakob Scheuring )	Berlin , Germany	July 19, 1939
EM record	40.9 s	German Empire ( Manfred Kersch , Gerd Hornberger , Karl Neckermann , Jakob Scheuring )	EM Paris , France	September 5, 1938

The existing championship record was not set and not improved at these European championships.

Preliminary round

August 24, 1946

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	Great Britain	Thomas Jover Bert Liffen Robert Roach Jack Archer	42.3
2	Belgium	Herman Kunnen Fernand Bourgaux François Braekman Pol Braekman	42.4
3	Czechoslovakia	Mirko Paráček Leopold Láznička Miroslav Řihošek Jiří David	42.6
4th	Norway	Kjell Mangseth Peter Bloch Rolf Bakken Haakon Tranberg	42.8
5	Denmark	Days Egemose Børge Stougaard Gunnar Christensen Arne Thisted	43.1

Forward 2

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Sweden	Stig Danielsson Inge Nilsson Olle Laessker Stig Håkansson	41.9
2	France	Agathon Lepève Julien Lebas Pierre Gonon René Valmy	42.3
3	Netherlands	Jan Lammers Chris van Osta Jo Zwaan Gabe Scholten	42.4
4th	Italy	Michele Tito Giusto Cattoni Carlo Manara Carlo Monti	42.5

final

August 25, 1946

space	Season	occupation	Time (s)
1	Sweden	Stig Danielsson Inge Nilsson Olle Laessker Stig Håkansson	41.5
2	France	Agathon Lepève Julien Lebas Pierre Gonon René Valmy	42.0
3	Czechoslovakia	Mirko Paráček Leopold Láznička Miroslav Řihošek Jiří David	42.3
4th	Netherlands	Jan Lammers Chris van Osta Jo Zwaan Gabe Scholten	42.3
5	Great Britain	Thomas Jover Bert Liffen Robert Roach Jack Archer	42.4
6th	Belgium	Herman Kunnen Fernand Bourgaux François Braekman Pol Braekman	43.5

Web links

• European Athletics Championships - Oslo 1946 from the European Athletics homepage , accessed March 18, 2019
• Men 4x100m 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 × 100 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

1. ↑ IAAF world records. 4 × 100 m , accessed on March 18, 2019
2. ^ Progression of the European Outdoor Records. 4 × 100 m on rfea.es, p. 34 (PDF), accessed on April 6, 2019