European Athletics Championships 1954/4 × 100 m men
5th European Athletics Championships | |
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discipline | 4 × 100 m relay of men |
city | Bern |
Stadion | Neufeld Stadium |
Attendees | 14 relays with 56 athletes |
Competition phase | August 27th (preliminary) August 29th (final) |
Medalist | |
gold | Hungary |
silver | Great Britain |
bronze | Soviet Union |
The men's 4 x 100 meter relay at the 1954 European Athletics Championships was held on August 27 and 29, 1954 in the Neufeld stadium in Bern .
Hungary became European champions with László Zarándi , Géza Varasdi , György Csányi and Béla Goldoványi . Great Britain ( Kenneth Box , George Ellis , Ken Jones , Brian Shenton ) won the silver medal. Bronze went to the Soviet Union in the line-up of Boris Tokarew , Viktor Ryabov, Levan Sanadze and Leonid Bartenew .
Records
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 |
Record improvements
The existing EM record has been improved twice:
- 40.8 s: URS ( Boris Tokarew , Viktor Ryabov, Levan Sanadze , Leonid Bartenew ) - preliminary, August 27
- 40.6 s: HUN ( László Zarándi , Géza Varasdi , György Csányi , Béla Goldoványi ) - final, August 29th
Preliminary round
August 27, 1954, 6:30 p.m.
The preliminary round was in three runs. The first two seasons per run - highlighted in light blue - qualified for the final.
Forward 1
space | Season | occupation | Time (s) |
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1 | Soviet Union |
Boris Tokarev Viktor Ryabov Levan Sanadze Leonid Bartenev |
41.0 |
2 | Great Britain |
Kenneth Box George Ellis Ken Jones Brian Shenton |
41.0 |
3 | Poland |
Nikodem Goździalski Wiesław Holajn Zdobyslaw Stawczyk Emil Kiszka |
41.5 NO |
4th | Saarland |
Gert Lemmes Werner Kiefer Kurt Heidrich Erich Ladwein |
42.3 NO |
Forward 2
space | Season | occupation | Time (s) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Czechoslovakia |
František Brož Bohuslav Hlidek Václav Janecek František Šimůnek |
41.1 NO |
2 | Italy |
Wolfgango Montanari Sergio D'Asnasch Lucio Sangermano Luigi Gnocchi |
41.2 |
3 | France |
René Bonino Yves Camus Ernest Wanko Alain David |
41.4 |
4th | Yugoslavia |
Milovan Jovančić Aleksandar Benjak Petar Pecelj Veljko Petrović |
42.2 |
DSQ | BR Germany |
Leonhard Pohl Peter Kraus Heinz Fütterer Manfred Germar |
IAAF Rule 170.7 faulty substitution |
Forward 3
space | Season | occupation | Time (s) |
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1 | Hungary |
László Zarándi Géza Varasdi György Csányi Béla Goldoványi |
40.8 CR |
2 | Sweden |
Börje Andersson Kaj Månsson Sven-Olof Westlund Jan Carlsson |
41.1 NO |
3 | Netherlands |
Teun Aret Theo Saat Hayo Rulander Aad van Hardeveld |
41.3 |
4th | Belgium |
Jacques Vercruysse Carlos Germonprez Roland Vercruysse Isidoor Vandewiele |
41.5 |
5 | Switzerland |
Joseph Huber Willy Eichenberger Pierfrancesco Campanella Hans Wehrli-Frei |
41.9 |
final
August 29, 1954
space | Season | occupation | Time (s) |
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1 | Hungary |
László Zarándi Géza Varasdi György Csányi Béla Goldoványi |
40.6 CR |
2 | Great Britain |
Kenneth Box George Ellis Ken Jones Brian Shenton |
40.8 |
3 | Soviet Union |
Boris Tokarev Viktor Ryabov Levan Sanadze Leonid Bartenev |
40.9 |
4th | Czechoslovakia |
František Brož Bohuslav Hlidek Václav Janecek František Šimůnek |
40.9 NO |
5 | Italy | Wolfgango Montanari Sergio D'Asnasch Lucio Sangermano Luigi Gnocchi |
41.0 |
6th | Sweden | Börje Andersson Kaj Månsson Sven-Olof Westlund Jan Carlsson |
41.3 |
Web links
- European Athletics Championships - Bern 1954 at european-athletics.org, accessed on April 6, 2019
- Men 4x100m Relay European Championship 1954 Bern on todor66.com, accessed on April 6, 2019
- V European Championship, Bern 1954 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on April 6, 2019
- Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1954, 4 × 100 m men on sportschau.de, accessed on April 6, 2019
- 5th European Athletics Championships 1954 in Bern, Switzerland from ifosta.de, accessed on April 6, 2019
References and comments
- ↑ IAAF world records. 4 × 100 m , accessed on April 6, 2019
- ^ Progression of the European Outdoor Records. 4 × 100 m on rfea.es, p. 34 (PDF), accessed on April 6, 2019
- ↑ IAAF competition rules, page 99 (PDF), accessed on April 6, 2019