European Athletics Championships 1954/4 × 400 m men
| 5th European Athletics Championships | |
|---|---|
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| discipline | 4 × 400 m relay of men |
| city |
 Bern
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| Stadion | Neufeld Stadium |
| Attendees | 11 relays with 44 athletes |
| Competition phase | August 28th (preliminary) August 29th (final) |
| Medalist | |
 gold |
 France
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 silver |
 BR Germany
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 bronze |
 Finland
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Grandstand of the Neufeld stadium in Bern
The men's 4 x 400 meter relay at the 1954 European Athletics Championships was held on August 28 and 29, 1954 in the Neufeld stadium in Bern .
France became European champions with the line-up of Pierre Haarhoff , Jacques Degats , Jean-Paul Martin du Gard and Jean-Pierre Goudeau . The Federal Republic of Germany came in second with Hans Geister , Helmut Dreher , Heinz Ulzheimer and Karl-Friedrich Haas . Finland ( Ragnar Graeffe , Sven-Oswald Mildh , Rolf Back , Voitto Hellsten ) won the bronze medal.
Records
Existing records
| World record | 3: 03.9 min |
.svg){kind=small} Jamaica ( Arthur Wint , Leslie Laing , Herb McKenley , George Rhoden ) |
OS Helsinki , Finland | July 27, 1952 |
| European record | 3: 06.6 min |
Federal Republic of Germany ( Hans Geister , Günther Steines , Heinz Ulzheimer , Karl-Friedrich Haas ) |
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| Championship record | 3: 10.2 min |
 Great Britain ( Martin Pike , Leslie Lewis , Angus Scott , Derek Pugh ) |
EM Brussels , Belgium | August 27, 1950 |
Record improvement
The existing EM record has been improved twice:
- 3: 09.7 min: FRG ( Hans Geister , Helmut Dreher , Heinz Ulzheimer , Karl-Friedrich Haas ) - preliminary, August 28th
- 3: 08.7 min: FRA (Pierre Haarhoff, Jacques Degats, Jean-Paul Martin du Gard, Jean-Pierre Goudeau) - Final, August 29th
Preliminary round
August 28, 1954, 5:40 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 (min) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
.svg){kind=small} Hungary
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Péter Karádi Lajos Szentgáli Egon Solymossy Zoltán Adámik |
3: 12.0 SB |
| 2 |
 Sweden
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Gösta Brännström Uno Elofsson Days Ekfeldt Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt |
3: 12.8 |
| 3 |
.svg){kind=small} Soviet Union
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Oleg Agejew Edmunds Pilags Timofei Shevchenko Jurij Bitter |
3: 14.1 SB |
| 4th |
 Austria
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Gerald Wicher Rudolf Haidegger Hans Muchitsch Ernst Suppan |
3: 25.7 NO |
Forward 2
| space | Season | occupation | Time (min) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
BR Germany
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Hans Geister Helmut Dreher Heinz Ulzheimer Karl-Friedrich Haas |
3: 09.7 CR |
| 2 |
France
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Pierre Haarhoff Jacques Degats Jean-Paul Martin du Gard Jean-Pierre Goudeau |
3: 11.2 |
| 3 |
Switzerland
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René Weber Josef Steger Ernst Vogel Jean-Jacques Hegg |
3: 13.4 SB |
Forward 3
| space | Season | occupation | Time (min) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Great Britain
|
Peter Higgins Alan Dick Peter Fryer Derek Johnson |
3: 10.8 SB |
| 2 |
Finland
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Ragnar Graeffe Sven-Oswald Mildh Rolf Back Voitto Hellsten |
3: 11.3 NO |
| 3 |
.svg){kind=small} Poland
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Stanisław Swatowski Zbigniew Makomaski Lech Sierek Gerard Mach |
3: 13.1 |
| 4th |
 Belgium
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Charles Cuvelier Roger Moens Lucien De Muynck Dirk Stoclet |
3: 15.9 SB |
final
August 29, 1954
| space | Season | occupation | Time (min) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
France
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Pierre Haarhoff Jacques Degats Jean-Paul Martin du Gard Jean-Pierre Goudeau |
3: 08.7 CR / NO |
| 2 |
BR Germany
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Hans Geister Helmut Dreher Heinz Ulzheimer Karl-Friedrich Haas |
3: 08.8 |
| 3 |
Finland
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Ragnar Graeffe Sven-Oswald Mildh Rolf Back Voitto Hellsten |
3: 11.5 |
| 4th |
Sweden
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Gösta Brännström Uno Elofsson Days Ekfeldt Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt |
3: 12.5 NO |
| 5 |
Hungary
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Péter Karádi Lajos Szentgáli Egon Solymossy Zoltán Adámik |
3: 28.2 |
| DSQ |
Great Britain
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Peter Higgins Alan Dick Peter Fryer Derek Johnson |
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Web links
- European Athletics Championships - Bern 1954 at european-athletics.org, accessed on April 7, 2019
- Men 4x400m Relay European Championship 1954 Bern on todor66.com, accessed April 7, 2019
- V European Championship, Bern 1954 from trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on April 7, 2019
- Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1954, 4 × 400 m men on sportschau.de, accessed on April 7, 2019
- 5th European Athletics Championships 1954 in Bern, Switzerland from ifosta.de, accessed on April 7, 2019
References and comments
- ↑ IAAF world records. 4 × 400 m , accessed April 7, 2019
- ^ Progression of the European Outdoor Records. 4 × 400 m at rfea.es, p. 37 (PDF), accessed on April 7, 2019
- ↑ IAAF competition rules, page 73 (PDF), accessed on April 6, 2019