European Athletics Championships 1962/4 × 100 m men

7th European Athletics Championships
discipline	4 × 100 m relay of men
city	Belgrade
Stadion	Partizan Stadium
Attendees	9 relays with 36 athletes
Competition phase	September 14th (preliminary) September 16th (final)
Medalist
gold	Germany
silver	Poland
bronze	Great Britain

Panoramic view of the Partizan Stadium 2014 - 52nd years after the European Championships there

The men's 4 x 100 meter relay at the 1962 European Athletics Championships was held on September 14 and 16, 1962 in Belgrade's Partizan Stadium .

Germany won the European championship with Klaus Ulonska , Peter Gamper , Hans-Joachim Bender and Manfred Germar . Second place went to Poland with Jerzy Juskowiak, Andrzej Zieliński , Zbigniew Syka and Marian Foik . Bronze went to Great Britain ( Alf Meakin , Ronald Jones , Berwyn Jones , David Jones ).

Records

Existing records

World record	39.1 s	USA ( Hayes Jones , Frank Budd , Charles Frazier, Paul Drayton )	Moscow , then Soviet Union (now Russia )	July 15, 1961
European record	39.4 s	Soviet Union ( Edvīns Ozoliņš , Nikolai Politiko, Juri Konowalow , Leonid Bartenew )
EM record	40.2 s	Germany ( Walter Mahlendorf , Armin Hary , Heinz Fütterer , Manfred Germar )	EM Stockholm , Sweden	August 24, 1958

Record improvements

The existing EM record was improved three times at these European championships by four seasons:

• 40.0 s - France (Jean-Paul Lambrot, Guy Lagorce, Claude Piquemal , Jocelyn Delecour ) - 1st preliminary, September 14th 
• 39.8s - Great Britain ( Alf Meakin , Ronald Jones , Berwyn Jones , David Jones ) - 2nd heat, September 14th 
• 39.5 s - Germany ( Klaus Ulonska , Peter Gamper , Hans-Joachim Bender , Manfred Germar ) - final, September 16 
• 39.5 s - Poland (Jerzy Juskowiak, Andrzej Zieliński , Zbigniew Syka, Marian Foik ) - final, September 16 

Preliminary round

September 14, 1962, 9 p.m.

The preliminary round was held in two runs. The first three seasons per run - highlighted in light blue - qualified for the final.

Forward 1

space	Season	occupation	Time (s)
1	France	Jean-Paul Lambrot Guy Lagorce Claude Piquemal Jocelyn Delecour	40.0 CR
2	Hungary	Imre Babos Csaba Csutorás László Mihályfi Gyula Rábai	40.5
3	Italy	Livio Berruti Sergio Ottolina Armando Sardi Flavio Colani	40.6
4th	Soviet Union	Amin Tujakow Edvīns Ozoliņš Slawa Prokhorowski Igor Ter-Owanessjan	40.8

Forward 2

space	Season	occupation	Time (s)
1	Great Britain	Alf Meakin Ronald Jones Berwyn Jones David Jones	39.8 CR / NR
2	Germany	Klaus Ulonska Peter Gamper Hans-Joachim Bender Manfred Germar	39.9
3	Poland	Jerzy Juskowiak Andrzej Zieliński Zbigniew Syka Marian Foik	39.9 NO
4th	Sweden	Sven Hortewall Bo Althoff Sven-Åke Löfgren Owe Jonsson	40.1 NO
5	Bulgaria	Yordan Glukhchov Veselin Valov Todor Stalev Mikhail Bachvarov	40.3 NO

final

September 16, 1962, 6:39 p.m.

space	Season	occupation	Time (s)
1	Germany	Klaus Ulonska Peter Gamper Hans-Joachim Bender Manfred Germar	39.5 5 CR / DRe
2	Poland	Jerzy Juskowiak Andrzej Zieliński Zbigniew Syka Marian Foik	39.5 CR / NO
3	Great Britain	Alf Meakin Ronald Jones Berwyn Jones David Jones	39.8 NRe
4th	France	Jean-Paul Lambrot Guy Lagorce Claude Piquemal Jocelyn Delecour	40.0
5	Italy	Livio Berruti Sergio Ottolina Armando Sardi Flavio Colani	40.3
6th	Hungary	Imre Babos Csaba Csutorás László Mihályfi Gyula Rábai	40.5

Web links

• European Athletics Championships - Beograd 1962 from european-athletics.org, accessed on May 10, 2019
• Men 100m European Championship 1962 Beograd on todor66.com, accessed May 10, 2019
• Track and Field Statistics, EM 1958 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed April 25, 2019
• Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1962, 4 × 100 m men on sportschau.de, accessed on April 25, 2019
• 7th European Athletics Championships 1962 in Belgrade, Yugoslavia from ifosta.de, accessed on May 10, 2019

References and comments

1. ↑ IAAF world records. 4 × 100 m , accessed on May 10, 2019
2. ^ Progression of the European Outdoor Records. 4 × 100 m on rfea.es, p. 35 (PDF, 271 kB), accessed on May 10