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1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay

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Men's 4 x 100 metres relay
at the European Athletics Championships

The men's 4 x 100 metres relay at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held in Oslo, Norway, at Bislett Stadion on 24 and 25 August 1946.[1]

Medalists

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Gold Stig Danielsson
Inge Nilsson
Olle Laessker
Stig Håkansson
 Sweden
Silver Agathon Lepève
Julien Lebas
Pierre Gonon
René Valmy
 France
Bronze Mirko Paráček
Leopold Láznička
Miroslav Řihošek
Jiří David
 Czechoslovakia

Results

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Final

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25 August

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Sweden Stig Danielsson
Inge Nilsson
Olle Laessker
Stig Håkansson
41.5
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  France Agathon Lepève
Julien Lebas
Pierre Gonon
René Valmy
42.0
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Czechoslovakia Mirko Paráček
Leopold Láznička
Miroslav Řihošek
Jiří David
42.2 NR
4  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
6  Belgium Herman Kunnen
Fernand Bourgaux
François Braekman
Pol Braekman
43.5

Heats

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24 August

Heat 1

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Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1  Great Britain Thomas Jover
Bert Liffen
Robert Roach
Jack Archer
42.3h Q
2  Belgium Herman Kunnen
Fernand Bourgaux
François Braekman
Pol Braekman
42.4h Q
3  Czechoslovakia Mirko Paráček
Leopold Láznička
Miroslav Řihošek
Jiří David
42.6 NR, Q
4  Norway Kjell Mangset
Peter Bloch
Rolf Bakken
Haakon Tranberg
42.8h
5  Denmark Tage Egemose
Børge Stougaard
Gunnar Christensen
Arne Thisted
43.1h

Heat 2

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Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1  Sweden Stig Danielsson
Inge Nilsson
Olle Laessker
Stig Håkansson
41.9h Q
2  France Agathon Lepève
Julien Lebas
Pierre Gonon
René Valmy
42.3h Q
3  Netherlands Jan Lammers
Chris van Osta
Jo Zwaan
Gabe Scholten
42.4h Q
4  Italy Michele Tito
Giusto Cattoni
Carlo Manara
Carlo Monti
42.5h

Participation

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According to an unofficial count, 36 athletes from 9 countries participated in the event.

References

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  1. ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 367–372, retrieved 13 August 2014