1958 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
The men's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1958 European Athletics Championships was held in Stockholm, Sweden, at Stockholms Olympiastadion on 23 and 24 August 1958.[1]
Medalists[]
Gold | Ted Sampson John Wrighton John Salisbury Great Britain |
Silver | Carl Kaufmann Manfred Poerschke Johannes Kaiser Karl-Friedrich Haas West Germany |
Bronze | Lennart Jonsson Alf Petersson Sweden |
Results[]
Final[]
24 August
Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
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Great Britain | Ted Sampson John Wrighton John Salisbury |
3:07.9 | CR | |
West Germany | Carl Kaufmann Manfred Poerschke Johannes Kaiser Karl-Friedrich Haas |
3:08.2 | ||
Sweden | Lennart Jonsson Alf Petersson |
3:10.7 | NR | |
4 | Italy | Nereo Fossati Mario Fraschini Renato Panciera |
3:11.1 | |
5 | Soviet Union | Konstantin Grachov Abram Krivosheyev |
3:11.4 | |
6 | Poland | Stanisław Swatowski Zbigniew Makomaski |
3:13.8 |
Heats[]
23 August
Heat 1[]
Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
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1 | West Germany | Carl Kaufmann Manfred Poerschke Johannes Kaiser Karl-Friedrich Haas |
3:12.5 | Q |
2 | Soviet Union | Konstantin Grachov Abram Krivosheyev |
3:13.2 | Q |
3 | Italy | Nereo Fossati Mario Fraschini Renato Panciera |
3:13.3 | Q |
4 | Finland | Börje Strand Pentti Rekola Jussi Rintamäki Voitto Hellstén |
3:13.4 |
Heat 2[]
Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
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1 | Great Britain | Ted Sampson John Wrighton John Salisbury |
3:13.4 | Q |
2 | Sweden | Lennart Jonsson Alf Petersson |
3:14.6 | Q |
3 | Poland | Stanisław Swatowski Zbigniew Makomaski |
3:14.9 | Q |
4 | Switzerland | Bruno Galliker Christian Wägli |
3:15.3 |
Participation[]
According to an unofficial count, 32 athletes from 8 countries participated in the event.
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References[]
- ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 384–390, retrieved 13 August 2014
Categories:
- Events at the 1958 European Athletics Championships
- Relays at the European Athletics Championships