1962 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

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The men's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1962 European Athletics Championships was held in Belgrade, then Yugoslavia, at JNA Stadium on 16 September 1962.[1]

Medalists[edit]

Gold Johannes Schmitt
Wilfried Kindermann
Hans-Joachim Reske
Manfred Kinder
 West Germany
Silver Barry Jackson
Ken Wilcock
Adrian Metcalfe
Robbie Brightwell
 Great Britain
Bronze Bruno Galliker
Marius Theiler
Hansruedi Bruder
Jean-Louis Descloux
  Switzerland

Results[edit]

Final[edit]

16 September

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)  West Germany Johannes Schmitt
Wilfried Kindermann
Hans-Joachim Reske
Manfred Kinder
3:05.8 CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Great Britain Barry Jackson
Ken Wilcock
Adrian Metcalfe
Robbie Brightwell
3:05.9
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)   Switzerland Bruno Galliker
Marius Theiler
Hansruedi Bruder
Jean-Louis Descloux
3:07.0 NR
4  Sweden Bo Althoff
Ronny Sunesson
Bengt-Göran Fernström
Hans-Olof Johansson
3:07.7 NR
5  Italy Mario Fraschini
Vittorio Barberis
Gian Paolo Iraldo
Salvatore Morale
3:07.8
6  France Jean Bertozzi
Bernard Martin
Jean-Pierre Boccardo
Germain Nelzy
3:08.9

Heats[edit]

16 September

Heat 1[edit]

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1  Great Britain Barry Jackson
Ken Wilcock
Adrian Metcalfe
Robbie Brightwell
3:09.4 Q
2  Italy Mario Fraschini
Vittorio Barberis
Gian Paolo Iraldo
Salvatore Morale
3:10.0 Q
3  Sweden Bo Althoff
Ronny Sunesson
Bengt-Göran Fernström
Hans-Olof Johansson
3:10.2 Q
4  Soviet Union Viktor Bychkov
Valeriy Bulyshev
Vadym Arkhypchuk
Vasyl Anisimov
3:10.6
5  Yugoslavia Srđan Savić
Miloje Grujić
Viktor Šnajder
Miroslav Bosnar
3:12.5
 Czechoslovakia Jaromír Šlégr
Jan Kasal
Josef Odložil
Josef Trousil
DNF

Heat 2[edit]

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1  West Germany Johannes Schmitt
Wilfried Kindermann
Hans-Joachim Reske
Manfred Kinder
3:08.8 Q
2  France Jean Bertozzi
Bernard Martin
Jean-Pierre Boccardo
Germain Nelzy
3:09.2 Q
3   Switzerland Bruno Galliker
Marius Theiler
Hansruedi Bruder
Jean-Louis Descloux
3:09.7 Q
4  Poland Andrzej Badeński
Stanisław Swatowski
Ireneusz Kluczek
Jerzy Kowalski
3:10.2
5  Finland Börje Strand
Pentti Rekola
Olavi Salonen
Jussi Rintamäki
3:13.8
6  Turkey Gürkan Çevik
Fahir Özgüden
Ferruh Oygur
Muharrem Dalkılıç
3:21.3

Participation[edit]

According to an unofficial count, 48 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.

References[edit]

  1. ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 391–397, retrieved 13 August 2014