The men's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1954 European Athletics Championships was held in Bern, Switzerland, at Stadion Neufeld on 28 and 29 August 1954.[1]
Medalists
Results
Final
29 August
| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |  France | Pierre Haarhoff Jacques Degats Jean-Paul Martin-du-Gard Jean-Pierre Goudeau | 3:08.7 | CR NR |
 |  West Germany | Hans Geister Helmut Dreher Heinz Ulzheimer Karl-Friedrich Haas | 3:08.8 | |
 |  Finland | Ragnar Graeffe Sven-Oswald Mildh Rolf Back Voitto Hellsten | 3:11.5 | |
| 4 |  Sweden | Gösta Brännström Uno Elofsson Tage Ekfeldt Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt | 3:12.5 | |
| 5 |  Hungary | Péter Karádi Lajos Szentgáli Egon Solymossy Zoltán Adamik | 3:26.1 | |
 Great Britain | Peter Higgins Alan Dick Peter Fryer Derek Johnson | DQ |
Heats
28 August
Heat 1
| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungary | Péter Karádi Lajos Szentgáli Egon Solymossy Zoltán Adamik | 3:12.0 | Q |
| 2 | Sweden | Gösta Brännström Uno Elofsson Tage Ekfeldt Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt | 3:12.8 | Q |
| 3 |  Soviet Union | Oleg Ageyev Edmunds Pīlāgs Timofey Shevchenko Yuriy Bitter | 3:14.1 | |
| 4 |  Austria | Gerald Wicher Rudolf Haidegger Hans Muchitsch Ernst Suppan | 3:25.7 |
Heat 2
| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Germany | Hans Geister Helmut Dreher Heinz Ulzheimer Karl-Friedrich Haas | 3:09.7 | CR Q |
| 2 | France | Pierre Haarhoff Jacques Degats Jean-Paul Martin-du-Gard Jean-Pierre Goudeau | 3:11.2 | Q |
| 3 |  Switzerland | René Weber Josef Steger Ernst Vogel Jean-Jacques Hegg | 3:13.4 |
Heat 3
| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great Britain | Peter Higgins Alan Dick Peter Fryer Derek Johnson | 3:10.8 | Q |
| 2 | Finland | Ragnar Graeffe Sven-Oswald Mildh Rolf Back Voitto Hellsten | 3:11.3 | NR Q |
| 3 |  Poland | Stanisław Swatowski Zbigniew Makomaski Lech Sierek Gerard Mach | 3:13.1 | NR |
| 4 |  Belgium | Charles Cuvelier Roger Moens Lucien De Muynck Dirk Stoclet | 3:15.9 |
Participation
According to an unofficial count, 44 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.
Austria (4)
Belgium (4)
Finland (4)
France (4)
Hungary (4)
Poland (4)
Soviet Union (4)
Sweden (4)
Switzerland (4)
Great Britain (4)
West Germany (4)
References
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