1950 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

Men's 4 x 400 metres relay at the European Athletics Championships

The men's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1950 European Athletics Championships was held in Brussels, Belgium, at Heysel Stadium on 26 and 27 August 1950.

Medalists

Gold	Martin Pike Leslie Lewis Angus Scott Derek Pugh Great Britain
Silver	Baldassare Porto Armando Filiput Luigi Paterlini Antonio Siddi Italy
Bronze	Gösta Brännström Tage Ekfeldt Rune Larsson Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt Sweden

Results

Final

27 August

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
	Great Britain	Martin Pike Leslie Lewis Angus Scott Derek Pugh	3:10.2	CR
	Italy	Baldassare Porto Armando Filiput Luigi Paterlini Antonio Siddi	3:11.0	NR
	Sweden	Gösta Brännström Tage Ekfeldt Rune Larsson Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt	3:11.6	NR
4	France	René Leroux Francis Schewetta Jean-Paul Martin du Gard Jacques Lunis	3:11.6	NR
5	Soviet Union	Pavel Kiyanenko Gennadiy Modoy Heino Potter Sergey Komarov	3:15.4	NR
6	Finland	Jaakko Suikkari Lennart Lindberg Ragnar Graeffe Rolf Back	3:16.6	NR

Heats

26 August

Heat 1

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	Sweden	Gösta Brännström Tage Ekfeldt Rune Larsson Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt	3:17.4h
2	Great Britain	Martin Pike Leslie Lewis Angus Scott Derek Pugh	3:18.4h
3	Soviet Union	Pavel Kiyanenko Gennadiy Modoy Heino Potter Sergey Komarov	3:18.6h
4	Belgium	Albert Lowagie Jean-Baptiste Peeters Oscar Soetewey Marcel Dits	3:19.4h

Heat 2

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	Italy	Baldassare Porto Armando Filiput Luigi Paterlini Antonio Siddi	3:15.2h
2	Finland	Jaakko Suikkari Lennart Lindberg Ragnar Graeffe Rolf Back	3:16.4h
3	France	René Leroux Francis Schewetta Jean-Paul Martin du Gard Jacques Lunis	3:16.8h
4	Yugoslavia	Marko Račič Branislav Stankovic Zvonko Sabolović Lazar Milosevski	3:19.2h
5	Netherlands	Jan Hofmeester Frans Buys Constant Mahieu	3:19.4	NR

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 36 athletes from 9 countries participated in the event. The fourth member of both the Belgian and Dutch relay teams are unknown.

• Belgium (4)
• Finland (4)
• France (4)
• Italy (4)
• Netherlands (4)
• Soviet Union (4)
• Sweden (4)
• Great Britain (4)
• Yugoslavia (4)