1938 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay

Events at the
1938 European
Athletics Championships

Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men
800 m men
1500 m men
5000 m men
10,000 m men
80 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men
3000 m
steeplechase
men
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men
Road events
Marathon men
50 km walk men
Field events
Long jump men women
Triple jump men
High jump men women
Pole vault men
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Hammer throw men
Combined events
Decathlon men

The men's 4 x 100 metres relay at the 1938 European Athletics Championships was held in Paris, France, at Stade Olympique de Colombes on 5 September 1938.[1]

Medalists

Gold Manfred Kersch
Gerd Hornberger
Karl Neckermann
Jakob Scheuring
 Germany
Silver Gösta Klemming
Åke Stenqvist
Lennart Lindgren
Lennart Strandberg
 Sweden
Bronze Maurice Scarr
Godfrey Brown
Arthur Sweeney
Ernest Page
 United Kingdom

Results

Final

5 September

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s)  Germany Manfred Kersch
Gerd Hornberger
Karl Neckermann
Jakob Scheuring
40.9 CR
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Sweden Gösta Klemming
Åke Stenqvist
Lennart Lindgren
Lennart Strandberg
41.1
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  United Kingdom Maurice Scarr
Godfrey Brown
Arthur Sweeney
Ernest Page
41.2
4  Italy Tullio Gonnelli
Gianni Caldana
Edoardo Daelli
Orazio Mariani
41.3
5  Netherlands Martinus Osendarp
Wijnand van Beveren
Tjeerd Boersma
Heinz Baumgarten
DNF
6   Switzerland Fritz Seeger
Jean Studer
Bernard Marchand
Paul Hanni
DQ

Heats

5 September

Heat 1

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1  Germany Manfred Kersch
Gerd Hornberger
Karl Neckermann
Jakob Scheuring
41.1 Q
2  United Kingdom Maurice Scarr
Godfrey Brown
Arthur Sweeney
Ernest Page
41.4 Q
3  Sweden Gösta Klemming
Åke Stenqvist
Lennart Lindgren
Lennart Strandberg
42.0 Q
4  France Victor Goldowski
Oscar Stolz
André Dessus
Jean Jourdian
42.2

Heat 2

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1  Italy Tullio Gonnelli
Gianni Caldana
Edoardo Daelli
Orazio Mariani
42.1 Q
2   Switzerland Fritz Seeger
Jean Studer
Bernard Marchand
Paul Hanni
42.3 Q
3  Netherlands Martinus Osendarp
Wijnand van Beveren
Tjeerd Boersma
Heinz Baumgarten
42.4 Q
4  Hungary Gyula Gyenes
János Paizs
József Kovács
József Sir
42.8

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 32 athletes from 8 countries participated in the event.

References

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