Qualifying rounds of Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay at the 1958 European Aquatics Championships were held on 4th, final was on 6 September. 11 teams competed at the champion.
Soviet Union won the gold medal with a European record. Hungary finished at the 2nd, Italy at the 3rd place.
Records Before the races: Name Nationality Result Location DateWorld recordJohn MonctonTerry GathercoleBrian WilkinsonJohn Devitt 4:10,4 Osaka 22 August 1958.European recordLászló MagyarFerenc UtassyGyörgy TumpekImre Nyéki 4:18,1 Budapest 5 August 1954.
New records achieved during the competition: Championship SectionNameResultLocationDate (1958)European recordFinalsLeonid BarbierVladimir MinachkinVitaliy ChenenkovViktor Polevoy4:16,5Budapest, Hungary6 SeptemberEuropean Championship recordQualificationLeonid BarbierVladimir MinachkinVitaliy ChenenkovViktor Polevoy4:22,6Budapest, Hungary4 SeptemberEuropean Championship recordQualificationGilberto ElsaRoberto LazzariFederico DennerleinPaolo Pucci4:20,6Budapest, Hungary4 September
Results Here are the meanings of the abbreviations: Q: Qualified based on the result ECR: European Championship record WR: World record ER: European record
Qualifications Result Race Name Nation Result Other 1. 2 Gilberto Elsa (1:06,7)Roberto Lazzari (1:13,1)Federico Dennerlein (1:04,6)Paolo Pucci (56,2) 4:20,6 Q, ECR 2. 2 László Magyar (1:06,0)György Kunsági (1:15,0)György Tumpek (1:03,7)Gyula Dobai (57,0) 4:21,7 Q 3. 1 Georgij Kuvaldin (1:06,7)Vladimir Minaskin (1:13,8)Leonid Sagajduk (1:05,1)Viktor Polevoj (57,0) 4:22,6 Q, ECR 4. 2 Dieter Pfeifer (1:06,5)Konrad Enke (1:13,6)Wolfgang Sieber (1:05,9)Horst-Günter Gregor (58,5) 4:24,5 Q 5. 1 Ladislav Bačík (1:07,8)Vítězslav Svozil (1:12,9)Pavel Pazdírek (1:04,1)Petr Kováč (59,8) 4:24,6 Qo 6. 1 Ekkerhard Miersch (1:09,2)Hans Tröger (1:15,0)Horst Weber (1:04,3)Paul Voell (57,7) 4:26,2 Q 7. 2 Haydn Rigby (1:09,1)Christopher Walkden (1:15,7)Ian Black (1:04,9)Neil McKechnie (59,8) 4:29,5 Q 8. 2 Robert Cristophe (1:04,0)Maurice Lusien (1:19,8)René Pirolley (1:07,8)Marc Kamoeun (59,8) 4:31,4 Q 9. 2 Friedl Duda Gerald BraunerOtto Mayer (1:09,7)Gert Kölli (1:00,4) 4:36,9 1 DQ
Final Result Line Name Nation Time Other 3 Leonid Barbier (1:04,2)Vladimir Minachkin (1:11,6)Vitaliy Chenenkov (1:02,7)Viktor Polevoy (58,0) 4:16,5 ER 5 László Magyar (1:06,5)György Kunsági (1:14,5)György Tumpek (1:03,2)Gyula Dobai (56,2) 4:20,4 4 Gilberto Elsa (1:07,8)Roberto Lazzari (1:13,5)Federico Dennerlein (1:04,6)Paolo Pucci (56,0) 4:21,9 4. 6 Wolfgang Wagner (1:06,2)Konrad Enke (1:14,8)Wolfgang Sieber (1:04,7)Horst-Günter Gregor (57,6) 4:23,3 5. 2 Ladislav Bačík (1:07,9)Vítězslav Svozil (1:13,1)Pavel Pazdírek (1:03,0)Petr Kováč (1:00,1) 4:24,1 6. 7 Ekkerhard Miersch (1:09,9)Hans Tröger (1:15,1)Horst Weber (1:03,8)Paul Voell (56,3) 4:25,1 7. 1 Graham Sykes (1:07,2)Christopher Walkden (1:14,6)Graham Symonds (1:05,0)Neil McKechnie (59,9) 4:26,7 8. 8 Robert Cristophe (1:03,2)Maurice Lusien (1:18,8)René Pirolley (1:06,0)Marc Kamoeun (58,8) 4:26,8
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