The men's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1954 European Athletics Championships was held in Bern, Switzerland, at Stadion Neufeld on 27 and 29 August 1954.
Medalists Gold László ZarándiGéza VarasdiGyörgy CsányiBéla GoldoványiSilver Ken BoxGeorge EllisKen JonesBrian ShentonBronze Boris TokarevViktor RyabovLevan SanadzeLeonid Bartenyev
Results Final 29 August Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes László ZarándiGéza VarasdiGyörgy CsányiBéla Goldoványi 40.6 CR Ken BoxGeorge EllisKen JonesBrian Shenton 40.8 Boris TokarevViktor RyabovLevan SanadzeLeonid Bartenyev 40.9 4 František BrožBohuslav HlídekVáclav JanečekFrantišek Šimánek 40.9 NR 5 Wolfgango MontanariSergio D'AsnaschLucio SangermanoLuigi Gnocchi 41.0 6 Börje AnderssonKaj MånssonSven Olof WestlundJan Carlsson 41.3
Heats 27 August
Heat 1 Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes 1 Boris TokarevViktor RyabovLevan SanadzeLeonid Bartenyev 41.0 Q 2 Ken BoxGeorge EllisKen JonesBrian Shenton 41.0 Q 3 Nikodem GoździalskiWiesław HolajnZdobysław StawczykEmil Kiszka 41.5 NR 4 Gert LemmesWerner KieferKurt HeidrichErich Ladwein 42.3 NR
Heat 2 Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes 1 František BrožBohuslav HlídekVáclav JanečekFrantišek Šimánek 41.1 NR Q 2 Wolfgango MontanariSergio D'AsnaschLucio SangermanoLuigi Gnocchi 41.2 3 René BoninoYves CamusErnest WankoAlain David 41.4 4 Milovan JovančićAleksandar BenjakPetar PeceljVeljko Petrović 42.2 Leonhard PohlPeter KrausHeinz FüttererManfred Germar DQ
Heat 3 Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes 1 László ZarándiGéza VarasdiGyörgy CsányiBéla Goldoványi 40.8 CR Q 2 Börje AnderssonKaj MånssonSven Olof WestlundJan Carlsson 41.1 NR Q 3 Teun AretTheo SaatHayo RulanderAad van Hardeveld 41.3 NR 4 Jacques VercruysseCarlos GermonprezRoland VercruysseIsidoor Vandewiele 41.5 NR 5 Joseph HuberWilly EichenbergerPierfrancesco CampanaHans Wehrli 41.9
Participation According to an unofficial count, 56 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.
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