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

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 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 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)
