| Final | time | ______________  |  | 1. Hungary |  HUN | 40.6s | CR |  |  László Zarándi, Géza Varasdi, György Csányi, Béla Goldoványi |  | 2. Great Britain |  GBR | 40.8s |   |  |  Kenneth Box, George Ellis, Kenneth Jones, Brian Shenton |  | 3. Soviet Union |  URS | 40.9s |   |  |  Boris Tokarev, Viktor Ryabov, Levan Sanadze, Leonid Bartenyew |  | 4. Czechoslovakia |  TCH | 40.9s | NR |  |  Frantisek Broz, Bohuslav Hlídek, Václav Janeček, František Šimánek |  | 5. Italy |  ITA | 41.0s |   |  |  Wolfgango Montanari, Sergio D'Asnasch, Lucio Sangermano, Luigi Gnocchi |  | 6. Sweden |  SWE | 41.3s |   |  |  Börje Andersson, Kaj Månsson, Sven Olof Westlund, Jan Carlsson |   
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| History Men 4x100m Relay |  | World Record: United States 39.8s - 1936 |  | European Record: Germany 40.1s |  | Championship Record: Great Britain 40.9s |  | Heats |   
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  Heats - Friday 27.08 18:30 |  | First 2 progress to Final. |   
| Heat 1 | time | ______________ |  | 1. Soviet Union |  URS | 41.0s | Q |  |  Boris Tokarev, Viktor Ryabov, Levan Sanadze, Leonid Bartenyev |  | 2. Great Britain |  GBR | 41.0s | Q |  |  Kenneth Box, George Ellis, Kenneth Jones, Brian Shenton |  | 3. Poland |  POL | 41.5s | NR |  |  Nikodem Goździalski, Wiesław Holajn, Zdobysław Stawczyk, Emil Kiszka |  | 4. Saar |  SAR | 42.2s | NR |  |  Gert Lemmes, Werner Kiefer, Kurt Heidrich, Erich Ladwein |   
| Heat 2 | time | ______________ |  | 1. Czechoslovakia |  TCH | 41.1s | NR Q |  |  Frantisek Broz, Bohuslav Hlídek, Václav Janeček, František Šimánek |  | 2. Italy |  ITA | 42.2s | Q |  |  Wolfgango Montanari, Sergio D'Asnasch, Lucio Sangermano, Luigi Gnocchi |  | 3. France |  FRA | 41.4s |   |  |  René Bonino, Yves Camus, Ernest Wanko, Alain David |  | 4. Yugoslavia |  YUG | 42.2s |   |  |  Milovan Jovančić, Aleksandar Benjak, Petar Pecelj |  | -. West Germany |  FRG | DQ | bad change |  |  Leonhard Pohl, Peter Kraus, Heinz Fütterer, Manfred Germar |  | -. Finland |  FIN |   |   |   
| Heat 3 | time | ______________ |  | 1. Hungary |  HUN | 40.8s | CR Q |  |  László Zarándi, Géza Varasdi, György Csányi, Béla Goldoványi  |  | 2. Sweden |  SWE | 41.1s | NR Q |  |  Börje Andersson, Kaj Månsson, Sven Olof Westlund, Jan Carlsson |  | 3. Netherlands |  NED | 41.2s |   |  |  Teun Aret, Theo Saat, Hayo Rulander, Aad van Hardeveld |  | 4. Belgium |  BEL | 41.5s |   |  |  Jacques Vercruysse, Carlos Germonprez, Roland Vercruysse, Isidoor Vandewiele |  | 5. Switzerland |  SUI | 41.9s |   |  |  Joseph Huber, Willy Eichenberger, Pierfrancesco Campana, Hans Wehrli |   
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