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

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		women
4 × 400 m relay	men
Road events
Marathon	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Decathlon	men

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

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  Great Britain

5 September

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
	Germany	Manfred Kersch Gerd Hornberger Karl Neckermann Jakob Scheuring	40.9	CR
	Sweden	Gösta Klemming Åke Stenqvist Lennart Lindgren Lennart Strandberg	41.1
	Great Britain	Maurice Scarr Godfrey Brown Arthur Sweeney Ernest Page	41.2
4	Italy	Tullio Gonnelli Gianni Caldana Edoardo Daelli Orazio Mariani	41.3
	Netherlands	Martinus Osendarp Wijnand van Beveren Tjeerd Boersma Heinz Baumgarten	DNF
	Switzerland	Fritz Seeger Jean Studer Bernard Marchand Paul Hanni	DQ

5 September

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	Germany	Manfred Kersch Gerd Hornberger Karl Neckermann Jakob Scheuring	41.1	Q
2	Great Britain	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

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

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