1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

1946 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	men	women
4 × 400 m relay
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 × 400 metres relay at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held in Oslo, Norway, at Bislett Stadion on 25 August 1946.^[1]

Gold	Bernard Santona Yves Cros Robert Chef d’Hôtel Jacques Lunis  France
Silver	Ronald Ede Derek Pugh Bernard Elliott William Roberts  Great Britain
Bronze	Folke Alnevik Stig Lindgård Sven-Erik Nolinge Tore Sten  Sweden

25 August

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
	France	Bernard Santona Yves Cros Robert Chef d’Hôtel Jacques Lunis	3:14.4
	Great Britain	Ronald Ede Derek Pugh Bernard Elliott William Roberts	3:14.5
	Sweden	Folke Alnevik Stig Lindgård Sven-Erik Nolinge Tore Sten	3:15.0
4	Denmark	Herluf Christensen Knud Greenfort Gunnar Bergsten Niels Holst-Sørensen	3:15.4
5	Switzerland	Werner Rugel Werner Christen Karl Volkmer Oskar Hardmeier	3:20.8
6	Czechoslovakia	Vlastimil Holeček Tomáš Šalé Jiří David Leopold Láznička	3:33.6

According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 6 countries participated in the event.