1950 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay

1950 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
Pentathlon		women
Decathlon	men

The men's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1950 European Athletics Championships was held in Brussels, Belgium, at Heysel Stadium on 23 and 27 August 1950.^[1]

Gold	Vladimir Sukharev Levan Kalyayev Levan Sanadze Nikolay Karakulov  Soviet Union
Silver	Étienne Bally Jacques Perlot Yves Camus Jean-Pierre Guillon  France
Bronze	Göte Kjellberg Leif Christersson Stig Danielsson Hans Rydén  Sweden

27 August

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
	Soviet Union	Vladimir Sukharev Levan Kalyayev Levan Sanadze Nikolay Karakulov	41.5
	France	Étienne Bally Jacques Perlot Yves Camus Jean-Pierre Guillon	41.8
	Sweden	Göte Kjellberg Leif Christersson Stig Danielsson Hans Rydén	41.9
4	Great Britain	John Gregory Alan Grieve Brian Shenton Austin Pinnington	41.9
5	Iceland	Ásmundur Bjarnason Guðmundur Lárusson Finnbjörn Þorvaldsson Haukur Clausen	41.9
6	Italy	Franco Leccese Gino Riva Giuseppe Guzzi Angelo Moretti	43.2

23 August

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	Soviet Union	Vladimir Sukharev Levan Kalyayev Levan Sanadze Nikolay Karakulov	41.7	Q
2	Iceland	Ásmundur Bjarnason Guðmundur Lárusson Finnbjörn Þorvaldsson Haukur Clausen	41.7	NR Q
3	Great Britain	John Gregory Alan Grieve Brian Shenton Austin Pinnington	41.9	Q
4	Belgium	Hector Gosset Fernand Linssen Isidoor Vandewiele Roland Vercruysse	42.2

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	France	Étienne Bally Jacques Perlot Yves Camus Jean-Pierre Guillon	41.4	Q
2	Italy	Franco Leccese Gino Riva Giuseppe Guzzi Angelo Moretti	41.5	Q
3	Sweden	Göte Kjellberg Leif Christersson Stig Danielsson Hans Rydén	42.1	Q
4	Norway	Erik Bjølseth Henry Johansen Knut Moum Hans Peter Pedersen	42.5
5	Switzerland	Olivier Bernard Hans Wehrli Willy Eichenberger Willy Burgisser	43.7

According to an unofficial count, 36 athletes from 9 countries participated in the event.