title: 1950 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
text: # 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)
  