The men's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 1962 European Athletics Championships was held in Belgrade, then Yugoslavia, at JNA Stadium on 16 September 1962.
Medalists Gold Johannes SchmittWilfried KindermannHans-Joachim ReskeManfred KinderSilver Barry JacksonKen WilcockAdrian MetcalfeRobbie BrightwellBronze Bruno GallikerMarius TheilerHansruedi BruderJean-Louis Descloux
Results Final 16 September Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes Johannes SchmittWilfried KindermannHans-Joachim ReskeManfred Kinder 3:05.8 CR Barry JacksonKen WilcockAdrian MetcalfeRobbie Brightwell 3:05.9 Bruno GallikerMarius TheilerHansruedi BruderJean-Louis Descloux 3:07.0 NR 4 Bo AlthoffRonny SunessonBengt-Göran FernströmHans-Olof Johansson 3:07.7 NR 5 Mario FraschiniVittorio BarberisGian Paolo IraldoSalvatore Morale 3:07.8 6 Jean BertozziBernard MartinJean-Pierre BoccardoGermain Nelzy 3:08.9
Heats 16 September
Heat 1 Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes 1 Barry JacksonKen WilcockAdrian MetcalfeRobbie Brightwell 3:09.4 Q 2 Mario FraschiniVittorio BarberisGian Paolo IraldoSalvatore Morale 3:10.0 Q 3 Bo AlthoffRonny SunessonBengt-Göran FernströmHans-Olof Johansson 3:10.2 Q 4 Viktor BychkovValeriy BulyshevVadym ArkhypchukVasyl Anisimov 3:10.6 5 Srđan SavićMiloje GrujićViktor ŠnajderMiroslav Bosnar 3:12.5 Jaromír ŠlégrJan KasalJosef OdložilJosef Trousil DNF
Heat 2 Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes 1 Johannes SchmittWilfried KindermannHans-Joachim ReskeManfred Kinder 3:08.8 Q 2 Jean BertozziBernard MartinJean-Pierre BoccardoGermain Nelzy 3:09.2 Q 3 Bruno GallikerMarius TheilerHansruedi BruderJean-Louis Descloux 3:09.7 Q 4 Andrzej BadeńskiStanisław SwatowskiIreneusz KluczekJerzy Kowalski 3:10.2 5 Börje StrandPentti RekolaOlavi SalonenJussi Rintamäki 3:13.8 6 Gürkan ÇevikFahir ÖzgüdenFerruh OygurMuharrem Dalkılıç 3:21.3
Participation According to an unofficial count, 48 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.
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