1962 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay

The men's 4 x 100 metres relay at the 1962 European Athletics Championships was held in Belgrade, then Yugoslavia, at JNA Stadium on 14 and 16 September 1962.

Medalists

Gold	Klaus Ulonska Peter Gamper Joachim Bender Manfred Germar West Germany
Silver	Jerzy Juskowiak Andrzej Zieliński Zbigniew Syka Marian Foik Poland
Bronze	Alf Meakin Ron Jones Berwyn Jones David Jones Great Britain

Results

Final

16 September

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
	West Germany	Klaus Ulonska Peter Gamper Joachim Bender Manfred Germar	39.5	CR NR
	Poland	Jerzy Juskowiak Andrzej Zieliński Zbigniew Syka Marian Foik	39.5	CR NR
	Great Britain	Alf Meakin Ron Jones Berwyn Jones David Jones	39.8	NR
4	France	Jean-Paul Lambrot Guy Lagorce Claude Piquemal Jocelyn Delecour	40.0
5	Italy	Livio Berruti Sergio Ottolina Armando Sardi Flavio Colani	40.3
6	Hungary	Imre Babos Csaba Csutorás László Mihályfi Gyula Rábai	40.5

Heats

14 September

Heat 1

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	France	Jean-Paul Lambrot Guy Lagorce Claude Piquemal Jocelyn Delecour	40.0	CR Q
2	Hungary	Imre Babos Csaba Csutorás László Mihályfi Gyula Rábai	40.5	Q
3	Italy	Livio Berruti Sergio Ottolina Armando Sardi Flavio Colani	40.6	Q
4	Soviet Union	Amin Tuyakov Edvin Ozolin Slava Prokhorovskiy Igor Ter-Ovanesyan	40.8

Heat 2

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	Great Britain	Alf Meakin Ron Jones Berwyn Jones David Jones	39.8	CR NR Q
2	West Germany	Klaus Ulonska Peter Gamper Joachim Bender Manfred Germar	39.9	Q
3	Poland	Jerzy Juskowiak Andrzej Zieliński Zbigniew Syka Marian Foik	39.9	NR Q
4	Sweden	Sven Hortewall Bo Althoff Sven-Åke Lövgren Owe Jonsson	40.1	NR
5	Bulgaria	Yordan Glukhchov Veselin Valov Todor Stalev Mikhail Bachvarov	41.3	NR

Participation

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

• Bulgaria (4)
• France (4)
• Hungary (4)
• Italy (4)
• Poland (4)
• Soviet Union (4)
• Sweden (4)
• Great Britain (4)
• West Germany (4)