1938 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	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
Decathlon	men
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The men's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1938 European Athletics Championships was held in Paris, France, at Stade Olympique de Colombes on 5 September 1938.^[1]

Gold	Hermann Blazejezak Manfred Bues Erich Linnhoff Rudolf Harbig  Germany
Silver	Jack Barnes Alfred Baldwin Alan Pennington Godfrey Brown  Great Britain
Bronze	Lars Nilsson Carl-Henrik Gustafsson Bertil Thomasson Bertil von Wachenfeldt  Sweden

5 September

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
	Germany	Hermann Blazejezak Manfred Bues Erich Linnhoff Rudolf Harbig	3:13.7	CR
	Great Britain	Jack Barnes Alfred Baldwin Alan Pennington Godfrey Brown	3:14.9
	Sweden	Lars Nilsson Carl-Henrik Gustafsson Bertil Thomasson Bertil von Wachenfeldt	3:17.3
4	France	Joseph Bertolino André Gardien Jacques Lévèque Prudent Joye	3:18.3
5	Italy	Angelo Ferrario Gioacchino Dorascenzi Otello Spampani Mario Lanzi	3:19.7
6	Hungary	Gyula Gyenes Ferenc Temesvári József Vadas János Görkói	3:22.9

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