# Swimming at the 1958 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay

Qualifying rounds of Men's 4 x 100 metre medley relay at the 1958 European Aquatics Championships were held on 4th, final was on 6 September. 11 teams competed at the champion.
Soviet Union won the gold medal with a European record. Hungary finished at the 2nd, Italy at the 3rd place.

## Records

Before the races
| | Name | Nationality | Result | Place | Date |
| World record | John Moncton Terry Gathercole Brian Wilkinson John Devitt | | 4:10,4 | Osaka | 22 August 1958. |
| European record | László Magyar Ferenc Utassy György Tumpek Imre Nyéki | | 4:18,1 | Budapest | 5 August 1954. |
New records during the competition:
| European record | final | Soviet Union Leonid Barbier Vladimir Minachkin Vitaliy Chenenkov Viktor Polevoy | 4:16,5 | Budapest, Hungary | 6 September |
| European Championship record | qualification | Soviet Union Leonid Barbier Vladimir Minachkin Vitaliy Chenenkov Viktor Polevoy | 4:22,6 | Budapest, Hungary | 4 September |
| European Championship record | qualification | Gilberto Elsa Roberto Lazzari Federico Dennerlein Paolo Pucci | 4:20,6 | Budapest, Hungary | 4 September |

## Results

Here are the meanings of the abbreviations:
| Q: Qualified based on the result ECR: European Championship record | WR: World record ER: European record |

### Qualifications

| Result | Race | Name | Nation | Result | Other |
| 1. | 2 | Gilberto Elsa (1:06,7) Roberto Lazzari (1:13,1) Federico Dennerlein (1:04,6) Paolo Pucci (56,2) | | 4:20,6 | Q, ECR |
| 2. | 2 | László Magyar (1:06,0) György Kunsági (1:15,0) György Tumpek (1:03,7) Gyula Dobai (57,0) | | 4:21,7 | Q |
| 3. | 1 | Georgij Kuvaldin (1:06,7) Vladimir Minaskin (1:13,8) Leonid Sagajduk (1:05,1) Viktor Polevoj (57,0) | Soviet Union | 4:22,6 | Q, ECR |
| 4. | 2 | Dieter Pfeifer (1:06,5) Konrad Enke (1:13,6) Wolfgang Sieber (1:05,9) Horst-Günter Gregor (58,5) | | 4:24,5 | Q |
| 5. | 1 | Ladislav Bačík (1:07,8) Vítězslav Svozil (1:12,9) Pavel Pazdírek (1:04,1) Petr Kováč (59,8) | | 4:24,6 | Qo |
| 6. | 1 | Ekkerhard Miersch (1:09,2) Hans Tröger (1:15,0) Horst Weber (1:04,3) Paul Voell (57,7) | | 4:26,2 | Q |
| 7. | 2 | Haydn Rigby (1:09,1) Christopher Walkden (1:15,7) Ian Black (1:04,9) Neil McKechnie (59,8) | | 4:29,5 | Q |
| 8. | 2 | Robert Cristophe (1:04,0) Maurice Lusien (1:19,8) René Pirolley (1:07,8) Marc Kamoeun (59,8) | | 4:31,4 | Q |
| 9. | 2 | Friedl Duda Gerald Brauner Otto Mayer (1:09,7) Gert Kölli (1:00,4) | | 4:36,9 | |
| | 1 | | | | DQ |

### Final

| Result | Line | Name | Time | Other |
| | 3 | Leonid Barbier (1:04,2) Vladimir Minachkin (1:11,6) Vitaliy Chenenkov (1:02,7) Viktor Polevoy (58,0) | 4:16,5 | ER |
| | 5 | László Magyar (1:06,5) György Kunsági (1:14,5) György Tumpek (1:03,2) Gyula Dobai (56,2) | 4:20,4 | |
| | 4 | Gilberto Elsa (1:07,8) Roberto Lazzari (1:13,5) Federico Dennerlein (1:04,6) Paolo Pucci (56,0) | 4:21,9 | |
| 4. | 6 | Wolfgang Wagner (1:06,2) Konrad Enke (1:14,8) Wolfgang Sieber (1:04,7) Horst-Günter Gregor (57,6) | 4:23,3 | |
| 5. | 2 | Ladislav Bačík (1:07,9) Vítězslav Svozil (1:13,1) Pavel Pazdírek (1:03,0) Petr Kováč (1:00,1) | 4:24,1 | |
| 6. | 7 | Ekkerhard Miersch (1:09,9) Hans Tröger (1:15,1) Horst Weber (1:03,8) Paul Voell (56,3) | 4:25,1 | |
| 7. | 1 | Graham Sykes (1:07,2) Christopher Walkden (1:14,6) Graham Symonds (1:05,0) Neil McKechnie (59,9) | 4:26,7 | |
| 8. | 8 | Robert Cristophe (1:03,2) Maurice Lusien (1:18,8) René Pirolley (1:06,0) Marc Kamoeun (58,8) | 4:26,8 | |

## Sources

* IX. úszó, műugró és vízilabda Európa-bajnokság. Magyar Úszó Szövetség. 1958.