1971 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

1971 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
100 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	women
Road events
Marathon	men
20 km walk	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
Pentathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The men's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1971 European Athletics Championships was held in Helsinki, Finland, at Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 14 and 15 August 1971.^[1]

Medalists[]

Gold	Horst-Rüdiger Schlöske Thomas Jordan Martin Jellinghaus Hermann Köhler  West Germany
Silver	Andrzej Badeński Jan Balachowski Waldemar Korycki Jan Werner  Poland
Bronze	Lorenzo Cellerino Giacomo Puosi Sergio Bello Marcello Fiasconaro  Italy

Results[]

Final[]

15 August

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
	West Germany	Horst-Rüdiger Schlöske Thomas Jordan Martin Jellinghaus Hermann Köhler	3:02.94
	Poland	Andrzej Badeński Jan Balachowski Waldemar Korycki Jan Werner	3:03.64
	Italy	Lorenzo Cellerino Giacomo Puosi Sergio Bello Marcello Fiasconaro	3:04.58
4	Soviet Union	Aleksandr Bratchikov	3:04.82
5	Great Britain	John Wilson Len Walters Martin Bilham David Jenkins	3:04.89
6	France	Gilles Bertould Christian Nicolau Jean-Claude Nallet	3:04.99
7	Sweden	Erik Carlgren Anders Faager	3:08.18
8	Norway	Per Rom Richard Simonsen	3:08.81

Heats[]

14 August

Heat 1[]

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	West Germany	Horst-Rüdiger Schlöske Thomas Jordan Martin Jellinghaus Hermann Köhler	3:06.05	Q
2	Great Britain	John Wilson Len Walters Martin Bilham David Jenkins	3:06.20	Q
3	Poland	Andrzej Badeński Jan Balachowski Waldemar Korycki Jan Werner	3:06.23	Q
4	Norway	Per Rom Richard Simonsen	3:06.67	NR Q
	Finland	Ari Salin Ossi Karttunen Markku Kukkoaho	DQ

Heat 2[]

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	Soviet Union	Aleksandr Bratchikov	3:06.43	Q
2	Sweden	Erik Carlgren Anders Faager	3:07.20	NR Q
3	Italy	Lorenzo Cellerino Giacomo Puosi Sergio Bello Marcello Fiasconaro	3:07.28	Q
4	France	Gilles Bertould Christian Nicolau Jean-Claude Nallet	3:07.35	Q
5	Belgium		3:07.8

Participation[]

According to an unofficial count, 40 athletes from 10 countries participated in the event.

References[]