1974 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
The men's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1974 European Athletics Championships was held in Rome, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico on 7 and 8 September 1974.[1] The third-placed Finnish team was initially disqualified over Markku Kukkoaho's use of his elbows at the start of the anchor leg, but Finland launched a successful counter-protest and kept the bronze medals.[2]
Medalists[]
Results[]
Final[]
8 September
| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 Great Britain |
Glen Cohen Bill Hartley Alan Pascoe David Jenkins |
3:03.33 | |
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 West Germany |
Hermann Köhler Horst-Rüdiger Schlöske Karl Honz Rolf Ziegler |
3:03.52 | |
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 Finland |
Stig Lönnqvist Ossi Karttunen Markku Taskinen Markku Kukkoaho |
3:03.57 | |
| 4 |  France |
Jean-Claude Nallet Jacques Carette Francis Demarthon |
3:04.6 | |
| 5 |  East Germany |
3:05.0 | ||
| 6 |  Netherlands |
Raymond Heerenveen |
3:06.3 | NR |
| 7 |  Sweden |
Erik Carlgren |
3:12.6 | |
 Soviet Union |
Yevgeniy Gavrilenko |
DNF |
Heats[]
7 September
Heat 1[]
| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finland |
Stig Lönnqvist Ossi Karttunen Markku Taskinen Markku Kukkoaho |
3:04.6 | Q |
| 2 | Great Britain |
Glen Cohen Bill Hartley Alan Pascoe David Jenkins |
3:04.7 | Q |
| 3 | France |
Jean-Claude Nallet Jacques Carette Francis Demarthon |
3:05.3 | Q |
| 4 | Netherlands |
Raymond Heerenveen |
3:06.28 | Q |
| 5 |  Italy |
Lorenzo Cellerino Marcello Fiasconaro |
3:08.5 | |
| 6 |  Yugoslavia |
Milorad Čikić Josip Alebić Luciano Sušanj |
3:37.8 |
Heat 2[]
| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soviet Union |
Yevgeniy Gavrilenko |
3:05.3 | Q |
| 2 | Sweden |
Erik Carlgren |
3:05.5 | Q |
| 3 | East Germany |
3:05.8 | Q | |
| 4 | West Germany |
Hermann Köhler Horst-Rüdiger Schlöske Karl Honz Bernd Herrmann |
3:05.8 | Q |
| 5 |  Czechoslovakia |
Ivan Daniš Miroslav Tulis |
3:06.29 |
Participation[]
According to an unofficial count, 45 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.
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References[]
- ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 420–427, retrieved 13 August 2014
- ^ Peltola, Vesa-Matti (December 2006). "Yleisurheilun arvokisatulosten ristiriitaisuuksia". Suomen Urheilutietäjät (in Finnish). Retrieved 27 January 2019.
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