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

Events at the
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

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
1st, gold medalist(s)  West Germany Horst-Rüdiger Schlöske
Thomas Jordan
Martin Jellinghaus
Hermann Köhler
3:02.94
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Poland Andrzej Badeński
Jan Balachowski
Waldemar Korycki
Jan Werner
3:03.64
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Italy Lorenzo Cellerino
Giacomo Puosi
Sergio Bello
Marcello Fiasconaro
3:04.58
4  Soviet Union Yevgeniy Borisenko
Semyon Kocher
Vladimir Nosenko
Aleksandr Bratchikov
3:04.82
5  United Kingdom John Wilson
Leonard Walters
Martin Billham
David Jenkins
3:04.89
6  France Gilles Bertould
Christian Nicolau
Roger Vélasquez
Jean-Claude Nallet
3:04.99
7  Sweden Erik Carlgren
Michael Fredriksson
Anders Faager
Lars Stubbendorff
3:08.18
8  Norway Steinar Mo
Gøte Lundblad
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  United Kingdom John Wilson
Leonard Walters
Martin Billham
David Jenkins
3:06.20 Q
3  Poland Andrzej Badeński
Jan Balachowski
Waldemar Korycki
Jan Werner
3:06.23 Q
4  Norway Steinar Mo
Gøte Lundblad
Per Rom
Richard Simonsen
3:06.67 NR Q
5  Finland Juhani Kotikoski
Ari Salin
Ossi Karttunen
Markku Kukkoaho
DQ

Heat 2

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1  Soviet Union Yevgeniy Borisenko
Vladimir Nosenko
Semyon Kocher
Aleksandr Bratchikov
3:06.43 Q
2  Sweden Erik Carlgren
Michael Fredriksson
Lars Stubbendorff
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
Roger Vélasquez
Jean-Claude Nallet
3:07.35 Q
5  Belgium Willy Vandenwyngaerden
René Bervoets
Jean-Pierre Borlée
Gaby De Geyter
3:07.8

Participation

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

References

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