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

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Men's 4 x 400 metres relay
at the European Athletics Championships

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

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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

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Final

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15 August

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)  West Germany Horst-Rüdiger Schlöske
Thomas Jordan
Martin Jellinghaus
Hermann Köhler
3:02.94
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Poland Andrzej Badeński
Jan Balachowski
Waldemar Korycki
Jan Werner
3:03.64
3rd place, 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  Great Britain John Wilson
Len Walters
Martin Bilham
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

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14 August

Heat 1

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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 Steinar Mo
Gøte Lundblad
Per Rom
Richard Simonsen
3:06.67 NR Q
 Finland Juhani Kotikoski
Ari Salin
Ossi Karttunen
Markku Kukkoaho
DQ

Heat 2

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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

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

References

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  1. ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 412–420, retrieved 13 August 2014