The men's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 1969 European Athletics Championships was held in Athens, Greece, at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium on 19 and 20 September 1969.
Medalists Gold Gilles BertouldChristian NicolauJacques CaretteJean-Claude NalletSilver Yevgeniy BorisenkoBoris SavchukYuriy ZorinAleksandr BratchikovBronze Horst-Rüdiger SchlöskeIngo RöperGerhard HennigeMartin Jellinghaus
Results Final 20 September Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes Gilles BertouldChristian NicolauJacques CaretteJean-Claude Nallet 3:02.30 CR Yevgeniy BorisenkoBoris SavchukYuriy ZorinAleksandr Bratchikov 3:03.05 Horst-Rüdiger SchlöskeIngo RöperGerhard HennigeMartin Jellinghaus 3:03.13 4 Jan BalachowskiStanisław GrędzińskiAndrzej BadeńskiJan Werner 3:03.16 5 Claudio TrachelioSergio BelloGiacomo PuosiFurio Fusi 3:04.1 6 Gwynne GriffithsColin CampbellMartin Winbolt-LewisJohn Robertson 3:04.2 7 Tore NilssonMichael FredrikssonLars GustafssonUlf Rönner 3:08.9 8 René BervoetsTony GoovaertsKarel BremsWilly Vandenwyngaerden 3:10.8
Heats 19 September
Heat 1 Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes 1 Horst-Rüdiger SchlöskeGerhard HennigeIngo RöperMartin Jellinghaus 3:06.0 Q 2 Jacques CaretteChristian NicolauGilles BertouldJean-Claude Nallet 3:09.9 Q 3 Furio FusiGiacomo PuosiClaudio TrachelioSergio Bello 3:09.9 Q 4 René BervoetsTony GoovaertsKarel BremsWilly Vandenwyngaerden 3:10.4 Q 5 Georgi GanchevZlatko ValchevKhristo GergovGeorgi Bozhkov 3:10.9 6 Haris DimitriouStavros TziortzisDionyssios HatzidakisKonstantinos Mihailidis 3:15.4
Heat 2 Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes 1 Gwynne GriffithsJohn RobertsonColin CampbellMartin Winbolt-Lewis 3:28.9 Q 2 Yevgeniy BorisenkoYuriy ZorinBoris SavchukAleksandr Bratchikov 3:33.8 Q 3 Tore NilssonLars GustafssonMichael FredrikssonUlf Rönner 3:35.1 Q 4 Jan BalachowskiStanisław GrędzińskiAndrzej BadeńskiJan Werner 3:43.2 Q
Participation According to an unofficial count, 40 athletes from 10 countries participated in the event.
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