1971 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay

The men's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1971 European Athletics Championships was held in Helsinki, Finland, at Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 14 and 15 August 1971.

Medalists Gold Ladislav KřížJuraj DemečJiří KynosLuděk BohmanSilver Gerard GramseTadeusz CuchZenon NowoszMarian DudziakBronze Vincenzo GueriniPietro MenneaPasqualino AbetiEnnio Preatoni

Results Final 15 August Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes Ladislav KřížJuraj DemečJiří KynosLuděk Bohman 39.32 NR Gerard GramseTadeusz CuchZenon NowoszMarian Dudziak 39.72 Vincenzo GueriniPietro MenneaPasqualino AbetiEnnio Preatoni 39.78 4 Brian GreenMartin ReynoldsDon HallidayLes Piggot 39.78 5 Aleksandr KornelyukAleksandr ZhidkikhAleksandr LebedevAleksey Chebykin 40.00 Manfred OmmerKarl-Heinz KlotzGerhard WuchererFranz-Peter Hofmeister DNF Hans-Jürgen BombachJörg PfeiferHermann BurdeHans-Joachim Zenk DQ Dominique ChauvelotPatrick BourbeillonGérard FenouilJean-Pierre Grès DQ

Heats 14 August

Heat 1 Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes 1 Manfred OmmerKarl-Heinz KlotzGerhard WuchererFranz-Peter Hofmeister 39.55 Q 2 Brian GreenMartin ReynoldsDon HallidayLes Piggot 39.77 Q 3 Gerard GramseTadeusz CuchZenon NowoszMarian Dudziak 39.83 Q 4 Vincenzo GueriniPietro MenneaPasqualino AbetiEnnio Preatoni 39.95 Q 5 Curt JohanssonThorsten JohanssonBo SöderbergAnders Faager 40.67

Heat 2 Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes 1 Dominique ChauvelotPatrick BourbeillonGérard FenouilJean-Pierre Grès 39.40 Q 2 Hans-Jürgen BombachJörg PfeiferHermann BurdeHans-Joachim Zenk 39.42 Q 3 Ladislav KřížJuraj DemečJiří KynosLuděk Bohman 39.77 Q 4 Aleksandr KornelyukAleksandr ZhidkikhAleksandr LebedevAleksey Chebykin 39.78 Q Hrvoje VincijanovicIvica KarasiMiro KocuvanPredrag Križan DNF

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

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