1971 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
| Men's 4 x 100 metres relay at the European Athletics Championships |
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The men's 4 x 100 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
[edit]Results
[edit]Final
[edit]15 August
Heats
[edit]14 August
Heat 1
[edit]| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  West Germany |
Manfred Ommer Karl-Heinz Klotz Gerhard Wucherer Franz-Peter Hofmeister |
39.55 | Q |
| 2 |  Great Britain |
Brian Green Martin Reynolds Don Halliday Les Piggot |
39.77 | Q |
| 3 |  Poland |
Gerard Gramse Tadeusz Cuch Zenon Nowosz Marian Dudziak |
39.83 | Q |
| 4 |  Italy |
Vincenzo Guerini Pietro Mennea Pasqualino Abeti Ennio Preatoni |
39.95 | Q |
| 5 |  Sweden |
Curt Johansson Thorsten Johansson Bo Söderberg Anders Faager |
40.67 |
Heat 2
[edit]Participation
[edit]According to an unofficial count, 40 athletes from 10 countries participated in the event.
Czechoslovakia (4)
East Germany (4)
France (4)- Italy (4)
- Poland (4)
Soviet Union (4)- Sweden (4)
- Great Britain (4)
- West Germany (4)
Yugoslavia (4)
References
[edit]- ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 412–420, retrieved 13 August 2014
