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

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

GoldLadislav Kříž
Juraj Demeč
Jiří Kynos
Luděk Bohman
 Czechoslovakia
SilverGerard Gramse
Tadeusz Cuch
Zenon Nowosz
Marian Dudziak
 Poland
BronzeVincenzo Guerini
Pietro Mennea
Pasqualino Abeti
Ennio Preatoni
 Italy

Results

Final

15 August

RankNationCompetitorsTimeNotes
 CzechoslovakiaLadislav Kříž
Juraj Demeč
Jiří Kynos
Luděk Bohman
39.32NR
 PolandGerard Gramse
Tadeusz Cuch
Zenon Nowosz
Marian Dudziak
39.72
 ItalyVincenzo Guerini
Pietro Mennea
Pasqualino Abeti
Ennio Preatoni
39.78
4 Great BritainBrian Green
Martin Reynolds
Don Halliday
Les Piggot
39.78
5 Soviet UnionAleksandr Kornelyuk
Aleksandr Zhidkikh
Aleksandr Lebedev
Aleksey Chebykin
40.00
 West GermanyManfred Ommer
Karl-Heinz Klotz
Gerhard Wucherer
Franz-Peter Hofmeister
DNF
 East GermanyHans-Jürgen Bombach
Jörg Pfeifer
Hermann Burde
Hans-Joachim Zenk
DQ
 FranceDominique Chauvelot
Patrick Bourbeillon
Gérard Fenouil
Jean-Pierre Grès
DQ

Heats

14 August

Heat 1

RankNationCompetitorsTimeNotes
1 West GermanyManfred Ommer
Karl-Heinz Klotz
Gerhard Wucherer
Franz-Peter Hofmeister
39.55Q
2 Great BritainBrian Green
Martin Reynolds
Don Halliday
Les Piggot
39.77Q
3 PolandGerard Gramse
Tadeusz Cuch
Zenon Nowosz
Marian Dudziak
39.83Q
4 ItalyVincenzo Guerini
Pietro Mennea
Pasqualino Abeti
Ennio Preatoni
39.95Q
5 SwedenCurt Johansson
Thorsten Johansson
Bo Söderberg
Anders Faager
40.67

Heat 2

RankNationCompetitorsTimeNotes
1 FranceDominique Chauvelot
Patrick Bourbeillon
Gérard Fenouil
Jean-Pierre Grès
39.40Q
2 East GermanyHans-Jürgen Bombach
Jörg Pfeifer
Hermann Burde
Hans-Joachim Zenk
39.42Q
3 CzechoslovakiaLadislav Kříž
Juraj Demeč
Jiří Kynos
Luděk Bohman
39.77Q
4 Soviet UnionAleksandr Kornelyuk
Aleksandr Zhidkikh
Aleksandr Lebedev
Aleksey Chebykin
39.78Q
 YugoslaviaHrvoje Vincijanovic
Ivica Karasi
Miro Kocuvan
Predrag Križan
DNF

Participation

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

References

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