The men's 4 × 400 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 Horst-Rüdiger SchlöskeThomas JordanMartin JellinghausHermann KöhlerSilver Andrzej BadeńskiJan BalachowskiWaldemar KoryckiJan WernerBronze Lorenzo CellerinoGiacomo PuosiSergio BelloMarcello Fiasconaro
Results Final 15 August Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes Horst-Rüdiger SchlöskeThomas JordanMartin JellinghausHermann Köhler 3:02.94 Andrzej BadeńskiJan BalachowskiWaldemar KoryckiJan Werner 3:03.64 Lorenzo CellerinoGiacomo PuosiSergio BelloMarcello Fiasconaro 3:04.58 4 Yevgeniy BorisenkoSemyon KocherVladimir NosenkoAleksandr Bratchikov 3:04.82 5 John WilsonLen WaltersMartin BilhamDavid Jenkins 3:04.89 6 Gilles BertouldChristian NicolauRoger VélasquezJean-Claude Nallet 3:04.99 7 Erik CarlgrenMichael FredrikssonAnders FaagerLars Stubbendorff 3:08.18 8 Steinar MoGøte LundbladPer RomRichard Simonsen 3:08.81
Heats 14 August
Heat 1 Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes 1 Horst-Rüdiger SchlöskeThomas JordanMartin JellinghausHermann Köhler 3:06.05 Q 2 John WilsonLen WaltersMartin BilhamDavid Jenkins 3:06.20 Q 3 Andrzej BadeńskiJan BalachowskiWaldemar KoryckiJan Werner 3:06.23 Q 4 Steinar MoGøte LundbladPer RomRichard Simonsen 3:06.67 NR Q Juhani KotikoskiAri SalinOssi KarttunenMarkku Kukkoaho DQ
Heat 2 Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes 1 Yevgeniy BorisenkoVladimir NosenkoSemyon KocherAleksandr Bratchikov 3:06.43 Q 2 Erik CarlgrenMichael FredrikssonLars StubbendorffAnders Faager 3:07.20 NR Q 3 Lorenzo CellerinoGiacomo PuosiSergio BelloMarcello Fiasconaro 3:07.28 Q 4 Gilles BertouldChristian NicolauRoger VélasquezJean-Claude Nallet 3:07.35 Q 5 Willy VandenwyngaerdenRené BervoetsJean-Pierre BorléeGaby De Geyter 3:07.8
Participation According to an unofficial count, 40 athletes from 10 countries participated in the event.
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