1971 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
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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
Gold | Ladislav Kříž Juraj Demeč Jiří Kynos Luděk Bohman Czechoslovakia |
Silver | Gerard Gramse Tadeusz Cuch Zenon Nowosz Marian Dudziak Poland |
Bronze | Vincenzo Guerini Pietro Mennea Pasqualino Abeti Ennio Preatoni Italy |
Results
Final
15 August
Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
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Czechoslovakia | Ladislav Kříž Juraj Demeč Jiří Kynos Luděk Bohman | 39.32 | NR | |
Poland | Gerard Gramse Tadeusz Cuch Zenon Nowosz Marian Dudziak | 39.72 | ||
Italy | Vincenzo Guerini Pietro Mennea Pasqualino Abeti Ennio Preatoni | 39.78 | ||
4 | Great Britain | Brian Green Martin Reynolds Don Halliday Les Piggot | 39.78 | |
5 | Soviet Union | Aleksandr Kornelyuk Aleksandr Zhidkikh Aleksandr Lebedev Aleksey Chebykin | 40.00 | |
West Germany | Manfred Ommer Karl-Heinz Klotz Gerhard Wucherer Franz-Peter Hofmeister | DNF | ||
East Germany | Hans-Jürgen Bombach Jörg Pfeifer Hermann Burde Hans-Joachim Zenk | DQ | ||
France | Dominique Chauvelot Patrick Bourbeillon Gérard Fenouil Jean-Pierre Grès | DQ |
Heats
14 August
Heat 1
Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
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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
Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
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1 | France | Dominique Chauvelot Patrick Bourbeillon Gérard Fenouil Jean-Pierre Grès | 39.40 | Q |
2 | East Germany | Hans-Jürgen Bombach Jörg Pfeifer Hermann Burde Hans-Joachim Zenk | 39.42 | Q |
3 | Czechoslovakia | Ladislav Kříž Juraj Demeč Jiří Kynos Luděk Bohman | 39.77 | Q |
4 | Soviet Union | Aleksandr Kornelyuk Aleksandr Zhidkikh Aleksandr Lebedev Aleksey Chebykin | 39.78 | Q |
Yugoslavia | Hrvoje Vincijanovic Ivica Karasi Miro Kocuvan Predrag Križan | DNF |
Participation
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
- ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 412–420, retrieved 13 August 2014