1969 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
The men's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1969 European Athletics Championships was held in Athens, Greece, at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium on 19 and 20 September 1969.[1]
Medalists
Results
Final
20 September
Heats
19 September
Heat 1
| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  West Germany |
Horst-Rüdiger Schlöske Gerhard Hennige Ingo Röper Martin Jellinghaus |
3:06.0 | Q |
| 2 |  France |
Jacques Carette Christian Nicolau Gilles Bertould Jean-Claude Nallet |
3:09.9 | Q |
| 3 |  Italy |
Furio Fusi Giacomo Puosi Claudio Trachelio Sergio Bello |
3:09.9 | Q |
| 4 |  Belgium |
René Bervoets Tony Goovaerts Karel Brems Willy Vandenwyngaerden |
3:10.4 | Q |
| 5 |  Bulgaria |
Georgi Ganchev Zlatko Valchev Khristo Gergov Georgi Bozhkov |
3:10.9 | |
| 6 |  Greece |
Haris Dimitriou Stavros Tziortzis Dionyssios Hatzidakis Konstantinos Mihailidis |
3:15.4 |
Heat 2
| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United Kingdom |
Gwynne Griffiths John Robertson Colin Campbell Martin Winbolt-Lewis |
3:28.9 | Q |
| 2 |  Soviet Union |
Yevgeniy Borisenko Yuriy Zorin Boris Savchuk Aleksandr Bratchikov |
3:33.8 | Q |
| 3 |  Sweden |
Tore Nilsson Lars Gustafsson Michael Fredriksson Ulf Rönner |
3:35.1 | Q |
| 4 |  Poland |
Jan Balachowski Stanisław Grędziński Andrzej Badeński Jan Werner |
3:43.2 | Q |
Participation
According to an unofficial count, 40 athletes from 10 countries participated in the event.
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References
- ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 405–412, retrieved 13 August 2014