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]

Men's 4 x 400 metres relay
at the European Athletics Championships

Medalists

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Gold Gilles Bertould
Christian Nicolau
Jacques Carette
Jean-Claude Nallet
  France
Silver Yevgeniy Borisenko
Boris Savchuk
Yuriy Zorin
Aleksandr Bratchikov
  Soviet Union
Bronze Horst-Rüdiger Schlöske
Ingo Röper
Gerhard Hennige
Martin Jellinghaus
  West Germany

Results

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Final

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20 September

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
    France Gilles Bertould
Christian Nicolau
Jacques Carette
Jean-Claude Nallet
3:02.30 CR
    Soviet Union Yevgeniy Borisenko
Boris Savchuk
Yuriy Zorin
Aleksandr Bratchikov
3:03.05
    West Germany Horst-Rüdiger Schlöske
Ingo Röper
Gerhard Hennige
Martin Jellinghaus
3:03.13
4   Poland Jan Balachowski
Stanisław Grędziński
Andrzej Badeński
Jan Werner
3:03.16
5   Italy Claudio Trachelio
Sergio Bello
Giacomo Puosi
Furio Fusi
3:04.1
6   Great Britain Gwynne Griffiths
Colin Campbell
Martin Winbolt-Lewis
John Robertson
3:04.2
7   Sweden Tore Nilsson
Michael Fredriksson
Lars Gustafsson
Ulf Rönner
3:08.9
8   Belgium René Bervoets
Tony Goovaerts
Karel Brems
Willy Vandenwyngaerden
3:10.8

Heats

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19 September

Heat 1

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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

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Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1   Great Britain 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

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

References

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  1. ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 405–412, retrieved 13 August 2014