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.

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
	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
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
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)