1969 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

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

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.

Medalists

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

Final

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

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	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

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

• Belgium (4)
• Bulgaria (4)
• France (4)
• Greece (4)
• Italy (4)
• Poland (4)
• Soviet Union (4)
• Sweden (4)
• Great Britain (4)
• West Germany (4)