1969 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay

The men's 4 x 100 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 100 metres relay
at the European Athletics Championships

Medalists

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Gold Alain Sarteur
Patrick Bourbeillon
Gérard Fenouil
François Saint-Gilles
  France
Silver Aleksandr Lebedev
Vladislav Sapeya
Nikolay Ivanov
Valeriy Borzov
  Soviet Union
Bronze Ladislav Kříž
Dionýz Szögedi
Jiří Kynos
Luděk Bohman
  Czechoslovakia

Results

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Final

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20 September

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
    France Alain Sarteur
Patrick Bourbeillon
Gérard Fenouil
François Saint-Gilles
38.89 CR
    Soviet Union Aleksandr Lebedev
Vladislav Sapeya
Nikolay Ivanov
Valeriy Borzov
39.40
    Czechoslovakia Ladislav Kříž
Dionýz Szögedi
Jiří Kynos
Luděk Bohman
39.52 NR
4   Poland Stanisław Wagner
Edward Romanowski
Zenon Nowosz
Tadeusz Cuch
39.55
5   East Germany Günther Gollos
Peter Haase
Hermann Burde
Hans-Jürgen Bombach
39.67
6   West Germany Manfred Knickenberg
Gerhard Wucherer
Volker Stöckel
Günther Nickel
39.68
7   Yugoslavia Miro Kocuvan
Gabor Lenđel
Ivica Karasi
Predrag Križan
39.72
8   Italy Giorgio Rietti
Ennio Preatoni
Angelo Squazzero
Francesco Zandano
39.85

Heats

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19 September

Heat 1

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Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1   France Alain Sarteur
Patrick Bourbeillon
Gérard Fenouil
François Saint-Gilles
39.3 CR Q
2   Czechoslovakia Ladislav Kříž
Dionýz Szögedi
Jiří Kynos
Luděk Bohman
39.6 Q
3   Poland Stanisław Wagner
Edward Romanowski
Zenon Nowosz
Tadeusz Cuch
39.6 Q
4   Italy Giorgio Rietti
Ennio Preatoni
Angelo Squazzero
Francesco Zandano
39.8 Q
5   Greece Vasilios Papageorgopoulos
Georgios Mikelidis
Antonios Mitrakis
Nikolaos Argiris
40.5

Heat 2

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Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1   East Germany Günther Gollos
Peter Haase
Hermann Burde
Hans-Jürgen Bombach
39.6 Q
2   Yugoslavia Miro Kocuvan
Gabor Lendjel
Ivica Karasi
Predrag Križan
40.0 Q
3   West Germany Manfred Knickenberg
Günther Nickel
Gerhard Wucherer
Volker Stöckel
40.0 Q
4   Soviet Union Aleksandr Lebedev
Vladislav Sapeya
Nikolay Ivanov
Valeriy Borzov
40.1 Q
5   Great Britain Ian Green
Ron Jones
Dave Dear
Don Halliday
40.2

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