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

Events at the
1969 European
Athletics Championships

Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
5000 m men
10,000 m men
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men
3000 m
steeplechase
men
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men women
Road events
Marathon men
20 km walk men
50 km walk men
Field events
High jump men women
Pole vault men
Long jump men women
Triple jump men
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Hammer throw men
Javelin throw men women
Combined events
Pentathlon women
Decathlon men

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]

Medalists

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

Final

20 September

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s)  France Alain Sarteur
Patrick Bourbeillon
Gérard Fenouil
François Saint-Gilles
38.89 CR
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Soviet Union Aleksandr Lebedev
Vladislav Sapeya
Nikolay Ivanov
Valeriy Borzov
39.40
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  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 Lendjel
Ivica Karasi
Predrag Križan
39.72
8  Italy Giorgio Rietti
Ennio Preatino
Angelo Squazzero
Francesco Zandano
39.85

Heats

19 September

Heat 1

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 Preatino
Angelo Squazzero
Francesco Zandano
39.8 Q
5  Greece Vasilios Papageorgopoulos
Georgios Mikelidis
Antonios Mitrakis
Nikolaos Argiris
40.5

Heat 2

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  United Kingdom Ian Green
Ron Jones
Dave Dear
Don Halliday
40.2

Participation

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

References

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