1974 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay

The men's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1974 European Athletics Championships was held in Rome, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico on 7 and 8 September 1974.

Medalists Gold Lucien Sainte-RoseJoseph ArameBruno CherrierDominique ChauvelotSilver Vincenzo GueriniNorberto OliosiLuigi BenedettiPietro MenneaBronze Manfred KokotMichael DroeseHans-Jürgen BombachSiegfried Schenke

Results Final 8 September Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes Lucien Sainte-RoseJoseph ArameBruno CherrierDominique Chauvelot 38.69 CR Vincenzo GueriniNorberto OliosiLuigi BenedettiPietro Mennea 38.88 Manfred KokotMichael DroeseHans-Jürgen BombachSiegfried Schenke 38.99 4 Aleksandr KornelyukAleksandr AksininJuris SilovsValeriy Borzov 39.03 5 Andrzej ŚwierczyńskiMarek BedyńskiGrzegorz MądryZenon Nowosz 39.35 6 Luis SarríaJuan SarrasquetaMiguel ArnauJosé Luis Sánchez Paraíso 39.87 7 Lyubomir IvanovPetar PetrovGeorgi GanchevMirolyub Petkov 39.91 8 Jiří KynosJaroslav MatoušekJuraj DemečLuděk Bohman 39.92

Heats 7 September

Heat 1 Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes 1 Vincenzo GueriniNorberto OliosiLuigi BenedettiPietro Mennea 39.27 Q 2 Manfred KokotMichael DroeseHans-Jürgen BombachSiegfried Schenke 39.33 Q 3 Andrzej ŚwierczyńskiMarek BedyńskiGrzegorz MądryZenon Nowosz 39.78 Q 4 Luis SarríaJuan SarrasquetaMiguel ArnauJosé Luis Sánchez Paraíso 40.01 Q 5 Rolf TrulssonPer-Olof SjöbergDimitrie GramaChrister Garpenborg 40.11 6 Ossi KarttunenRaimo VilénLasse MalinMarkku Juhola 40.20 7 Lajos GresaEndre LepoldLászló KoronaTibor Farkas 40.36

Heat 2 Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes 1 Lucien Sainte-RoseJoseph ArameBruno CherrierDominique Chauvelot 39.24 Q 2 Aleksandr KornelyukAleksandr AksininJuris SilovsValeriy Borzov 39.55 Q 3 Lyubomir IvanovPetar PetrovGeorgi GanchevMirolyub Petkov 39.95 Q 4 Jiří KynosJaroslav MatoušekJuraj DemečLuděk Bohman 40.00 Q 5 David RobertsAlan LerwillChris MonkDon Halliday 40.33 Klaus EhlKlaus-Dieter BielerManfred OmmerFranz-Peter Hofmeister DQ

Participation According to an unofficial count, 52 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.

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