The men's 4 × 800 metres relay event at the 1971 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 14 March in Sofia.ResultsResults (p. 440) Each athlete ran four laps of the 200 metres track.
Results RankNationCompetitorsTimeNotes Valeriy TaratynovStanislav MeshcherskichAleksey TaranovViktor Semyashkin 7:17.8 WB Krzysztof LinkowskiZenon SzordykowskiMichał SkowronekKazimierz Wardak 7:19.2 NR Paul-Heinz WellmannGodehard BryschDieter FriedrichBernd Eppler 7:25.0 4 Atanas AnanasovPetar KyatovskiDimcho DeribeevPetar Khikov 7:26.4
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