1971 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

Medalists

Gold	Thomas Jordan Martin Jellinghaus Hermann Köhler  West Germany
Silver	Andrzej Badeński Jan Balachowski Waldemar Korycki Jan Werner  Poland
Bronze	Lorenzo Cellerino Giacomo Puosi Sergio Bello Marcello Fiasconaro  Italy

Results

Final

15 August

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
	West Germany	Thomas Jordan Martin Jellinghaus Hermann Köhler	3:02.94
	Poland	Andrzej Badeński Jan Balachowski Waldemar Korycki Jan Werner	3:03.64
	Italy	Lorenzo Cellerino Giacomo Puosi Sergio Bello Marcello Fiasconaro	3:04.58
4	Soviet Union	Yevgeniy Borisenko Semyon Kocher Vladimir Nosenko Aleksandr Bratchikov	3:04.82
5	Great Britain	David Jenkins	3:04.89
6	France	Roger Vélasquez Jean-Claude Nallet	3:04.99
7	Sweden	Erik Carlgren Michael Fredriksson Anders Faager Lars Stubbendorff	3:08.18
8	Norway	Steinar Mo Gøte Lundblad Per Rom Richard Simonsen	3:08.81

Heats

14 August

Heat 1

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	West Germany	Thomas Jordan Martin Jellinghaus Hermann Köhler	3:06.05	Q
2	Great Britain	David Jenkins	3:06.20	Q
3	Poland	Andrzej Badeński Jan Balachowski Waldemar Korycki Jan Werner	3:06.23	Q
4	Norway	Steinar Mo Gøte Lundblad Per Rom Richard Simonsen	3:06.67	NR Q
	Finland	Juhani Kotikoski Ari Salin Ossi Karttunen Markku Kukkoaho	DQ

Heat 2

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	Soviet Union	Yevgeniy Borisenko Vladimir Nosenko Semyon Kocher Aleksandr Bratchikov	3:06.43	Q
2	Sweden	Erik Carlgren Michael Fredriksson Lars Stubbendorff Anders Faager	3:07.20	NR Q
3	Italy	Lorenzo Cellerino Giacomo Puosi Sergio Bello Marcello Fiasconaro	3:07.28	Q
4	France	Roger Vélasquez Jean-Claude Nallet	3:07.35	Q
5	Belgium	Willy Vandenwyngaerden René Bervoets Jean-Pierre Borlée Gaby De Geyter	3:07.8

Participation

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