1974 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
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The men's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 1974 European Athletics Championships was held in Rome, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico on 7 and 8 September 1974.[1] The third-placed Finnish team was initially disqualified over Markku Kukkoaho's use of his elbows at the start of the anchor leg, but Finland launched a successful counter-protest and kept the bronze medals.[2]
| Men's 4 × 400 metres relay at the European Athletics Championships |
|---|
Medalists
Results
Final
8 September
| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |  Great Britain | Glen Cohen Bill Hartley Alan Pascoe David Jenkins | 3:03.33 | |
 |  West Germany | Hermann Köhler Horst-Rüdiger Schlöske Karl Honz Rolf Ziegler | 3:03.52 | |
 |  Finland | Stig Lönnqvist Ossi Karttunen Markku Taskinen Markku Kukkoaho | 3:03.57 | |
| 4 |  France | Jean-Claude Nallet Roger Vélasquez Jacques Carette Francis Demarthon | 3:04.6 | |
| 5 |  East Germany | Reinhard Kokot Benno Stops Jürgen Utikal Andreas Scheibe | 3:05.0 | |
| 6 |  Netherlands | Raymond Heerenveen Rijn van den Heuvel Frank Nusse Toine van den Goolberg | 3:06.3 | NR |
| 7 |  Sweden | Per-Olof Sjöberg Dimitrie Grama Erik Carlgren Michael Fredriksson | 3:12.6 | |
 Soviet Union | Valeriy Yurchenko Vladimir Nosenko Yevgeniy Gavrilenko Semyon Kocher | DNF |
Heats
7 September
Heat 1
| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finland | Stig Lönnqvist Ossi Karttunen Markku Taskinen Markku Kukkoaho | 3:04.6 | Q |
| 2 | Great Britain | Glen Cohen Bill Hartley Alan Pascoe David Jenkins | 3:04.7 | Q |
| 3 | France | Jean-Claude Nallet Roger Vélasquez Jacques Carette Francis Demarthon | 3:05.3 | Q |
| 4 | Netherlands | Raymond Heerenveen Rijn van den Heuvel Frank Nusse Toine van den Goolberg | 3:06.28 | Q |
| 5 |  Italy | Flavio Borghi Alfonso di Guida Lorenzo Cellerino Marcello Fiasconaro | 3:08.5 | |
| 6 |  Yugoslavia | Ivica Ivičak Milorad Čikić Josip Alebić Luciano Sušanj | 3:37.8 |
Heat 2
| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soviet Union | Valeriy Yurchenko Vladimir Nosenko Yevgeniy Gavrilenko Semyon Kocher | 3:05.3 | Q |
| 2 | Sweden | Per-Olof Sjöberg Dimitrie Grama Erik Carlgren Michael Fredriksson | 3:05.5 | Q |
| 3 | East Germany | Reinhard Kokot Benno Stops Jürgen Utikal Andreas Scheibe | 3:05.8 | Q |
| 4 | West Germany | Hermann Köhler Horst-Rüdiger Schlöske Karl Honz Bernd Herrmann | 3:05.8 | Q |
| 5 |  Czechoslovakia | Ivan Daniš František Štross Miroslav Tulis Miroslav Kodejš | 3:06.29 |
Participation
According to an unofficial count, 45 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.
Czechoslovakia (4)
East Germany (4)
Finland (4)
France (4)
Italy (4)
Netherlands (4)
Soviet Union (4)
Sweden (4)
Great Britain (4)
West Germany (5)
Yugoslavia (4)