| Event: | Men's 4 x 100 metres relay |
| Competition: | European Athletics Championships |
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.
| Gold | Alain Sarteur Patrick Bourbeillon Gérard Fenouil François Saint-Gilles  | |
| Silver | Aleksandr Lebedev Vladislav Sapeya Nikolay Ivanov Valeriy Borzov | |
| Bronze | Ladislav Kříž Dionýz Szögedi Jiří Kynos Luděk Bohman |
20 September
| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left | | 38.89 | CR | |||
| align=left | 39.40 | |||||
| align=left | 39.52 | NR | ||||
| 4 | align=left |  | 39.55 | |||
| 5 | align=left | 39.67 | ||||
| 6 | align=left | 39.68 | ||||
| 7 | align=left | 39.72 | ||||
| 8 | align=left |  | 39.85 |
19 September
| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | | 39.3 | CR Q | ||
| 2 | align=left | 39.6 | Q | |||
| 3 | align=left | | 39.6 | Q | ||
| 4 | align=left | | 39.8 | Q | ||
| 5 | align=left | 40.5 |
| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | 39.6 | Q | |||
| 2 | align=left | 40.0 | Q | |||
| 3 | align=left | 40.0 | Q | |||
| 4 | align=left | 40.1 | Q | |||
| 5 | align=left |  | 40.2 |
According to an unofficial count, 40 athletes from 10 countries participated in the event.
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