1974 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay explained

Event:Men's 4 x 400 metres relay
Competition:European Athletics Championships

The men's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1974 European Athletics Championships was held in Rome, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico on 7 and 8 September 1974. 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.[1]

Medalists

GoldGlen Cohen
Bill Hartley
Alan Pascoe
David Jenkins
SilverHermann Köhler
Horst-Rüdiger Schlöske
Karl Honz
Rolf Ziegler
BronzeStig Lönnqvist
Ossi Karttunen
Markku Taskinen
Markku Kukkoaho

Results

Final

8 September

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
align=left 3:03.33
align=left 3:03.52
align=left 3:03.57
4 align=left 3:04.6
5 align=left 3:05.0
6 align=left 3:06.3 NR
7 align=left 3:12.6
align=left DNF

Heats

7 September

Heat 1

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1 align=left 3:04.6 Q
2 align=left 3:04.7 Q
3 align=left 3:05.3 Q
4 align=left 3:06.28 Q
5 align=left 3:08.5
6 align=left 3:37.8

Heat 2

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1 align=left 3:05.3 Q
2 align=left 3:05.5 Q
3 align=left 3:05.8 Q
4 align=left 3:05.8 Q
5 align=left 3:06.29

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 45 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Peltola . Vesa-Matti . Yleisurheilun arvokisatulosten ristiriitaisuuksia . Suomen Urheilutietäjät . Finnish . December 2006 . 27 January 2019.