| 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]
| Gold | Glen Cohen Bill Hartley Alan Pascoe David Jenkins  | |
| Silver | Hermann Köhler Horst-Rüdiger Schlöske Karl Honz Rolf Ziegler | |
| Bronze | Stig Lönnqvist Ossi Karttunen Markku Taskinen Markku Kukkoaho  |
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 |
7 September
| 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 |
| 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 |
According to an unofficial count, 45 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.
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