| Event: | Men's 4 x 100 metres relay |
The men's 4 × 100 metres relay event at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games was held on 31 January and 2 February at the Queen Elizabeth II Park in Christchurch, New Zealand.[1]
| width=200 valign=top | Greg Lewis Laurie D'Arcy Andrew Ratcliffe Graham Haskell | width=200 valign=top | Albert Lomotey Ohene Karikari Kofi Okyir George Daniels | width=200 valign=top | Timon Oyebami Benedict Majekodunmi Kola Abdulai James Olakunle |
Qualification: First 3 teams of each heat (Q) plus the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.
| Rank | Heat | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 40.1 | Q | |||
| 2 | 1 | 40.2 | Q | |||
| 3 | 1 | 40.3 | Q | |||
| 4 | 1 | 40.5 | q | |||
| 5 | 1 | 40.92 | ||||
| 1 | 2 | 39.7 | Q | |||
| 2 | 2 | 40.1 | Q | |||
| 3 | 2 | 40.3 | Q | |||
| 4 | 2 | 40.8 | q | |||
| 5 | 2 | 41.77 |
| Rank | Lane | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 39.31 | GR, AR | ||||
| 6 | 39.61 | |||||
| 2 | 39.70 | |||||
| 4 | 8 | 39.77 | ||||
| 5 | 7 | 39.80 | ||||
| 6 | 1 | 39.97 | ||||
| 7 | 3 | 40.41 | ||||
| 8 | 5 | 40.50 |