1971 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

Medalists

Gold	Horst-Rüdiger Schlöske Thomas Jordan Martin Jellinghaus Hermann Köhler West Germany
Silver	Andrzej Badeński Jan Balachowski Waldemar Korycki Jan Werner Poland
Bronze	Lorenzo Cellerino Giacomo Puosi Sergio Bello Marcello Fiasconaro Italy

15 August

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time
	West Germany	Horst-Rüdiger Schlöske Thomas Jordan Martin Jellinghaus Hermann Köhler	3:02.94
	Poland	Andrzej Badeński Jan Balachowski Waldemar Korycki Jan Werner	3:03.64
	Italy	Lorenzo Cellerino Giacomo Puosi Sergio Bello Marcello Fiasconaro	3:04.58
4	Soviet Union	Yevgeniy Borisenko Semyon Kocher Vladimir Nosenko Aleksandr Bratchikov	3:04.82
5	Great Britain	John Wilson Len Walters Martin Bilham David Jenkins	3:04.89
6	France	Gilles Bertould Christian Nicolau Roger Vélasquez Jean-Claude Nallet	3:04.99
7	Sweden	Erik Carlgren Michael Fredriksson Anders Faager Lars Stubbendorff	3:08.18
8	Norway	Steinar Mo Gøte Lundblad Per Rom Richard Simonsen	3:08.81

14 August

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	West Germany	Horst-Rüdiger Schlöske Thomas Jordan Martin Jellinghaus Hermann Köhler	3:06.05	Q
2	Great Britain	John Wilson Len Walters Martin Bilham David Jenkins	3:06.20	Q
3	Poland	Andrzej Badeński Jan Balachowski Waldemar Korycki Jan Werner	3:06.23	Q
4	Norway	Steinar Mo Gøte Lundblad Per Rom Richard Simonsen	3:06.67	NR Q
	Finland	Juhani Kotikoski Ari Salin Ossi Karttunen Markku Kukkoaho	DQ

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	Soviet Union	Yevgeniy Borisenko Vladimir Nosenko Semyon Kocher Aleksandr Bratchikov	3:06.43	Q
2	Sweden	Erik Carlgren Michael Fredriksson Lars Stubbendorff Anders Faager	3:07.20	NR Q
3	Italy	Lorenzo Cellerino Giacomo Puosi Sergio Bello Marcello Fiasconaro	3:07.28	Q
4	France	Gilles Bertould Christian Nicolau Roger Vélasquez Jean-Claude Nallet	3:07.35	Q
5	Belgium	Willy Vandenwyngaerden René Bervoets Jean-Pierre Borlée Gaby De Geyter	3:07.8

According to an unofficial count, 40 athletes from 10 countries participated in the event.