The men's 400 + 600 + 800 + 1000 metres medley relay event at the 1970 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 15 March in Vienna. [1] [2] The first athlete ran two laps of the 200-metre track, the second three, the third four and the anchor five, thus 14 laps or 2800 metres in total.
First 2 teams in each heat (Q) qualified directly for the final.
| Rank | Heat | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 |  Soviet Union | Aleksander Konnikov Sergey Kryuchek Vladimir Kolesnikov Ivan Ivanov | 6:20.4 | Q |
| 2 | 1 |  Poland | Edmund Borowski Stanisław Waśkiewicz Kazimierz Wardak Eryk Żelazny | 6:23.6 | Q |
| 1 | 2 |  West Germany | Horst Hasslinger Lothar Hirsch Manfred Henne Ingo Sensburg | 6:28.4 | Q |
| 2 | 2 |  France | Christian Nicolau Gilles Bertould Guy Taillard Gérard Colin | 6:28.4 | Q |
| 3 | 2 |  Austria | Ekkehard Kolodziejczak Robert Kropiunik Hermann Hosp Walter Grabul | 6:33.0 |
| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Soviet Union | Aleksander Konnikov Sergey Kryuchek Vladimir Kolesnikov Ivan Ivanov | 6:18.0 | |
 | Poland | Edmund Borowski Stanisław Waśkiewicz Kazimierz Wardak Eryk Żelazny | 6:18.8 | |
 | West Germany | Horst Hasslinger Lothar Hirsch Manfred Henne Ingo Sensburg | 6:19.6 | |
| 4 | France | Christian Nicolau Gilles Bertould Guy Taillard Gérard Colin | 6:20.2 |
