2010 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

The men's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 31 July and 1 August.

Men's 4 x 400 metres relay at the European Athletics Championships

Medalists

Gold	Maksim Dyldin, Alexey Aksenov, Vladimir Krasnov, Pavel Trenikhin Russia (RUS)
Silver	Conrad Williams, Michael Bingham, Martyn Rooney, Robert Tobin Great Britain (GBR)
Bronze	Arnaud Destatte, Kevin Borlée, Cédric Van Branteghem, Jonathan Borlée Belgium (BEL)

Records

Standing records prior to the 2010 European Athletics Championships
World record	United States Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts Butch Reynolds, Michael Johnson	2:54.29	Stuttgart, Germany	22 August 1993
European record	United Kingdom Iwan Thomas, Jamie Baulch Mark Richardson, Roger Black	2:56.60	Atlanta, United States	3 August 1996
Championship record	United Kingdom Paul Sanders, Kriss Akabusi John Regis, Roger Black	2:58.22	Split, Yugoslavia	1 September 1990
World Leading	United States U23 LeJerald Betters, O'Neal Wilder Joey Hughes, Tavaris Tate	2:58.83	Miramar, FL, United States	11 July 2010
European Leading	Russia Maksim Dyldin, Valentin Kruglyakov Pavel Trenikhin, Vladimir Krasnov	3:01.72	Bergen, Norway	20 June 2010

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
31 July 2010	11:20	Round 1
1 August 2010	21:55	Final

Results

Round 1

First 3 in each heat (Q) and 2 best performers (q) advance to the Final.

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Nation	Athletes	React	Time	Notes
1	2	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	Conrad Williams, Graham Hedman, Richard Buck, Robert Tobin	0.247	3:04.09	Q
2	1	Poland (POL)	Marcin Marciniszyn, Daniel Dąbrowski, Piotr Klimczak, Jan Ciepiela	0.234	3:04.51	Q
3	8	Netherlands (NED)	Joeri Moerman, Youssef El Rhalfioui, Dennis Spillekom, Robert Lathouwers	0.205	3:04.52	Q
4	5	France (FRA)	Yannick Fonsat, Mamoudou Hanne, Mame-Ibra Anne, Yoan Décimus	0.189	3:05.32	q
5	4	Ukraine (UKR)	Maksym Nakonechnyy, Myhaylo Knysh, Volodymyr Burakov, Dmytro Ostrovskyy	0.314	3:05.51
6	6	Ireland (IRL)	Gordon Kennedy, Brian Murphy, Brian Gregan, Steven Colvert	0.230	3:07.21
7	3	Spain (ESP)	Marc Orozco, Mark Ujakpor, Santiago Ezquerro, Antonio Manuel Reina	0.199	3:07.38
8	7	Romania (ROM)	Adrian Dragan, Iulian Geambazu, Attila Nagy, Catalin Cîmpeanu	0.355	3:09.48

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Nation	Athletes	React	Time	Notes
1	2	Belgium (BEL)	Antoine Gillet, Cédric Van Branteghem, Nils Duerinck, Kevin Borlée	0.238	3:03.49	Q
2	6	Germany (GER)	Kamghe Gaba, Bastian Swillims, Jonas Plass, Thomas Schneider	0.168	3:03.83	Q
3	1	Russia (RUS)	Maksim Dyldin, Aleksey Aksyonov, Sergey Petukhov, Pavel Trenikhin	0.199	3:04.20	Q
4	3	Italy (ITA)	Claudio Licciardello, Luca Galletti, Domenico Fontana, Marco Vistalli	0.246	3:04.55	q
5	5	Greece (GRE)	Pétros Kiriakídis, Dimítrios Grávalos, Padeleímon Melahrinoúdis, Sotírios Iakovákis	0.250	3:07.12
6	4	Hungary (HUN)	Máté Lukács, Gábor Pásztor, Zoltán Kovács, Marcell Deák-Nagy	0.231	3:08.32
7	7	Slovenia (SLO)	Uros Jovanovic, Sebastjan Jagarinec, Marko Macuh, Erik Voncina	0.174	3:08.95
8	8	Denmark (DEN)	Jacob Fabricius Riis, Andreas Hjartbro Bube, Daniel B. Christensen, Nicklas Hyde	0.190	3:09.04

Summary

Rank	Heat	Lane	Nation	Athletes	React	Time	Notes
1	2	2	Belgium (BEL)	Antoine Gillet, Cédric Van Branteghem, Nils Duerinck, Kevin Borlée	0.238	3:03.49	Q
2	2	6	Germany (GER)	Kamghe Gaba, Bastian Swillims, Jonas Plass, Thomas Schneider	0.168	3:03.83	Q
3	1	2	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	Conrad Williams, Graham Hedman, Richard Buck, Robert Tobin	0.247	3:04.09	Q
4	2	1	Russia (RUS)	Maksim Dyldin, Aleksey Aksyonov, Sergey Petukhov, Pavel Trenikhin	0.199	3:04.20	Q
5	1	1	Poland (POL)	Marcin Marciniszyn, Daniel Dąbrowski, Piotr Klimczak, Jan Ciepiela	0.234	3:04.51	Q
6	1	8	Netherlands (NED)	Joeri Moerman, Youssef El Rhalfioui, Dennis Spillekom, Robert Lathouwers	0.205	3:04.52	Q
7	2	3	Italy (ITA)	Claudio Licciardello, Luca Galletti, Domenico Fontana, Marco Vistalli	0.246	3:04.55	q
8	1	5	France (FRA)	Yannick Fonsat, Mamoudou Hanne, Mame-Ibra Anne, Yoan Décimus	0.189	3:05.32	q
9	1	4	Ukraine (UKR)	Maksym Nakonechnyy, Myhaylo Knysh, Volodymyr Burakov, Dmytro Ostrovskyy	0.314	3:05.51
10	2	5	Greece (GRE)	Pétros Kiriakídis, Dimítrios Grávalos, Padeleímon Melahrinoúdis, Sotírios Iakovákis	0.250	3:07.12
11	1	6	Ireland (IRL)	Gordon Kennedy, Brian Murphy, Brian Gregan, Steven Colvert	0.230	3:07.21
12	1	3	Spain (ESP)	Marc Orozco, Mark Ujakpor, Santiago Ezquerro, Antonio Manuel Reina	0.199	3:07.38
13	2	4	Hungary (HUN)	Máté Lukács, Gábor Pásztor, Zoltán Kovács, Marcell Deák-Nagy	0.231	3:08.32
14	2	7	Slovenia (SLO)	Uros Jovanovic, Sebastjan Jagarinec, Marko Macuh, Erik Voncina	0.174	3:08.95
15	2	8	Denmark (DEN)	Jacob Fabricius Riis, Andreas Hjartbro Bube, Daniel B. Christensen, Nicklas Hyde	0.190	3:09.04
16	1	7	Romania (ROM)	Adrian Dragan, Iulian Geambazu, Attila Nagy, Catalin Cîmpeanu	0.355	3:09.48

Final

Rank	Lane	Nationality	Athlete	React	Time	Notes
	7	Russia (RUS)	Maksim Dyldin, Aleksey Aksyonov, Pavel Trenikhin, Vladimir Krasnov	0.210	3:02.14
	3	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	Conrad Williams, Michael Bingham, Robert Tobin, Martyn Rooney	0.242	3:02.25
	4	Belgium (BEL)	Arnaud Destatte, Kevin Borlée, Cédric Van Branteghem, Jonathan Borlée	0.178	3:02.60
4	5	Germany (GER)	Kamghe Gaba, Bastian Swillims, Eric Krüger, Thomas Schneider	0.192	3:02.65
5	6	Poland (POL)	Marcin Marciniszyn, Daniel Dąbrowski, Piotr Klimczak, Kacper Kozłowski	0.273	3:03.42
6	1	France (FRA)	Leslie Djhone, Yannick Fonsat, Mame-Ibra Anne, Teddy Venel	0.173	3:03.85
7	8	Netherlands (NED)	Joeri Moerman, Youssef El Rhalfioui, Dennis Spillekom, Robert Lathouwers	0.184	3:04.13
8	2	Italy (ITA)	Marco Vistalli, Luca Galletti, Claudio Licciardello, Andrea Barberi	0.204	3:04.20