2011 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

The Men's 4x400 metres relay event at the 2011 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Ostrava, Czech Republic, at Městský stadion on 16 and 17 July.^[1][2][3]

Medalists

Gold	Nigel Levine Thomas Phillips Jamie Bowie Luke Lennon-Ford Louis Persent† Harry Doran†  United Kingdom
Silver	Michał Pietrzak Jakub Krzewina Łukasz Krawczuk Mateusz Fórmański Marcin Grynkiewicz† Rafał Omelko†  Poland
Bronze	Aleksey Kenig Anton Volobuyev Artem Vazhov Vladimir Krasnov Artem Lukyanenko†  Russia

^†: Competed only in heat.

Results

Final

17 July 2011 / 19:05

Rank	Name	Nationality	Lane	Reaction Time	Time	Notes
	United Kingdom	Nigel Levine Thomas Phillips Jamie Bowie Luke Lennon-Ford	4	0.172	3:03.53
	Poland	Michał Pietrzak Jakub Krzewina Łukasz Krawczuk Mateusz Fórmański	3	0.197	3:03.62
	Russia	Aleksey Kenig Anton Volobuyev Artem Vazhov Vladimir Krasnov	6	0.223	3:04.01
4	France	Angel Chelala Martial Minyem Mame-Ibra Anne Hugo Grillas	8	0.176	3:04.04
5	Germany	Niklas Zender Benjamin Jonas Benedikt Wiesend Marco Kaiser	5	0.204	3:04.93
6	Spain	Javier Sanz Samuel García Marc Orozco Pablo Fernández	7	0.181	3:07.58
7	Latvia	Kārlis Daube Jānis Baltušs Mārtiņš Začests Jānis Leitis	2	0.159	3:08.42
8	Italy	Andrea Gallina Giacomo Panizza Domenico Fontana Francesco Cappellin	1	0.182	3:09.07

Heats

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

Summary

Rank	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Germany	3:05.69	Q
2	Poland	3:05.96	Q
3	United Kingdom	3:06.77	Q
4	Russia	3:07.79	Q
5	Spain	3:08.28	Q
6	Latvia	3:08.72	q
7	France	3:09.77	Q
8	Italy	3:12.12	q
9	Switzerland	3:15.11
	Ukraine	DNF

Details

Heat 1

16 July 2011 / 11:50

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Lane	Reaction Time	Time	Notes
1	United Kingdom	Louis Persent Thomas Phillips Harry Doran Jamie Bowie	6	0.188	3:06.77	Q
2	Russia	Aleksey Kenig Artem Lukyanenko Anton Volobuyev Artem Vazhov	2	0.217	3:07.79	Q
3	Spain	Javier Sanz Samuel García Pablo Fernández Marc Orozco	5	0.183	3:08.28	Q
4	Latvia	Kārlis Daube Jānis Baltušs Mārtiņš Začests Jānis Leitis	3	0.154	3:08.72	q
	Ukraine	Denys Teslenko Oleh Kayafa Artem Kazban Vitaliy Butrym	4	0.212	DNF

Heat 2

16 July 2011 / 11:58

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Lane	Reaction Time	Time	Notes
1	Germany	Benedikt Wiesend Benjamin Jonas Niklas Zender Marco Kaiser	4	0.194	3:05.69	Q
2	Poland	Marcin Grynkiewicz Jakub Krzewina Łukasz Krawczuk Rafał Omelko	6	0.177	3:05.96	Q
3	France	Angel Chelala Martial Minyem Simon Thieury Brice Leroy	2	0.176	3:09.77	Q
4	Italy	Domenico Fontana Giacomo Panizza Andrea Gallina Francesco Cappellin	5	0.214	3:12.12	q
5	Switzerland	Daniele Angelella Jonathan Puemi Silvan Lutz Kariem Hussein	3	0.154	3:15.11

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 47 athletes from 10 countries participated in the event.

•  France (6)
•  Germany (4)
•  Italy (4)
•  Latvia (4)
•  Poland (6)
•  Russia (5)
•  Spain (4)
•   Switzerland (4)
•  Ukraine (4)
•  United Kingdom (6)