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.
Medalists
| Gold | Russia (RUS)
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| Silver | Great Britain (GBR)
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| Bronze | Belgium (BEL)
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Records
| Standing records prior to the 2010 European Athletics Championships | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record |  Michael Johnson
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2:54.29 | Stuttgart, Germany | 22 August 1993 |
| European record |  Mark Richardson, Roger Black
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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
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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 |  RussiaMaksim 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) |
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) |
Santiago Ezquerro, Antonio Manuel Reina |
0.199 | 3:07.38 | |
| 8 | 7 |  Romania (ROM) |
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) |
Thomas Schneider |
0.168 | 3:03.83 | Q |
| 3 | 1 |  Russia (RUS) |
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) |
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) |
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) |
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) |
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) |
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) |
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) |
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) |
Andreas Hjartbro Bube, Daniel B. Christensen, Nicklas Hyde |
0.190 | 3:09.04 | |
| 16 | 1 | 7 | Romania (ROM) |
Catalin Cîmpeanu |
0.355 | 3:09.48 |
Final
| Rank | Lane | Nationality | Athlete | React | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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7 | Russia (RUS) |
Maksim Dyldin, Aleksey Aksyonov, Pavel Trenikhin, Vladimir Krasnov | 0.210 | 3:02.14 | |
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3 | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) |
Conrad Williams, Michael Bingham, Robert Tobin, Martyn Rooney | 0.242 | 3:02.25 | |
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4 | Belgium (BEL) |
Arnaud Destatte, Kevin Borlée, Cédric Van Branteghem, Jonathan Borlée | 0.178 | 3:02.60 | |
| 4 | 5 | Germany (GER) |
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) |
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 |
