2014 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

Medalists

Gold	Conrad Williams, Matthew Hudson-Smith, Michael Bingham, Martyn Rooney, Nigel Levine, Rabah Yousif  Great Britain
Silver	Rafał Omelko, Kacper Kozłowski, Łukasz Krawczuk, Jakub Krzewina, Andrzej Jaros, Michał Pietrzak  Poland
Bronze	Teddy Venel, Mamoudou Hanne, Thomas Jordier  France

Records

Standing records prior to the 2014 European Athletics Championships
World record	Michael Johnson	2:54.29	Stuttgart, Germany	22 August 1993
European record	Mark Richardson, Roger Black	2:56.60	Atlanta, United States	3 August 1996
Championship record	Great Britain Paul Sanders, Kriss Akabusi John Regis, Roger Black	2:58.22	Split, Yugoslavia	1 September 1990
World Leading	United States David Verburg, Tony McQuay Christian Taylor, LaShawn Merritt	2:57.25	Bahamas	25 May 2014
European Leading	Great Britain Michael Bingham, Conrad Williams Nigel Levine, Martyn Rooney	3:00.32	Nassau, Bahamas	25 May 2014
Broken records during the 2014 European Athletics Championships
European Leading	Great Britain Conrad Williams, Matthew Hudson-Smith Michael Bingham, Martyn Rooney	2:58.79	Zürich, Switzerland	17 August 2014

Schedule

All times are local times (UTC+2)

Results

Round 1

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

Rank	Heat	Lane	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
1	1	1	Great Britain	Nigel Levine, Michael Bingham, Rabah Yousif, Martyn Rooney	3:00.65	Q
2	1	5	France	Teddy Venel, Mamoudou Hanne, Thomas Jordier	3:00.80	Q, SB
3	1	3	Germany	Thomas Schneider, Miguel Rigau, David Gollnow, Jonas Plass	3:02.41	Q, SB
DQ	2	4	Russia	Nikita Uglov, Pavel Ivashko, Pavel Trenikhin, Vladimir Krasnov	3:03.19	Q
5	2	5	Poland	Michał Pietrzak, Kacper Kozłowski, Andrzej Jaros, Rafał Omelko	3:03.52	Q, SB
6	2	2	Ireland	Richard Morrissey, Thomas Barr	3:03.57	Q, NR
7	2	7	Belgium	Julien Watrin, Antoine Gillet, Michaël Bultheel, Kevin Borlée	3:03.83	q
8	1	4	Czech Republic	Jan Tesař, Daniel Němeček, Michal Desenský, Patrik Šorm	3:04.07	q, SB
9	2	8	Spain	Pau Fradera, Samuel García, Lucas Búa, Mark Ujakpor	3:04.68	SB
10	1	2	Italy	Davide Re, Michele Tricca, Lorenzo Valentini, Matteo Galvan	3:04.74	SB
11	1	7	Netherlands	Bjorn Blauwhof, Terrence Agard, Obed Martis, Liemarvin Bonevacia	3:05.93	[1]
12	2	3	Turkey	Halit Kiliç, İlham Tanui Özbilen, Yavuz Can	3:07.68
13	1	8	Denmark	Festus Asante, Andreas Bube, Nick Ekelund-Arenander, Nicklas Hyde	3:08.12
14	2	6	Switzerland	Silvan Lutz, Daniele Angelella, Philipp Weissenberger, Johannes Wagner	3:08.63	SB
15	2	1	Croatia	Staša Vrhovec, Mateo Kovačić, Yann Eloi Senjarić, Mateo Ružić	3:12.73
	1	6	Ukraine	Vitaliy Butrym, Yevhen Hutsol, Danylo Danylenko, Volodymyr Burakov	DSQ	R 163.2[2]

Final

Rank	Lane	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
	5	Great Britain	Conrad Williams, Matthew Hudson-Smith, Michael Bingham, Martyn Rooney	2:58.79	EL
DQ	3	Russia	Maksim Dyldin, Pavel Ivashko, Nikita Uglov, Vladimir Krasnov	DQ (2:59.38)	NR
	4	Poland	Rafał Omelko, Kacper Kozłowski, Łukasz Krawczuk, Jakub Krzewina	2:59.85	SB
	6	France	Teddy Venel, Mamoudou Hanne, Thomas Jordier	2:59.89	SB
4	8	Ireland	Richard Morrissey, Thomas Barr	3:01.67	NR
5	7	Germany	Thomas Schneider	3:01.70	SB
6	2	Belgium	Julien Watrin, Kevin Borlée, Michaël Bultheel, Stef Vanhaeren	3:02.60	SB
7	1	Czech Republic	Jan Tesař, Daniel Němeček, Michal Desenský, Patrik Šorm	3:04.56

References