2016 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay

The men's 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2016 European Athletics Championships took place at the Olympic Stadium on 9 and 10 July.[1]

Gold and silver medal winners

Records

Standing records prior to the 2016 European Athletics Championships
World record	Jamaica Nesta Carter, Michael Frater Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt	36.84[2]	London, Great Britain	11 August 2012
European record	Great Britain Jason Gardener, Darren Campbell Marlon Devonish, Dwain Chambers	37.73[3]	Seville, Spain	29 August 1999
Championship record	France Max Moriniere, Daniel Sangouma Jean-Charles Trouabal, Bruno Marie-Rose	37.79	Split, Yugoslavia	1 September 1990
World Leading	Canada Gavin Smellie, Ben Williams Dontae Richards-Kwok, Justyn Warner	38.11[4][5]	Gainesville, United States	2 April 2016
European Leading	Turkey Emre Zafer Barnes, Jak Ali Harvey İzzet Safer, Ramil Guliyev	38.31A[6]	Erzurum, Turkey	12 June 2016

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
9 July 2016	19:40	Round 1
10 July 2016	17:55	Final

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.[7]

Rank	Heat	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
1	1	Great Britain	James Dasaolu, Adam Gemili, James Ellington, Chijindu Ujah	38.12	Q, EL
2	1	Germany	Julian Reus, Sven Knipphals, Robert Hering, Lucas Jakubczyk	38.25	Q, SB
3	1	Italy	Massimiliano Ferraro, Federico Cattaneo, Davide Manenti, Filippo Tortu	38.58	Q, SB
4	2	Poland	Grzegorz Zimniewicz, Przemysław Słowikowski, Adam Pawłowski, Karol Zalewski	38.64	Q, SB
5	2	Netherlands	Giovanni Codrington, Churandy Martina, Patrick van Luijk, Dimitri Juliet	38.78	Q
6	2	France	Marvin René, Stuart Dutamby, Mickael-Meba Zeze, Jimmy Vicaut	38.85	Q, SB
7	1	Switzerland	Pascal Mancini, Reto Amaru Schenkel, Suganthan Somasunduram, Alex Wilson	38.88	q, SB
8	1	Ukraine	Roman Kravtsov, Volodymyr Suprun, Ihor Bodrov, Vitaliy Korzh	39.12	q
9	1	Spain	Mauro Triana, Óscar Husillos, Alberto Gavaldá, Ángel David Rodríguez	39.15	SB
10	2	Norway	Jonas Tapani Halonen, Jonathan Quarcoo, Håkon Morken, Jaysuma Saidy Ndure	39.35	SB
11	1	Sweden	Emil von Barth, Austin Hamilton, Tom Kling-Baptiste, Johan Wissman	39.37	SB
12	2	Portugal	Ancuiam Lopes, Francis Obikwelu, David Lima, Carlos Nascimento	39.51
13	1	Ireland	Jason Smyth, Eanna Madden, Jonathon Browning, Marcus Lawler	39.52	SB
14	2	Turkey	Umutcan Emektaş, Jak Ali Harvey, İzzet Safer, Ramil Guliyev	39.58
15	2	Finland	Eetu Rantala, Otto Ahlfors, Samuli Samuelsson, Ville Myllymäki	39.68
16	2	Romania	Daniel Budin, Ioan Andrei Melnicescu, Ionut Andrei Neagoe, Cătălin Cîmpeanu	39.98

Final

[8]

Rank	Lane	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
	5	Great Britain	James Dasaolu, Adam Gemili, James Ellington, Chijindu Ujah	38.17
	7	France	Marvin René, Stuart Dutamby, Mickael-Meba Zeze, Jimmy Vicaut	38.38	SB
	6	Germany	Julian Reus, Sven Knipphals, Roy Schmidt, Lucas Jakubczyk	38.47
4	4	Netherlands	Solomon Bockarie, Churandy Martina, Patrick van Luijk, Giovanni Codrington	38.57
5	8	Italy	Massimiliano Ferraro, Federico Cattaneo, Davide Manenti, Filippo Tortu	38.69
6	3	Poland	Grzegorz Zimniewicz, Przemysław Słowikowski, Adam Pawłowski, Karol Zalewski	38.69
7	1	Switzerland	Pascal Mancini, Reto Amaru Schenkel, Suganthan Somasunduram, Alex Wilson	39.11
8	2	Ukraine	Roman Kravtsov, Volodymyr Suprun, Ihor Bodrov, Vitaliy Korzh	39.46

References

1. "Programme - European Athletics Championships". amsterdam2016.org. Retrieved 2016-06-30.
2. "All Time Best". International Association of Athletics Federations. Retrieved 2016-06-30.
3. "European Outdoor Records Men". European Athletic Association. Retrieved 2016-06-30.
4. "2016 Top List". International Association of Athletics Federations. Retrieved 2016-06-30.
5. http://sidearm.sites.s3.amazonaws.com/gatorzone.com/documents/2016/4/2/complete_results_college_open.pdf?id=15254
6. "European Top 30 2016". European Athletic Association. Retrieved 2016-06-30.
7. Heat 1 results Archived 2016-11-12 at the Wayback Machine, Heat 2 results Archived 2016-11-12 at the Wayback Machine
8. Final results Archived 2014-10-15 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• amsterdam2016.org, official championship site.