2016 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

Events at the 2016 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men		women
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men		women
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Half marathon		men		women
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The men's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2016 European Athletics Championships took place at the Olympic Stadium on 9 and 10 July.

Records

Standing records prior to the 2016 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	Great Britain Iwan Thomas Jamie Baulch 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	3:00.96	Gainesville, United States	2 April 2016
European Leading	Turkey Halit Kılıç Yasmani Copello Escobar Batuhan Altıntaş Yavuz Can	3:02.22	Erzurum, Turkey	12 June 2016

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
9 July 2016	19:15	Round 1
10 July 2016	18:50	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.^[1]

Rank	Heat	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
1	1	Great Britain	Rabah Yousif, Delano Williams, Nigel Levine, Jarryd Dunn	3:01.63	Q, EL
2	1	Poland	Michał Pietrzak, Kacper Kozłowski, Jakub Krzewina, Łukasz Krawczuk	3:02.09	Q, SB
3	1	Czech Republic	Jan Tesař, Pavel Maslák, Michal Desenský, Patrik Šorm	3:02.66	Q, NR
4	2	Belgium	Dylan Borlée, Robin Vanderbemden, Jonathan Borlée, Julien Watrin	3:03.15	Q, SB
5	2	Ukraine	Danylo Danylenko, Yevhen Hutsol, Volodymyr Burakov, Vitaliy Butrym	3:03.93	Q
6	2	Germany	Constantin Schmidt, Patrick Schneider, Kamghe Gaba, Johannes Trefz	3:03.97	Q, SB
7	2	Netherlands	Liemarvin Bonevacia, Terrence Agard, Bjorn Blauwhof, Maarten Stuivenberg	3:04.04	q
8	1	Ireland	Brian Gregan, Craig Lynch, David Gillick, Thomas Barr	3:04.42	q
9	1	Turkey	Halit Kılıç, Yasmani Copello, Batuhan Altıntaş, Yavuz Can	3:04.65
10	2	Spain	Samuel García, Lucas Búa, Sergio Fernández, Lluis Vallejo	3:04.77
11	2	Sweden	Axel Bergrahm, Erik Martinsson, Felix Francois, Adam Danielsson	3:04.95	SB
12	2	France	Mamadou Kasse Hann, Ludvy Vaillant, Alexandre Divet, Thomas Jordier	3:04.95
13	1	Italy	Lorenzo Valentini, Michele Tricca, Mario Lambrughi, Matteo Galvan	3:06.07	SB
14	1	Switzerland	Luca Flück, Joel Burgunder, Daniele Angelella, Silvan Lutz	3:06.52	SB
15	2	Estonia	Jaak-Heinrich Jagor, Marek Niit, Rivar Tipp, Rauno Kunnapuu	3:10.63	SB
16	1	Norway	Karsten Warholm, Mauritz Kashagen, Josh-Kevin Ramirez Talm, Torbjørn Lysne	3:10.76	SB

Final

^[2]

Rank	Lane	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
	5	Belgium	Julien Watrin, Jonathan Borlee, Dylan Borlee, Kevin Borlee	3:01.10	EL
	4	Poland	Łukasz Krawczuk, Kacper Kozłowski, Jakub Krzewina, Rafał Omelko	3:01.18	SB
	3	Great Britain	Rabah Yousif, Delano Williams, Jack Green, Matthew Hudson-Smith	3:01.44	SB
4	8	Czech Republic	Jan Tesař, Pavel Maslák, Michal Desenský, Patrik Šorm	3:03.86
5	2	Ireland	Brian Gregan, Craig Lynch, David Gillick, Thomas Barr	3:04.32	SB
6	6	Ukraine	Danylo Danylenko, Yevhen Hutsol, Volodymyr Burakov, Vitaliy Butrym	3:04.45
7	1	Netherlands	Liemarvin Bonevacia, Terrence Agard, Bjorn Blauwhof, Maarten Stuivenberg	3:04.52
8	7	Germany	Johannes Trefz, Patrick Schneider, Kamghe Gaba, Constantin Schmidt	3:05.67

References

1. Heat 1 results, Heat 2 results
2. Final results