2014 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay

The men's 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2014 European Athletics Championships took place at the Letzigrund on 16 and 17 August.

Medalists

GoldJames Ellington, Harry Aikines-Aryeetey,
Richard Kilty, Adam Gemili, Daniel Talbot
 Great Britain
SilverJulian Reus, Sven Knipphals,
Alexander Kosenkow, Lucas Jakubczyk
 Germany
BronzePierre Vincent, Christophe Lemaitre,
Teddy Tinmar, Ben Bassaw
 France

Records

Standing records prior to the 2014 European Athletics Championships
World record  Jamaica
Nesta Carter, Michael Frater
Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt
36.84 London, Great Britain 11 August 2012
European record  Great Britain
Jason Gardener, Darren Campbell
Marlon Devonish, Dwain Chambers
37.73 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  Jamaica
Jason Livermore, Kemar Bailey-Cole
Nickel Ashmeade, Usain Bolt
37.58 Glasgow, Great Britain 2 August 2014
European Leading  Great Britain
Richard Kilty, Harry Aikines-Aryeetey
James Ellington, Daniel Talbot
37.93 Nassau, Bahamas 25 May 2014

Schedule

Date Time Round
16 August 201415:35Round 1
17 August 201417:05Final

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.

RankHeatLaneNationAthletesTimeNotes
125 GermanyJulian Reus, Sven Knipphals, Alexander Kosenkow, Lucas Jakubczyk38.15Q, SB
214 Great BritainJames Ellington, Harry Aikines-Aryeetey, Richard Kilty, Daniel Talbot38.26Q
315  SwitzerlandPascal Mancini, Reto Schenkel, Suganthan Somasundaram, Alex Wilson38.54Q, NR
424 FrancePierre Vincent, Christophe Lemaitre, Teddy Tinmar, Ben Bassaw38.55Q
527 ItalyFabio Cerutti, Eseosa Desalu, Diego Marani, Delmas Obou38.71Q, SB
622 PolandRobert Kubaczyk, Dariusz Kuć, Kamil Masztak, Karol Zalewski38.75q
721 PortugalDiogo Antunes, Francis Obikwelu, Arnaldo Abrantes, Yazaldes Nascimento38.79q, NR
818 NetherlandsGiovanni Codrington, Churandy Martina, Hensley Paulina, Wouter Brus38.90Q
911 UkraineRoman Kravtsov, Serhiy Smelyk, Vitaliy Korzh, Emil Ibrahimov39.03
1017 SwedenTom Kling-Baptiste, Stefan Tärnhuvud, Alexander Brorsson, Erik Hagberg39.27SB
1116 FinlandEetu Rantala, Ville Myllymäki, Jonathan Åstrand, Hannu Hämäläinen39.47SB
1213 EstoniaMart Muru, Rait Veesalu, Markus Ellisaar, Marek Niit39.52NR
1323 RomaniaStefan Alexandru Codreanu, Doru Teofilescu, Alexandru Terpezan, Catalin Cîmpeanu39.67SB
1412 TurkeyUmutcan Emektas, İzzet Safer, Aykut Ay, Ramil Guliyev39.83SB
1528 LithuaniaŽilvinas Adomavičius, Kostas Skrabulis, Ugnius Savickas, Rytis Sakalauskas40.15
26 SpainEduard Viles, Sergio Ruíz, Iván Jesús Ramos, Adrià BurrielDNF

Final

RankLaneNationAthletesTimeNotes
1st, gold medalist(s)3 Great BritainJames Ellington, Harry Aikines-Aryeetey, Richard Kilty, Adam Gemili37.93EL
2nd, silver medalist(s)4 GermanyJulian Reus, Sven Knipphals, Alexander Kosenkow, Lucas Jakubczyk38.09SB
3rd, bronze medalist(s)6 FrancePierre Vincent, Christophe Lemaitre, Teddy Tinmar, Ben Bassaw38.47
45  SwitzerlandPascal Mancini, Reto Schenkel, Suganthan Somasundaram, Alex Wilson38.56
58 NetherlandsGiovanni Codrington, Churandy Martina, Hensley Paulina, Wouter Brus38.60
61 PolandAdam Pawłowski, Dariusz Kuć, Robert Kubaczyk, Karol Zalewski38.85
7 ItalyFabio Cerutti, Eseosa Desalu, Diego Marani, Delmas ObouDNF
2 PortugalDiogo Antunes, Francis Obikwelu, Arnaldo Abrantes, Yazaldes NascimentoDNF

References

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