Misplaced Pages

2014 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
Marathon	men	women
Marathon team	men	women
20 km walk	men	women
50 km walk	men
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
v t e

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

Gold	James Ellington, Harry Aikines-Aryeetey, Richard Kilty, Adam Gemili, Daniel Talbot  Great Britain
Silver	Julian Reus, Sven Knipphals, Alexander Kosenkow, Lucas Jakubczyk  Germany
Bronze	Pierre 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

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	2	5	Germany	Julian Reus, Sven Knipphals, Alexander Kosenkow, Lucas Jakubczyk	38.15	Q, SB
2	1	4	Great Britain	James Ellington, Harry Aikines-Aryeetey, Richard Kilty, Daniel Talbot	38.26	Q
3	1	5	Switzerland	Pascal Mancini, Reto Schenkel, Suganthan Somasundaram, Alex Wilson	38.54	Q, NR
4	2	4	France	Pierre Vincent, Christophe Lemaitre, Teddy Tinmar, Ben Bassaw	38.55	Q
5	2	7	Italy	Fabio Cerutti, Eseosa Desalu, Diego Marani, Delmas Obou	38.71	Q, SB
6	2	2	Poland	Robert Kubaczyk, Dariusz Kuć, Kamil Masztak, Karol Zalewski	38.75	q
7	2	1	Portugal	Diogo Antunes, Francis Obikwelu, Arnaldo Abrantes, Yazaldes Nascimento	38.79	q, NR
8	1	8	Netherlands	Giovanni Codrington, Churandy Martina, Hensley Paulina, Wouter Brus	38.90	Q
9	1	1	Ukraine	Roman Kravtsov, Serhiy Smelyk, Vitaliy Korzh, Emil Ibrahimov	39.03
10	1	7	Sweden	Tom Kling-Baptiste, Stefan Tärnhuvud, Alexander Brorsson, Erik Hagberg	39.27	SB
11	1	6	Finland	Eetu Rantala, Ville Myllymäki, Jonathan Åstrand, Hannu Hämäläinen	39.47	SB
12	1	3	Estonia	Mart Muru, Rait Veesalu, Markus Ellisaar, Marek Niit	39.52	NR
13	2	3	Romania	Stefan Alexandru Codreanu, Doru Teofilescu, Alexandru Terpezan, Catalin Cîmpeanu	39.67	SB
14	1	2	Turkey	Umutcan Emektas, İzzet Safer, Aykut Ay, Ramil Guliyev	39.83	SB
15	2	8	Lithuania	Žilvinas Adomavičius, Kostas Skrabulis, Ugnius Savickas, Rytis Sakalauskas	40.15
	2	6	Spain	Eduard Viles, Sergio Ruíz, Iván Jesús Ramos, Adrià Burriel	DNF

Final

Rank	Lane	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
	3	Great Britain	James Ellington, Harry Aikines-Aryeetey, Richard Kilty, Adam Gemili	37.93	EL
	4	Germany	Julian Reus, Sven Knipphals, Alexander Kosenkow, Lucas Jakubczyk	38.09	SB
	6	France	Pierre Vincent, Christophe Lemaitre, Teddy Tinmar, Ben Bassaw	38.47
4	5	Switzerland	Pascal Mancini, Reto Schenkel, Suganthan Somasundaram, Alex Wilson	38.56
5	8	Netherlands	Giovanni Codrington, Churandy Martina, Hensley Paulina, Wouter Brus	38.60
6	1	Poland	Adam Pawłowski, Dariusz Kuć, Robert Kubaczyk, Karol Zalewski	38.85
	7	Italy	Fabio Cerutti, Eseosa Desalu, Diego Marani, Delmas Obou	DNF
	2	Portugal	Diogo Antunes, Francis Obikwelu, Arnaldo Abrantes, Yazaldes Nascimento	DNF

References

• Round 1 Results
• Final Results

• Events at the 2014 European Athletics Championships
• Relays at the European Athletics Championships