The men's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2014 European Athletics Championships took place at the Letzigrund on 16 and 17 August.
Medalists edit
Records edit
Standing records prior to the 2014 European Athletics Championships | ||||
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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 David Verburg, Tony McQuay Christian Taylor, LaShawn Merritt |
2:57.25 | Nassau, 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 edit
Date | Time | Round |
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16 August 2014 | 16:48 | Round 1 |
17 August 2014 | 15:42 | Final |
All times are local times (UTC+2)
Results edit
Round 1 edit
First 3 in each heat (Q) and 2 best performers (q) advance to the Final.
Final edit
Rank | Lane | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
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5 | Great Britain | Conrad Williams, Matthew Hudson-Smith, Michael Bingham, Martyn Rooney | 2:58.79 | EL | |
3 | Russia | Maksim Dyldin, Pavel Ivashko, Nikita Uglov, Vladimir Krasnov | DQ (2:59.38) | ||
4 | Poland | Rafał Omelko, Kacper Kozłowski, Łukasz Krawczuk, Jakub Krzewina | 2:59.85 | SB | |
6 | France | Mame-Ibra Anne, Teddy Venel, Mamoudou Hanne, Thomas Jordier | 2:59.89 | SB | |
4 | 8 | Ireland | Brian Gregan, Mark English, Richard Morrissey, Thomas Barr | 3:01.67 | NR |
5 | 7 | Germany | Kamghe Gaba, Miguel Rigau, Jonas Plass, 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 edit
- ^ The Netherlands originally finished fifth in their heat with 3:04.72, however, because they were obstructed on the first changeover by the Ukrainian team and consequently dropped the baton, they lodged an appeal. They were allowed a re-run on the same day where they would have to run better than the last team qualified by time, but with 3:05.93 they failed to do so.[1] Archived 2015-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Jostling, obstruction