2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

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The men's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2006 European Athletics Championships were held at the Ullevi on August 12 and August 13.

France and Great Britain both overtook the Polish team in the home straight to finish 1st and 2nd respectively.

Medalists

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{{FRA}}
Leslie Djhone
Idrissa M'barke
Naman Keïta
Marc Raquil
Brice Panel*
Abdrahim El Haouzy*

|{{GBR}}
Robert Tobin
Rhys Williams
Graham Hedman
Timothy Benjamin

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Daniel Dąbrowski
Piotr Kędzia
Piotr Rysiukiewicz
Rafał Wieruszewski
Marcin Marciniszyn*

*Athletes who competed in heats only

Schedule

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! Round

August 12, 200615:30Heats
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|August 13, 2006

17:10Final

Results

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KEY:

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Fastest non-qualifiers

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Qualified

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National record

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Personal best

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Seasonal best

=Heats=

First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the Final.

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2align=left| {{GBR}}align=left| Robert Tobin, Rhys Williams, Graham Hedman, Timothy Benjamin3:02.51Q
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1align=left| {{GER}}align=left| Kamghe Gaba, Florian Seitz, Ruwen Faller, Bastian Swillims3:03.25Q
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1align=left| {{POL}}align=left| Piotr Kędzia, Piotr Rysiukiewicz, Marcin Marciniszyn, Daniel Dąbrowski3:03.49Q
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2align=left| {{RUS}}align=left| Konstantin Svechkar, Ivan Buzolin, Aleksandr Larin, Yevgeniy Lebedev3:03.73Q
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2align=left| {{FRA}}align=left| Brice Panel, Idrissa M'barke, Abdrahim El Haouzy, Naman Keïta3:03.87Q
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1align=left| {{ROU}}align=left| Vasile Bobos, Florin Suciu, Catalin Cîmpeanu, Ioan Vieru3:04.23Q, NR
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2align=left| {{IRL}}align=left| Paul McKee, Brian Doyle, David Gillick, David McCarthy3:04.59q
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1align=left| {{ESP}}align=left| David Melo, David Testa, Salvador Rodríguez, Santiago Ezquerro3:04.71q
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2align=left| {{UKR}}align=left| Oleksiy Rachkovsky, Andriy Tverdostup, Vitaliy Dubonosov, Yevheniy Zyukov3:04.71q
101align=left| {{ITA}}align=left| Claudio Licciardello, Edoardo Vallet, Luca Galletti, Gianni Carabelli3:05.53
111align=left| {{GRE}}align=left| Dimitrios Gravalos, Dimitrios Regas, Padeleimon Melahrinoudis, Periklis Iakovakis3:05.59
121align=left| {{CZE}}align=left| Filip Klvana, Jiří Vojtík, Vojtech Šulc, Michal Uhlík3:06.14
132align=left| {{NOR}}align=left| Morten Sand, Lars Eric Sæther, Quincy Douglas, Steffen Kjønnås3:07.65
142align=left| {{SWE}}align=left| Joni Jaako, Andreas Mokdasi, Thomas Nikitin, Fredrik Johansson3:07.73

=Final=

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RankNationAthletesTimeNotes
{{gold1}}align=left| {{FRA}}align=left| Leslie Djhone, Idrissa M'barke, Naman Keïta, Marc Raquil3:01.10
{{silver2}}align=left| {{GBR}}align=left| Robert Tobin, Rhys Williams, Graham Hedman, Timothy Benjamin3:01.63
{{bronze3}}align=left| {{POL}}align=left| Daniel Dąbrowski, Piotr Kędzia, Piotr Rysiukiewicz, Rafał Wieruszewski3:01.73
4align=left| {{GER}}align=left| Kamghe Gaba, Florian Seitz, Ruwen Faller, Bastian Swillims3:02.83
5align=left| {{UKR}}align=left| Oleksiy Rachkovsky, Andriy Tverdostup, Vitaliy Dubonosov, Yevheniy Zyukov3:04.33
6align=left| {{ROU}}align=left| Vasile Bobos, Florin Suciu, Catalin Cîmpeanu, Ioan Vieru3:04.53
7align=left| {{RUS}}align=left| Konstantin Svechkar, Yevgeniy Lebedev, Aleksandr Larin, Vladislav Frolov3:04.73
8align=left| {{ESP}}align=left| David Melo, David Testa, Salvador Rodríguez, Santiago Ezquerro3:04.98
9align=left| {{IRL}}align=left| Paul McKee, Brian Doyle, David Gillick, David McCarthy3:05.57