2010 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

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The men's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 31 July and 1 August.

Medalists

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bgcolor="gold"\|Gold	{{flagicon\|RUS}} Maksim Dyldin, Alexey Aksenov, Vladimir Krasnov, Pavel Trenikhin Russia (RUS)
bgcolor="silver"\|Silver	{{flagicon\|GBR}} Conrad Williams, Michael Bingham, Martyn Rooney, Robert Tobin Great Britain (GBR)
bgcolor="CC9966"\|Bronze	{{flagicon\|BEL}} Arnaud Destatte, Kevin Borlée, Cédric Van Branteghem, Jonathan Borlée Belgium (BEL)

Records

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colspan="5"\|Standing records prior to the 2010 European Athletics Championships
World record \|{{USA}} Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts Butch Reynolds, Michael Johnson \|2:54.29 \|Stuttgart, Germany \|22 August 1993
European record \|{{GBR}} Iwan Thomas, Jamie Baulch Mark Richardson, Roger Black \|2:56.60 \|Atlanta, United States \|3 August 1996
Championship record \|{{GBR}} Paul Sanders, Kriss Akabusi John Regis, Roger Black \|2:58.22 \|Split, Yugoslavia \|1 September 1990
World Leading \|{{USA}} U23 LeJerald Betters, O'Neal Wilder Joey Hughes, Tavaris Tate \|2:58.83 \|Miramar, FL, United States \|11 July 2010
European Leading \|{{RUS}} Maksim Dyldin, Valentin Kruglyakov Pavel Trenikhin, Vladimir Krasnov \|3:01.72 \|Bergen, Norway \|20 June 2010

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colspan="5"|Standing records prior to the 2010 European Athletics Championships

World record

|{{USA}}
Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts
Butch Reynolds, Michael Johnson

|2:54.29

|Stuttgart, Germany

|22 August 1993

European record

|{{GBR}}
Iwan Thomas, Jamie Baulch
Mark Richardson, Roger Black

|2:56.60

|Atlanta, United States

|3 August 1996

Championship record

|{{GBR}}
Paul Sanders, Kriss Akabusi
John Regis, Roger Black

|2:58.22

|Split, Yugoslavia

|1 September 1990

World Leading

|{{USA}} U23
LeJerald Betters, O'Neal Wilder
Joey Hughes, Tavaris Tate

|2:58.83

|Miramar, FL, United States

|11 July 2010

European Leading

|{{RUS}}
Maksim Dyldin, Valentin Kruglyakov
Pavel Trenikhin, Vladimir Krasnov

|3:01.72

|Bergen, Norway

|20 June 2010

Schedule

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! Date

! Time

! Round

31 July 2010

11:20

Round 1

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| 1 August 2010

21:55

Final

Results

=Round 1=

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

== Heat 1 ==

Rank	Lane	Nation	Athletes	React	Time	Notes
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bgcolor=ccffcc \| 1	2	align=left\| {{FlagATHCH\|Great Britain\|2010 European}}	align=left\| Conrad Williams, Graham Hedman, Richard Buck, Robert Tobin	0.247	3:04.09	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 2	1	align=left\| {{FlagATHCH\|Poland\|2010 European}}	align=left\| Marcin Marciniszyn, Daniel Dąbrowski, Piotr Klimczak, Jan Ciepiela	0.234	3:04.51	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 3	8	align=left\| {{FlagATHCH\|Netherlands\|2010 European}}	align=left\| Joeri Moerman, Youssef El Rhalfioui, Dennis Spillekom, Robert Lathouwers	0.205	3:04.52	Q
bgcolor=ddffdd \| 4	5	align=left\| {{FlagATHCH\|France\|2010 European}}	align=left\| Yannick Fonsat, Mamoudou Hanne, Mame-Ibra Anne, Yoan Décimus	0.189	3:05.32	q
5	4	align=left\| {{FlagATHCH\|Ukraine\|2010 European}}	align=left\| Maksym Nakonechnyy, Myhaylo Knysh, Volodymyr Burakov, Dmytro Ostrovskyy	0.314	3:05.51
6	6	align=left\| {{FlagATHCH\|Ireland\|2010 European}}	align=left\| Gordon Kennedy, Brian Murphy, Brian Gregan, Steven Colvert	0.230	3:07.21
7	3	align=left\| {{FlagATHCH\|Spain\|2010 European}}	align=left\| Marc Orozco, Mark Ujakpor, Santiago Ezquerro, Antonio Manuel Reina	0.199	3:07.38
8	7	align=left\| {{FlagATHCH\|Romania\|2010 European}}	align=left\| Adrian Dragan, Iulian Geambazu, Attila Nagy, Catalin Cîmpeanu	0.355	3:09.48

== Heat 2 ==

Rank	Lane	Nation	Athletes	React	Time	Notes
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bgcolor=ccffcc \| 1	2	align=left\| {{FlagATHCH\|Belgium\|2010 European}}	align=left\| Antoine Gillet, Cédric Van Branteghem, Nils Duerinck, Kevin Borlée	0.238	3:03.49	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 2	6	align=left\| {{FlagATHCH\|Germany\|2010 European}}	align=left\| Kamghe Gaba, Bastian Swillims, Jonas Plass, Thomas Schneider	0.168	3:03.83	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 3	1	align=left\| {{FlagATHCH\|Russia\|2010 European}}	align=left\| Maksim Dyldin, Aleksey Aksyonov, Sergey Petukhov, Pavel Trenikhin	0.199	3:04.20	Q
bgcolor=ddffdd \| 4	3	align=left\| {{FlagATHCH\|Italy\|2010 European}}	align=left\| Claudio Licciardello, Luca Galletti, Domenico Fontana, Marco Vistalli	0.246	3:04.55	q
5	5	align=left\| {{FlagATHCH\|Greece\|2010 European}}	align=left\| Pétros Kiriakídis, Dimítrios Grávalos, Padeleímon Melahrinoúdis, Sotírios Iakovákis	0.250	3:07.12
6	4	align=left\| {{FlagATHCH\|Hungary\|2010 European}}	align=left\| Máté Lukács, Gábor Pásztor, Zoltán Kovács, Marcell Deák-Nagy	0.231	3:08.32
7	7	align=left\| {{FlagATHCH\|Slovenia\|2010 European}}	align=left\| Uros Jovanovic, Sebastjan Jagarinec, Marko Macuh, Erik Voncina	0.174	3:08.95
8	8	align=left\| {{FlagATHCH\|Denmark\|2010 European}}	align=left\| Jacob Fabricius Riis, Andreas Hjartbro Bube, Daniel B. Christensen, Nicklas Hyde	0.190	3:09.04

== Summary ==

Rank	Heat	Lane	Nation	Athletes	React	Time	Notes
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bgcolor=ccffcc \| 1	2	2	align=left\| {{FlagATHCH\|Belgium\|2010 European}}	align=left\| Antoine Gillet, Cédric Van Branteghem, Nils Duerinck, Kevin Borlée	0.238	3:03.49	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 2	2	6	align=left\| {{FlagATHCH\|Germany\|2010 European}}	align=left\| Kamghe Gaba, Bastian Swillims, Jonas Plass, Thomas Schneider	0.168	3:03.83	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 3	1	2	align=left\| {{FlagATHCH\|Great Britain\|2010 European}}	align=left\| Conrad Williams, Graham Hedman, Richard Buck, Robert Tobin	0.247	3:04.09	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 4	2	1	align=left\| {{FlagATHCH\|Russia\|2010 European}}	align=left\| Maksim Dyldin, Aleksey Aksyonov, Sergey Petukhov, Pavel Trenikhin	0.199	3:04.20	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 5	1	1	align=left\| {{FlagATHCH\|Poland\|2010 European}}	align=left\| Marcin Marciniszyn, Daniel Dąbrowski, Piotr Klimczak, Jan Ciepiela	0.234	3:04.51	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 6	1	8	align=left\| {{FlagATHCH\|Netherlands\|2010 European}}	align=left\| Joeri Moerman, Youssef El Rhalfioui, Dennis Spillekom, Robert Lathouwers	0.205	3:04.52	Q
bgcolor=ddffdd \| 7	2	3	align=left\| {{FlagATHCH\|Italy\|2010 European}}	align=left\| Claudio Licciardello, Luca Galletti, Domenico Fontana, Marco Vistalli	0.246	3:04.55	q
bgcolor=ddffdd \| 8	1	5	align=left\| {{FlagATHCH\|France\|2010 European}}	align=left\| Yannick Fonsat, Mamoudou Hanne, Mame-Ibra Anne, Yoan Décimus	0.189	3:05.32	q
9	1	4	align=left\| {{FlagATHCH\|Ukraine\|2010 European}}	align=left\| Maksym Nakonechnyy, Myhaylo Knysh, Volodymyr Burakov, Dmytro Ostrovskyy	0.314	3:05.51
10	2	5	align=left\| {{FlagATHCH\|Greece\|2010 European}}	align=left\| Pétros Kiriakídis, Dimítrios Grávalos, Padeleímon Melahrinoúdis, Sotírios Iakovákis	0.250	3:07.12
11	1	6	align=left\| {{FlagATHCH\|Ireland\|2010 European}}	align=left\| Gordon Kennedy, Brian Murphy, Brian Gregan, Steven Colvert	0.230	3:07.21
12	1	3	align=left\| {{FlagATHCH\|Spain\|2010 European}}	align=left\| Marc Orozco, Mark Ujakpor, Santiago Ezquerro, Antonio Manuel Reina	0.199	3:07.38
13	2	4	align=left\| {{FlagATHCH\|Hungary\|2010 European}}	align=left\| Máté Lukács, Gábor Pásztor, Zoltán Kovács, Marcell Deák-Nagy	0.231	3:08.32
14	2	7	align=left\| {{FlagATHCH\|Slovenia\|2010 European}}	align=left\| Uros Jovanovic, Sebastjan Jagarinec, Marko Macuh, Erik Voncina	0.174	3:08.95
15	2	8	align=left\| {{FlagATHCH\|Denmark\|2010 European}}	align=left\| Jacob Fabricius Riis, Andreas Hjartbro Bube, Daniel B. Christensen, Nicklas Hyde	0.190	3:09.04
16	1	7	align=left\| {{FlagATHCH\|Romania\|2010 European}}	align=left\| Adrian Dragan, Iulian Geambazu, Attila Nagy, Catalin Cîmpeanu	0.355	3:09.48

=Final=

Rank	Lane	Nationality	Athlete	React	Time
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{{gold01}}	7	align=left\| {{FlagATHCH\|Russia\|2010 European}}	align=left\| Maksim Dyldin, Aleksey Aksyonov, Pavel Trenikhin, Vladimir Krasnov	0.210	3:02.14
{{silver02}}	3	align=left\| {{FlagATHCH\|Great Britain\|2010 European}}	align=left\| Conrad Williams, Michael Bingham, Robert Tobin, Martyn Rooney	0.242	3:02.25
{{bronze03}}	4	align=left\| {{FlagATHCH\|Belgium\|2010 European}}	align=left\| Arnaud Destatte, Kevin Borlée, Cédric Van Branteghem, Jonathan Borlée	0.178	3:02.60
4	5	align=left\| {{FlagATHCH\|Germany\|2010 European}}	align=left\| Kamghe Gaba, Bastian Swillims, Eric Krüger, Thomas Schneider	0.192	3:02.65
5	6	align=left\| {{FlagATHCH\|Poland\|2010 European}}	align=left\| Marcin Marciniszyn, Daniel Dąbrowski, Piotr Klimczak, Kacper Kozłowski	0.273	3:03.42
6	1	align=left\| {{FlagATHCH\|France\|2010 European}}	align=left\| Leslie Djhone, Yannick Fonsat, Mame-Ibra Anne, Teddy Venel	0.173	3:03.85
7	8	align=left\| {{FlagATHCH\|Netherlands\|2010 European}}	align=left\| Joeri Moerman, Youssef El Rhalfioui, Dennis Spillekom, Robert Lathouwers	0.184	3:04.13
8	2	align=left\| {{FlagATHCH\|Italy\|2010 European}}	align=left\| Marco Vistalli, Luca Galletti, Claudio Licciardello, Andrea Barberi	0.204	3:04.20

References

[http://www.sportresult.com/sports/la/ajax/user_files/2010/barcelona/pdf/re0360061.pdf Round 1 Results] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120612055016/http://www.sportresult.com/sports/la/ajax/user_files/2010/barcelona/pdf/re0360061.pdf |date=2012-06-12 }}
[https://web.archive.org/web/20120612060112/http://www.sportresult.com/sports/la/ajax/user_files/2010/barcelona/pdf/re0360040.pdf Final Results]
[http://www.european-athletics.org/competitions/european-athletics-championships/history/year=2010/results/index.html Full results]

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Relay 4 x 400

Category:4 x 400 metres relay at the European Athletics Championships

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bgcolor="gold"\|Gold	{{flagicon\|RUS}} Maksim Dyldin, Alexey Aksenov, Vladimir Krasnov, Pavel Trenikhin Russia (RUS)
bgcolor="silver"\|Silver	{{flagicon\|GBR}} Conrad Williams, Michael Bingham, Martyn Rooney, Robert Tobin Great Britain (GBR)
bgcolor="CC9966"\|Bronze	{{flagicon\|BEL}} Arnaud Destatte, Kevin Borlée, Cédric Van Branteghem, Jonathan Borlée Belgium (BEL)