The men's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 31 July and 1 August.
Shortly after heat 2, it seemed that three teams (France, Poland and Switzerland) would qualify from heat 1, and five teams (Germany, Italy, Portugal, Russia and Spain) from heat 2, including Italy that finished second. However, it was announced that Italian team was disqualified, and subsequently Finnish team qualified from heat 1 to final. Later on, Italy made successful protest against Russia, so that Russia was disqualified and Italy proceeded to final.
Medalists
Gold Christophe Lemaitre, Jimmy Vicaut, Pierre-Alexis Pessonneaux, Martial MbandjockFrance (FRA)Silver Roberto Donati, Simone Collio, Emanuele di Gregorio, Maurizio CheccucciItaly (ITA)Bronze Tobias Unger, Marius Broening, Alexander Kosenkow, Martin KellerGermany (GER)
Records Standing records prior to the 2010 European Athletics ChampionshipsWorld recordNesta Carter, Michael FraterUsain Bolt, Asafa Powell37.10Beijing, China22 August 2008European recordJason Gardener, Darren CampbellMarlon Devonish, Dwain Chambers37.73Seville, Spain29 August 1999Championship recordMax Moriniere, Daniel SangoumaJean-Charles Trouabal, Bruno Marie-Rose37.79Split, Yugoslavia1 September 1990World LeadingMario Forsythe, Yohan BlakeMarvin Anderson, Usain Bolt37.90Philadelphia, PA, United States24 April 2010European LeadingRonald Pognon, Christophe LemaitreYannick Lesourd, Martial Mbandjock38.50Rome, Italy10 June 2010Broken records during the 2010 European Athletics ChampionshipsEuropean LeadingJimmy Vicaut, Christophe LemaitrePierre-Alexis Pessonneaux, Martial Mbandjock38.11Barcelona, Spain1 August 2010
Schedule
Date Time Round 31 July 2010 10:15 Round 1 1 August 2010 19:35 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 1 3 Imaad Hallay, Jimmy Vicaut, Pierre-Alexis Pessonneaux, Martial Mbandjock 0.168 39.12 Q 2 4 Dariusz Kuć, Paweł Stempel, Robert Kubaczyk, Kamil Kryński 0.173 39.20 Q 3 7 Pascal Mancini, Aron Beyene, Reto Schenkel, Marc Schneeberger 0.172 39.22 Q 4 6 Hannu Ali-Huokuna, Joni Rautanen, Jonathan Åstrand, Hannu Hämäläinen 0.143 39.40 q 5 5 Leon Baptiste, Craig Pickering, Marlon Devonish, Mark Lewis-Francis 0.180 39.49 6 8 Philip Bjørnå Berntsen, Tormod Hjortnæs Larsen, Christian Settemsli Mogstad, Jaysuma Saidy Ndure 0.162 40.04 7 2 Mustafa Delioğlu, Sezai Özkaya, Hakan Karacaoğlu, İzzet Safer 0.254 40.23
Heat 2 Rank Lane Nation Athletes React Time Notes 1 6 Tobias Unger, Marius Broening, Alexander Kosenkow, Martin Keller 0.174 38.75 Q 2 3 Roberto Donati, Simone Collio, Emanuele di Gregorio, Maurizio Checcucci 0.19938.82 Q 3 4 Ricardo Monteiro, Francis Obikwelu, Arnaldo Abrantes, Yazaldes Nascimento 0.201 39.09 Q 4 7 Alain López, Ángel David Rodríguez, Orkatz Beitia, Rubén Pros 0.230 39.30 q 2 Mikhail Idrisov, Ivan Teplykh, Roman Smirnov, Vyacheslav Kolesnichenko 0.173 5 Jan Žumer, Matic Osovnikar, Boštjan Fridrih, Gregor Kokalovič 0.165
Summary Rank Heat Lane Nation Athletes React Time Notes 1 2 6 Tobias Unger, Marius Broening, Alexander Kosenkow, Martin Keller 0.174 38.75 Q 2 2 3 Roberto Donati, Simone Collio, Emanuele di Gregorio, Maurizio Checcucci 0.19938.82Q 3 2 4 Ricardo Monteiro, Francis Obikwelu, Arnaldo Abrantes, Yazaldes Nascimento 0.201 39.09 Q 4 1 3 Imaad Hallay, Jimmy Vicaut, Pierre-Alexis Pessonneaux, Martial Mbandjock 0.168 39.12 Q 5 1 4 Dariusz Kuć, Paweł Stempel, Robert Kubaczyk, Kamil Kryński 0.173 39.20 Q 6 1 7 Pascal Mancini, Aron Beyene, Reto Schenkel, Marc Schneeberger 0.172 39.22 Q 7 2 7 Alain López, Ángel David Rodríguez, Orkatz Beitia, Rubén Pros 0.230 39.30 q 8 1 6 Hannu Ali-Huokuna, Joni Rautanen, Jonathan Åstrand, Hannu Hämäläinen 0.143 39.40 q 9 1 5 Leon Baptiste, Craig Pickering, Marlon Devonish, Mark Lewis-Francis 0.180 39.49 10 1 8 Philip Bjørnå Berntsen, Tormod Hjortnæs Larsen, Christian Settemsli Mogstad, Jaysuma Saidy Ndure 0.162 40.04 11 1 2 Mustafa Delioğlu, Sezai Özkaya, Hakan Karacaoğlu, İzzet Safer 0.254 40.23 2 2 Mikhail Idrisov, Ivan Teplykh, Roman Smirnov, Vyacheslav Kolesnichenko 0.173 2 5 Jan Žumer, Matic Osovnikar, Boštjan Fridrih, Gregor Kokalovič 0.165
Final Rank Lane Nationality Athlete React Time Notes 3 Jimmy Vicaut, Christophe Lemaitre, Pierre-Alexis Pessonneaux, Martial Mbandjock 0.27538.11 EL 7 Roberto Donati, Simone Collio, Emanuele di Gregorio, Maurizio Checcucci 0.24138.17 NR 5 Tobias Unger, Marius Broening, Alexander Kosenkow, Martin Keller 0.18438.44 8 Pascal Mancini, Aron Beyene, Reto Schenkel, Marc Schneeberger 0.16238.69 NR 4 Dariusz Kuć, Paweł Stempel, Robert Kubaczyk, Kamil Kryński 0.18938.83 6 Ricardo Monteiro, Francis Obikwelu, Arnaldo Abrantes, João Ferreira 0.21838.88 NR 1 Hannu Ali-Huokuna, Joni Rautanen, Jonathan Åstrand, Hannu Hämäläinen 0.14939.29 NR 2 Alain López, Ángel David Rodríguez, Orkatz Beitia, Rubén Pros 0.149
References Round 1 Results Final Results Full results