The men's 4 x 400 metres relay event at the 2009 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Kaunas, Lithuania, at S. Dariaus ir S. Girėno stadionas (Darius and Girėnas Stadium) on 18 and 19 July.
Medalists Gold Marcin SobiechJakub KrzewinaMichał PietrzakJan CiepielaŁukasz Krawczuk*Sebastian Porządny* Silver Marco VistalliIsalbet JuarezDomenico FontanaMatteo Galvan Bronze Bruno NaprixMame-Ibra AnneYoan DécimusYannick FonsatAbdesslam Merabet*Adrien Clemenceau* *: Competed in heat.
Results Final 19 July Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes Marcin SobiechJakub KrzewinaMichał PietrzakJan Ciepiela 3:03.74 Marco VistalliIsalbet JuarezDomenico FontanaMatteo Galvan 3:03.79 Bruno NaprixMame-Ibra AnneYoan DécimusYannick Fonsat 3:04.06 4 Arnaud GhislainJoris HaeckArnaud DestatteAntoine Gillet 3:04.51 5 Aitor MartínMark UjakporPau FraderaMarc Orozco 3:05.63 6 Luke Lennon-FordKris RobertsonJamie BowieNigel Levine 3:06.18 7 Tilemahos RoutasIoannis DovolisKonstadinos NakopoulosPetros Kiriakidis 3:08.65 8 Taavi LiivAarne NirkKristjan KangurMarek Niit 3:12.30
Heats 18 July Qualified: first 3 in each heat and 2 to the Final
Heat 1 Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes 1 Marco VistalliIsalbet JuarezDomenico FontanaMatteo Galvan 3:10.18 Q 2 Bruno NaprixAbdesslam MerabetAdrien ClemenceauYoan Décimus 3:10.20 Q 3 Tilemahos RoutasIoannis DovolisHristos VoyiatzisKonstadinos Nakopoulos 3:10.34 Q 4 Artūras KulnisEgidijus ŠvėgždaValdas ValintėlisVitalij Kozlov 3:13.13 5 Nick Ekelund-AreanderSteven Kwasi-KorangAndreas BubeMatias Bredahl Reedtz 3:17.15
Heat 2 Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes 1 Łukasz KrawczukMichał PietrzakSebastian PorządnyJakub Krzewina 3:07.13 Q 2 Aitor MartínMark UjakporPau FraderaMarc Orozco 3:07.80 Q 3 Arnaud DestatteJoris HaeckVincent VanryckeghemArnaud Ghislain 3:07.98 Q 4 Patrick SwanKris RobertsonJamie BowieLuke Lennon-Ford 3:08.11 q 5 Aarne NirkTaavi LiivKristjan KangurMarek Niit 3:10.54 q German FlorentzTarass ShcherenkoGil ShelegOleg Sologuv DNS
Participation According to an unofficial count, 47 athletes from 10 countries participated in the event.
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