# 2016 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

The men's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2016 European Athletics Championships took place at the Olympic Stadium on 9 and 10 July.

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2016 European Athletics Championships :
| 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 | 3:00.96 | Gainesville, United States | 2 April 2016 |
| European Leading | Turkey Halit Kılıç Yasmani Copello Escobar Batuhan Altıntaş Yavuz Can | 3:02.22 | Erzurum, Turkey | 12 June 2016 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 9 July 2016 | 19:15 | Round 1 |
| 10 July 2016 | 18:50 | Final |
All times are local times (UTC+2)

## Results
### Round 1

First 3 in each heat (Q) and 2 best performers (q) advance to the Final.
| Rank | Heat | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Great Britain | Rabah Yousif, Delano Williams, Nigel Levine, Jarryd Dunn | 3:01.63 | Q, EL |
| 2 | 1 | Poland | Michał Pietrzak, Kacper Kozłowski, Jakub Krzewina, Łukasz Krawczuk | 3:02.09 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 1 | Czech Republic | Jan Tesař, Pavel Maslák, Michal Desenský, Patrik Šorm | 3:02.66 | Q, NR |
| 4 | 2 | Belgium | Dylan Borlée, Robin Vanderbemden, Jonathan Borlée, Julien Watrin | 3:03.15 | Q, SB |
| 5 | 2 | Ukraine | Danylo Danylenko, Yevhen Hutsol, Volodymyr Burakov, Vitaliy Butrym | 3:03.93 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Germany | Constantin Schmidt, Patrick Schneider, Kamghe Gaba, Johannes Trefz | 3:03.97 | Q, SB |
| 7 | 2 | Netherlands | Liemarvin Bonevacia, Terrence Agard, Bjorn Blauwhof, Maarten Stuivenberg | 3:04.04 | q |
| 8 | 1 | Ireland | Brian Gregan, Craig Lynch, David Gillick, Thomas Barr | 3:04.42 | q |
| 9 | 1 | Turkey | Halit Kılıç, Yasmani Copello, Batuhan Altıntaş, Yavuz Can | 3:04.65 | |
| 10 | 2 | Spain | Samuel García, Lucas Búa, Sergio Fernández, Lluis Vallejo | 3:04.77 | |
| 11 | 2 | Sweden | Axel Bergrahm, Erik Martinsson, Felix Francois, Adam Danielsson | 3:04.95 | SB |
| 12 | 2 | France | Mamadou Kasse Hann, Ludvy Vaillant, Alexandre Divet, Thomas Jordier | 3:04.95 | |
| 13 | 1 | Italy | Lorenzo Valentini, Michele Tricca, Mario Lambrughi, Matteo Galvan | 3:06.07 | SB |
| 14 | 1 | Switzerland | Luca Flück, Joel Burgunder, Daniele Angelella, Silvan Lutz | 3:06.52 | SB |
| 15 | 2 | Estonia | Jaak-Heinrich Jagor, Marek Niit, Rivar Tipp, Rauno Kunnapuu | 3:10.63 | SB |
| 16 | 1 | Norway | Karsten Warholm, Mauritz Kashagen, Josh-Kevin Ramirez Talm, Torbjørn Lysne | 3:10.76 | SB |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
| | 5 | Belgium | Julien Watrin, Jonathan Borlée, Dylan Borlée, Kevin Borlée | 3:01.10 | EL |
| | 4 | Poland | Łukasz Krawczuk, Kacper Kozłowski, Jakub Krzewina, Rafał Omelko | 3:01.18 | SB |
| | 3 | Great Britain | Rabah Yousif, Delano Williams, Jack Green, Matthew Hudson-Smith | 3:01.44 | SB |
| 4 | 8 | Czech Republic | Jan Tesař, Pavel Maslák, Michal Desenský, Patrik Šorm | 3:03.86 | |
| 5 | 2 | Ireland | Brian Gregan, Craig Lynch, David Gillick, Thomas Barr | 3:04.32 | SB |
| 6 | 6 | Ukraine | Danylo Danylenko, Yevhen Hutsol, Volodymyr Burakov, Vitaliy Butrym | 3:04.45 | |
| 7 | 1 | Netherlands | Liemarvin Bonevacia, Terrence Agard, Bjorn Blauwhof, Maarten Stuivenberg | 3:04.52 | |
| 8 | 7 | Germany | Johannes Trefz, Patrick Schneider, Kamghe Gaba, Constantin Schmidt | 3:05.67 | |