# 2013 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

The Men's 4x400 metres relay event at the 2013 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Tampere, Finland, at Ratina Stadium on 13 and 14 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Seppe Thijs Dylan Borlée Stef Vanhaeren Julien Watrin Sébastien Lins$^†$ Belgium |
| Silver | Vito Incantalupo Lorenzo Valentini Marco Lorenzi Michele Tricca Italy |
| Bronze | Philipp Kleemann Johannes Trefz Benedikt Wiesend Stefan Gorol Jannik Rehbein$^†$ Germany |
$^†$: Competed only in heat.

## Results
### Final

14 July 2013 / 18:55
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Lane | Reaction Time | Time |
| | Belgium | Seppe Thijs Dylan Borlée Stef Vanhaeren Julien Watrin | 3 | 0.188 | 3:04.90 |
| | Italy | Vito Incantalupo Lorenzo Valentini Marco Lorenzi Michele Tricca | 4 | 0.159 | 3:05.10 |
| | Germany | Philipp Kleemann Johannes Trefz Benedikt Wiesend Stefan Gorol | 8 | 0.184 | 3:05.24 |
| 4 | Spain | Bertrán Alcaraz Juan Manuel García Samuel García Bruno Hortelano | 2 | 0.194 | 3:05.28 |
| 5 | Czech Republic | Michal Desenský Pavel Maslák Patrik Šorm Daniel Němeček | 7 | 0.224 | 3:05.82 |
| 6 | Netherlands | Bram Peters Thijmen Kupers Jesper Arts Jelle Venema | 1 | 0.164 | 3:07.47 |
| 7 | Ukraine | Dmytro Bezpamyatnyy Taras Bybyk Anatoliy Sinyanskyy Vitaliy Butrym | 5 | 0.233 | 3:20.10 |
| DQ | Russia | Lev Mosin Denis Nesmashnyi Artem Vazhov Nikita Uglov | 6 | | |

### Heats

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

#### Summary

| Rank | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Italy | 3:06.98 | Q |
| 2 | Belgium | 3:07.09 | Q |
| 3 | Germany | 3:07.21 | Q |
| 4 | Spain | 3:07.23 | q |
| 5 | Netherlands | 3:07.27 | q |
| 6 | Ireland | 3:07.71 | |
| 7 | Russia | 3:09.33 | Q |
| 8 | Ukraine | 3:10.14 | Q |
| 9 | Czech Republic | 3:11.60 | Q |
| 10 | Romania | 3:12.72 | |
| 11 | Israel | 3:16.27 | |
| 12 | Georgia | 3:19.58 | |
| | Norway | DNF | |

#### Details
##### Heat 1

13 July 2013 / 12:00
| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Lane | Reaction Time | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Russia | Kirill Ryzhov Yegor Kibakin Denis Nesmashnyi Artem Vazhov | 4 | 0.211 | 3:09.33 | Q |
| 2 | Ukraine | Vitaliy Butrym Taras Bybyk Anatoliy Sinyanskyy Dmytro Bezpamyatnyy | 6 | 0.170 | 3:10.14 | Q |
| 3 | Czech Republic | Michal Desenský Patrik Šorm Miroslav Burian Daniel Němeček | 3 | 0.217 | 3:11.60 | Q |
| 4 | Israel | Dayan Aviv Maor Szeged Amit Cohen Hai Cohen | 5 | 0.188 | 3:16.27 | |
| 5 | Georgia | Iosebi Marukashvili Denis Zhvania Bachana Khorava Nika Kartavtsev | 7 | 0.216 | 3:19.58 | |
| | Norway | Carl Emil Kåshagen Thomas Roth Marius Bakke Støle Per Magne Florvaag | 2 | 0.193 | DNF | |

##### Heat 2

13 July 2013 / 12:10
| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Lane | Reaction Time | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Italy | Vito Incantalupo Lorenzo Valentini Marco Lorenzi Michele Tricca | 3 | 0.156 | 3:06.98 | Q |
| 2 | Belgium | Seppe Thijs Sébastien Lins Stef Vanhaeren Dylan Borlée | 5 | 0.188 | 3:07.09 | Q |
| 3 | Germany | Philipp Kleemann Benedikt Wiesend Jannik Rehbein Stefan Gorol | 4 | 0.188 | 3:07.21 | Q |
| 4 | Spain | Bertrán Alcaraz Juan Manuel García Samuel García Alejandro Estévez | 8 | 0.251 | 3:07.23 | q |
| 5 | Netherlands | Jürgen Wielart Thijmen Kupers Jesper Arts Bram Peters | 2 | 0.205 | 3:07.27 | q |
| 6 | Ireland | Dara Kervick Jason Harvey Richard Morrissey Mark English | 6 | 0.196 | 3:07.71 | |
| 7 | Romania | Marian Cristinel Glisca Florin Purcea Tiberiu Alexandru Baneasu Sorin Vatamanu | 7 | 0.186 | 3:12.72 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 59 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.
* Belgium (5)
* Czech Republic (5)
* Georgia (4)
* Germany (5)
* Ireland (4)
* Israel (4)
* Italy (4)
* Netherlands (5)
* Norway (4)
* Romania (4)
* Russia (6)
* Spain (5)
* Ukraine (4)