# 2014 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

The men's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2014 European Athletics Championships took place at the Letzigrund on 16 and 17 August.

## Medalists

| Gold | Conrad Williams, Matthew Hudson-Smith, Michael Bingham, Martyn Rooney, Nigel Levine, Rabah Yousif Great Britain |
| Silver | Rafał Omelko, Kacper Kozłowski, Łukasz Krawczuk, Jakub Krzewina, Andrzej Jaros, Michał Pietrzak Poland |
| Bronze | Mame-Ibra Anne, Teddy Venel, Mamoudou Hanne, Thomas Jordier France |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2014 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 David Verburg, Tony McQuay Christian Taylor, LaShawn Merritt | 2:57.25 | Nassau, Bahamas | 25 May 2014 |
| European Leading | Great Britain Michael Bingham, Conrad Williams Nigel Levine, Martyn Rooney | 3:00.32 | Nassau, Bahamas | 25 May 2014 |
| Broken records during the 2014 European Athletics Championships |||||
| European Leading | Great Britain Conrad Williams, Matthew Hudson-Smith Michael Bingham, Martyn Rooney | 2:58.79 | Zürich, Switzerland | 17 August 2014 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 16 August 2014 | 16:48 | Round 1 |
| 17 August 2014 | 15:42 | 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 | Lane | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Great Britain | Nigel Levine, Michael Bingham, Rabah Yousif, Martyn Rooney | 3:00.65 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 5 | France | Mame-Ibra Anne, Teddy Venel, Mamoudou Hanne, Thomas Jordier | 3:00.80 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 1 | 3 | Germany | Thomas Schneider, Miguel Rigau, David Gollnow, Jonas Plass | 3:02.41 | Q, SB |
| DQ | 2 | 4 | Russia | Nikita Uglov, Pavel Ivashko, Pavel Trenikhin, Vladimir Krasnov | 3:03.19 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 5 | Poland | Michał Pietrzak, Kacper Kozłowski, Andrzej Jaros, Rafał Omelko | 3:03.52 | Q, SB |
| 6 | 2 | 2 | Ireland | Brian Gregan, Brian Murphy, Richard Morrissey, Thomas Barr | 3:03.57 | Q, NR |
| 7 | 2 | 7 | Belgium | Julien Watrin, Antoine Gillet, Michaël Bultheel, Kevin Borlée | 3:03.83 | q |
| 8 | 1 | 4 | Czech Republic | Jan Tesař, Daniel Němeček, Michal Desenský, Patrik Šorm | 3:04.07 | q, SB |
| 9 | 2 | 8 | Spain | Pau Fradera, Samuel García, Lucas Búa, Mark Ujakpor | 3:04.68 | SB |
| 10 | 1 | 2 | Italy | Davide Re, Michele Tricca, Lorenzo Valentini, Matteo Galvan | 3:04.74 | SB |
| 11 | 1 | 7 | Netherlands | Bjorn Blauwhof, Terrence Agard, Obed Martis, Liemarvin Bonevacia | 3:05.93 | |
| 12 | 2 | 3 | Turkey | Batuhan Altıntaş, Halit Kiliç, İlham Tanui Özbilen, Yavuz Can | 3:07.68 | |
| 13 | 1 | 8 | Denmark | Festus Asante, Andreas Bube, Nick Ekelund-Arenander, Nicklas Hyde | 3:08.12 | |
| 14 | 2 | 6 | Switzerland | Silvan Lutz, Daniele Angelella, Philipp Weissenberger, Johannes Wagner | 3:08.63 | SB |
| 15 | 2 | 1 | Croatia | Staša Vrhovec, Mateo Kovačić, Yann Eloi Senjarić, Mateo Ružić | 3:12.73 | |
| | 1 | 6 | Ukraine | Vitaliy Butrym, Yevhen Hutsol, Danylo Danylenko, Volodymyr Burakov | DSQ | R 163.2 |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
| | 5 | Great Britain | Conrad Williams, Matthew Hudson-Smith, Michael Bingham, Martyn Rooney | 2:58.79 | EL |
| DQ | 3 | Russia | Maksim Dyldin, Pavel Ivashko, Nikita Uglov, Vladimir Krasnov | DQ (2:59.38) | NR |
| | 4 | Poland | Rafał Omelko, Kacper Kozłowski, Łukasz Krawczuk, Jakub Krzewina | 2:59.85 | SB |
| | 6 | France | Mame-Ibra Anne, Teddy Venel, Mamoudou Hanne, Thomas Jordier | 2:59.89 | SB |
| 4 | 8 | Ireland | Brian Gregan, Mark English, Richard Morrissey, Thomas Barr | 3:01.67 | NR |
| 5 | 7 | Germany | Kamghe Gaba, Miguel Rigau, Jonas Plass, Thomas Schneider | 3:01.70 | SB |
| 6 | 2 | Belgium | Julien Watrin, Kevin Borlée, Michaël Bultheel, Stef Vanhaeren | 3:02.60 | SB |
| 7 | 1 | Czech Republic | Jan Tesař, Daniel Němeček, Michal Desenský, Patrik Šorm | 3:04.56 | |