# 2014 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay

The men's 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2014 European Athletics Championships took place at the Letzigrund on 16 and 17 August.

## Medalists

| Gold | James Ellington, Harry Aikines-Aryeetey, Richard Kilty, Adam Gemili, Daniel Talbot Great Britain |
| Silver | Julian Reus, Sven Knipphals, Alexander Kosenkow, Lucas Jakubczyk Germany |
| Bronze | Pierre Vincent, Christophe Lemaitre, Teddy Tinmar, Ben Bassaw France |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2014 European Athletics Championships :
| World record | Jamaica Nesta Carter, Michael Frater Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt | 36.84 | London, Great Britain | 11 August 2012 |
| European record | Great Britain Jason Gardener, Darren Campbell Marlon Devonish, Dwain Chambers | 37.73 | Seville, Spain | 29 August 1999 |
| Championship record | France Max Moriniere, Daniel Sangouma Jean-Charles Trouabal, Bruno Marie-Rose | 37.79 | Split, Yugoslavia | 1 September 1990 |
| World Leading | Jamaica Jason Livermore, Kemar Bailey-Cole Nickel Ashmeade, Usain Bolt | 37.58 | Glasgow, Great Britain | 2 August 2014 |
| European Leading | Great Britain Richard Kilty, Harry Aikines-Aryeetey James Ellington, Daniel Talbot | 37.93 | Nassau, Bahamas | 25 May 2014 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 16 August 2014 | 15:35 | Round 1 |
| 17 August 2014 | 17:05 | 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 | 2 | 5 | Germany | Julian Reus, Sven Knipphals, Alexander Kosenkow, Lucas Jakubczyk | 38.15 | Q, SB |
| 2 | 1 | 4 | Great Britain | James Ellington, Harry Aikines-Aryeetey, Richard Kilty, Daniel Talbot | 38.26 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 5 | Switzerland | Pascal Mancini, Reto Schenkel, Suganthan Somasundaram, Alex Wilson | 38.54 | Q, NR |
| 4 | 2 | 4 | France | Pierre Vincent, Christophe Lemaitre, Teddy Tinmar, Ben Bassaw | 38.55 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 7 | Italy | Fabio Cerutti, Eseosa Desalu, Diego Marani, Delmas Obou | 38.71 | Q, SB |
| 6 | 2 | 2 | Poland | Robert Kubaczyk, Dariusz Kuć, Kamil Masztak, Karol Zalewski | 38.75 | q |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Portugal | Diogo Antunes, Francis Obikwelu, Arnaldo Abrantes, Yazaldes Nascimento | 38.79 | q, NR |
| 8 | 1 | 8 | Netherlands | Giovanni Codrington, Churandy Martina, Hensley Paulina, Wouter Brus | 38.90 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | 1 | Ukraine | Roman Kravtsov, Serhiy Smelyk, Vitaliy Korzh, Emil Ibrahimov | 39.03 | |
| 10 | 1 | 7 | Sweden | Tom Kling-Baptiste, Stefan Tärnhuvud, Alexander Brorsson, Erik Hagberg | 39.27 | SB |
| 11 | 1 | 6 | Finland | Eetu Rantala, Ville Myllymäki, Jonathan Åstrand, Hannu Hämäläinen | 39.47 | SB |
| 12 | 1 | 3 | Estonia | Mart Muru, Rait Veesalu, Markus Ellisaar, Marek Niit | 39.52 | NR |
| 13 | 2 | 3 | Romania | Stefan Alexandru Codreanu, Doru Teofilescu, Alexandru Terpezan, Catalin Cîmpeanu | 39.67 | SB |
| 14 | 1 | 2 | Turkey | Umutcan Emektas, İzzet Safer, Aykut Ay, Ramil Guliyev | 39.83 | SB |
| 15 | 2 | 8 | Lithuania | Žilvinas Adomavičius, Kostas Skrabulis, Ugnius Savickas, Rytis Sakalauskas | 40.15 | |
| | 2 | 6 | Spain | Eduard Viles, Sergio Ruíz, Iván Jesús Ramos, Adrià Burriel | DNF | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
| | 3 | Great Britain | James Ellington, Harry Aikines-Aryeetey, Richard Kilty, Adam Gemili | 37.93 | EL |
| | 4 | Germany | Julian Reus, Sven Knipphals, Alexander Kosenkow, Lucas Jakubczyk | 38.09 | SB |
| | 6 | France | Pierre Vincent, Christophe Lemaitre, Teddy Tinmar, Ben Bassaw | 38.47 | |
| 4 | 5 | Switzerland | Pascal Mancini, Reto Schenkel, Suganthan Somasundaram, Alex Wilson | 38.56 | |
| 5 | 8 | Netherlands | Giovanni Codrington, Churandy Martina, Hensley Paulina, Wouter Brus | 38.60 | |
| 6 | 1 | Poland | Adam Pawłowski, Dariusz Kuć, Robert Kubaczyk, Karol Zalewski | 38.85 | |
| | 7 | Italy | Fabio Cerutti, Eseosa Desalu, Diego Marani, Delmas Obou | DNF | |
| | 2 | Portugal | Diogo Antunes, Francis Obikwelu, Arnaldo Abrantes, Yazaldes Nascimento | DNF | |