# 2010 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

The men's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 31 July and 1 August.

## Medalists

| Gold | Maksim Dyldin, Alexey Aksenov, Vladimir Krasnov, Pavel Trenikhin Russia (RUS) |
| Silver | Conrad Williams, Michael Bingham, Martyn Rooney, Robert Tobin Great Britain (GBR) |
| Bronze | Arnaud Destatte, Kevin Borlée, Cédric Van Branteghem, Jonathan Borlée Belgium (BEL) |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2010 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 | United Kingdom Iwan Thomas, Jamie Baulch Mark Richardson, Roger Black | 2:56.60 | Atlanta, United States | 3 August 1996 |
| Championship record | United Kingdom Paul Sanders, Kriss Akabusi John Regis, Roger Black | 2:58.22 | Split, Yugoslavia | 1 September 1990 |
| World Leading | United States U23 LeJerald Betters, O'Neal Wilder Joey Hughes, Tavaris Tate | 2:58.83 | Miramar, FL, United States | 11 July 2010 |
| European Leading | Russia Maksim Dyldin, Valentin Kruglyakov Pavel Trenikhin, Vladimir Krasnov | 3:01.72 | Bergen, Norway | 20 June 2010 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 31 July 2010 | 11:20 | Round 1 |
| 1 August 2010 | 21:55 | Final |

## Results
### Round 1

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

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Lane | Nation | Athletes | React | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | Conrad Williams, Graham Hedman, Richard Buck, Robert Tobin | 0.247 | 3:04.09 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Poland (POL) | Marcin Marciniszyn, Daniel Dąbrowski, Piotr Klimczak, Jan Ciepiela | 0.234 | 3:04.51 | Q |
| 3 | 8 | Netherlands (NED) | Joeri Moerman, Youssef El Rhalfioui, Dennis Spillekom, Robert Lathouwers | 0.205 | 3:04.52 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | France (FRA) | Yannick Fonsat, Mamoudou Hanne, Mame-Ibra Anne, Yoan Décimus | 0.189 | 3:05.32 | q |
| 5 | 4 | Ukraine (UKR) | Maksym Nakonechnyy, Myhaylo Knysh, Volodymyr Burakov, Dmytro Ostrovskyy | 0.314 | 3:05.51 | |
| 6 | 6 | Ireland (IRL) | Gordon Kennedy, Brian Murphy, Brian Gregan, Steven Colvert | 0.230 | 3:07.21 | |
| 7 | 3 | Spain (ESP) | Marc Orozco, Mark Ujakpor, Santiago Ezquerro, Antonio Manuel Reina | 0.199 | 3:07.38 | |
| 8 | 7 | Romania (ROM) | Adrian Dragan, Iulian Geambazu, Attila Nagy, Catalin Cîmpeanu | 0.355 | 3:09.48 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Lane | Nation | Athletes | React | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Belgium (BEL) | Antoine Gillet, Cédric Van Branteghem, Nils Duerinck, Kevin Borlée | 0.238 | 3:03.49 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Germany (GER) | Kamghe Gaba, Bastian Swillims, Jonas Plass, Thomas Schneider | 0.168 | 3:03.83 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Russia (RUS) | Maksim Dyldin, Aleksey Aksyonov, Sergey Petukhov, Pavel Trenikhin | 0.199 | 3:04.20 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Italy (ITA) | Claudio Licciardello, Luca Galletti, Domenico Fontana, Marco Vistalli | 0.246 | 3:04.55 | q |
| 5 | 5 | Greece (GRE) | Pétros Kiriakídis, Dimítrios Grávalos, Padeleímon Melahrinoúdis, Sotírios Iakovákis | 0.250 | 3:07.12 | |
| 6 | 4 | Hungary (HUN) | Máté Lukács, Gábor Pásztor, Zoltán Kovács, Marcell Deák-Nagy | 0.231 | 3:08.32 | |
| 7 | 7 | Slovenia (SLO) | Uros Jovanovic, Sebastjan Jagarinec, Marko Macuh, Erik Voncina | 0.174 | 3:08.95 | |
| 8 | 8 | Denmark (DEN) | Jacob Fabricius Riis, Andreas Hjartbro Bube, Daniel B. Christensen, Nicklas Hyde | 0.190 | 3:09.04 | |

#### Summary

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Nation | Athletes | React | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 2 | Belgium (BEL) | Antoine Gillet, Cédric Van Branteghem, Nils Duerinck, Kevin Borlée | 0.238 | 3:03.49 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 6 | Germany (GER) | Kamghe Gaba, Bastian Swillims, Jonas Plass, Thomas Schneider | 0.168 | 3:03.83 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 2 | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | Conrad Williams, Graham Hedman, Richard Buck, Robert Tobin | 0.247 | 3:04.09 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Russia (RUS) | Maksim Dyldin, Aleksey Aksyonov, Sergey Petukhov, Pavel Trenikhin | 0.199 | 3:04.20 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Poland (POL) | Marcin Marciniszyn, Daniel Dąbrowski, Piotr Klimczak, Jan Ciepiela | 0.234 | 3:04.51 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 8 | Netherlands (NED) | Joeri Moerman, Youssef El Rhalfioui, Dennis Spillekom, Robert Lathouwers | 0.205 | 3:04.52 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 3 | Italy (ITA) | Claudio Licciardello, Luca Galletti, Domenico Fontana, Marco Vistalli | 0.246 | 3:04.55 | q |
| 8 | 1 | 5 | France (FRA) | Yannick Fonsat, Mamoudou Hanne, Mame-Ibra Anne, Yoan Décimus | 0.189 | 3:05.32 | q |
| 9 | 1 | 4 | Ukraine (UKR) | Maksym Nakonechnyy, Myhaylo Knysh, Volodymyr Burakov, Dmytro Ostrovskyy | 0.314 | 3:05.51 | |
| 10 | 2 | 5 | Greece (GRE) | Pétros Kiriakídis, Dimítrios Grávalos, Padeleímon Melahrinoúdis, Sotírios Iakovákis | 0.250 | 3:07.12 | |
| 11 | 1 | 6 | Ireland (IRL) | Gordon Kennedy, Brian Murphy, Brian Gregan, Steven Colvert | 0.230 | 3:07.21 | |
| 12 | 1 | 3 | Spain (ESP) | Marc Orozco, Mark Ujakpor, Santiago Ezquerro, Antonio Manuel Reina | 0.199 | 3:07.38 | |
| 13 | 2 | 4 | Hungary (HUN) | Máté Lukács, Gábor Pásztor, Zoltán Kovács, Marcell Deák-Nagy | 0.231 | 3:08.32 | |
| 14 | 2 | 7 | Slovenia (SLO) | Uros Jovanovic, Sebastjan Jagarinec, Marko Macuh, Erik Voncina | 0.174 | 3:08.95 | |
| 15 | 2 | 8 | Denmark (DEN) | Jacob Fabricius Riis, Andreas Hjartbro Bube, Daniel B. Christensen, Nicklas Hyde | 0.190 | 3:09.04 | |
| 16 | 1 | 7 | Romania (ROM) | Adrian Dragan, Iulian Geambazu, Attila Nagy, Catalin Cîmpeanu | 0.355 | 3:09.48 | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Nationality | Athlete | React | Time |
| | 7 | Russia (RUS) | Maksim Dyldin, Aleksey Aksyonov, Pavel Trenikhin, Vladimir Krasnov | 0.210 | 3:02.14 |
| | 3 | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | Conrad Williams, Michael Bingham, Robert Tobin, Martyn Rooney | 0.242 | 3:02.25 |
| | 4 | Belgium (BEL) | Arnaud Destatte, Kevin Borlée, Cédric Van Branteghem, Jonathan Borlée | 0.178 | 3:02.60 |
| 4 | 5 | Germany (GER) | Kamghe Gaba, Bastian Swillims, Eric Krüger, Thomas Schneider | 0.192 | 3:02.65 |
| 5 | 6 | Poland (POL) | Marcin Marciniszyn, Daniel Dąbrowski, Piotr Klimczak, Kacper Kozłowski | 0.273 | 3:03.42 |
| 6 | 1 | France (FRA) | Leslie Djhone, Yannick Fonsat, Mame-Ibra Anne, Teddy Venel | 0.173 | 3:03.85 |
| 7 | 8 | Netherlands (NED) | Joeri Moerman, Youssef El Rhalfioui, Dennis Spillekom, Robert Lathouwers | 0.184 | 3:04.13 |
| 8 | 2 | Italy (ITA) | Marco Vistalli, Luca Galletti, Claudio Licciardello, Andrea Barberi | 0.204 | 3:04.20 |