# 2018 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

The Men's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2018 European Athletics Championships took place at the Olympic Stadium on 10 and 11 August.

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2018 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 | University of Southern California Ricky Morgan, Rai Benjamin Zachary Shinnick, Michael Norman | 2:59.00 | Eugene, United States | 8 June 2018 |
| European Leading | Italy Daniele Corsa, Michele Tricca Vladimir Aceti, Davide Re | 3:02.11 | Bern, Switzerland | 16 June 2018 |
| Broken records during the 2018 European Athletics Championships |||||
| European Leading | Great Britain Cameron Chalmers, Dwayne Cowan Rabah Yousif, Martyn Rooney | 3:01.62 | Berlin, Germany | 10 August 2018 |
| European Leading | Belgium Dylan Borlée, Jonathan Borlée Jonathan Sacoor, Kevin Borlée | 2:59.47 | Berlin, Germany | 11 August 2018 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 10 August 2018 | 13:05 | Round 1 |
| 11 August 2018 | 21:30 | Final |

## 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 | Cameron Chalmers, Dwayne Cowan, Rabah Yousif, Martyn Rooney | 3:01.62 | Q, EL |
| 2 | 1 | France | Mame-Ibra Anne, Mamadou Kassé Hanne, Teddy Atine, Thomas Jordier | 3:01.67 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 1 | Czech Republic | Patrik Šorm, Michal Desenský, Vít Müller, Pavel Maslák | 3:02.52 | Q, NR |
| 4 | 2 | Belgium | Julien Watrin, Robin Vanderbemden, Jonathan Sacoor, Dylan Borlée | 3:02.55 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Poland | Dariusz Kowaluk, Rafał Omelko, Mateusz Rzeźniczak, Kajetan Duszyński | 3:02.75 | q |
| 6 | 1 | Germany | Marvin Schlegel, Torben Junker, Fabian Dammermann, Johannes Trefz | 3:03.37 | q |
| 7 | 2 | Italy | Edoardo Scotti, Michele Tricca, Vladimir Aceti, Davide Re | 3:04.08 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Spain | Mark Ujakpor, Lucas Búa, Darwin Echeverry, Samuel García | 3:04.62 | Q, SB |
| 9 | 2 | Netherlands | Tony van Diepen, Liemarvin Bonevacia, Ramsey Angela, Nick Smidt | 3:04.93 | |
| 10 | 1 | Ukraine | Oleksiy Pozdnyakov, Danylo Danylenko, Stanislav Senyk, Vitaliy Butrym | 3:03.93 | SB |
| 11 | 2 | Ireland | Christopher O'Donnell, Brandon Arrey, Leon Reid, Thomas Barr | 3:06.55 | SB |
| 12 | 2 | Croatia | Mateo Ružić, Hrvoje Čukman, Sven Cepuš, Mateo Kovačić | 3:07.80 | SB |
| 13 | 2 | Turkey | Abdullah Tütünci, Yavuz Can, Akin Özyürek, Batuhan Altıntaş | 3:07.83 | |
| 14 | 2 | Romania | Cristian Radu, Cosmin Trofin, David-Iustin Nastase, Robert Parge | 3:10.08 | |
| | 1 | Sweden | Carl Bengtström, Erik Martinsson, Dennis Forsman, Joel Groth | DQ | 170.20 |
| | 1 | Switzerland | Jonas Gehrig, Ricky Petrucciani, Joel Burgunder, Charles Devantay | DQ | 163.3 (b) |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
| | 3 | Belgium | Dylan Borlée, Jonathan Borlée, Jonathan Sacoor, Kevin Borlée | 2:59.47 | EL |
| | 5 | Great Britain | Rabah Yousif, Dwayne Cowan, Matthew Hudson-Smith, Martyn Rooney | 3:00.36 | SB |
| | 7 | Spain | Óscar Husillos, Lucas Búa, Samuel García, Bruno Hortelano | 3:00.78 | SB |
| 4 | 6 | France | Ludvy Vaillant, Mamadou Kassé Hanne, Teddy Atine, Thomas Jordier | 3:02.08 | |
| 5 | 2 | Poland | Karol Zalewski, Rafał Omelko, Łukasz Krawczuk, Kajetan Duszyński | 3:02.27 | |
| 6 | 4 | Italy | Edoardo Scotti, Michele Tricca, Davide Re, Matteo Galvan | 3:02.34 | |
| 7 | 8 | Czech Republic | Jan Tesař, Pavel Maslák, Patrik Šorm, Filip Šnejdr | 3:03.00 | |
| 8 | 1 | Germany | Patrick Schneider, Torben Junker, Fabian Dammermann, Johannes Trefz | 3:04.69 | |