2010 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay

None Men's 4 × 100 metres relay European Athletics Championships The men's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 31 July and 1 August. Shortly after heat 2, it seemed that three teams (France, Poland and Switzerland) would qualify from heat 1, and five teams (Germany, Italy, Portugal, Russia and Spain) from heat 2, including Italy that finished second. However, it was announced that Italian team was disqualified, and subsequently Finnish team qualified from heat 1 to final. Later on, Italy made successful protest against Russia, so that Russia was disqualified and Italy proceeded to final. Medalists thumb|left|The French team won, with both Lemaitre and Mbandjock taking their third medal of the championships GoldFRA Christophe Lemaitre, Jimmy Vicaut, Pierre-Alexis Pessonneaux, Martial MbandjockFrance (FRA)SilverITA Roberto Donati, Simone Collio, Emanuele di Gregorio, Maurizio CheccucciItaly (ITA)BronzeGER Tobias Unger, Marius Broening, Alexander Kosenkow, Martin KellerGermany (GER) Records Standing records prior to the 2010 European Athletics ChampionshipsWorld recordNesta Carter, Michael FraterUsain Bolt, Asafa Powell37.10Beijing, China22 August 2008European recordJason Gardener, Darren CampbellMarlon Devonish, Dwain Chambers37.73Seville, Spain29 August 1999Championship recordMax Moriniere, Daniel SangoumaJean-Charles Trouabal, Bruno Marie-Rose37.79Split, Yugoslavia1 September 1990World LeadingMario Forsythe, Yohan BlakeMarvin Anderson, Usain Bolt37.90Philadelphia, PA, United States24 April 2010European LeadingRonald Pognon, Christophe LemaitreYannick Lesourd, Martial Mbandjock38.50Rome, Italy10 June 2010Broken records during the 2010 European Athletics ChampionshipsEuropean LeadingJimmy Vicaut, Christophe LemaitrePierre-Alexis Pessonneaux, Martial Mbandjock38.11Barcelona, Spain1 August 2010 Schedule thumb|The French and Italian teams remained close throughout the race. Date Time Round 31 July 2010 10:15 Round 1 1 August 2010 19:35 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 3 France 2010 European Imaad Hallay, Jimmy Vicaut, Pierre-Alexis Pessonneaux, Martial Mbandjock 0.168 39.12 Q 2 4 Poland 2010 European Dariusz Kuć, Paweł Stempel, Robert Kubaczyk, Kamil Kryński 0.173 39.20 Q 3 7 Switzerland 2010 European Pascal Mancini, Aron Beyene, Reto Schenkel, Marc Schneeberger 0.172 39.22 Q 4 6 Finland 2010 European Hannu Ali-Huokuna, Joni Rautanen, Jonathan Åstrand, Hannu Hämäläinen 0.143 39.40 q 5 5 Great Britain 2010 European Leon Baptiste, Craig Pickering, Marlon Devonish, Mark Lewis-Francis 0.180 39.49 6 8 Norway 2010 European Philip Bjørnå Berntsen, Tormod Hjortnæs Larsen, Christian Settemsli Mogstad, Jaysuma Saidy Ndure 0.162 40.04 7 2 Turkey 2010 European Mustafa Delioğlu, Sezai Özkaya, Hakan Karacaoğlu, İzzet Safer 0.254 40.23 Heat 2 Rank Lane Nation Athletes React Time Notes 1 6 Germany 2010 European Tobias Unger, Marius Broening, Alexander Kosenkow, Martin Keller 0.174 38.75 Q 2 3 Italy 2010 European Roberto Donati, Simone Collio, Emanuele di Gregorio, Maurizio Checcucci 0.19938.82 Q 3 4 Portugal 2010 European Ricardo Monteiro, Francis Obikwelu, Arnaldo Abrantes, Yazaldes Nascimento 0.201 39.09 Q 4 7 Spain 2010 European Alain López, Ángel David Rodríguez, Orkatz Beitia, Rubén Pros 0.230 39.30 q 5 2 Russia 2010 European Mikhail Idrisov, Ivan Teplykh, Roman Smirnov, Vyacheslav Kolesnichenko 0.173 99.99 DQ 5 5 Slovenia 2010 European Jan Žumer, Matic Osovnikar, Boštjan Fridrih, Gregor Kokalovič 0.165 99.99 DQ Summary Rank Heat Lane Nation Athletes React Time Notes 1 2 6 Germany 2010 European Tobias Unger, Marius Broening, Alexander Kosenkow, Martin Keller 0.174 38.75 Q 2 2 3 Italy 2010 European Roberto Donati, Simone Collio, Emanuele di Gregorio, Maurizio Checcucci 0.19938.82Q 3 2 4 Portugal 2010 European Ricardo Monteiro, Francis Obikwelu, Arnaldo Abrantes, Yazaldes Nascimento 0.201 39.09 Q 4 1 3 France 2010 European Imaad Hallay, Jimmy Vicaut, Pierre-Alexis Pessonneaux, Martial Mbandjock 0.168 39.12 Q 5 1 4 Poland 2010 European Dariusz Kuć, Paweł Stempel, Robert Kubaczyk, Kamil Kryński 0.173 39.20 Q 6 1 7 Switzerland 2010 European Pascal Mancini, Aron Beyene, Reto Schenkel, Marc Schneeberger 0.172 39.22 Q 7 2 7 Spain 2010 European Alain López, Ángel David Rodríguez, Orkatz Beitia, Rubén Pros 0.230 39.30 q 8 1 6 Finland 2010 European Hannu Ali-Huokuna, Joni Rautanen, Jonathan Åstrand, Hannu Hämäläinen 0.143 39.40 q 9 1 5 Great Britain 2010 European Leon Baptiste, Craig Pickering, Marlon Devonish, Mark Lewis-Francis 0.180 39.49 10 1 8 Norway 2010 European Philip Bjørnå Berntsen, Tormod Hjortnæs Larsen, Christian Settemsli Mogstad, Jaysuma Saidy Ndure 0.162 40.04 11 1 2 Turkey 2010 European Mustafa Delioğlu, Sezai Özkaya, Hakan Karacaoğlu, İzzet Safer 0.254 40.23 99 2 2 Russia 2010 European Mikhail Idrisov, Ivan Teplykh, Roman Smirnov, Vyacheslav Kolesnichenko 0.173 99.99 DQ 99 2 5 Slovenia 2010 European Jan Žumer, Matic Osovnikar, Boštjan Fridrih, Gregor Kokalovič 0.16599.99 DQ Final Rank Lane Nationality Athlete React Time Notes 3 France 2010 European Jimmy Vicaut, Christophe Lemaitre, Pierre-Alexis Pessonneaux, Martial Mbandjock 0.27538.11 EL 7 Italy 2010 European Roberto Donati, Simone Collio, Emanuele di Gregorio, Maurizio Checcucci 0.24138.17 NR 5 Germany 2010 European Tobias Unger, Marius Broening, Alexander Kosenkow, Martin Keller 0.18438.44 04 4 8 Switzerland 2010 European Pascal Mancini, Aron Beyene, Reto Schenkel, Marc Schneeberger 0.16238.69 NR 05 5 4 Poland 2010 European Dariusz Kuć, Paweł Stempel, Robert Kubaczyk, Kamil Kryński 0.18938.83 06 6 6 Portugal 2010 European Ricardo Monteiro, Francis Obikwelu, Arnaldo Abrantes, João Ferreira 0.21838.88 NR 07 7 1 Finland 2010 European Hannu Ali-Huokuna, Joni Rautanen, Jonathan Åstrand, Hannu Hämäläinen 0.14939.29 NR 99 2 Spain 2010 European Alain López, Ángel David Rodríguez, Orkatz Beitia, Rubén Pros 0.14999.99 DNF References Round 1 Results Final Results Full results Category:Relays at the European Athletics Championships Category:Men's events at the 2010 European Athletics Championships