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

Men's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2018 European Athletics Championships
From left Jonathan Sacoor, Dylan Borlée and the twins Kevin and Jonathan Borlée, the winner team.
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Location	Berlin
Dates	August 10 (round 1) August 11 (final)
Competitors	77 from 16 nations
Winning time	2:59.47
Medalists
Dylan Borlée Jonathan Borlée Jonathan Sacoor Kévin Borlée Robin Vanderbemden* Julien Watrin*   Belgium   Rabah Yousif Dwayne Cowan Matthew Hudson-Smith Martyn Rooney Cameron Chalmers*   Great Britain   Óscar Husillos Lucas Búa Samuel García Bruno Hortelano Darwin Echeverry* Mark Ujakpor*   Spain

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

Belgium finishing first in the final