2010 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
The men's 4 x 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 would qualify from heat 1, and five teams 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
Gold | ![]() France |
Silver | ![]() Italy |
Bronze | ![]() Germany |
Records
Schedule
Date | Time | Round |
31 July 2010 | 10:15 | Round 1 |
1 August 2010 | 19:35 | [|Final] |
Results
Round 1
First 3 in each heat and 2 best performers advance to the Final.Heat 1
Rank | Lane | Nation | Athletes | React | Time | Notes |
1 | 3 | Imaad Hallay, Jimmy Vicaut, Pierre-Alexis Pessonneaux, Martial Mbandjock | 0.168 | 39.12 | Q | |
2 | 4 | Dariusz Kuć, Paweł Stempel, Robert Kubaczyk, Kamil Kryński | 0.173 | 39.20 | Q | |
3 | 7 | Pascal Mancini, Aron Beyene, Reto Schenkel, Marc Schneeberger | 0.172 | 39.22 | Q | |
4 | 6 | Hannu Ali-Huokuna, Joni Rautanen, Jonathan Åstrand, Hannu Hämäläinen | 0.143 | 39.40 | q | |
5 | 5 | Leon Baptiste, Craig Pickering, Marlon Devonish, Mark Lewis-Francis | 0.180 | 39.49 | ||
6 | 8 | Philip Bjørnå Berntsen, Tormod Hjortnæs Larsen, Christian Settemsli Mogstad, Jaysuma Saidy Ndure | 0.162 | 40.04 | ||
7 | 2 | Mustafa Delioğlu, Sezai Özkaya, Hakan Karacaoğlu, İzzet Safer | 0.254 | 40.23 |
Heat 2
Rank | Lane | Nation | Athletes | React | Time | Notes |
1 | 6 | Tobias Unger, Marius Broening, Alexander Kosenkow, Martin Keller | 0.174 | 38.75 | Q | |
2 | 3 | Roberto Donati, Simone Collio, Emanuele di Gregorio, Maurizio Checcucci | 0.199 | 38.82 | Q | |
3 | 4 | Ricardo Monteiro, Francis Obikwelu, Arnaldo Abrantes, Yazaldes Nascimento | 0.201 | 39.09 | Q | |
4 | 7 | Alain López, Ángel David Rodríguez, Orkatz Beitia, Rubén Pros | 0.230 | 39.30 | q | |
2 | Mikhail Idrisov, Ivan Teplykh, Roman Smirnov, Vyacheslav Kolesnichenko | 0.173 | ||||
5 | Jan Žumer, Matic Osovnikar, Boštjan Fridrih, Gregor Kokalovič | 0.165 |
Summary
Rank | Heat | Lane | Nation | Athletes | React | Time | Notes |
1 | 2 | 6 | Tobias Unger, Marius Broening, Alexander Kosenkow, Martin Keller | 0.174 | 38.75 | Q | |
2 | 2 | 3 | Roberto Donati, Simone Collio, Emanuele di Gregorio, Maurizio Checcucci | 0.199 | 38.82 | Q | |
3 | 2 | 4 | Ricardo Monteiro, Francis Obikwelu, Arnaldo Abrantes, Yazaldes Nascimento | 0.201 | 39.09 | Q | |
4 | 1 | 3 | Imaad Hallay, Jimmy Vicaut, Pierre-Alexis Pessonneaux, Martial Mbandjock | 0.168 | 39.12 | Q | |
5 | 1 | 4 | Dariusz Kuć, Paweł Stempel, Robert Kubaczyk, Kamil Kryński | 0.173 | 39.20 | Q | |
6 | 1 | 7 | Pascal Mancini, Aron Beyene, Reto Schenkel, Marc Schneeberger | 0.172 | 39.22 | Q | |
7 | 2 | 7 | Alain López, Ángel David Rodríguez, Orkatz Beitia, Rubén Pros | 0.230 | 39.30 | q | |
8 | 1 | 6 | Hannu Ali-Huokuna, Joni Rautanen, Jonathan Åstrand, Hannu Hämäläinen | 0.143 | 39.40 | q | |
9 | 1 | 5 | Leon Baptiste, Craig Pickering, Marlon Devonish, Mark Lewis-Francis | 0.180 | 39.49 | ||
10 | 1 | 8 | Philip Bjørnå Berntsen, Tormod Hjortnæs Larsen, Christian Settemsli Mogstad, Jaysuma Saidy Ndure | 0.162 | 40.04 | ||
11 | 1 | 2 | Mustafa Delioğlu, Sezai Özkaya, Hakan Karacaoğlu, İzzet Safer | 0.254 | 40.23 | ||
2 | 2 | Mikhail Idrisov, Ivan Teplykh, Roman Smirnov, Vyacheslav Kolesnichenko | 0.173 | ||||
2 | 5 | Jan Žumer, Matic Osovnikar, Boštjan Fridrih, Gregor Kokalovič | 0.165 |