2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

Men's 4 x 400 metres relay
at the European Athletics Championships

The men's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2006 European Athletics Championships were held at the Ullevi on August 12 and August 13.

France and Great Britain both overtook the Polish team in the home straight to finish 1st and 2nd respectively.

Medalists

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Gold Silver Bronze
 France
Leslie Djhone
Idrissa M'barke
Naman Keïta
Marc Raquil
Brice Panel*
Abdrahim El Haouzy*
 United Kingdom
Robert Tobin
Rhys Williams
Graham Hedman
Timothy Benjamin
 Poland
Daniel Dąbrowski
Piotr Kędzia
Piotr Rysiukiewicz
Rafał Wieruszewski
Marcin Marciniszyn*

*Athletes who competed in heats only

Schedule

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Date Time Round
August 12, 2006 15:30 Heats
August 13, 2006 17:10 Final

Results

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KEY: q Fastest non-qualifiers Q Qualified NR National record PB Personal best SB Seasonal best

Heats

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

Rank Heat Nation Athlete Time Notes
1 2  United Kingdom Robert Tobin, Rhys Williams, Graham Hedman, Timothy Benjamin 3:02.51 Q
2 1  Germany Kamghe Gaba, Florian Seitz, Ruwen Faller, Bastian Swillims 3:03.25 Q
3 1  Poland Piotr Kędzia, Piotr Rysiukiewicz, Marcin Marciniszyn, Daniel Dąbrowski 3:03.49 Q
4 2  Russia Konstantin Svechkar, Ivan Buzolin, Aleksandr Larin, Yevgeniy Lebedev 3:03.73 Q
5 2  France Brice Panel, Idrissa M'barke, Abdrahim El Haouzy, Naman Keïta 3:03.87 Q
6 1  Romania Vasile Bobos, Florin Suciu, Catalin Cîmpeanu, Ioan Vieru 3:04.23 Q, NR
7 2  Ireland Paul McKee, Brian Doyle, David Gillick, David McCarthy 3:04.59 q
8 1  Spain David Melo, David Testa, Salvador Rodríguez, Santiago Ezquerro 3:04.71 q
8 2  Ukraine Oleksiy Rachkovsky, Andriy Tverdostup, Vitaliy Dubonosov, Yevheniy Zyukov 3:04.71 q
10 1  Italy Claudio Licciardello, Edoardo Vallet, Luca Galletti, Gianni Carabelli 3:05.53
11 1  Greece Dimitrios Gravalos, Dimitrios Regas, Padeleimon Melahrinoudis, Periklis Iakovakis 3:05.59
12 1  Czech Republic Filip Klvana, Jiří Vojtík, Vojtech Šulc, Michal Uhlík 3:06.14
13 2  Norway Morten Sand, Lars Eric Sæther, Quincy Douglas, Steffen Kjønnås 3:07.65
14 2  Sweden Joni Jaako, Andreas Mokdasi, Thomas Nikitin, Fredrik Johansson 3:07.73

Final

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Rank Nation Athletes Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)  France Leslie Djhone, Idrissa M'barke, Naman Keïta, Marc Raquil 3:01.10
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  United Kingdom Robert Tobin, Rhys Williams, Graham Hedman, Timothy Benjamin 3:01.63
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Poland Daniel Dąbrowski, Piotr Kędzia, Piotr Rysiukiewicz, Rafał Wieruszewski 3:01.73
4  Germany Kamghe Gaba, Florian Seitz, Ruwen Faller, Bastian Swillims 3:02.83
5  Ukraine Oleksiy Rachkovsky, Andriy Tverdostup, Vitaliy Dubonosov, Yevheniy Zyukov 3:04.33
6  Romania Vasile Bobos, Florin Suciu, Catalin Cîmpeanu, Ioan Vieru 3:04.53
7  Russia Konstantin Svechkar, Yevgeniy Lebedev, Aleksandr Larin, Vladislav Frolov 3:04.73
8  Spain David Melo, David Testa, Salvador Rodríguez, Santiago Ezquerro 3:04.98
9  Ireland Paul McKee, Brian Doyle, David Gillick, David McCarthy 3:05.57
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