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

Events at the
2006 European
Athletics Championships

Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
5000 m men women
10,000 m men women
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men women
3000 m
steeplechase
men women
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men women
Road events
Marathon men women
20 km walk men women
50 km walk men
Field events
Long jump men women
Triple jump men women
High jump men women
Pole vault men women
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Hammer throw men women
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men

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.

Contents

Medalists

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

Schedule

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

Results

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

Heats

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

Rank Nation Athletes Time Notes
 France Leslie Djhone, Idrissa M'barke, Naman Keïta, Marc Raquil 3:01.10
 United Kingdom Robert Tobin, Rhys Williams, Graham Hedman, Timothy Benjamin 3:01.63
 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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