2002 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay explained

Event:	Men's 4 x 100 metres relay
Competition:	European Athletics Championships

The men's 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2002 European Athletics Championships were held at the Olympic Stadium on August 10–11.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
	Ryszard Pilarczyk Łukasz Chyła Marcin Nowak Marcin Urbaś Piotr Balcerzak	Ronny Ostwald Marc Blume Alexander Kosenkow Christian Schacht

Note: Great Britain team originally won the gold but was later disqualified for Dwain Chambers' steroid use.

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Heat	Nation	Athlete	Time	Notes
	2			38.93	Q, SB
	2			38.98	Q, SB
	2			39.08	q, SB
	1			39.21	Q
	1			39.24	Q
	1			39.24	Q
	1			39.28	q
	1			39.58
	2			39.69	NR
10	1			39.71
11	1			39.92
12	1			39.99
	2
	2
	2

Final

Rank	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
			38.53	=NR
			38.71	SB
			38.88
4			38.97
5			39.07
6			39.12

External links

• https://web.archive.org/web/20120813031431/http://athletix.org/?page_id=81