2016 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 × 100 metres relay at the 2016 European Athletics Championships took place at the Olympic Stadium on 9 and 10 July.^[1]

Records

Standing records prior to the 2016 European Athletics Championships
World record	Nesta Carter, Michael Frater Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt	36.84^[2]	London, Great Britain	11 August 2012
European record	Jason Gardener, Darren Campbell Marlon Devonish, Dwain Chambers	37.73^[3]	Seville, Spain	29 August 1999
Championship record	Max Moriniere, Daniel Sangouma Jean-Charles Trouabal, Bruno Marie-Rose	37.79	Split, Yugoslavia	1 September 1990
World Leading	Gavin Smellie, Ben Williams Dontae Richards-Kwok, Justyn Warner	38.11^[4] ^[5]	Gainesville, United States	2 April 2016
European Leading	Emre Zafer Barnes, Jak Ali Harvey İzzet Safer, Ramil Guliyev	38.31A^[6]	Erzurum, Turkey	12 June 2016

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
9 July 2016	19:40	Round 1
10 July 2016	17:55	Final

Results

Round 1

First 3 in each heat (Q) and 2 best performers (q) advance to the Final.^[7]

Rank	Heat	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
1	1			38.12	Q, EL
2	1			38.25	Q, SB
3	1			38.58	Q, SB
4	2			38.64	Q, SB
5	2			38.78	Q
6	2			38.85	Q, SB
7	1			38.88	q, SB
8	1			39.12	q
9	1			39.15	SB
10	2			39.35	SB
11	1			39.37	SB
12	2			39.51
13	1			39.52	SB
14	2			39.58
15	2			39.68
16	2			39.98

Final

^[8]

Rank	Lane	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
	5			38.17
	7			38.38	SB
	6			38.47
4	4			38.57
5	8			38.69
6	3			38.69
7	1			39.11
8	2			39.46

External links

• amsterdam2016.org, official championship site.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Programme - European Athletics Championships. amsterdam2016.org. 2016-06-30.
2. Web site: All Time Best . 2016-06-30 . International Association of Athletics Federations.
3. Web site: European Outdoor Records Men . 2016-06-30 . .
4. Web site: 2016 Top List . 2016-06-30 . International Association of Athletics Federations.
5. Web site: 2016 Pepsi Florida Relays - 3/31/2016 to 4/2/2016 . Florida Gators . 2016-06-21 . 2016-11-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161104170226/http://sidearm.sites.s3.amazonaws.com/gatorzone.com/documents/2016/4/2/complete_results_college_open.pdf?id=15254 . dead .
6. Web site: European Top 30 2016 . 2016-06-30 . European Athletic Association.
7. http://www.european-athletics.org/externalmodules/AT/pdf/ATM401901_C73E.pdf Heat 1 results
8. Web site: Final results. https://web.archive.org/web/20141015033916/http://www.european-athletics.org/externalmodules/AT/pdf/ATM401101_C73E.pdf. dead. October 15, 2014.