2018 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay explained

Event:	Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
Competition:	2018 European Athletics Championships
Venue:	Olympic Stadium
Location:	Berlin
Dates:	12 August 2018
Competitors:	65
Nations:	16
Win Value:	37.80
Gold:	Chijindu Ujah Zharnel Hughes Adam Gemili Harry Aikines-Aryeetey Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake*
Gold Nation:	GBR
Silver:	Emre Zafer Barnes Jak Ali Harvey Yiğitcan Hekimoglu Ramil Guliyev
Silver Nation:	TUR
Bronze:	Chris Garia Churandy Martina Hensley Paulina Taymir Burnet
Bronze Nation:	NED
Previous:	2016
Next:	2022

The Men's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2018 European Athletics Championships took place at the Olympic Stadium on 12 August.^[1]

Records

Standing records prior to the 2018 European Athletics Championships
World record	Nesta Carter, Michael Frater Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt	36.84	London, Great Britain	11 August 2012
European record	Chijindu Ujah, Adam Gemili Daniel Talbot, Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake	37.47	London, Great Britain	12 August 2017
Championship record	Max Moriniere, Daniel Sangouma Jean-Charles Trouabal, Bruno Marie-Rose	37.79	Split, Yugoslavia	1 September 1990
World Leading	Chijindu Ujah, Zharnel Hughes Adam Gemili, Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake	37.61	London, Great Britain	22 July 2018
European Leading	Chijindu Ujah, Zharnel Hughes Adam Gemili, Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake	37.61	London, Great Britain	22 July 2018

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
12 August 2018	19:40	Round 1
12 August 2018	21:35	Final

Results

Round 1

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

Rank	Heat	Lane	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
1	1	6			37.84
2	1	3			38.30
3	1	7			38.30	, =
4	2	7			38.62
5	2	8			38.86	,
6	1	4			38.94	,
7	1	8			39.09	,
8	2	3		,,,	39.11	,
9	2	2			39.12
10	2	6			39.13
11	1	1			39.49
12	1	2		Costin Florian Homiuc, Alexandru Terpezan,,	39.63
	2	1
	1	5
	2	5
	2	4

Final

^[3]

Rank	Lane	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
	5		Chijindu Ujah, Zharnel Hughes, Adam Gemili, Harry Aikines-Aryeetey	37.80
	8			37.98
	6			38.03
4	3			38.51
5	4			38.71
6	7		Eetu Rantala, Otto Ahlfors, Oskari Lehtonen,	38.92
7	1			39.07
	2

Notes and References

1. Web site: European Athletics 2018 European Championships Timetable . european-athletics.org . 15 March 2018 . 3 May 2018.
2. http://www.european-athletics.org/externalmodules/AT/pdf/ATM401901_C73E.pdf Heat 1 results
3. Web site: Final results . 8 September 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180826182905/http://www.european-athletics.org/externalmodules/AT/pdf/ATM401101_C73E.pdf . 26 August 2018 . dead . dmy-all .