2022 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay explained

Event:	Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
Competition:	2022 European Athletics Championships
Venue:	Olympiastadion
Location:	Munich
Competitors:	69
Nations:	16
Win Value:	37.67
Gold:	Jeremiah Azu Zharnel Hughes Jona Efoloko Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake Harry Aikines-Aryeetey* Tommy Ramdhan*
Gold Nation:	GBR
Silver:	Méba-Mickaël Zeze Pablo Matéo Ryan Zeze Jimmy Vicaut
Silver Nation:	FRA
Bronze:	Adrian Brzeziński Przemysław Słowikowski Patryk Wykrota Dominik Kopeć Mateusz Siuda*
Bronze Nation:	POL
Previous:	2018
Next:	2024

The men's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2022 European Athletics Championships took place at the Olympiastadion on 19 and 21 August.^[1]

Records

Standing records prior to the 2022 European Athletics Championships
World record	Nesta Carter, Michael Frater Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt	36.84^[2]	London, Great Britain	10 August 2012
European record	Adam Gemili, Zharnel Hughes Richard Kilty, Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake	37.36^[3]	Doha, Qatar	5 October 2019
Championship record	Max Moriniere, Daniel Sangouma Jean-Charles Trouabal, Bruno Marie-Rose	37.79	Split, Yugoslavia	1 September 1990
World Leading	Aaron Brown, Jerome Blake Brendon Rodney, Andre De Grasse	37.48 ^[4]	Eugene, United States	23 July 2022
European Leading	Jona Efoloko, Zharnel Hughes Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake, Reece Prescod	37.83^[5]	Eugene, United States	22 July 2022

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
19 August 2022	10:00	Round 1
21 August 2022	21:12	Final

Results

Round 1

First 3 in each heat (Q) and 2 best performers (q) advance to the Final.^[6]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
1	2	7			37.97	Q,
2	2	6			38.17	Q
3	1	5			38.41	Q
4	2	4			38.60	Q,
5	2	5			38.73	q,
6	1	1			38.83	Q
7	3	3			38.98	q^[7]
8	2	1			39.02
9	1	7			39.03	Q,
10	1	4		Konstadinos Zikos, Theodoros Vrontinos,,	39.11
11	1	6		, Pablo Montalvo,,	39.14
12	2	2		Santeri Örn, Samuli Samuelsson,,	39.37
13	1	3			39.41
14	1	8		Serhiy Smelyk, Stanislav Kovalenko,,	39.62
	2	8
	1	2

Final

^[8]

Rank	Lane	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
	4			37.67
	6			37.94
	8			38.15
4	3			38.25
5	7			38.36
6	2		Robin Vanderbemden,, Jordan Paquot,	39.01
7	1			39.20
	5

Notes and References

1. Web site: ATHLETICS TIMETABLE . european-athletics.org . 14 August 2022 . 14 August 2022.
2. Web site: All Time Best . 19 August 2022 . World Athletics.
3. Web site: All Time European Best . 19 August 2022 . World Athletics.
4. Web site: 2022 Top List . 19 August 2022 . World Athletics.
5. Web site: 2022 Top European List . 19 August 2022 . World Athletics.
6. Web site: Round 1 SUMMARY . 2022-08-19 . 2022-08-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220819124634/https://results.mun.mev.atos.net/ECM2022/resECM2022/pdf/ECM2022/ATH/ECM2022_ATH_C74A_ATHM4X100M------------RND1--------.pdf . dead .
7. During the 2nd heat, the team of Turkey was damaged by the team of Finland. Finland was not disqualified but the team of Turkey, initially not qualified was authorised to re-run the race, alone on lane 3, and managed to have a better time than the eam of Italy who had the 8th and last qualifying time.
8. Web site: Final results . 2022-08-21 . 2022-08-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220821223633/https://results.mun.mev.atos.net/ECM2022/resECM2022/pdf/ECM2022/ATH/ECM2022_ATH_C73E_ATHM4X100M------------FNL-000100--.pdf . dead .