2001 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay

Events at the 2001 European Athletics U23 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
20 km walk		men		women
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The men's 4 x 100 metres relay event at the 2001 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Amsterdam, Netherlands, at Olympisch Stadion on 14 and 15 July.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Medalists

Gold	Tomasz Kondratowicz Łukasz Chyła Marcin Płacheta Przemysław Rogowski  Poland
Silver	Jonathan O'Parka Jonathan Barbour Darren Chin Ben Lewis  United Kingdom
Bronze	Matic Šušteršic Matic Osovnikar Boštjan Fridrih Rok Orel  Slovenia

Results

Final

15 July

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
	Poland	Tomasz Kondratowicz Łukasz Chyła Marcin Płacheta Przemysław Rogowski	39.41
	United Kingdom	Jonathan O'Parka Jonathan Barbour Darren Chin Ben Lewis	39.45
	Slovenia	Matic Šušteršic Matic Osovnikar Boštjan Fridrih Rok Orel	39.95
4	France	Yannick Urbino Fabrice Calligny Damien Degroote Leslie Djhone	40.02
5	Spain	Cecilio Maestra Julián Martínez Ángel David Rodríguez Salvador Rodríguez	40.22
6	Italy	Massimiliano Dentali Simone Collio Massimiliano Donati Alessandro Cavallaro	DNF
7	Switzerland	Guido Helfenstein Marc Schneeberger Marc Niederhäuser Markus Lüthi	DNF
8	Germany	Tobias Pfennig Steffen Otto Tobias Unger Oliver König	DQ

Heats

14 July
Qualified: first 3 in each heat and 2 best to the Final

Heat 1

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	Poland	Tomasz Kondratowicz Łukasz Chyła Marcin Płacheta Przemysław Rogowski	39.73	Q
2	Germany	Tobias Pfennig Steffen Otto Tobias Unger Oliver König	39.78	Q
3	France	Yannick Urbino Fabrice Calligny Sébastien Calpas Leslie Djhone	39.99	Q
4	Italy	Massimiliano Dentali Emanuele Di Gregorio Massimiliano Donati Alessandro Cavallaro	40.07	q
5	Switzerland	Guido Helfenstein Marc Schneeberger Marc Niederhäuser Markus Lüthi	40.92	q

Heat 2

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	United Kingdom	Jonathan O'Parka James Chatt Jonathan Barbour Darren ChinBen Lewis	39.90	Q
2	Slovenia	Matic Šušteršic Matic Osovnikar Boštjan Fridrih Rok Orel	40.18	Q
3	Spain	Cecilio Maestra Julián Martínez Ángel David Rodríguez Alberto Dorrego	41.05	Q
4	Sweden	Johan Hed Christofer Sandin Johan Engberg Erik Wahn	DQ

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 40 athletes from 9 countries participated in the event.

France (5)  Germany (4)  Italy (5)

Poland (4)  Slovenia (4)

Spain (5)  Sweden (4)

Switzerland (4)  United Kingdom (5)

References

1. European Athletics U23 Championships Ostrava 2011 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK - 3rd European Athletics U23 Championships - Amsterdam, Netherlands - 12.-15.7.2001 (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 30–42, retrieved 24 October 2014
2. European Championships U23 - Amsterdam/NED - 12.-15.07.01 (PDF), sportfieber.pytalhost.com, retrieved 31 October 2014
3. 4x100m MEN Final 15/07/01 - 14:20 Official Results, European Athletics Association, 15 July 2001, retrieved 31 October 2014
4. 4x100m MEN 1st Round 1/2 14/07/01 - 14:40 Official Results, European Athletics Association, 14 July 2001, retrieved 31 October 2014
5. 4x100m MEN 1st Round 2/2 14/07/01 - 14:45 Official Results, European Athletics Association, 14 July 2001, retrieved 31 October 2014