2009 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

Events at the
2009 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 400 metres relay event at the 2009 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Kaunas, Lithuania, at S. Dariaus ir S. Girėno stadionas (Darius and Girėnas Stadium) on 18 and 19 July.[1][2][3][4]

Medalists

Gold Marcin Sobiech
Jakub Krzewina
Michał Pietrzak
Jan Ciepiela
Łukasz Krawczuk*
Sebastian Porządny*
 Poland
Silver Marco Vistalli
Isalbet Juarez
Domenico Fontana
Matteo Galvan
 Italy
Bronze Bruno Naprix
Mame-Ibra Anne
Yoan Décimus
Yannick Fonsat
Abdesslam Merabet*
Adrien Clemenceau*
 France

*: Competed in heat.

Results

Final

19 July

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1st  Poland Marcin Sobiech
Jakub Krzewina
Michał Pietrzak
Jan Ciepiela
3:03.74
2nd  Italy Marco Vistalli
Isalbet Juarez
Domenico Fontana
Matteo Galvan
3:03.79
3rd  France Bruno Naprix
Mame-Ibra Anne
Yoan Décimus
Yannick Fonsat
3:04.06
4  Belgium Arnaud Ghislain
Joris Haeck
Arnaud Destatte
Antoine Gillet
3:04.51
5  Spain Aitor Martín
Mark Ujakpor
Pau Fradera
Marc Orozco
3:05.63
6  United Kingdom Luke Lennon-Ford
Kris Robertson
Jamie Bowie
Nigel Levine
3:06.18
7  Greece Tilemahos Routas
Ioannis Dovolis
Konstadinos Nakopoulos
Petros Kiriakidis
3:08.65
8  Estonia Taavi Liiv
Aarne Nirk
Kristjan Kangur
Marek Niit
3:12.30

Heats

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

Heat 1

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1  Italy Marco Vistalli
Isalbet Juarez
Domenico Fontana
Matteo Galvan
3:10.18 Q
2  France Bruno Naprix
Abdesslam Merabet
Adrien Clemenceau
Yoan Décimus
3:10.20 Q
3  Greece Tilemahos Routas
Ioannis Dovolis
Hristos Voyiatzis
Konstadinos Nakopoulos
3:10.34 Q
4  Lithuania Artūras Kulnis
Egidijus Švėgžda
Valdas Valintėlis
Vitalij Kozlov
3:13.13
5  Denmark Nick Ekelund-Areander
Steven Kwasi-Korang
Andreas Bube
Matias Bredahl Reedtz
3:17.15

Heat 2

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1  Poland Łukasz Krawczuk
Michał Pietrzak
Sebastian Porządny
Jakub Krzewina
3:07.13 Q
2  Spain Aitor Martín
Mark Ujakpor
Pau Fradera
Marc Orozco
3:07.80 Q
3  Belgium Arnaud Destatte
Joris Haeck
Vincent Vanryckeghem
Arnaud Ghislain
3:07.98 Q
4  United Kingdom Patrick Swan
Kris Robertson
Jamie Bowie
Luke Lennon-Ford
3:08.11 q
5  Estonia Aarne Nirk
Taavi Liiv
Kristjan Kangur
Marek Niit
3:10.54 q
6  Israel German Florentz
Tarass Shcherenko
Gil Sheleg
Oleg Sologuv
DNS

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 47 athletes from 10 countries participated in the event.

References

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