European Athletics Championships 1994/4 × 400 m men
16th European Athletics Championships | |||||||||
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discipline | 4 × 400 m relay | ||||||||
gender | Men | ||||||||
Attendees | 7 relays with 28 athletes | ||||||||
venue | Helsinki | ||||||||
Competition location | Olympic Stadium | ||||||||
Competition phase | August 14th | ||||||||
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The men's 4 x 400 meter relay at the European Athletics Championships in 1994 was held on August 14, 1994 in the Olympic Stadium in the Finnish capital Helsinki .
Great Britain won European championships with David McKenzie , Roger Black , Brian Whittle and Du'aine Ladejo . Second place went to France with Pierre-Marie Hilaire , Jacques Farraudière , Jean-Louis Rapnouli and Stéphane Diagana . Bronze went to Russia ( Michail Vdowin , Dmitri Bei , Dmitri Kosow , Dmitri Golowastow ).
Existing records
World record | 2: 54.29 min |
USA ( Andrew Valmon , Quincy Watts , Harry Reynolds , Michael Johnson ) |
World Cup Stuttgart Germany |
22nd August 1993 |
European record | 2: 57.53 min |
Great Britain ( Roger Black , Derek Redmond , John Regis , Kriss Akabusi ) |
World Cup Tokyo Japan |
September 1, 1991 |
EM record | 2: 58.22 min |
Great Britain ( Paul Sanders , Kriss Akabusi , John Regis and Roger Black ) |
EM Split Yugoslavia |
September 1, 1990 |
The existing EM record was not set at these European championships and was not improved.
execution
With only seven participating relays, there were no preliminary runs. All teams went to the final together.
final
August 14, 1994
space | Season | occupation | Time (min) |
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1 | Great Britain |
David McKenzie Roger Black Brian Whittle Du'aine Ladejo |
2: 59.13 |
2 | France |
Pierre-Marie Hilaire Jacques Farraudière Jean-Louis Rapnouil Stéphane Diagana |
3: 01.11 |
3 | Russia |
Mikhail Vdovin Dmitri At Dmitri Kosow Dmitri Golowastow |
3: 03.10 |
4th | Italy |
Marco Vaccari Fabio Grossi Ashraf Saber Alessandro Aimar |
3: 03.46 |
5 | Germany |
Daniel Bittner Kai Karsten Lutz Becker Edgar Itt |
3: 04.15 |
6th | Poland |
Piotr Rysiukiewicz Robert Maćkowiak Piotr Kotlarski Tomasz Czubak |
3: 04.22 |
7th | Finland |
Ari Pinomaki Ilkka Yli-Tuomi Kari Louramo Vesa-Pekka Pihlavisto |
3: 04.55 |
Web links
- European Athletics Championships - Helsinki 1994 at european-athletics.org, accessed September 24, 2019
- Men 4x400m Relay European Championship 1994 Helsinki on todor66.com, accessed September 24, 2019
- Track and Field Statistics, EM 1994 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed September 24, 2019
- European Athletics Championships Zurich 2014 - Statistics Handbook , Men 4x400m Relay European Championship 1994 Helsinki, p. 465 (PDF, 13,363 kB), in English at european-athletics.org, accessed on September 24, 2019
- Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1994, 4 × 400 m men on sportschau.de, accessed on September 24, 2019
- 16th European Athletics Championships 1994 in Helsinki, Finland from ifosta.de, accessed on September 24, 2019
Video
- Men's 4x400m Relay Final European Champs Helsinki 1994 on youtube.com (English), accessed September 24, 2019
References and comments
- ↑ IAAF world records. 4 × 400 m , accessed on September 24, 2019
- ^ Progression of the European Outdoor Records. 4 × 400 m on rfea.es, p. 37 (PDF, 271 kB). French / English, accessed September 24, 2019