European Athletics Championships 2002/4 × 400 m men

18th European Athletics Championships
discipline	4 × 400 m relay
gender	Men
Attendees	10 relays with 45 athletes
venue	Munich
Competition location	Olympic Stadium
Competition phase	August 10th (preliminary) August 11th (final)
Medalist  Great Britain  Russia  France

Munich Olympic Stadium

The men's 4 x 400 meter relay at the 2002 European Athletics Championships was held on August 10 and 11, 2002 in the Munich Olympic Stadium.

Great Britain became European champion with Jared Deacon , Matthew Elias , Jamie Baulch and Daniel Caines ( final ) as well as Sean Baldock, who was also used in the preliminary stages . Second place went to Russia with Oleg Mishukov , Andrei Semjonow , Ruslan Maschtschenko ( final ) and Yuri Borsakowski as well as Yevgeny Lebedev, who was also used in the preliminary run . Bronze went to France ( Leslie Djhone , Ahmed Douhou , Naman Keïta , Ibrahima Wade ).

The runners only used in the run-up were given corresponding precious metal.

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: 56.60 min	Great Britain ( Iwan Thomas , Jamie Baulch , Mark Richardson , Roger Black )	OS Atlanta USA	August 3, 1996
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.

Preliminary round

August 10, 2002

The preliminary round was held in two runs. The first three seasons per run - highlighted in light blue - as well as the two fastest teams - highlighted in light green - qualified for the final.

Forward 1

space	Season	occupation	Time (min)
1	Great Britain	Jared Deacon Sean Baldock Jamie Baulch Matthew Elias	3: 02.97
2	Poland	Marcin Marciniszyn Artur Gąsiewski Piotr Rysiukiewicz Robert Maćkowiak	3: 03.11
3	Russia	Oleg Mishukov Yuri Borsakovsky Yevgeny Lebedew Andrei Semjonow	3: 03.11
4th	Ireland	Robert Daly Paul McKee Antoine Burke David McCarthy	3: 03.75
5	Czech Republic	Jiří Vojtík Radek Zachoval Jan Mazanec Karel Blaha	3: 04.35

Forward 2

space	Season	occupation	Time (min)
1	Germany	Bastian Swillims Jens Dautzenberg Lars Figura Ingo Schultz	3: 03.55
2	France	Leslie Djhone Ahmed Douhou Ibrahima Wade Naman Keïta	3: 03.77
3	Greece	Stylianos Dimotsios Anastasios Goussis Georgios Ikonomidis Periklis Iakovakis	3: 04.31
4th	Spain	César Martínez Salvador Rodríguez Andrés Martínez David Canal	3: 05.28
DSQ	Latvia	Inguns Sviklins Viktors Lācis Ģirts Lamba Dmitrijs Miļkevičs

final

August 11, 2002

space	Season	occupation	Time (min)
1	Great Britain	Jared Deacon Matthew Elias Jamie Baulch Daniel Caines ( final ) in the run-up also: Sean Baldock	3: 01.25
2	Russia	Oleg Mishukov Andrei Semjonow Ruslan Maschtschenko ( final ) Juri Borsakowski in the preliminary run also: Evgeny Lebedew	3: 02.34
3	France	Leslie Djhone Ahmed Douhou Naman Keïta Ibrahima Wade	3: 02.76
4th	Czech Republic	Stepan Tesarik ( final ) Radek Zachoval Jiří Mužík ( final ) Karel Blaha in the preliminary run also: Jiří Vojtík Jan Mazanec	3: 03.82
5	Ireland	Robert Daly Paul McKee Antoine Burke David McCarthy	3: 04.13
6th	Greece	Stylianos Dimotsios Anastasios Goussis Georgios Ikonomidis Periklis Iakovakis	3: 04.26
7th	Germany	Ingo Schultz Jens Dautzenberg Lars Figura Bastian Swillims	3: 04.56
DSQ	Poland	Marcin Marciniszyn Marek Plawgo ( final ) Piotr Rysiukiewicz Robert Maćkowiak in the preliminary also: Artur Gąsiewski

Web links

• European Athletics Championships - Munich 2002 at european-athletics.org, accessed on October 28, 2019
• Men 4x400m Relay European Championship 2002 Munich on todor66.com, accessed October 28, 2019
• Track and Field Statistics, EM 2002 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on October 28, 2019
• European Athletics Championships Zurich 2014 - Statistics Handbook , Men 4x400m Relay European Championship 2002 Munich, p. 485 (PDF, 13,363 kB), in English at european-athletics.org, accessed on October 28, 2019
• Results of all European Athletics Championships - 2002, 4 × 400 m men on sportschau.de, accessed on October 28, 2019
• 18th European Athletics Championships 2002 in Munich, Germany from ifosta.de, accessed on October 28, 2019

References and comments

1. ↑ IAAF world records. 4 × 400 m , accessed on October 28, 2019
2. ^ Progression of the European Outdoor Records. 4 × 400 m on rfea.es, p. 37 (PDF, 271 kB). French / English, accessed October 28, 2019