European Athletics Championships 2016/4 × 100 m men

23rd European Athletics Championships
discipline	4 × 100 m relay
gender	Men
Attendees	16 relays with 66 athletes
venue	Amsterdam
Competition location	Olympic Stadium Amsterdam
Competition phase	July 9th (preliminary) July 10th (final)
Medalist  Great Britain  France  Germany

The Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam

The men's 4 x 100 meter relay at the 2016 European Athletics Championships was held on July 9 and 10, 2016 in the Olympic Stadium in the Dutch capital, Amsterdam .

Great Britain became European champion with the line-up of James Dasaolu , Adam Gemili , James Ellington and Chijindu Ujah . Second place went to France ( Marvin René , Stuart Dutamby , Méba-Mickaël Zézé , Jimmy Vicaut ). Bronze went to Germany with Julian Reus , Sven Knipphals , Roy Schmidt (final) and Lucas Jakubczyk as well as Robert Hering, who was also used in the preliminary run .

The German runner, who was only used in the preliminary run, also received a bronze medal.

Existing records

World record	36.84 s	Jamaica ( Nesta Carter , Michael Frater , Yohan Blake , Usain Bolt )	OS London UK	August 11, 2012
European record	37.73 s	Great Britain ( Jason Gardener , Darren Campbell , Marlon Devonish , Dwain Chambers )	Seville Spain	August 29, 1999
EM record	37.79 s	France ( Max Morinière , Daniel Sangouma , Jean-Charles Trouabal and Bruno Marie-Rose )	EM Split Yugoslavia	August 31, 1990

The existing EM record was not set at these European championships and was not improved.

Preliminary round

July 9, 2016, 7:40 pm

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 (s)
1	Great Britain	James Dasaolu Adam Gemili James Ellington Chijindu Ujah	38.12
2	Germany	Julian Reus Sven Knipphals Robert Hering Lucas Jakubczyk	38.25
3	Italy	Massimiliano Ferraro Federico Cattaneo Davide Manenti Filippo Tortu	38.58
4th	Switzerland	Pascal Mancini Amaru Reto Schenkel Suganthan Somasunduram Alex Wilson	38.88
5	Ukraine	Roman Krawzow Volodymyr Suprun Ihor Bodrow Vitaly Korsch	39.12
6th	Spain	Mauro Triana Óscar Husillos Alberto Gavaldá Ángel David Rodríguez	39.15
7th	Sweden	Emil von Barth Austin Hamilton Tom Kling-Baptiste Johan Wissman	39.37
8th	Ireland	Jason Smyth Eanna Madden Jonathon Browning Marcus Lawler	39.52

Forward 2

space	Season	occupation	Time (s)
1	Poland	Grzegorz Zimniewicz Przemysław Słowikowski Adam Pawłowski Karol Zalewski	38.64
2	Netherlands	Giovanni Codrington Churandy Martina Patrick van Luijk Dimitri Juliet	38.78
3	France	Marvin René Stuart Dutamby Méba-Mickaël Zézé Jimmy Vicaut	38.85
4th	Norway	Jonas Tapani Halonen Jonathan Quarcoo Håkon Morken Jaysuma Saidy Ndure	39.35
5	Portugal	Ancuiam Lopes Francis Obikwelu David Lima Carlos Nascimento	39.51
6th	Turkey	Umutcan Emektaş Jak Ali Harvey İzzet Safer Ramil Guliyev	39.58
7th	Finland	Eetu Rantala Otto Ahlfors Samuli Samuelsson Ville Myllymäki	39.68
8th	Romania	Daniel Budin Ioan Andrei Melnicescu Ionut Andrei Neagoe Catalin Campeanu	39.98

final

July 10, 2016, 5:55 pm

space	Season	occupation	Time (s)
1	Great Britain	James Dasaolu Adam Gemili James Ellington Chijindu Ujah	38.17
2	France	Marvin René Stuart Dutamby Méba-Mickaël Zézé Jimmy Vicaut	38.38
3	Germany	Julian Reus Sven Knipphals Roy Schmidt (final) Lucas Jakubczyk in the lead also: Robert Hering	38.47
4th	Netherlands	Solomon Bockarie (final) Churandy Martina Patrick van Luijk Giovanni Codrington in the preliminary also: Dimitri Juliet	38.57
5	Italy	Massimiliano Ferraro Federico Cattaneo Davide Manenti Filippo Tortu	38.69
6th	Poland	Grzegorz Zimniewicz Przemysław Słowikowski Adam Pawłowski Karol Zalewski	38.69
7th	Switzerland	Pascal Mancini Amaru Reto Schenkel Suganthan Somasunduram Alex Wilson	39.11
8th	Ukraine	Roman Krawzow Volodymyr Suprun Ihor Bodrow Vitaly Korsch	39.46

Web links

• European Athletics Championships - Amsterdam 2016 at european-athletics.org, accessed on February 27, 2020
• Men 4x100m Relay European Championship 2016 Amsterdam on todor66.com, accessed February 27, 2020
• Track and Field Statistics, EM 2016 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on February 27, 2020
• 23rd European Athletics Championships 2016 in Amsterdam, Netherlands from ifosta.de, accessed on February 27, 2020

Video

• Mens 4 x 100m - European Athletics Championships 2016 on youtube.com, accessed February 27, 2020

References and comments

1. ↑ IAAF world records. 4 × 100 m , accessed on February 27, 2020
2. ^ Progression of the European Outdoor Records. 4 × 100 m on rfea.es, p. 36 (PDF, 271 kB), accessed on February 27, 2020