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

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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[edit]

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[edit]

Final[edit]

19 July

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Poland Marcin Sobiech
Jakub Krzewina
Michał Pietrzak
Jan Ciepiela
3:03.74
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Italy Marco Vistalli
Isalbet Juarez
Domenico Fontana
Matteo Galvan
3:03.79
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  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[edit]

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

Heat 1[edit]

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[edit]

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
 Israel German Florentz
Tarass Shcherenko
Gil Sheleg
Oleg Sologuv
DNS

Participation[edit]

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

References[edit]

  1. ^ European Athletics U23 Championships Ostrava 2011 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK - 7th European Athletics U23 Championships - Kaunas, Lithuania 16.-19.7.2009 (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 84–99, retrieved 24 October 2014
  2. ^ 7th European Athletics U23 Championships - Kaunas LTU 16–19 July, European Athletics Association, archived from the original on 2014-10-21, retrieved 14 November 2014
  3. ^ European Athletics U23 Championships - Kaunas, Lithuania, 16 - 19 July 2009, 4x400m Relay - Results - Final (PDF), European Athletics Association, retrieved 14 November 2014
  4. ^ European Athletics U23 Championships - Kaunas, Lithuania, 16 - 19 July 2009, 4x400m Relay Men - Results - Round 1 (PDF), European Athletics Association, retrieved 14 November 2014