2010 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
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| Events at the 2010 European Athletics Championships  |
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| 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 | ||||
| Marathon | men | women | ||
| 20 km walk | men | women | ||
| 50 km walk | men | |||
| Field events | ||||
| Long jump | men | women | ||
| Triple jump | men | women | ||
| High jump | men | women | ||
| Pole vault | men | women | ||
| Shot put | men | women | ||
| Discus throw | men | women | ||
| Javelin throw | men | women | ||
| Hammer throw | men | women | ||
| Combined events | ||||
| Heptathlon | women | |||
| Decathlon | men | |||
The men's 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 31 July and 1 August.
Shortly after heat 2, it seemed that three teams (France, Poland and Switzerland) would qualify from heat 1, and five teams (Germany, Italy, Portugal, Russia and Spain) from heat 2, including Italy that finished second. However, it was announced that Italian team was disqualified, and subsequently Finnish team qualified from heat 1 to final. Later on, Italy made successful protest against Russia, so that Russia was disqualified and Italy proceeded to final.
Contents
Medalists
File:France 4x100 m Barcelona 2010.jpg
The French team won, with both Lemaitre and Mbandjock taking their third medal of the championships
| Gold |  Christophe Lemaitre, Jimmy Vicaut, Pierre-Alexis Pessonneaux, Martial MbandjockFrance (FRA) |
| Silver |  Roberto Donati, Simone Collio, Emanuele di Gregorio, Maurizio CheccucciItaly (ITA) |
| Bronze |  Tobias Unger, Marius Broening, Alexander Kosenkow, Martin KellerGermany (GER) |
Records
| Standing records prior to the 2010 European Athletics Championships | ||||
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| World record |  JamaicaNesta Carter, Michael Frater Usain Bolt, Asafa Powell |
37.10 | Beijing, China | 22 August 2008 |
| European record |  United KingdomJason Gardener, Darren Campbell Marlon Devonish, Dwain Chambers |
37.73 | Seville, Spain | 29 August 1999 |
| Championship record | France Max Moriniere, Daniel Sangouma Jean-Charles Trouabal, Bruno Marie-Rose |
37.79 | Split, Yugoslavia | 1 September 1990 |
| World Leading | Jamaica Mario Forsythe, Yohan Blake Marvin Anderson, Usain Bolt |
37.90 | Philadelphia, PA, United States | 24 April 2010 |
| European Leading | France Ronald Pognon, Christophe Lemaitre Yannick Lesourd, Martial Mbandjock |
38.50 | Rome, Italy | 10 June 2010 |
| Broken records during the 2010 European Athletics Championships | ||||
| European Leading | France Jimmy Vicaut, Christophe Lemaitre Pierre-Alexis Pessonneaux, Martial Mbandjock |
38.11 | Barcelona, Spain | 1 August 2010 |
Schedule
File:Martial Mbandjock Barcelona 2010.jpg
The French and Italian teams remained close throughout the race.
| Date | Time | Round |
|---|---|---|
| 31 July 2010 | 10:15 | Round 1 |
| 1 August 2010 | 19:35 | Final |
Results
Round 1
First 3 in each heat (Q) and 2 best performers (q) advance to the Final.
Heat 1
| Rank | Lane | Nation | Athletes | React | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | France |
Imaad Hallay, Jimmy Vicaut, Pierre-Alexis Pessonneaux, Martial Mbandjock | 0.168 | 39.12 | Q |
| 2 | 4 |  Poland |
Dariusz Kuć, Paweł Stempel, Robert Kubaczyk, Kamil Kryński | 0.173 | 39.20 | Q |
| 3 | 7 |  Switzerland |
Pascal Mancini, Aron Beyene, Reto Schenkel, Marc Schneeberger | 0.172 | 39.22 | Q |
| 4 | 6 |  Finland |
Hannu Ali-Huokuna, Joni Rautanen, Jonathan Åstrand, Hannu Hämäläinen | 0.143 | 39.40 | q |
| 5 | 5 | Great Britain |
Leon Baptiste, Craig Pickering, Marlon Devonish, Mark Lewis-Francis | 0.180 | 39.49 | |
| 6 | 8 |  Norway |
Philip Bjørnå Berntsen, Tormod Hjortnæs Larsen, Christian Settemsli Mogstad, Jaysuma Saidy Ndure | 0.162 | 40.04 | |
| 7 | 2 |  Turkey |
Mustafa Delioglu, Sezayi Ozkaya, Hakan Karacaoglu, Izzet Safer | 0.254 | 40.23 |
Heat 2
| Rank | Lane | Nation | Athletes | React | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | Germany |
Tobias Unger, Marius Broening, Alexander Kosenkow, Martin Keller | 0.174 | 38.75 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Italy |
Roberto Donati, Simone Collio, Emanuele di Gregorio, Maurizio Checcucci | 0.199 | 38.82 | Q |
| 3 | 4 |  Portugal |
Ricardo Monteiro, Francis Obikwelu, Arnaldo Abrantes, Yazaldes Nascimento | 0.201 | 39.09 | Q |
| 4 | 7 |  Spain |
Alain López, Ángel David Rodríguez, Orkatz Beitia, Rubén Pros | 0.230 | 39.30 | q |
| - | 2 |  Russia |
Mikhail Idrisov, Ivan Teplykh, Roman Smirnov, Vyacheslav Kolesnichenko | 0.173 | - | DSQ |
| - | 5 |  Slovenia |
Jan Žumer, Matic Osovnikar, Boštjan Fridrih, Gregor Kokalovič | 0.165 | - | DSQ |
Summary
Final
| Rank | Lane | Nationality | Athlete | React | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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3 | France |
Jimmy Vicaut, Christophe Lemaitre, Pierre-Alexis Pessonneaux, Martial Mbandjock | 0.275 | 38.11 | EL |
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7 | Italy |
Roberto Donati, Simone Collio, Emanuele di Gregorio, Maurizio Checcucci | 0.241 | 38.17 | NR |
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5 | Germany |
Tobias Unger, Marius Broening, Alexander Kosenkow, Martin Keller | 0.184 | 38.44 | |
| 4 | 8 | Switzerland |
Pascal Mancini, Aron Beyene, Reto Schenkel, Marc Schneeberger | 0.162 | 38.69 | NR |
| 5 | 4 | Poland |
Dariusz Kuć, Paweł Stempel, Robert Kubaczyk, Kamil Kryński | 0.189 | 38.83 | |
| 6 | 6 | Portugal |
Ricardo Monteiro, Francis Obikwelu, Arnaldo Abrantes, João Ferreira | 0.218 | 38.88 | NR |
| 7 | 1 | Finland |
Hannu Ali-Huokuna, Joni Rautanen, Jonathan Åstrand, Hannu Hämäläinen | 0.149 | 39.29 | NR |
| 2 | Spain |
Alain López, Ángel David Rodríguez, Orkatz Beitia, Rubén Pros | 0.149 | DNF |
