2013 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

2013 European Athletics U23 Championships
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		women
Road events
20 km walk	men	women
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men

The Men's 4x400 metres relay event at the 2013 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Tampere, Finland, at Ratina Stadium on 13 and 14 July.^[1][2][3]

Gold	Seppe Thijs Dylan Borlée Stef Vanhaeren Julien Watrin Sébastien Lins†  Belgium
Silver	Vito Incantalupo Lorenzo Valentini Marco Lorenzi Michele Tricca  Italy
Bronze	Philipp Kleemann Johannes Trefz Benedikt Wiesend Stefan Gorol Jannik Rehbein†  Germany

^†: Competed only in heat.

14 July 2013 / 18:55

Rank	Name	Nationality	Lane	Reaction Time	Time	Notes
	Belgium	Seppe Thijs Dylan Borlée Stef Vanhaeren Julien Watrin	3	0.188	3:04.90
	Italy	Vito Incantalupo Lorenzo Valentini Marco Lorenzi Michele Tricca	4	0.159	3:05.10
	Germany	Philipp Kleemann Johannes Trefz Benedikt Wiesend Stefan Gorol	8	0.184	3:05.24
4	Spain	Bertrán Alcaraz Juan Manuel García Samuel García Bruno Hortelano	2	0.194	3:05.28
5	Czech Republic	Michal Desenský Pavel Maslák Patrik Šorm Daniel Němeček	7	0.224	3:05.82
6	Netherlands	Bram Peters Thijmen Kupers Jesper Arts Jelle Venema	1	0.164	3:07.47
7	Ukraine	Dmytro Bezpamyatnyy Taras Bybyk Anatoliy Sinyanskyy Vitaliy Butrym	5	0.233	3:20.10
DQ	Russia	Lev Mosin Denis Nesmashnyi Artem Vazhov Nikita Uglov	6

Qualified: First 3 in each heat (Q) and 2 best performers (q) advance to the Final

Rank	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Italy	3:06.98	Q
2	Belgium	3:07.09	Q
3	Germany	3:07.21	Q
4	Spain	3:07.23	q
5	Netherlands	3:07.27	q
6	Ireland	3:07.71
7	Russia	3:09.33	Q
8	Ukraine	3:10.14	Q
9	Czech Republic	3:11.60	Q
10	Romania	3:12.72
11	Israel	3:16.27
12	Georgia	3:19.58
	Norway	DNF

13 July 2013 / 12:00

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Lane	Reaction Time	Time	Notes
1	Russia	Kirill Ryzhov Yegor Kibakin Denis Nesmashnyi Artem Vazhov	4	0.211	3:09.33	Q
2	Ukraine	Vitaliy Butrym Taras Bybyk Anatoliy Sinyanskyy Dmytro Bezpamyatnyy	6	0.170	3:10.14	Q
3	Czech Republic	Michal Desenský Patrik Šorm Miroslav Burian Daniel Němeček	3	0.217	3:11.60	Q
4	Israel	Dayan Aviv Maor Szeged Amit Cohen Hai Cohen	5	0.188	3:16.27
5	Georgia	Iosebi Marukashvili Denis Zhvania Bachana Khorava Nika Kartavtsev	7	0.216	3:19.58
	Norway	Carl Emil Kåshagen Thomas Roth Marius Bakke Støle Per Magne Florvaag	2	0.193	DNF

13 July 2013 / 12:10

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Lane	Reaction Time	Time	Notes
1	Italy	Vito Incantalupo Lorenzo Valentini Marco Lorenzi Michele Tricca	3	0.156	3:06.98	Q
2	Belgium	Seppe Thijs Sébastien Lins Stef Vanhaeren Dylan Borlée	5	0.188	3:07.09	Q
3	Germany	Philipp Kleemann Benedikt Wiesend Jannik Rehbein Stefan Gorol	4	0.188	3:07.21	Q
4	Spain	Bertrán Alcaraz Juan Manuel García Samuel García Alejandro Estévez	8	0.251	3:07.23	q
5	Netherlands	Jürgen Wielart Thijmen Kupers Jesper Arts Bram Peters	2	0.205	3:07.27	q
6	Ireland	Dara Kervick Jason Harvey Richard Morrissey Mark English	6	0.196	3:07.71
7	Romania	Marian Cristinel Glisca Florin Purcea Tiberiu Alexandru Baneasu Sorin Vatamanu	7	0.186	3:12.72

According to an unofficial count, 59 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.