2002 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay

Men's 4 x 100 metres relay
at the European Athletics Championships

The men's 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2002 European Athletics Championships were held at the Olympic Stadium on August 10–11.

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
 Ukraine
Kostyantyn Vasyukov
Kostyantyn Rurak
Anatoliy Dovhal
Oleksandr Kaydash
 Poland
Ryszard Pilarczyk
Łukasz Chyła
Marcin Nowak
Marcin Urbaś
Piotr Balcerzak
 Germany
Ronny Ostwald
Marc Blume
Alexander Kosenkow
Christian Schacht

Note: Great Britain team originally won the gold but was later disqualified for Dwain Chambers' steroid use.

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank Heat Nation Athlete Time Notes
1 2  France David Patros, Issa-Aimé Nthépé, Jérôme Éyana, Ronald Pognon 38.93 Q, SB
2 2  Poland Piotr Balcerzak, Łukasz Chyła, Ryszard Pilarczyk, Marcin Nowak 38.98 Q, SB
3 2  Spain Cecilio Maestra, Angel David Rodríguez, Orkatz Beitia, Carlos Berlanga 39.08 q, SB
4 1  Germany Ronny Ostwald, Marc Blume, Alexander Kosenkow, Christian Schacht 39.21 Q
5 1  Russia Aleksandr Smirnov, Sergey Blinov, Aleksandr Ryabov, Sergey Bychkov 39.24 Q
6 1  Ukraine Kostyantyn Vasyukov, Kostyantyn Rurak, Anatoliy Dovhal, Oleksandr Kaydash 39.24 Q
7 1  Italy Francesco Scuderi, Alessandro Cavallaro, Maurizio Checcucci, Marco Torrieri 39.28 q
8 1  Finland Tommi Hartonen, Tuomas Nasi, Stefan Koivikko, Markus Pöyhönen 39.58
9 2  Estonia Argo Golberg, Maidu Laht, Martin Vihmann, Erki Nool 39.69 NR
10 1  Slovenia Rok Predanič, Matic Osovnikar, Bostjan Fridrih, Urban Acman 39.71
11 1  Greece Aristotelis Gavelas, Alexandros Kontzos, Vasilios Seggos, Georgios Theodoridis 39.92
12 1  Sweden Peter Häggström, Lenny Martinez, Patrik Lövgren, Johan Engberg 39.99
2  Netherlands Martijn Ungerer, Troy Douglas, Timothy Beck, Patrick van Balkom DNF
2  Israel Kfir Golan, Tommy Kafri, Gideon Jablonka, Aleksandr Porkhomovskiy DNF
2  Great Britain Christian Malcolm, Darren Campbell, Marlon Devonish, Dwayne Chambers DQ

Final

Rank Nation Athletes Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Ukraine Kostyantyn Vasyukov, Kostyantyn Rurak, Anatoliy Dovhal, Oleksandr Kaydash 38.53 =NR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Poland Ryszard Pilarczyk, Łukasz Chyła, Marcin Nowak, Marcin Urbaś 38.71 SB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Germany Ronny Ostwald, Marc Blume, Alexander Kosenkow, Christian Schacht 38.88
4  France David Patros, Issa-Aimé Nthépé, Jérôme Éyana, Ronald Pognon 38.97
5  Spain Cecilio Maestra, Angel David Rodríguez, Orkatz Beitia, Carlos Berlanga 39.07
6  Russia Aleksandr Smirnov, Sergey Blinov, Aleksandr Ryabov, Sergey Bychkov 39.12
 Italy Francesco Scuderi, Alessandro Cavallaro, Maurizio Checcucci, Marco Torrieri DNF
 Great Britain Christian Malcolm, Darren Campbell, Marlon Devonish, Dwayne Chambers DQ