2011 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay

The Men's 4x100 metres relay event at the 2011 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Ostrava, Czech Republic, at Městský stadion on 17 July.[1][2]

Medalists[edit]

Gold Michael Tumi
Francesco Basciani
Davide Manenti
Delmas Obou
 Italy
Silver Andrew Robertson
Kieran Showler-Davis
Richard Kilty
Danny Talbot
Deji Tobais
 United Kingdom
Bronze Florian Hübner
Maximilian Kessler
Robin Erewa
Felix Göltl
 Germany

: Competed only in heat.

Results[edit]

Final[edit]

17 July 2011 / 17:25

Italian team after winning the gold
Rank Name Nationality Lane Reaction Time Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Italy Michael Tumi
Francesco Basciani
Davide Manenti
Delmas Obou
6 0.157 39.05
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  United Kingdom Andrew Robertson
Kieran Showler-Davis
Richard Kilty
Danny Talbot
4 0.164 39.10
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Germany Florian Hübner
Maximilian Kessler
Robin Erewa
Felix Göltl
3 0.170 39.19
4  Poland Mateusz Biegajło
Artur Zaczek
Cezary Bagiński
Grzegorz Zimniewicz
7 0.204 39.40
5  Czech Republic Václav Zich
Lukáš Šťastný
Pavel Maslák
Tomáš Kavka
8 0.147 39.41
6  Netherlands Wouter Brus
Dennis Spillekom
Erik Stevens
Joeri Jaegers
5 0.161 39.60
 Greece Konstadínos Koutsouklákis
Mihaíl Dardaneliótis
Efstrátios Fraggoúlis
Likoúrgos-Stéfanos Tsákonas
2 0.192 DNF
 France Benbezi Zeze
Benjamin Georg
Dylan Rigot
Ben Bassaw
1 0.181 DQ R 170.14

Heats[edit]

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

Summary[edit]

Rank Nation Time Notes
1  United Kingdom 39.31 Q
2  Italy 39.45 Q
3  Germany 39.47 Q
4  Czech Republic 39.89 Q
4  Netherlands 39.89 Q
6  Poland 39.96 Q
7  France 39.97 q
8  Greece 40.37 q
9  Sweden 40.45
 Spain DNF

Details[edit]

Heat 1[edit]

17 July 2011 / 15:45

Rank Nation Competitors Lane Reaction Time Time Notes
1  Germany Florian Hübner
Maximilian Kessler
Robin Erewa
Felix Göltl
4 0.172 39.47 Q
2  Netherlands Wouter Brus
Dennis Spillekom
Erik Stevens
Joeri Jaegers
3 0.159 39.89 Q
3  Poland Mateusz Biegajło
Artur Zaczek
Cezary Bagiński
Grzegorz Zimniewicz
6 0.231 39.96 Q
4  France Benbezi Zeze
Benjamin Georg
Dylan Rigot
Ben Bassaw
5 0.178 39.97 q
5  Greece Konstadínos Koutsouklákis
Mihaíl Dardaneliótis
Efstrátios Fraggoúlis
Likoúrgos-Stéfanos Tsákonas
2 0.169 40.37 q
Heat 2[edit]

17 July 2011 / 15:52

Rank Nation Competitors Lane Reaction Time Time Notes
1  United Kingdom Andrew Robertson
Kieran Showler-Davis
Richard Kilty
Deji Tobais
5 0.172 39.31 Q
2  Italy Michael Tumi
Francesco Basciani
Davide Manenti
Delmas Obou
2 0.168 39.45 Q
3  Czech Republic Václav Zich
Lukáš Šťastný
Pavel Maslák
Tomáš Kavka
4 0.208 39.89 Q
4  Sweden David Sennung
Oskar Åberg
Alexander Nordkvist
Tom Kling-Baptiste
6 0.147 40.45
 Spain Eduard Viles
Iván Jesús Ramos
Sergio Ruiz
Eusebio Cáceres
3 0.164 DNF

Participation[edit]

According to an unofficial count, 41 athletes from 10 countries participated in the event.

References[edit]

  1. ^ 8th European Athletics U23 Championships - Ostrava CZE 14–17 July, European Athletics Association, retrieved 19 April 2015
  2. ^ European Athletics U23 Championships - Ostrava (CZE) - 14 - 17 July 2011 - Results - Day 4 (PDF), European Athletics Association, retrieved 19 April 2015[permanent dead link]