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

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]

Medalists

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.

Results

Final

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

Heats

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

Summary

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

Details

Heat 1

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

Heat 2

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

Participation

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

•  Belgium (5)
•  Czech Republic (5)
•  Georgia (4)
•  Germany (5)
•  Ireland (4)
•  Israel (4)
•  Italy (4)
•  Netherlands (5)
•  Norway (4)
•  Romania (4)
•  Russia (6)
•  Spain (5)
•  Ukraine (4)

References

1. 9th European Athletics U23 Championships - Tampere FIN 10–14 July, European Athletics Association, retrieved 6 April 2015
2. European Athletics U23 Championships - Tampere (FIN) - 10 - 14 July 2013 - Results - Day 4 (PDF), European Athletics Association, archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-07-17, retrieved 6 April 2015
3. European Athletics U23 Championships - Tampere (FIN) - 10 - 14 July 2013 - Results - Day 5 (PDF), European Athletics Association, archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-09, retrieved 6 April 2015