2001 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

The men's 4 x 400 metres relay event at the 2001 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Amsterdam, Netherlands, at Olympisch Stadion on 14 and 15 July.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Medalists

Gold	David Naismith Adam Potter Richard McDonald Matthew Elias  United Kingdom
Silver	Simon Kirch Stefan Holz Ruwen Faller Marc Alexander Scheer  Germany
Bronze	Oleg Mishukov Maksim Babarykin Dmitriy Bogdanov Yevgeniy Lebedev  Russia

Results

Final

15 July

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
	United Kingdom	David Naismith Adam Potter Richard McDonald Matthew Elias	3:05.24
	Germany	Simon Kirch Stefan Holz Ruwen Faller Marc Alexander Scheer	3:05.39
	Russia	Oleg Mishukov Maksim Babarykin Dmitriy Bogdanov Yevgeniy Lebedev	3:06.41
4	Spain	Salvador Rodríguez Artzai Morante José María Romera Antonio Manuel Reina	3:06.96
5	Italy	Luca Galletti Pierpaolo Sanna Gianni Carabelli Andrea Barberi	3:08.01
6	Greece	Stilianos Kopanou Georgios Doupis Platon Gavelas Periklis Iakovakis	3:08.30
7	Czech Republic	Pavel Jelínek Michal Uhlík Martin Košťál Jiří Vojtík	3:08.39
8	France	Fabrice Zircon Stéphane Pitard Loïc Clément Salah-Eddine Ghaidi	3:14.24

Heats

14 July
Qualified: first 3 in each heat and 2 best to the Final

Heat 1

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	United Kingdom	David Naismith Adam Potter Richard McDonald Matthew Elias	3:07.33	Q
2	Russia	Oleg Mishukov Maksim Babarykin Dmitriy Bogdanov Yevgeniy Lebedev	3:07.39	Q
3	Germany	Simon Kirch Stefan Holz Ruwen Faller Marc Alexander Scheer	3:07.72	Q
4	Spain	Salvador Rodríguez Artzai Morante José María Romera Antonio Manuel Reina	3:08.98	q
5	Greece	Platon Gavelas Georgios Doupis Stilianos Kopanou Periklis Iakovakis	3:09.15	q

Heat 2

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	Czech Republic	Pavel Jelínek Michal Uhlík Martin Košťál Jiří Vojtík	3:09.40	Q
2	Italy	Luca Galletti Pierpaolo Sanna Gianni Carabelli Andrea Barberi	3:10.16	Q
3	France	Fabrice Zircon Stéphane Pitard Loïc Clément Salah-Eddine Ghaidi	3:10.74	Q
4	Poland	Michał Węglarski Zenon Miśtak Maciej Ryszkowski Tomasz Rudnik	3:10.77
5	Netherlands	Martin de Groot Arnold Liefers Thomas Kortbeek Peter Wolters	3:11.10

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 40 athletes from 10 countries participated in the event.

•  Czech Republic (4)
•  France (4)
•  Germany (4)
•  Greece (4)
•  Italy (4)
•  Netherlands (4)
•  Poland (4)
•  Russia (4)
•  Spain (4)
•  United Kingdom (4)