2024 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay

The men's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2024 European Athletics Championships took place at the Stadio Olimpico on 11 and 12 June.^[1]

Men's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2024 European Athletics Championships
The Podium
Venue	Stadio Olimpico
Location	Rome
Dates	11 June (heats) 12 June (final)
Winning time	37.82 EL
Medalists
Matteo Melluzzo Marcell Jacobs Lorenzo Patta Filippo Tortu Roberto Rigali* Lorenzo Simonelli*    Italy   Elvis Afrifa Taymir Burnet Xavi Mo-Ajok Nsikak Ekpo    Netherlands   Kevin Kranz Owen Ansah Deniz Almas Lucas Ansah-Peprah    Germany
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Records

Standing records prior to the 2024 European Athletics Championships
World record	Jamaica (Nesta Carter, Michael Frater Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt)	36.84[2]	London, Great Britain	11 August 2012
European record	Great Britain (Adam Gemili, Zharnel Hughes Richard Kilty, Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake)	37.36[3]	Doha, Qatar	5 October 2019
Championship record	Great Britain (Jeremiah Azu, Zharnel Hughes Jona Efoloko, Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake)	37.67	Munich, Germany	21 August 2022
World Leading	United States (Courtney Lindsey, Kenneth Bednarek Kyree King, Noah Lyles)	37.40[4]	Nassau, Bahamas	5 May 2024
Europe Leading	Italy (Roberto Rigali, Lamont Marcell Jacobs Lorenzo Patta, Filippo Tortu)	38.14[5]	Nassau, Bahamas	5 May 2024

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
11 June 2024	12:00	Round 1
12 June 2024	22:50	Final

All times are local times (UTC+2)

Results

Round 1

First 3 in each heat (Q) and 2 best performers (q) advance to the Final.^[6]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
1	2	9	Netherlands	Elvis Afrifa, Taymir Burnet, Xavi Mo-Ajok, Nsikak Ekpo	38.34	Q
2	2	5	Italy	Roberto Rigali, Matteo Melluzzo, Lorenzo Patta, Lorenzo Ndele Simonelli	38.40	Q
3	1	5	Germany	Kevin Kranz, Owen Ansah, Deniz Almas, Lucas Ansah-Peprah	38.43 (.421)	Q, SB
4	2	8	France	Antoine Thoraval, Jeff Erius, Ryan Zeze, Aymeric Priam	38.43 (.425)	Q
5	1	9	Belgium	Kobe Vleminckx [nl], Ward Merckx, Antoine Snyders, Simon Verherstraeten [nl]	38.55	Q, NR
6	1	7	Poland	Marek Zakrzewski, Oliwer Wdowik, Łukasz Żak, Dominik Kopeć	38.67	Q, SB
7	1	4	Switzerland	Pascal Mancini, Felix Svensson, Bradley Lestrade, Timothé Mumenthaler	38.70	q
8	1	2	Denmark	Rasmus Thornbjerg Klausen, Emil Mader Kjær, Jacob Hvorup, Simon Hansen	39.10	q
9	1	6	Greece	Vasileios Myrianthopoulos, Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos, Sotirios Garaganis, Ioannis Nyfantopoulos	39.13	R, SB
10	2	3	Spain	Ricardo Sánchez, Abel Alejandro Jordan, Juan Carlos Castillo, Sergio López [es]	39.21	SB
11	2	7	Czech Republic	Zdeněk Stromšík, Jan Veleba, Jan Jirka, Ondřej Macík	39.22
12	2	6	Portugal	Carlos Nascimento, André Prazeres, Delvis Santos, Gabriel Maia	39.26	SB
13	1	3	Ireland	Toluwabori Akinola, Mark Smyth, Colin Doyle, Israel Olatunde	39.34	SB
14	2	2	Turkey	Kayhan Özer, Oğuz Uyar, Batuhan Altintaş, Mustafa Kemal Ay	39.57
15	1	8	Great Britain	Chijindu Ujah, Jona Efoloko, Richard Kilty, Romell Glave	39.60
	2	4	Slovenia	Jernej Gumilar, Matevž Šuštaršič, Andrej Skočir, Anej Čurin Prapotnik	DNF

Final

The final started on 12 June at 22:50.^[7]

Rank	Lane	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
	8	Italy	Matteo Melluzzo, Lamont Marcell Jacobs, Lorenzo Patta, Filippo Tortu	37.82	EL
	7	Netherlands	Elvis Afrifa, Taymir Burnet, Xavi Mo-Ajok, Nsikak Ekpo	38.46
	5	Germany	Kevin Kranz, Owen Ansah, Deniz Almas, Lucas Ansah-Peprah	38.52
4	6	Belgium	Kobe Vleminckx, Ward Merckx, Antoine Snyders, Simon Verherstraeten	38.65
5	3	Switzerland	Pascal Mancini, William Reais, Bradley Lestrade, Timothé Mumenthaler	38.68
6	2	Denmark	Simon Hansen, Emil Mader Kjær, Jacob Hvorup, Frederik Schou-Nielsen	39.21
7	9	Greece	Vasileios Myrianthopoulos, Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos, Sotirios Gkaragkanis, Ioannis Nyfantopoulos	39.39
	4	Poland	Łukasz Żok, Marek Zakrzewski, Łukasz Żak, Dominik Kopeć	DNF
	9	France		DNS