1999 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay

Events at the 1999 European Athletics U23 Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men		women
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
20 km walk		men		women
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The men's 4 x 100 metres relay event at the 1999 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Göteborg, Sweden, at Ullevi on 31 July and 1 August 1999.^[1][2]

Medalists

Gold	Christian Malcolm Jamie Henthorn John Stewart Mark Findlay  Great Britain
Silver	Jérôme Éyana Frédéric Krantz Cédric Gold Daig David Patros  France
Bronze	Alexander Kosenkow Stefan Holz Michael Schäfer Falk Schrader  Germany

Results

Final

1 August

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
01 !	Great Britain	Christian Malcolm Jamie Henthorn John Stewart Mark Findlay	38.96	CR
02 !	France	Jérôme Éyana Frédéric Krantz Cédric Gold Daig David Patros	39.14
03 !	Germany	Alexander Kosenkow Stefan Holz Michael Schäfer Falk Schrader	39.69
4	Hungary	Balázs Kovács László Babály Attila Kilvinger Attila Farkas	39.73
5	Spain	Ion Gutiérrez Israel Nuñez Orkatz Beitia José Illán	39.78
6	Italy	Luca Verdecchia Massimiliano Donati Michele Paggi Francesco Scuderi	39.80
7	Sweden	Niclas Bronström Lenny Martinez Mikael Ahl Christofer Ohlsson	39.93
8	Greece	Aristotelis Gavelas Anastasios Poulioglou Anastasios Gousis Christoforos Choidis	39.98

Heats

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

Heat 1

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	Sweden	Niclas Bronström Lenny Martinez Mikael Ahl Christofer Ohlsson	39.76	Q
2	Spain	Diego Santos Israel Nuñez Ion Gutiérrez José Illán	39.90	Q
3	Hungary	Balázs Kovács László Babály Attila Kilvinger Attila Farkas	39.92	Q
4	Greece	Aristotelis Gavelas Anastasios Poulioglou Ioannis Lessis Christoforos Choidis	40.08	q
5	Portugal	Renato Moura Pedro Tubal Vitor Vasconcelos Hildberto Almeida	40.16
6	Poland	Adam Forgheim Tomasz Kondratowicz Leszek Dyja Marcin Nowak	DNF

Heat 2

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	United Kingdom	Christian Malcolm Jamie Henthorn John Stewart Mark Findlay	39.17	Q
2	France	Jérôme Éyana Frédéric Krantz Cédric Gold Daig David Patros	39.58	Q
3	Germany	Alexander Kosenkow Stefan Holz Michael Schäfer Falk Schrader	39.68	Q
4	Italy	Andreas Rubino Massimiliano Donati Michele Paggi Luca Verdecchia	39.99	q
5	Netherlands	Timothy Beck Christoph Kempen Rowdy Mideelkoop Martijn Ungerer	DQ
6	Czech Republic	Tomáš Černý Filip Klvaňa Roman Zubek Pavel Rada	DNF

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 51 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.

References