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The men's 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2002 European Athletics Championships were held at the Olympic Stadium on August 10–11.
Medalists
Note: Great Britain team originally won the gold but was later disqualified for Dwain Chambers' steroid use.
Results
Heats
Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.
Rank
Heat
Nation
Athlete
Time
Notes
1
2
France
David Patros , Issa-Aimé Nthépé , Jérôme Éyana , Ronald Pognon
38.93
Q, SB
2
2
Poland
Piotr Balcerzak , Łukasz Chyła , Ryszard Pilarczyk , Marcin Nowak
38.98
Q, SB
3
2
Spain
Cecilio Maestra , Angel David Rodríguez , Orkatz Beitia , Carlos Berlanga
39.08
q, SB
4
1
Germany
Ronny Ostwald , Marc Blume , Alexander Kosenkow , Christian Schacht
39.21
Q
5
1
Russia
Aleksandr Smirnov , Sergey Blinov , Aleksandr Ryabov , Sergey Bychkov
39.24
Q
6
1
Ukraine
Kostyantyn Vasyukov , Kostyantyn Rurak , Anatoliy Dovhal , Oleksandr Kaydash
39.24
Q
7
1
Italy
Francesco Scuderi , Alessandro Cavallaro , Maurizio Checcucci , Marco Torrieri
39.28
q
8
1
Finland
Tommi Hartonen , Tuomas Nasi , Stefan Koivikko , Markus Pöyhönen
39.58
9
2
Estonia
Argo Golberg , Maidu Laht , Martin Vihmann , Erki Nool
39.69
NR
10
1
Slovenia
Rok Predanič , Matic Osovnikar , Bostjan Fridrih , Urban Acman
39.71
11
1
Greece
Aristotelis Gavelas , Alexandros Kontzos , Vasilios Seggos , Georgios Theodoridis
39.92
12
1
Sweden
Peter Häggström , Lenny Martinez , Patrik Lövgren , Johan Engberg
39.99
2
Netherlands
Martijn Ungerer , Troy Douglas , Timothy Beck , Patrick van Balkom
DNF
2
Israel
Kfir Golan , Tommy Kafri , Gideon Jablonka , Aleksandr Porkhomovskiy
DNF
2
Great Britain
Christian Malcolm , Darren Campbell , Marlon Devonish , Dwayne Chambers
DQ
Final
Rank
Nation
Athletes
Time
Notes
Ukraine
Kostyantyn Vasyukov , Kostyantyn Rurak , Anatoliy Dovhal , Oleksandr Kaydash
38.53
=NR
Poland
Ryszard Pilarczyk , Łukasz Chyła , Marcin Nowak , Marcin Urbaś
38.71
SB
Germany
Ronny Ostwald , Marc Blume , Alexander Kosenkow , Christian Schacht
38.88
4
France
David Patros , Issa-Aimé Nthépé , Jérôme Éyana , Ronald Pognon
38.97
5
Spain
Cecilio Maestra , Angel David Rodríguez , Orkatz Beitia , Carlos Berlanga
39.07
6
Russia
Aleksandr Smirnov , Sergey Blinov , Aleksandr Ryabov , Sergey Bychkov
39.12
Italy
Francesco Scuderi , Alessandro Cavallaro , Maurizio Checcucci , Marco Torrieri
DNF
Great Britain
Christian Malcolm , Darren Campbell , Marlon Devonish , Dwayne Chambers
DQ
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