2016 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

The men's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2016 European Athletics Championships will take place at the Olympic Stadium on 9 and 10 July.

Records

Standing records prior to the 2016 European Athletics Championships
World record	United States Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts Butch Reynolds, Michael Johnson	2:54.29	Stuttgart, Germany	22 August 1993
European record	Great Britain Iwan Thomas, Jamie Baulch Mark Richardson, Roger Black	2:56.60	Atlanta, United States	3 August 1996
Championship record	Great Britain Paul Sanders, Kriss Akabusi John Regis, Roger Black	2:58.22	Split, Yugoslavia	1 September 1990
World Leading	United States	3:00.96	Gainesville, United States	2 April 2016
European Leading	Turkey Halit Kılıç, Yasmani Copello Batuhan Altıntaş, Yavuz Can	3:02.22	Erzurum, Turkey	12 June 2016

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
9 July 2016	19:15	Round 1
10 July 2016	18:50	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.

Rank	Heat	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
	1	Turkey
	1	Norway
	1	Ireland
	1	Great Britain
	1	Switzerland
	1	Poland
	1	Czech Republic
	1	Italy
	2	Estonia
	2	France
	2	Netherlands
	2	Germany
	2	Sweden
	2	Spain
	2	Belgium
	2	Ukraine