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

The men's 4 x 100 metres relay event at the 1999 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Gothenburg, 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
	Great Britain	Christian Malcolm Jamie Henthorn John Stewart Mark Findlay	38.96	CR
	France	Jérôme Éyana Frédéric Krantz Cédric Gold Daig David Patros	39.14
	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
	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
	Netherlands	Timothy Beck Christoph Kempen Rowdy Middelkoop Martijn Ungerer	DQ
	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.

•   Czech Republic (4)
•   France (4)
•   Germany (4)
•   Great Britain (4)
•   Greece (5)
•   Hungary (4)
•   Italy (5)
•   Netherlands (4)
•   Poland (4)
•   Portugal (4)
•   Spain (5)
•   Sweden (4)

References

1. European Athletics U23 Championships Ostrava 2011 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK - 2nd European Athletics U23 Championships - Göteborg, Sweden 29.7.-1.8. 1999 (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 17–29, retrieved 24 October 2014
2. European Championships U23 - Göteborg/SWE () - 29.07.-01.08.99 (PDF), sportfieber.pytalhost.com, archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2013, retrieved 27 October 2014