1999 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

The men's 4 x 400 metres relay event at the 1999 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Gothenburg, Sweden, at Ullevi on 1 August 1999. ^{[1] [2]}

Medalists

Gold	Sebastian Debnar-Daumler Thomas Goller Nils Schumann Stefan Holz   Germany
Silver	Michał Węglarski Piotr Długosielski Mariusz Bizoń Piotr Haczek   Poland
Bronze	Geoff Dearman Matthew Elias Peter Brend David Naismith   Great Britain

Results

Final

1 August

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
	Germany	Sebastian Debnar-Daumler Thomas Goller Nils Schumann Stefan Holz	3:02.96	CR
	Poland	Michał Węglarski Piotr Długosielski Mariusz Bizoń Piotr Haczek	3:03.22
	Great Britain	Geoff Dearman Matthew Elias Peter Brend David Naismith	3:03.58
4	France	Dimitri Demonière Loïc Lerouge Laurent Jakiel Marc Raquil	3:04.15
5	Spain	Eduardo Iván Rodríguez Luis Flores Adrián Fernández Pablo Vallejo	3:06.33
6	Greece	Lambros Zervakos Anastasios Gousis Ioannis Lessis Periklis Iakovakis	3:06.81
7	Ireland	Paul Opperman Paul McKee Darren Hough Brian Liddy	3:07.26
8	Italy	Luca Mariani Edoardo Vallet Alessandro Giorgi Andrea Barberi	3:09.33

Heats

1 August
Qualified: first 3 in each heat and 2 best to the Final

Heat 1

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	Poland	Michał Węglarski Mariusz Bizoń Piotr Jagielko Maciej Ryszkowski	3:06.58	Q
2	Great Britain	Michael Parper Richard David Peter Brend David Naismith	3:06.96	Q
3	Ireland	Paul Opperman Paul McKee Darren Hough Brian Liddy	3:07.04	Q
4	France	Laurent Jakiel Loïc Lerouge Damien Grosso Dimitri Demonière	3:08.47	q
	Czech Republic	Pavel Jelínek Josef Rous Filip Klvaňa Jan Hanzl	DNF

Heat 2

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	Germany	Marcel Knospe Maik Liebe Sebastian Debnar-Daumler Thomas Goller	3:07.56	Q
2	Italy	Luca Mariani Edoardo Vallet Alessandro Giorgi Andrea Barberi	3:09.15	Q
3	Greece	Lambros Zervakos Anastasios Gousis Ioannis Lessis Periklis Iakovakis	3:10.03	Q
4	Spain	Pablo Vallejo Adrián Fernández Luis Flores Dávid Canal	3:10.48	q
5	Belarus	Sergey Khodanovich Aleksandr Trutko Leonid Vershinin Pavel Pelepyagin	3:11.92

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 48 athletes from 10 countries participated in the event.

•   Belarus (4)
•   Czech Republic (4)
•   France (5)
•   Germany (6)
•   Great Britain (6)
•   Greece (4)
•   Ireland (4)
•   Italy (4)
•   Poland (6)
•   Spain (5)

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