2003 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay

The men's 4 x 100 metres relay event at the 2003 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadion on 19 and 20 July. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Medalists

Gold	Tyrone Edgar Chris Lambert Darren Chin Dwayne Grant   United Kingdom
Silver	Daniel Adolia Fabrice Calligny David Socrier Leslie Djhone   France
Bronze	Pieter-Jan Vereecke François Gourmet Kristof Beyens Xavier de Baerdemaeker   Belgium

Results

Final

20 July

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
	United Kingdom	Tyrone Edgar Chris Lambert Darren Chin Dwayne Grant	39.31
	France	Daniel Adolia Fabrice Calligny David Socrier Leslie Djhone	39.38
	Belgium	Pieter-Jan Vereecke François Gourmet Kristof Beyens Xavier de Baerdemaeker	39.54
4	Sweden	Philip Nossmy Pontus Nilsson Johan Wissman Johan Engberg	39.64
5	Estonia	Allar Aasma Henri Sool Martin Vihmann Argo Golberg	39.69
6	Hungary	László Szabó Dániel Ágoston Imre Lörincz Gergely Németh	40.28
	Czech Republic	Jan Mazanec Jiří Vojtík Rudolf Götz Jan Stokláska	DNF
	Poland	Marcin Niewiara Łukasz Chyła Paweł Ptak Marcin Jędrusiński	DNF

Heats

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

Heat 1

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	Belgium	Pieter-Jan Vereecke François Gourmet Kristof Beyens Xavier de Baerdemaeker	39.65	Q
2	France	Daniel Adolia Ronald Pognon Fabrice Calligny David Socrier	39.71	Q
3	Hungary	László Szabó Dániel Ágoston Gergely Németh Dániel Kiss	40.15	Q
4	Spain	Egoitz de Dios César García José María García-Borreguero José Guzmán	40.33
5	Switzerland	Harry Thonney Thomas Zaugg Andreas Oggier Cédric Nabe	40.72

Heat 2

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	Poland	Adam Gaj Łukasz Chyła Marcin Niewiara Paweł Ptak	39.63	Q
2	Estonia	Allar Aasma Henri Sool Martin Vihmann Argo Golberg	39.91	Q
3	United Kingdom	Dwayne Grant Chris Lambert Darren Chin Tim Abeyie	40.02	Q
4	Sweden	Peter Johansson Pontus Nilsson Johan Wissman Johan Engberg	40.19	q
5	Czech Republic	Jan Mazanec Jiří Vojtík Rudolf Götz Jan Stokláska	40.27	q
6	Germany	Tobias Pfennig Markus Malucha Johanes Fischer Benjamin Mielke	40.52

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 49 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.

•   Belgium (4)
•   Czech Republic (4)
•   Estonia (4)
•   France (5)
•   Germany (4)
•   Hungary (5)
•   Poland (5)
•   Spain (4)
•   Sweden (5)
•    Switzerland (4)
•   United Kingdom (5)

References

1. European Athletics U23 Championships Ostrava 2011 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK - 4th European Athletics U23 Championships - Bydgoszcz, Poland 17.-20. 7. 2003 (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 43–55, retrieved 24 October 2014
2. European Championships U23 - Bydgoszcz/POL - 17.-20.07.03 (PDF), sportfieber.pytalhost.com, archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-11-05, retrieved 4 November 2014
3. European Championships U'23 Bydgoszcz 2003 - Zawisza Stadion - 17 - 20 July 2003 - Result lists - As of 19/07/2003 (PDF), European Athletics Association, 19 July 2003, archived from the original on 7 December 2003, retrieved 4 November 2014
4. European Championships U'23 Bydgoszcz 2003 - Zawisza Stadion - 17 - 20 July 2003 - Result lists - As of 20/07/2003 (PDF), European Athletics Association, 20 July 2003, archived from the original on 7 December 2003, retrieved 4 November 2014