2005 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

The men's 4 x 400 metres relay event at the 2005 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Erfurt, Germany, at Steigerwaldstadion on 16 and 17 July. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Medalists

Gold	Witold Bańka Piotr Zrada Daniel Dąbrowski Piotr Kędzia   Poland
Silver	Andrew Steele Rhys Williams Richard Davenport Robert Tobin   United Kingdom
Bronze	Daniël Ward Daniël de Wild Sjors Kampen Robert Lathouwers   Netherlands

Results

Final

17 July

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
	Poland	Witold Bańka Piotr Zrada Daniel Dąbrowski Piotr Kędzia	3:04.41
	United Kingdom	Andrew Steele Rhys Williams Richard Davenport Robert Tobin	3:04.83
	Netherlands	Daniël Ward Daniël de Wild Sjors Kampen Robert Lathouwers	3:04.99
4	Romania	Bogdan Vîlcu Catalin Cîmpeanu Vasile Boboş Florin Suciu	3:05.29
5	Germany	Tilo Ruch Kamghe Gaba Thomas Wilhelm Christopher Helm	3:05.35
6	Ukraine	Oleksiy Rachkovskyy Vitaliy Voloshyn Myhaylo Knysh Vitaliy Dubonosov	3:05.64
7	Russia	Ivan Buzolin Maksim Aleksandrenko Valentin Kruglyakov Konstantin Svechkar	3:05.81
8	Italy	Fiorenzo Moscatelli Roberto Donati Gianmarco Leone Marco Moraglio	3:11.10

Heats

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

Heat 1

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	Russia	Ivan Kozhukhar Maksim Aleksandrenko Valentin Kruglyakov Ivan Buzolin	3:07.66	Q
2	Netherlands	Youssef el Rhalfioui Daniël de Wild Sjors Kampen Robert Lathouwers	3:08.66	Q
3	Italy	Fiorenzo Moscatelli Roberto Donati Gianmarco Leone Marco Moraglio	3:08.87	Q
4	Spain	Óscar Albalat Roberto Briones Antonio Fernández Alberto Montero	3:09.23
5	Sweden	Erik Lundvik Andreas Mokdasi Niklas Larsson Gustav Sewall	3:10.55
	France	Rémi Wallard Youness Gurachi Guillaume Wallard Brice Panel	DQ

Heat 2

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	Poland	Witold Bańka Łukasz Pryga Paweł Ptak Piotr Kędzia	3:05.37	Q
2	United Kingdom	Andrew Steele Adam Charlton Richard Davenport Gareth Warburton	3:05.51	Q
3	Romania	Bogdan Vîlcu Catalin Cîmpeanu Vasile Boboş Florin Suciu	3:06.13	Q
4	Germany	Tilo Ruch Thomas Wilhelm Carlo Schaper Christopher Helm	3:06.24	q
5	Ukraine	Oleksiy Rachkovskyy Vitaliy Dubonosov Myhaylo Knysh Vitaliy Voloshyn	3:06.37	q
6	Czech Republic	Petr Klofáč Rudolf Götz Richard Synek Jiří Doupovec	3:07.98

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 55 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.

•   Czech Republic (4)
•   France (4)
•   Germany (5)
•   Italy (4)
•   Netherlands (5)
•   Poland (6)
•   Romania (4)
•   Russia (5)
•   Spain (4)
•   Sweden (4)
•   Ukraine (4)
•   United Kingdom (6)

References

1. European Athletics U23 Championships Ostrava 2011 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK - 5th European Athletics U23 Championships - Erfurt, Germany 14.7.-17.7.2005 (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 56–68, retrieved 24 October 2014
2. European Athletics U23 Championships - Erfurt, Germany - 14 - 17 July 2005 - Results / Ergebnisse (Men) (PDF), European Athletics Association , retrieved 7 November 2014
3. 5th European Athletics U23 Championships - Erfurt GER 14–17 July, European Athletics Association, archived from the original on 2014-10-21, retrieved 7 November 2014