| 2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships | ||
|---|---|---|
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| Track events | ||
| 60 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| 3000 m | men | women |
| 60 m hurdles | men | women |
| 4×400 m relay | men | women |
| Field events | ||
| High jump | men | women |
| Pole vault | men | women |
| Long jump | men | women |
| Triple jump | men | women |
| Shot put | men | women |
| Combined events | ||
| Pentathlon | women | |
| Heptathlon | men | |
The Men's 4 x 400 metres relay race at the 2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on March 3, 2013 at 18:45 local time. [1] [2]
| Standing records prior to the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record |  United States (USA) | 3:02.83 | Maebashi, Japan | 7 March 1999 |
| European record |  Poland (POL) | 3:03.01 | ||
| Championship record | 3:05.50 | Vienna, Austria | 3 March 2002 | |
| World Leading | Texas A&M University | 3:04.18 | Fayetteville, United States | 24 February 2013 |
| European Leading | ||||
The final was held at 18:45.
| Rank | Lane | Nationality | Athlete | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 5 |  Great Britain | Michael Bingham Richard Buck Nigel Levine Richard Strachan | 3:05.78 | |
 | 6 |  Russia | Pavel Trenikhin Yuriy Trambovetskiy Konstantin Svechkar Vladimir Krasnov | 3:06.96 | |
 | 1 |  Czech Republic | Daniel Němeček Josef Prorok Petr Lichý Pavel Maslák | 3:07.64 | |
| 4 | 4 |  Belgium | Antoine Gillet Kevin Borlée Arnaud Ghislain Tim Rummens | 3:07.98 | |
| 5 | 2 |  Sweden | Felix Francois Nil de Oliveira Johan Wissman Dennis Forsman | 3:09.42 | |
| 3 | Poland | Michał Pietrzak Rafał Omelko Łukasz Domagała Grzegorz Sobiński | DSQ | R 163.2 [3] |
Originally, the British men's 4 × 400 m quartet of Michael Bingham, Richard Buck, Levine and Richard Strachan finished the race first, followed by Russian and Polish Team, but their victory was questioned by the judges because during his change, Richard Buck had crossed the line streets and stepped off the track. The British team was disqualified, but the members of British Athletic Federation appealed this decision by accusing Rafal Omelko (Polish athlete) of pushing Buck out of his line. [4]
The British team was eventually reinstated as victors; the Polish squad of Michał Pietrzak, Rafal Omelko, Łukasz Domagała and Grzegorz Sobinskilost lost their third-place finish. [4] [5]
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