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

## 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 |
| - | - | - | - |
| | 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)
