2002 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
# 2002 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

The men's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2002 European Athletics Championships were held at the Olympic Stadium on August 10–11.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Great Britain Jared Deacon Matthew Elias Jamie Baulch Daniel Caines Sean Baldock | Russia Oleg Mishukov Andrey Semyonov Ruslan Mashchenko Yuriy Borzakovskiy Yevgeniy Lebedev | France Leslie Djhone Ahmed Douhou Naman Keïta Ibrahima Wade |

## Results

### Heats

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

| Rank | Heat | Nation | Athlete | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Great Britain | Jared Deacon, Sean Baldock, Jamie Baulch, Matthew Elias | 3:02.97 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Poland | Marcin Marciniszyn, Artur Gąsiewski, Piotr Rysiukiewicz, Robert Maćkowiak | 3:03.11 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Russia | Oleg Mishukov, Yuriy Borzakovskiy, Yevgeniy Lebedev, Andrey Semyonov | 3:03.11 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Germany | Bastian Swillims, Jens Dautzenberg, Lars Figura, Ingo Schultz | 3:03.55 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Ireland | Robert Daly, Paul McKee, Antoine Burke, David McCarthy | 3:03.73 | q, NR |
| 6 | 2 | France | Leslie Djhone, Ahmed Douhou, Ibrahima Wade, Naman Keïta | 3:03.77 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Greece | Stilianos Dimotsios, Anastasios Gousis, Georgios Ikonomidis, Periklis Iakovakis | 3:04.31 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Czech Republic | Jiří Vojtík, Radek Zachoval, Jan Mazanec, Karel Bláha | 3:04.35 | q |
| 9 | 2 | Spain | César Martínez, Salvador Rodríguez, Alberto Martínez, David Canal | 3:05.28 | |
| | 2 | Latvia | Inguns Sviklinš, Viktors Lacis, Girts Lamba, Dmitrijs Miļkevičs | DQ | |

### Final

| Rank | Nation | Athletes | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Great Britain | Jared Deacon, Matthew Elias, Jamie Baulch, Daniel Caines | 3:01.25 |
| | Russia | Oleg Mishukov, Andrey Semyonov, Ruslan Mashchenko, Yuriy Borzakovskiy | 3:01.34 |
| | France | Leslie Djhone, Ahmed Douhou, Naman Keïta, Ibrahima Wade | 3:02.76 |
| 4 | Czech Republic | Štěpán Tesařík, Radek Zachoval, Jiří Mužík, Karel Bláha | 3:03.82 |
| 5 | Ireland | Robert Daly, Paul McKee, Antoine Burke, David McCarthy | 3:04.13 |
| 6 | Greece | Stilianos Dimotsios, Anastasios Gousis, Georgios Ikonomidis, Periklis Iakovakis | 3:04.26 |
| 7 | Germany | Ingo Schultz, Jens Dautzenberg, Lars Figura, Bastian Swillims | 3:08.56 |
| | Poland | Marcin Marciniszyn, Marek Plawgo, Piotr Rysiukiewicz, Robert Maćkowiak | DQ |
