title: 2005 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
text: # 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)
  