title: 2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
text: # 2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
  
  The men's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2006 European Athletics Championships were held at the Ullevi on August 12 and August 13.
  
  France and Great Britain both overtook the Polish team in the home straight to finish 1st and 2nd respectively.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - |
  | France Leslie Djhone Idrissa M'barke Naman Keïta Marc Raquil Brice Panel* Abdrahim El Haouzy* | United Kingdom Robert Tobin Rhys Williams Graham Hedman Timothy Benjamin | Poland Daniel Dąbrowski Piotr Kędzia Piotr Rysiukiewicz Rafał Wieruszewski Marcin Marciniszyn* |
  
  *Athletes who competed in heats only
  
  ## Schedule
  
  | Date | Time | Round |
  | - | - | - |
  | August 12, 2006 | 15:30 | Heats |
  | August 13, 2006 | 17:10 | Final |
  
  ## Results
  
  | KEY: | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | Q | Qualified | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  
  ### Heats
  
  First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the Final.
  
  | Rank | Heat | Nation | Athlete | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 2 | United Kingdom | Robert Tobin, Rhys Williams, Graham Hedman, Timothy Benjamin | 3:02.51 | Q |
  | 2 | 1 | Germany | Kamghe Gaba, Florian Seitz, Ruwen Faller, Bastian Swillims | 3:03.25 | Q |
  | 3 | 1 | Poland | Piotr Kędzia, Piotr Rysiukiewicz, Marcin Marciniszyn, Daniel Dąbrowski | 3:03.49 | Q |
  | 4 | 2 | Russia | Konstantin Svechkar, Ivan Buzolin, Aleksandr Larin, Yevgeniy Lebedev | 3:03.73 | Q |
  | 5 | 2 | France | Brice Panel, Idrissa M'barke, Abdrahim El Haouzy, Naman Keïta | 3:03.87 | Q |
  | 6 | 1 | Romania | Vasile Bobos, Florin Suciu, Catalin Cîmpeanu, Ioan Vieru | 3:04.23 | Q, NR |
  | 7 | 2 | Ireland | Paul McKee, Brian Doyle, David Gillick, David McCarthy | 3:04.59 | q |
  | 8 | 1 | Spain | David Melo, David Testa, Salvador Rodríguez, Santiago Ezquerro | 3:04.71 | q |
  | 8 | 2 | Ukraine | Oleksiy Rachkovsky, Andriy Tverdostup, Vitaliy Dubonosov, Yevheniy Zyukov | 3:04.71 | q |
  | 10 | 1 | Italy | Claudio Licciardello, Edoardo Vallet, Luca Galletti, Gianni Carabelli | 3:05.53 | |
  | 11 | 1 | Greece | Dimitrios Gravalos, Dimitrios Regas, Padeleimon Melahrinoudis, Periklis Iakovakis | 3:05.59 | |
  | 12 | 1 | Czech Republic | Filip Klvana, Jiří Vojtík, Vojtech Šulc, Michal Uhlík | 3:06.14 | |
  | 13 | 2 | Norway | Morten Sand, Lars Eric Sæther, Quincy Douglas, Steffen Kjønnås | 3:07.65 | |
  | 14 | 2 | Sweden | Joni Jaako, Andreas Mokdasi, Thomas Nikitin, Fredrik Johansson | 3:07.73 | |
  
  ### Final
  
  | Rank | Nation | Athletes | Time |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | France | Leslie Djhone, Idrissa M'barke, Naman Keïta, Marc Raquil | 3:01.10 |
  | | United Kingdom | Robert Tobin, Rhys Williams, Graham Hedman, Timothy Benjamin | 3:01.63 |
  | | Poland | Daniel Dąbrowski, Piotr Kędzia, Piotr Rysiukiewicz, Rafał Wieruszewski | 3:01.73 |
  | 4 | Germany | Kamghe Gaba, Florian Seitz, Ruwen Faller, Bastian Swillims | 3:02.83 |
  | 5 | Ukraine | Oleksiy Rachkovsky, Andriy Tverdostup, Vitaliy Dubonosov, Yevheniy Zyukov | 3:04.33 |
  | 6 | Romania | Vasile Bobos, Florin Suciu, Catalin Cîmpeanu, Ioan Vieru | 3:04.53 |
  | 7 | Russia | Konstantin Svechkar, Yevgeniy Lebedev, Aleksandr Larin, Vladislav Frolov | 3:04.73 |
  | 8 | Spain | David Melo, David Testa, Salvador Rodríguez, Santiago Ezquerro | 3:04.98 |
  | 9 | Ireland | Paul McKee, Brian Doyle, David Gillick, David McCarthy | 3:05.57 |
  