title: 2002 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
text: # 2002 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
  
  The men's 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2002 European Athletics Championships were held at the Olympic Stadium on August 10–11.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - |
  | Ukraine Kostyantyn Vasyukov Kostyantyn Rurak Anatoliy Dovhal Oleksandr Kaydash | Poland Ryszard Pilarczyk Łukasz Chyła Marcin Nowak Marcin Urbaś Piotr Balcerzak | Germany Ronny Ostwald Marc Blume Alexander Kosenkow Christian Schacht |
  
  Note: Great Britain team originally won the gold but was later disqualified for Dwain Chambers' steroid use.
  
  ## 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 | 2 | France | David Patros, Issa-Aimé Nthépé, Jérôme Éyana, Ronald Pognon | 38.93 | Q, SB |
  | 2 | 2 | Poland | Piotr Balcerzak, Łukasz Chyła, Ryszard Pilarczyk, Marcin Nowak | 38.98 | Q, SB |
  | 3 | 2 | Spain | Cecilio Maestra, Angel David Rodríguez, Orkatz Beitia, Carlos Berlanga | 39.08 | q, SB |
  | 4 | 1 | Germany | Ronny Ostwald, Marc Blume, Alexander Kosenkow, Christian Schacht | 39.21 | Q |
  | 5 | 1 | Russia | Aleksandr Smirnov, Sergey Blinov, Aleksandr Ryabov, Sergey Bychkov | 39.24 | Q |
  | 6 | 1 | Ukraine | Kostyantyn Vasyukov, Kostyantyn Rurak, Anatoliy Dovhal, Oleksandr Kaydash | 39.24 | Q |
  | 7 | 1 | Italy | Francesco Scuderi, Alessandro Cavallaro, Maurizio Checcucci, Marco Torrieri | 39.28 | q |
  | 8 | 1 | Finland | Tommi Hartonen, Tuomas Nasi, Stefan Koivikko, Markus Pöyhönen | 39.58 | |
  | 9 | 2 | Estonia | Argo Golberg, Maidu Laht, Martin Vihmann, Erki Nool | 39.69 | NR |
  | 10 | 1 | Slovenia | Rok Predanič, Matic Osovnikar, Bostjan Fridrih, Urban Acman | 39.71 | |
  | 11 | 1 | Greece | Aristotelis Gavelas, Alexandros Kontzos, Vasilios Seggos, Georgios Theodoridis | 39.92 | |
  | 12 | 1 | Sweden | Peter Häggström, Lenny Martinez, Patrik Lövgren, Johan Engberg | 39.99 | |
  | | 2 | Netherlands | Martijn Ungerer, Troy Douglas, Timothy Beck, Patrick van Balkom | DNF | |
  | | 2 | Israel | Kfir Golan, Tommy Kafri, Gideon Jablonka, Aleksandr Porkhomovskiy | DNF | |
  | | 2 | Great Britain | Christian Malcolm, Darren Campbell, Marlon Devonish, Dwayne Chambers | DQ | |
  
  ### Final
  
  | Rank | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Ukraine | Kostyantyn Vasyukov, Kostyantyn Rurak, Anatoliy Dovhal, Oleksandr Kaydash | 38.53 | =NR |
  | | Poland | Ryszard Pilarczyk, Łukasz Chyła, Marcin Nowak, Marcin Urbaś | 38.71 | SB |
  | | Germany | Ronny Ostwald, Marc Blume, Alexander Kosenkow, Christian Schacht | 38.88 | |
  | 4 | France | David Patros, Issa-Aimé Nthépé, Jérôme Éyana, Ronald Pognon | 38.97 | |
  | 5 | Spain | Cecilio Maestra, Angel David Rodríguez, Orkatz Beitia, Carlos Berlanga | 39.07 | |
  | 6 | Russia | Aleksandr Smirnov, Sergey Blinov, Aleksandr Ryabov, Sergey Bychkov | 39.12 | |
  | | Italy | Francesco Scuderi, Alessandro Cavallaro, Maurizio Checcucci, Marco Torrieri | DNF | |
  | | Great Britain | Christian Malcolm, Darren Campbell, Marlon Devonish, Dwayne Chambers | DQ | |
  