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Men's 4 × 400 metres relay at the European Athletics Championships

These are the official results of the Men's 4 × 400 metres event at the 1982 European Championships in Athens, Greece, held at Olympic Stadium "Spiros Louis" on 10 and 11 September 1982.

Medalists

Gold	Erwin Skamrahl Harald Schmid Thomas Giessing Hartmut Weber West Germany
Silver	David Jenkins Garry Cook Todd Bennett Phil Brown United Kingdom
Bronze	Aleksandr Troshchilo Pavel Roshchin Pavel Konovalov Viktor Markin Soviet Union

Results

Final

11 September

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
	West Germany	Erwin Skamrahl Harald Schmid Thomas Giessing Hartmut Weber	3:00.51	CR
	United Kingdom	David Jenkins Garry Cook Todd Bennett Phil Brown	3:00.68
	Soviet Union	Aleksandr Troshchilo Pavel Roshchin Pavel Konovalov Viktor Markin	3:00.80
4	Poland	Ryszard Wichrowski Ryszard Szparak Andrzej Stępień Ryszard Podlas	3:02.77
5	Czechoslovakia	Miroslav Zahorak František Břečka Dušan Malovec Stanislav Sajdok	3:02.82
6	Italy	Pietro Mennea Roberto Tozzi Roberto Ribaud Mauro Zuliani	3:03.21
7	France	Paul Bourdin Aldo Canti Didier Dubois Pascal Barré	3:04.73
8	Sweden	Sven Nylander Eric Josjö Per-Ola Olsson Staffan Blomstrand	3:06.91

Heats

10 September

Heat 1

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	United Kingdom	David Jenkins Garry Cook Todd Bennett Phil Brown	3:02.52	Q
2	Soviet Union	Pavel Konovalov Pavel Roshchin Vladimir Prosin Aleksandr Troshchilo	3:02.98	Q
3	Czechoslovakia	František Břečka Dušan Malovec Miroslav Zahorak Stanislav Sajdok	3:03.06	Q
4	Italy	Roberto Tozzi Roberto Ribaud Pietro Mennea Mauro Zuliani	3:03.66	q
5	Sweden	Sven Nylander Staffan Blomstrand Eric Josjö Per-Ola Olsson	3:05.32	q
6	Yugoslavia	Ismail Mačev Goran Humar Jozef Kereši Željko Knapić	3:08.44

Heat 2

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	Poland	Ryszard Wichrowski Ryszard Szparak Ryszard Podlas Andrzej Stępień	3:05.31	Q
2	West Germany	Erwin Skamrahl Harald Schmid Edgar Nakladal Hartmut Weber	3:05.35	Q
3	France	Paul Bourdin Aldo Canti Didier Dubois Pascal Barré	3:05.49	Q
4	Switzerland	Andreas Kaufmann Urs Kamber René Gloor Rolf Gisler	3:05.64
5	Greece	Georgios Vamvakas Nikolaos Megalemos Panagiotis Stefanopoulos Athanassios Kalogiannis	3:09.42
	Spain	Benjamín González Marceliano Ruiz Colomán Trabado Ángel Heras	DNF

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 50 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.

• Czechoslovakia (4)
• France (4)
• Greece (4)
• Italy (4)
• Poland (4)
• Soviet Union (5)
• Spain (4)
• Sweden (4)
• Switzerland (4)
• United Kingdom (4)
• West Germany (5)
• Yugoslavia (4)

See also

• 1978 Men's European Championships 4 × 400 m Relay (Prague)
• 1980 Men's Olympic 4 × 400 m Relay (Moscow)
• 1983 Men's World Championships 4 × 400 m Relay (Helsinki)
• 1984 Men's Olympic 4 × 400 m Relay (Los Angeles)
• 1986 Men's European Championships 4 × 400 m Relay (Stuttgart)
• 1987 Men's World Championships 4 × 400 m Relay (Rome)
• 1988 Men's Olympic 4 × 400 m Relay (Seoul)
• 1990 Men's European Championships 4 × 400 m Relay (Split)

References

• Results