2012 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
Appearance
The men's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2012 European Athletics Championships was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 30 June and 1 July.
Medalists
Records
Standing records prior to the 2012 European Athletics Championships | ||||
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World record | ![]() Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts Butch Reynolds, Michael Johnson |
2:54.29 | Stuttgart, Germany | 22 August 1993 |
European record | ![]() Iwan Thomas, Jamie Baulch Mark Richardson, Roger Black |
2:56.60 | Atlanta, United States | 3 August 1996 |
Championship record | ![]() Paul Sanders, Kriss Akabusi John Regis, Roger Black |
2:58.22 | Split, Yugoslavia | 1 September 1990 |
World Leading | University of Florida Dedric Dukes, Hugh Graham Jr Leonardo Seymore, Tony McQuay |
3:00.02 | Des Moines, United States | 9 June 2012 |
European Leading | ![]() Antoine Gillet, Jonathan Borlée Jente Bouckaert, Kevin Borlée |
3:01.76 | Rome, Italy | 31 May 2012 |
Broken records during the 2012 European Athletics Championships | ||||
European Leading | ![]() Antoine Gillet, Jonathan Borlée Jente Bouckaert, Kevin Borlée |
3:01.09 | Helsinki, Finland | 1 July 2012 |
Schedule
Date | Time | Round |
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30 June 2012 | 20:25 | Round 1 |
1 July 2012 | 19:45 | Final |
Results
Round 1
First 3 in each heat (Q) and 2 best performers (q) advance to the Final.
Final
Rank | Lane | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
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6 | ![]() |
Antoine Gillet, Jonathan Borlée, Jente Bouckaert, Kevin Borlée | 3:01.09 | EL |
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5 | ![]() |
Nigel Levine, Conrad Williams, Robert Tobin, Richard Buck | 3:01.56 | |
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7 | ![]() |
Jonas Plass, Kamghe Gaba, Eric Krüger, Thomas Schneider | 3:01.77 | |
4 | 4 | ![]() |
Piotr Wiaderek, Jan Ciepiela, Marcin Marciniszyn, Kacper Kozłowski | 3:02.37 | |
5 | 3 | ![]() |
Daniel Němeček, Pavel Maslák, Josef Prorok, Jakub Holuša | 3:02.72 | NR |
6 | 1 | ![]() |
Teddy Venel, Toumane Coulibaly, Marc Macedot, Yannick Fonsat | 3:03.04 | |
7 | 8 | ![]() |
Oleksiy Ryemyen, Stanislav Melnykov, Yevhen Hutsol, Volodymyr Burakov | 3:04.56 | |
8 | 2 | ![]() |
Joeri Moerman, Bram Peters, Dennis Spillekom, Youssef El Rhalfioui | 3:05.68 |