2012 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

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

GoldAntoine Gillet, Jonathan Borlée
Jente Bouckaert, Kevin Borlée
 Belgium
SilverNigel Levine, Conrad Williams
Robert Tobin, Richard Buck
 Great Britain
BronzeJonas Plass, Kamghe Gaba
Eric Krüger, Thomas Schneider
 Germany

Records

Standing records prior to the 2012 European Athletics Championships
World record  United States
Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts
Butch Reynolds, Michael Johnson
2:54.29 Stuttgart, Germany 22 August 1993
European record  United Kingdom
Iwan Thomas, Jamie Baulch
Mark Richardson, Roger Black
2:56.60 Atlanta, United States 3 August 1996
Championship record  United Kingdom
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  Belgium
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  Belgium
Antoine Gillet, Jonathan Borlée
Jente Bouckaert, Kevin Borlée
3:01.09 Helsinki, Finland 1 July 2012

Schedule

Date Time Round
30 June 201220:25Round 1
1 July 201219:45Final

Results

Round 1

First 3 in each heat (Q) and 2 best performers (q) advance to the Final.

RankHeatLaneNationAthletesTimeNotes
126 BelgiumNils Duerinck, Antoine Gillet, Jente Bouckaert, Kevin Borlée3:05.29Q
228 Czech RepublicDaniel Němeček, Pavel Maslák, Josef Prorok, Jakub Holuša3:05.41Q
312 Great BritainLuke Lennon-Ford, Michael Bingham, Conrad Williams, Nigel Levine3:05.50Q
415 PolandKamil Budziejewski, Jan Ciepiela, Michał Pietrzak, Piotr Wiaderek3:05.69Q
513 GermanyJonas Plass, Kamghe Gaba, Niklas Zender, Thomas Schneider3:05.71Q
627 UkraineMyhaylo Knysh, Oleksiy Ryemyen, Yevhen Hutsol, Volodymyr Burakov3:06.12Q
724 NetherlandsJoeri Moerman, Bram Peters, Dennis Spillekom, Youssef El Rhalfioui3:06.15q
816 FranceTeddy Venel, Naman Keïta, Marc Macedot, Mame-Ibra Anne3:06.44q
914 ItalyLorenzo Valentini, Isalbet Juarez, Andrea Barberi, Claudio Licciardello3:08.78
1023 SpainRoberto Briones, Mark Ujakpor, David Testa, Samuel García3:09.11
1118 RussiaYegor Kibakin, Aleksey Kenig, Maksim Aleksandrenko, Nikita Uglov3:09.94
1222 FinlandPetteri Monni, Ville Wendelin, Oskari Mörö, Jani Koskela3:10.26
1317 TurkeyMehmet Güzel, Halit Kiliç, Bugra Han Kocabeyoglu, Yavuz Can3:11.44
1425 HungaryTibor Kása, Zoltán Kovács, Dávid Bartha, Máté Lukács3:11.79
11 IrelandBrian Murphy, David Gillick, Tim Crowe, Jason HarveyDQ

Final

RankLaneNationAthletesTimeNotes
6 BelgiumAntoine Gillet, Jonathan Borlée, Jente Bouckaert, Kevin Borlée3:01.09EL
5 Great BritainNigel Levine, Conrad Williams, Robert Tobin, Richard Buck3:01.56
7 GermanyJonas Plass, Kamghe Gaba, Eric Krüger, Thomas Schneider3:01.77
44 PolandPiotr Wiaderek, Jan Ciepiela, Marcin Marciniszyn, Kacper Kozłowski3:02.37
53 Czech RepublicDaniel Němeček, Pavel Maslák, Josef Prorok, Jakub Holuša3:02.72NR
61 FranceTeddy Venel, Toumane Coulibaly, Marc Macedot, Yannick Fonsat3:03.04
78 UkraineOleksiy Ryemyen, Stanislav Melnykov, Yevhen Hutsol, Volodymyr Burakov3:04.56
82 NetherlandsJoeri Moerman, Bram Peters, Dennis Spillekom, Youssef El Rhalfioui3:05.68

References

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