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

Event:Men's 4 x 400 metres relay
Competition:European Athletics Championships

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
SilverNigel Levine, Conrad Williams
Robert Tobin, Richard Buck
BronzeJonas Plass, Kamghe Gaba
Eric Krüger, Thomas Schneider

Records

Standing records prior to the 2012 European Athletics Championships
World record
Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts
Butch Reynolds, Michael Johnson
2:54.29Stuttgart, Germany22 August 1993
European record
Iwan Thomas, Jamie Baulch
Mark Richardson, Roger Black
2:56.60Atlanta, United States3 August 1996
Championship record
Paul Sanders, Kriss Akabusi
John Regis, Roger Black
2:58.22Split, Yugoslavia1 September 1990
World LeadingUniversity of Florida
Dedric Dukes, Hugh Graham Jr
Leonardo Seymore, Tony McQuay
3:00.02Des Moines, United States9 June 2012
European Leading
Antoine Gillet, Jonathan Borlée
Jente Bouckaert, Kevin Borlée
3:01.76Rome, Italy31 May 2012
Broken records during the 2012 European Athletics Championships
European Leading
Antoine Gillet, Jonathan Borlée
Jente Bouckaert, Kevin Borlée
3:01.09Helsinki, Finland1 July 2012

Schedule

DateTimeRound
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.

Rank Heat Lane Nation AthletesTime Notes
1 2 6 3:05.29 Q
2 2 8 3:05.41 Q
3 1 2 3:05.50 Q
4 1 5 3:05.69 Q
5 1 3 3:05.71 Q
6 2 7 3:06.12 Q
7 2 4 3:06.15 q
8 1 6 3:06.44 q
9 1 4 3:08.78
10 2 3 3:09.11
111 8 3:09.94
12 2 2 3:10.26
13 1 7 3:11.44
14 2 5 3:11.79
1 1

Final

Rank Lane Nation AthletesTime Notes
6 3:01.09 EL
5 3:01.56
7 3:01.77
4 4 3:02.37
5 3 3:02.72 NR
6 1 3:03.04
7 8 3:04.56
8 2 3:05.68

References