The men's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships will be held at the Ataköy Athletics Arena on 10 and 11 March.
width=200 valign=top | Frankie Wright Calvin Smith Jr. Manteo Mitchell Gil Roberts Jamaal Torrance | width=200 valign=top | Conrad Williams Nigel Levine Michael Bingham Richard Buck Luke Lennon-Ford | width=200 valign=top | Lalonde Gordon Renny Quow Jereem Richards Jarrin Solomon |
* Runners who participated only in the heats and received medals.
Standing records prior to the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships | |||||
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World record | 3:02.83 | Maebashi, Japan | 7 March 1999 | ||
Championship record | 3:02.83 | Maebashi, Japan | 7 March 1999 | ||
World Leading | University of Arkansas | 3:03.76 | Fayetteville, United States | 11 February 2012 | |
African record | 3:09.76 | Lisbon, Portugal | 10 March 2001 | ||
Asian record | 3:05.90 | Maebashi, Japan | 6 March 1999 | ||
European record | 3:03.01 | Maebashi, Japan | 7 March 1999 | ||
North and Central American and Caribbean record | 3:02.83 | Maebashi, Japan | 7 March 1999 | ||
Oceanian Record | 3:08.49 | Seville, Spain | 10 March 1991 | ||
South American record | 3:10.50 | Paris, France | 8 March 1997 |
Date | Time | Round | |
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March 10, 2012 | 11:20 | Heats | |
March 11, 2012 | 17:40 | Final |
Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) advance to the final.
11 teams from 11 countries participated. One country did not start the competition. With two heats competing, the qualification round started at 11:20 and 11:33.[1]
Rank | Heat | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes | |
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1 | 2 | 3:07.45 | Q, SB | |||
2 | 1 | 3:07.47 | Q, SB | |||
3 | 2 | 3:07.99 | Q, SB | |||
4 | 2 | Lalonde Gordon, Renny Quow, Jereem Richards, Jarrin Solomon | 3:08.32 | q, SB | ||
5 | 2 | 3:08.43 | q, SB | |||
6 | 2 | 3:08.92 | NR | |||
7 | 2 | Josef Prorok, Petr Lichý, Vaclav Barak, Theodor Jareš | 3:09.46 | SB | ||
8 | 1 | 3:10.51 | Q, SB | |||
9 | 1 | 3:11.11 | NR | |||
10 | 1 | 3:11.28 | NR | |||
11 | 1 | 3:13.21 | NR | |||
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Started at 17:40.[2]
Rank | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes | |
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3:03.94 | SB | ||||
3:04.72 | SB | ||||
Lalonde Gordon, Renny Quow, Jereem Richards, Jarrin Solomon | 3:06.85 | NR | |||
4 | 3:07.35 | SB | |||
5 | 3:10.01 | SB | |||
6 | 3:11.86 |