Olympic Summer Games 2012 / Athletics - 4 × 400 m (men)

sport	athletics
discipline	4 x 400 meter relay
gender	Men
Attendees	69 athletes from 16 countries
Competition location	Olympic Stadium London
Competition phase	August 9, 2012 (preliminary round) August 10, 2012 (final)
Medalist  BAH  United States  TTO

The men's 4-by-400-meter relay at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place on August 9th and 10th, 2012 at the Olympic Stadium in London . 69 athletes took part in sixteen relays.

The season of the Bahamas with the cast Chris Brown , Demetrius Pinder , Michael Mathieu and Ramon Miller became Olympic champion . Silver went to the USA with Bryshon Nellum , Joshua Mance , Tony McQuay and Angelo Taylor as well as Manteo Mitchell, who was also used in the preliminary run . Trinidad and Tobago ( Lalonde Gordon , Jarrin Solomon , Ade Alleyne-Forte , Deon Lendore ) won the bronze medal.

The runner from the United States who was used here in the preliminary stage also received a silver medal.

The season of Germany was eliminated in the preliminary round.
Relays from Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein did not take part.

Current title holders

Olympic champion	United States	2: 55.39 min	Beijing 2008
World Champion		2: 59.31 min	Daegu 2011
European champion	Belgium	3: 01.09 min	Helsinki 2012
Central America and Caribbean champions	Bahamas	3: 01.33 min	Mayagüez 2011
South America champion	Brazil	3: 08.95 min	Buenos Aires 2011
Asian champion	Japan	3: 04.72 min	Kobe 2011
African champions	Nigeria	3: 02.39 min	Porto-Novo 2012
Oceania Champion	New Zealand	3: 23.28 min	Cairns 2012

Existing records

World record	USA ( Andrew Valmon , Quincy Watts , Harry Reynolds , Michael Johnson )	2: 54.29 min	Stuttgart , Germany	22nd August 1993
Olympic record	USA ( LaShawn Merritt , Angelo Taylor , David Neville , Jeremy Wariner )	2: 55.39 min	Beijing Final , People's Republic of China	August 23, 2008

Note:
All times in this post are given according to London local time ( UTC ± 0 ).

Prelims

Two preliminary runs were carried out. The first three seasons of each run qualified for the final. In addition, the two fastest times, the so-called lucky losers , made it through. The directly qualified relays are highlighted in light blue, the lucky losers in light green.

Forward 1

August 9, 2012, 11:35 am
The South African relay, which was unable to finish their race due to the bump of a Kenyan and the resulting injury to their runner Ofentse Mogawane, was given a wildcard and thus the right to start in the final.

space	nation	occupation	Time (min)	annotation
1	Trinidad and Tobago	Lalonde Gordon Jarrin Solomon Ade Alleyne-Forte Deon Lendore	3:00:38	NO
2	Great Britain	Nigel Levine Conrad Williams Jack Green Martyn Rooney	3: 00.38
3	Cuba	William Collazo Raidel Acea Orestes Rodríguez Omar Cisneros	3: 00.55
4th	Belgium	Nils Duerinck Jonathan Borlée Antoine Gillet Kevin Borlée	3: 01.70
5	Poland	Piotr Wiadarek Marcin Marciniszyn Michał Pietrzak Kacper Kozłowski	3: 02.86
6th	Germany	Jonas Plass Kamghe Gaba Eric Krüger Thomas Schneider	3: 03.50
DNF	South Africa	Shaun de Jager Ofentse Mogawane Oscar Pistorius Willem de Beer		in the final by wildcard because of disadvantage by jostling a Kenyan runner
DSQ	Kenya	Bonface Ontuga Mweresa Vincent Mumo Boniface Mucheru Alphas Kishoyian		IAAF Rule 163.2 jostling

Forward 2

Scene from the second run before the first change:
Jamaica with Hyatt in front of Bahamas with Miller (hidden), behind that Russia with Dyldin and Japan with Takase

After the change:
Pinder (BAH) before Offereins (AUS), Aguilar (VEN), Alexejew (RUS) and Mance (USA)

August 9, 2012, 11:45 am
The first runner of the US relay team, Mitchell, broke his left fibula during the run at around 200 meters , but ended the race and switched to Mance after 46.1 seconds.

space	nation	occupation	Time (min)	annotation
1	Bahamas	Ramon Miller Demetrius Pinder Michael Mathieu Chris Brown	2: 58.87
2	United States	Manteo Mitchell Joshua Mance Tony McQuay Bryshon Nellum	2: 58.87
3	Russia	Maxim Dyldin Denis Alexejew Vladimir Krasnov Pawel Trenichin	3: 02.01
4th	Venezuela	Arturo Ramírez Alberto Aguilar Albert Bravo Jose Melendez	3: 02.62
5	Australia	Steven Solomon Ben Offereins Brendan Cole John Steffensen	3: 03.17
6th	Japan	Kei Takase Yūzō Kanemaru Yoshihiro Azuma Hiroyuki Nakano	3: 03.86
DNF	Jamaica	Dane Hyatt Riker Hylton Jermaine Gonzalez Errol Nolan
DSQ	Dominican Republic	Gustavo Cuesta Félix Sánchez Joel Mejia Luguelin Santos		IAAF Rule 170.19 starting outside the transition area

final

August 10, 2012, 9:20 pm

The US team, actually considered the favorite, was weakened by injuries. So other teams started with good prospects. These included Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, Vice World Champions South Africa and Belgium.

The following line-up changes were made for the finale:

• USA - Angelo Taylor ran for Manteo Mitchell.
• Belgium - Michaël Bultheel replaced Nils Duerinck.
• Venezuela - Omar Longart ran in place of José Melendez.
• South Africa - Louis Jacobus van Zyl replaced Ofentse Mogawane.
• Cuba - Noel Ruíz ran for Orestes Rodríguez.

Bahamas starter Chris Brown put his relay team in the lead. Behind were Trinidad and Tobago and the USA. Demetrius Pinder was able to extend Bahama's lead, but in the third round Tony McQuay brought the US relay to the top. In the final round, Ramon Miller caught up with US runner Angelo Taylor for the Bahamas. On the home stretch, he passed Taylor and brought the Bahamas relay victory over the US team. The runners from Trinidad and Tobago finished third ahead of the team from Great Britain, which also remained below the 3-minute mark.

For Trinidad and Tobago it was the first medal win in this discipline.

space	nation	occupation	Time (min)	annotation
1	Bahamas	Chris Brown Demetrius Pinder Michael Mathieu Ramon Miller	2: 56.72	NO
2	United States	Bryshon Nellum Joshua Mance Tony McQuay Angelo Taylor in the lead also: Manteo Mitchell	2: 57.05
3	Trinidad and Tobago	Lalonde Gordon Jarrin Solomon Ade Alleyne-Forte Deon Lendore	2: 59.40	NO
4th	Great Britain	Conrad Williams Jack Green David Greene Martyn Rooney	2: 59.53
5	Russia	Maxim Dyldin Denis Alexejew Vladimir Krasnov Pawel Trenichin	3: 00.09
6th	Belgium	Kevin Borlée Antoine Gillet Jonathan Borlée Michael Bultheel in the lead also: Nils Duerinck	3: 01.83
7th	Venezuela	Arturo Ramírez Alberto Aguilar Albert Bravo Omar Longart in the lead also: José Melendez	3: 02.18
8th	South Africa	Shaun de Jager Willem de Beer Louis Jacobus van Zyl Oscar Pistorius in the run-up also: Ofentse Mogawane	3: 03.46
DNF	Cuba	William Collazo Raidel Acea Noel Ruíz Omar Cisneros in the lead also: Orestes Rodríguez

Web links

• SportsReference 4 × 400 meters , accessed September 13, 2018
• Official report , accessed September 13, 2018

Videos

• Prelims on youtube.com, published July 28, 2016, accessed September 13, 2018
• Finale on youtube.com, published August 10, 2012, accessed September 13, 2018

Individual evidence

1. ↑ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Beijing 2015, page 684 , accessed on September 13, 2018
2. ↑ IAAF competition rules, page 73 (PDF), accessed on September 13, 2018
3. ↑ Greg Couch on FoxSports August 9, 2012 (English) , accessed on September 13, 2018
4. ↑ IAAF competition rules, page 101 (PDF), accessed on September 13, 2018