European Athletics Championships 2012/4 × 400 m men

21st European Athletics Championships
discipline	4 × 400 m relay
gender	Men
Attendees	15 relays with 70 athletes
venue	Helsinki
Competition location	Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys
Competition phase	June 30th (preliminary) July 1st (final)
Medalist  Belgium  Great Britain  Germany

The Olympic Stadium in Helsinki

The 4 x 400 meters relay men in the 2012 European Athletics Championships was born on 30 June and 1 July 2012 at the Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys the city of Helsinki held.

Belgium became European champions with Antoine Gillet , Jonathan Borlée ( final ), Jente Bouckaert and Kevin Borlée as well as Nils Duerinck, who was also used in the run-up . Second place went to Great Britain with Nigel Levine , Conrad Williams , Robert Tobin ( final ) and Richard Buck ( final ) as well as Luke Lennon-Ford and Michael Bingham, who were also used in the preliminary run . Bronze went to Germany in the line-up of Jonas Plass , Kamghe Gaba , Eric Krüger ( final ) and Thomas Schneider as well as Niklas Zender, who was also used in the run-up .

The runners only used in the run-up were given corresponding precious metal.

Existing records

World record	2: 54.29 min	USA ( Andrew Valmon , Quincy Watts , Harry Reynolds , Michael Johnson )	World Cup Stuttgart Germany	22nd August 1993
European record	2: 56.60 min	Great Britain ( Iwan Thomas , Jamie Baulch , Mark Richardson , Roger Black )	OS Atlanta USA	August 3, 1996
EM record	2: 58.22 min	Great Britain ( Paul Sanders , Kriss Akabusi , John Regis and Roger Black )	EM Split Yugoslavia	September 1, 1990

The existing EM record was not set at these European championships and was not improved.

Preliminary round

June 30, 2012, 1:05 pm

The preliminary round was held in two runs. The first three seasons per run - highlighted in light blue - as well as the two fastest teams - highlighted in light green - qualified for the final.

Forward 1

space	Season	occupation	Time (min)
1	Great Britain	Luke Lennon-Ford Michael Bingham Conrad Williams Nigel Levine	3: 05.50
2	Poland	Kamil Budziejewski Jan Ciepiela Michał Pietrzak Piotr Wiaderek	3: 05.69
3	Germany	Jonas Plass Kamghe Gaba Niklas Zender Thomas Schneider	3: 05.71
4th	France	Teddy Atine Naman Keïta Marc Macédot Mame-Ibra Anne	3: 06.44
5	Italy	Lorenzo Valentini Isalbet Juarez Andrea Barberi Claudio Licciardello	3: 08.78
6th	Russia	Yegor Kibakin Alexej Kenig Maxim Alexandrenko Nikita Uglow	3: 09.94
7th	Turkey	Mehmet Güzel Halit Kılıç Buğrahan Kocabeyoğlu Yavuz Can	3: 11.44
DSQ	Ireland	Brian Murphy David Gillick Tim Crowe Jason Harvey

Forward 2

space	Season	occupation	Time (min)
1	Belgium	Nils Duerinck Antoine Gillet Jente Bouckaert Kevin Borlée	3: 05.29
2	Czech Republic	Daniel Němeček Pavel Maslák Josef Prorok Jakub Holuša	3: 05.41
3	Ukraine	Myhaylo Knysh Oleksij Ryemjen Jewhen Huzol Volodymyr Burakov	3: 06.12
4th	Netherlands	Joeri Moerman Bram Peters Dennis Spillekom Youssef el Rhalfioui	3: 06.15
5	Spain	Roberto Briones Mark Ujakpor David Testa Samuel García	3: 09.11
6th	Finland	Petteri Monni Ville Wendelin Oskari Mörö Jani Koskela	3: 10.26
7th	Hungary	Tibor Kása Zoltán Kovács Dávid Bartha Máté Lukács	3: 11.79

final

The Belgian winning relay

Kevin Borlée (left) and Thomas Schneider shortly after the last change

July 1, 2012, 7:45 p.m.

space	Season	occupation	Time (min)
1	Belgium	Antoine Gillet Jonathan Borlée ( final ) Jente Bouckaert Kevin Borlée in the preliminary also: Nils Duerinck	3: 01.09
2	Great Britain	Nigel Levine Conrad Williams Robert Tobin ( final ) Richard Buck ( final ) in the run-up also: Luke Lennon-Ford Michael Bingham	3: 01.56
3	Germany	Jonas Plass Kamghe Gaba Eric Krüger ( final ) Thomas Schneider in the preliminary run also: Niklas Zender	3: 01.77
4th	Poland	Piotr Wiaderek Jan Ciepiela Marcin Marciniszyn ( final ) Kacper Kozłowski ( final ) in the preliminary also: Kamil Budziejewski Michał Pietrzak	3: 02.37
5	Czech Republic	Daniel Němeček Pavel Maslák Josef Prorok Jakub Holuša	3: 02.72 NO
6th	France	Teddy Venel ( final ) Toumane Coulibaly ( final ) Marc Macédot Yannick Fonsat ( final ) in addition: Teddy Atine Naman Keïta Mame-Ibra Anne	3: 03.04
7th	Ukraine	Oleksij Rjemjen Stanislaw Melnykow ( final ) Jewhen Huzol Volodymyr Burakow in the preliminary also: Myhaylo Knysh	3: 04.56
8th	Netherlands	Joeri Moerman Bram Peters Dennis Spillekom Youssef el Rhalfioui	3: 05.68

Web links

• European Athletics Championships - Helsinki 2012 at european-athletics.org, accessed on January 14, 2020
• Men 4x400m Relay European Championship 2012 Helsinki on todor66.com, accessed January 14, 2020
• Track and Field Statistics, EM 2012 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on January 14, 2020
• European Athletics Championships Zurich 2014 - Statistics Handbook , Men 4x400m Relay European Championship 2012 Helsinki, p. 514 (PDF, 13,363 kB), in English at european-athletics.org, accessed on January 14, 2020
• Results of all European Athletics Championships - 2012, 4 × 400 m men on sportschau.de, accessed on January 14, 2020
• 21st European Athletics Championships 2012 in Helsinki, Finland from ifosta.de, accessed on January 14, 2020

Video

• ECH2012 Helsinki Day 5 Belgium 4x400m Relay Team (BEL), interview on youtube.com, accessed on January 14, 2020

References and comments

1. ↑ IAAF world records. 4 × 400 m , accessed on January 14, 2020
2. ^ Progression of the European Outdoor Records. 4 × 400 m on rfea.es, p. 37 (PDF, 271 kB). French / English, accessed January 14, 2020