2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
| Events at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships  | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Track events | ||||
| 60 m | men | women | ||
| 400 m | men | women | ||
| 800 m | men | women | ||
| 1500 m | men | women | ||
| 3000 m | men | women | ||
| 60 m hurdles | men | women | ||
| 4×400 m relay | men | women | ||
| Field events | ||||
| High jump | men | women | ||
| Pole vault | men | women | ||
| Long jump | men | women | ||
| Triple jump | men | women | ||
| Shot put | men | women | ||
| Combined events | ||||
| Pentathlon | women | |||
| Heptathlon | men | |||
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.
Medalists
* Runners who participated only in the heats and received medals.
Records
| Standing records prior to the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record |  United States (USA) |
3:02.83 | Maebashi, Japan | 7 March 1999 |
| Championship record | United States (USA) |
3:02.83 | Maebashi, Japan | 7 March 1999 |
| World Leading | University of Arkansas | 3:03.76 | Fayetteville, United States | 11 February 2012 |
| African record |  Nigeria (NGR) |
3:09.76 | Lisbon, Portugal | 10 March 2001 |
| Asian record |  Japan (JPN) |
3:05.90 | Maebashi, Japan | 6 March 1999 |
| European record |  Poland (POL) |
3:03.01 | Maebashi, Japan | 7 March 1999 |
| North and Central American and Caribbean record |
United States (USA) |
3:02.83 | Maebashi, Japan | 7 March 1999 |
| Oceanian Record |  Australia (AUS) |
3:08.49 | Seville, Spain | 10 March 1991 |
| South American record |  Brazil (BRA) |
3:10.50 | Paris, France | 8 March 1997 |
Schedule
| Date | Time | Round |
|---|---|---|
| March 10, 2012 | 11:20 | Heats |
| March 11, 2012 | 17:40 | Final |
Results
Heats
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]
Final
Started at 17:40.[2]
| Rank | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | United States | Frankie Wright, Calvin Smith Jr., Manteo Mitchell, Gil Roberts | 3:03.94 | SB |
 |  Great Britain | Conrad Williams, Nigel Levine, Michael Bingham, Richard Buck | 3:04.72 | SB |
 |  Trinidad and Tobago | Lalonde Gordon, Renny Quow, Jereem Richards, Jarrin Solomon | 3:06.85 | NR |
| 4 |  Russia | Sergey Petukhov, Valentin Kruglyakov, Semen Golubev, Vladislav Frolov | 3:07.35 | SB |
| 5 |  Spain | Mark Ujakpor, David Testa, Samuel García, Xavier Carrión | 3:10.01 | SB |
| 6 | Poland | Jakub Krzewina, Marcin Marciniszyn, Grzegorz Sobiński, Łukasz Krawczuk | 3:11.86 |
References
- ↑ "2012 World Indoor Championships – Men's 4×400 metres relay (heats)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 2012-03-10.
- ↑ "2012 World Indoor Championships – Men's 4×400 metres relay (final)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 2012-03-15.
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