The men's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2012 European Athletics Championships was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 30 June and 1 July.
Medalists Gold Antoine Gillet, Jonathan Borlée Jente Bouckaert, Kevin BorléeSilver Nigel Levine, Conrad Williams Robert Tobin, Richard BuckBronze Jonas Plass, Kamghe Gaba Eric Krüger, Thomas Schneider
Records Standing records prior to the 2012 European Athletics ChampionshipsWorld recordAndrew Valmon, Quincy WattsButch Reynolds, Michael Johnson2:54.29Stuttgart, Germany22 August 1993European recordIwan Thomas, Jamie BaulchMark Richardson, Roger Black2:56.60Atlanta, United States3 August 1996Championship recordPaul Sanders, Kriss AkabusiJohn Regis, Roger Black2:58.22Split, Yugoslavia1 September 1990World LeadingUniversity of FloridaDedric Dukes, Hugh Graham JrLeonardo Seymore, Tony McQuay3:00.02Des Moines, United States9 June 2012European LeadingAntoine Gillet, Jonathan Borlée Jente Bouckaert, Kevin Borlée3:01.76Rome, Italy31 May 2012Broken records during the 2012 European Athletics ChampionshipsEuropean LeadingAntoine Gillet, Jonathan Borlée Jente Bouckaert, Kevin Borlée3:01.09Helsinki, Finland1 July 2012
Schedule Date Time Round 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 Athletes Time Notes 1 2 6 Nils Duerinck, Antoine Gillet, Jente Bouckaert, Kevin Borlée 3:05.29 Q 2 2 8 Daniel Němeček, Pavel Maslák, Josef Prorok, Jakub Holuša 3:05.41 Q 3 1 2 Luke Lennon-Ford, Michael Bingham, Conrad Williams, Nigel Levine 3:05.50 Q 4 1 5 Kamil Budziejewski, Jan Ciepiela, Michał Pietrzak, Piotr Wiaderek 3:05.69 Q 5 1 3 Jonas Plass, Kamghe Gaba, Niklas Zender, Thomas Schneider 3:05.71 Q 6 2 7 Myhaylo Knysh, Oleksiy Ryemyen, Yevhen Hutsol, Volodymyr Burakov 3:06.12 Q 7 2 4 Joeri Moerman, Bram Peters, Dennis Spillekom, Youssef El Rhalfioui 3:06.15 q 8 1 6 Teddy Venel, Naman Keïta, Marc Macedot, Mame-Ibra Anne 3:06.44 q 9 1 4 Lorenzo Valentini, Isalbet Juarez, Andrea Barberi, Claudio Licciardello 3:08.78 10 2 3 Roberto Briones, Mark Ujakpor, David Testa, Samuel García 3:09.11 11 1 8 Yegor Kibakin, Aleksey Kenig, Maksim Aleksandrenko, Nikita Uglov 3:09.94 12 2 2 Petteri Monni, Ville Wendelin, Oskari Mörö, Jani Koskela 3:10.26 13 1 7 Mehmet Güzel, Halit Kiliç, Bugra Han Kocabeyoglu, Yavuz Can 3:11.44 14 2 5 Tibor Kása, Zoltán Kovács, Dávid Bartha, Máté Lukács 3:11.79 1 1 Brian Murphy, David Gillick, Tim Crowe, Jason Harvey
Final Rank Lane Nation Athletes Time Notes 6 Antoine Gillet, Jonathan Borlée, Jente Bouckaert, Kevin Borlée 3:01.09 EL 5 Nigel Levine, Conrad Williams, Robert Tobin, Richard Buck 3:01.56 7 Jonas Plass, Kamghe Gaba, Eric Krüger, Thomas Schneider 3:01.77 4 4 Piotr Wiaderek, Jan Ciepiela, Marcin Marciniszyn, Kacper Kozłowski 3:02.37 5 3 Daniel Němeček, Pavel Maslák, Josef Prorok, Jakub Holuša 3:02.72 NR 6 1 Teddy Venel, Toumane Coulibaly, Marc Macedot, Yannick Fonsat 3:03.04 7 8 Oleksiy Ryemyen, Stanislav Melnykov, Yevhen Hutsol, Volodymyr Burakov 3:04.56 8 2 Joeri Moerman, Bram Peters, Dennis Spillekom, Youssef El Rhalfioui 3:05.68
References
Round 1 Results Final Results