2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

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

Gold	Silver	Bronze
United States Frankie Wright Calvin Smith Jr. Manteo Mitchell Gil Roberts Jamaal Torrance* Quentin Iglehart-Summers*	Great Britain Conrad Williams Nigel Levine Michael Bingham Richard Buck Luke Lennon-Ford*	Trinidad and Tobago Lalonde Gordon Renny Quow Jereem Richards Jarrin Solomon

* 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]

Rank	Heat	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
1	2	Great Britain	Conrad Williams, Luke Lennon-Ford, Michael Bingham, Richard Buck	3:07.45	Q, SB
2	1	United States	Frankie Wright, Jamaal Torrance, Manteo Mitchell, Quentin Iglehart-Summers	3:07.47	Q, SB
3	2	Poland	Jakub Krzewina, Marcin Marciniszyn, Grzegorz Sobiński, Łukasz Krawczuk	3:07.99	Q, SB
4	2	Trinidad and Tobago	Lalonde Gordon, Renny Quow, Jereem Richards, Jarrin Solomon	3:08.32	q, SB
5	2	Russia	Sergey Petukhov, Valentin Kruglyakov, Semen Golubev, Vladislav Frolov	3:08.43	q, SB
6	2	Ukraine	Myhaylo Knysh, Volodymyr Burakov, Dmytro Bikulov, Yevhen Hutsol	3:08.92	NR
7	2	Czech Republic	Josef Prorok, Petr Lichý, Vaclav Barak, Theodor Jareš	3:09.46	SB
8	1	Spain	Mark Ujakpor, David Testa, Samuel García, Xavier Carrión	3:10.51	Q, SB
9	1	Venezuela	José Acevedo, Omar Longart, Alberto Aguilar, Freddy Mezones	3:11.11	NR
10	1	Turkey	Ali Ekber Kayaş, Halit Kiliç, Mehmet Güzel, Yavuz Can	3:11.28	NR
11	1	Botswana	Thapelo Ketlogetswe, Isaac Makwala, Pako Seribe, Zacharia Kamberuka	3:13.21	NR
	1	Bahamas	Michael Mathieu, La'Sean Pickstock, Jameson Strachan, Demetrius Pinder	DNS

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

1. (PDF). Omega Timing. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-17. Retrieved 2012-03-10.
2. "2012 World Indoor Championships – Men's 4×400 metres relay (final)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 2012-03-15.