The men's 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2012 European Athletics Championships was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 30 June and 1 July.
Men's 4 x 100 metres relay at the European Athletics Championships |
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Medalists
editRecords
editStanding records prior to the 2012 European Athletics Championships | ||||
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World record | Jamaica Nesta Carter, Michael Frater Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt |
37.04 | Daegu, South Korea | 4 September 2011 |
European record | United Kingdom Jason Gardener, Darren Campbell Marlon Devonish, Dwain Chambers |
37.73 | Seville, Spain | 29 August 1999 |
Championship record | France Max Moriniere, Daniel Sangouma Jean-Charles Trouabal, Bruno Marie-Rose |
37.79 | Split, Yugoslavia | 1 September 1990 |
World Leading | Racers Track Club Mario Forsythe, Yohan Blake Kimmari Roach, Usain Bolt |
37.80 | Kingston, Jamaica | 14 April 2012 |
European Leading | Germany Tobias Unger, Martin Keller Alexander Kosenkow, Alex-Platini Menga |
38.41 | Weinheim, Germany | 26 May 2012 |
Broken records during the 2012 European Athletics Championships | ||||
European Leading | Netherlands Brian Mariano, Churandy Martina Giovanni Codrington, Patrick van Luijk |
38.34 | Helsinki, Finland | 1 July 2012 |
Schedule
editDate | Time | Round |
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30 June 2012 | 11:20 | Round 1 |
1 July 2012 | 18:25 | Final |
Results
editRound 1
editFirst 3 in each heat (Q) and 2 best performers (q) advance to the Final.
Final
editRank | Lane | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
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8 | Netherlands | Brian Mariano, Churandy Martina, Giovanni Codrington, Patrick van Luijk | 38.34 | EL, NR | |
3 | Germany | Julian Reus, Tobias Unger, Alexander Kosenkow, Lucas Jakubczyk | 38.44 | ||
5 | France | Ronald Pognon, Christophe Lemaitre, Pierre-Alexis Pessonneaux, Emmanuel Biron | 38.46 | ||
4 | 6 | Russia | Mikhail Idrisov, Konstantin Petryashov, Vyacheslav Kolesnichenko, Pavel Karavaev | 38.67 | |
5 | 7 | Switzerland | Alex Wilson, Marc Schneeberger, Reto Schenkel, Rolf Fongué | 38.83 | |
6 | 1 | Portugal | Ricardo Monteiro, Dany Gonçalves, Diogo Antunes, Yazaldes Nascimento | 39.96 | |
2 | Czech Republic | Jan Veleba, Rostislav Šulc, Vojtěch Šulc, Lukás Štastný | DNF | ||
4 | Great Britain | Christian Malcolm, Dwain Chambers, James Ellington, Mark Lewis-Francis | DNF |