2012 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

The men's 4 x 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 Borlée Belgium
Silver	Nigel Levine, Conrad Williams Robert Tobin, Richard Buck Great Britain
Bronze	Jonas Plass, Kamghe Gaba Eric Krüger, Thomas Schneider Germany

Standing records prior to the 2012 European Athletics Championships
World record	United States Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts Butch Reynolds, Michael Johnson	2:54.29	Stuttgart, Germany	22 August 1993
European record	United Kingdom Iwan Thomas, Jamie Baulch Mark Richardson, Roger Black	2:56.60	Atlanta, United States	3 August 1996
Championship record	United Kingdom Paul Sanders, Kriss Akabusi John Regis, Roger Black	2:58.22	Split, Yugoslavia	1 September 1990
World Leading	University of Florida Dedric Dukes, Hugh Graham Jr Leonardo Seymore, Tony McQuay	3:00.02	Des Moines, United States	9 June 2012
European Leading	Belgium Antoine Gillet, Jonathan Borlée Jente Bouckaert, Kevin Borlée	3:01.76	Rome, Italy	31 May 2012
Broken records during the 2012 European Athletics Championships
European Leading	Belgium Antoine Gillet, Jonathan Borlée Jente Bouckaert, Kevin Borlée	3:01.09	Helsinki, Finland	1 July 2012

Date	Time	Round
30 June 2012	20:25	Round 1
1 July 2012	19:45	Final

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	Belgium	Nils Duerinck, Antoine Gillet, Jente Bouckaert, Kevin Borlée	3:05.29	Q
2	2	8	Czech Republic	Daniel Němeček, Pavel Maslák, Josef Prorok, Jakub Holuša	3:05.41	Q
3	1	2	Great Britain	Luke Lennon-Ford, Michael Bingham, Conrad Williams, Nigel Levine	3:05.50	Q
4	1	5	Poland	Kamil Budziejewski, Jan Ciepiela, Michał Pietrzak, Piotr Wiaderek	3:05.69	Q
5	1	3	Germany	Jonas Plass, Kamghe Gaba, Niklas Zender, Thomas Schneider	3:05.71	Q
6	2	7	Ukraine	Myhaylo Knysh, Oleksiy Ryemyen, Yevhen Hutsol, Volodymyr Burakov	3:06.12	Q
7	2	4	Netherlands	Joeri Moerman, Bram Peters, Dennis Spillekom, Youssef El Rhalfioui	3:06.15	q
8	1	6	France	Teddy Venel, Naman Keïta, Marc Macedot, Mame-Ibra Anne	3:06.44	q
9	1	4	Italy	Lorenzo Valentini, Isalbet Juarez, Andrea Barberi, Claudio Licciardello	3:08.78
10	2	3	Spain	Roberto Briones, Mark Ujakpor, David Testa, Samuel García	3:09.11
11	1	8	Russia	Yegor Kibakin, Aleksey Kenig, Maksim Aleksandrenko, Nikita Uglov	3:09.94
12	2	2	Finland	Petteri Monni, Ville Wendelin, Oskari Mörö, Jani Koskela	3:10.26
13	1	7	Turkey	Mehmet Güzel, Halit Kiliç, Bugra Han Kocabeyoglu, Yavuz Can	3:11.44
14	2	5	Hungary	Tibor Kása, Zoltán Kovács, Dávid Bartha, Máté Lukács	3:11.79
	1	1	Ireland	Brian Murphy, David Gillick, Tim Crowe, Jason Harvey	DQ

Rank	Lane	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
	6	Belgium	Antoine Gillet, Jonathan Borlée, Jente Bouckaert, Kevin Borlée	3:01.09	EL
	5	Great Britain	Nigel Levine, Conrad Williams, Robert Tobin, Richard Buck	3:01.56
	7	Germany	Jonas Plass, Kamghe Gaba, Eric Krüger, Thomas Schneider	3:01.77
4	4	Poland	Piotr Wiaderek, Jan Ciepiela, Marcin Marciniszyn, Kacper Kozłowski	3:02.37
5	3	Czech Republic	Daniel Němeček, Pavel Maslák, Josef Prorok, Jakub Holuša	3:02.72	NR
6	1	France	Teddy Venel, Toumane Coulibaly, Marc Macedot, Yannick Fonsat	3:03.04
7	8	Ukraine	Oleksiy Ryemyen, Stanislav Melnykov, Yevhen Hutsol, Volodymyr Burakov	3:04.56
8	2	Netherlands	Joeri Moerman, Bram Peters, Dennis Spillekom, Youssef El Rhalfioui	3:05.68