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

| 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.

| 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 | |
