2012 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay

Event in Helsinki Men's 4 × 100 metres relay European Athletics Championships The men's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2012 European Athletics Championships was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 30 June and 1 July. Medalists Gold Brian Mariano, Churandy Martina Giovanni Codrington, Patrick van Luijk Silver Julian Reus, Tobias Unger Alexander Kosenkow, Lucas Jakubczyk Bronze Ronald Pognon, Christophe Lemaitre Pierre-Alexis Pessonneaux, Emmanuel Biron Records Standing records prior to the 2012 European Athletics ChampionshipsWorld recordNesta Carter, Michael FraterYohan Blake, Usain Bolt37.04Daegu, South Korea4 September 2011European recordJason Gardener, Darren CampbellMarlon Devonish, Dwain Chambers37.73Seville, Spain29 August 1999Championship recordMax Moriniere, Daniel SangoumaJean-Charles Trouabal, Bruno Marie-Rose37.79Split, Yugoslavia1 September 1990World LeadingRacers Track ClubMario Forsythe, Yohan BlakeKimmari Roach, Usain Bolt37.80Kingston, Jamaica 14 April 2012European LeadingTobias Unger, Martin KellerAlexander Kosenkow, Alex-Platini Menga38.41Weinheim, Germany26 May 2012Broken records during the 2012 European Athletics ChampionshipsEuropean LeadingBrian Mariano, Churandy Martina Giovanni Codrington, Patrick van Luijk38.34Helsinki, Finland1 July 2012 Schedule Date Time Round 30 June 2012 11:20 Round 1 1 July 2012 18:25 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 1 5 Christian Malcolm, Dwain Chambers, James Ellington, Mark Lewis-Francis 38.98 Q 2 2 6 Emmanuel Biron, Christophe Lemaitre, Pierre-Alexis Pessonneaux, Jimmy Vicaut 39.01 Q, SB 3 2 7 Lucas Jakubczyk, Tobias Unger, Alexander Kosenkow, Martin Keller 39.04 Q 4 1 1 Mikhail Idrisov, Konstantin Petryashov, Vyacheslav Kolesnichenko, Pavel Karavaev 39.08 Q, SB 5 1 8 Brian Mariano, Churandy Martina, Jerrel Feller, Giovanni Codrington 39.34 Q 6 2 2 Alex Wilson, Reto Schenkel, Steven Gugerli, Marc Schneeberger 39.41 Q 7 2 4 Jan Veleba, Rostislav Šulc, Vojtěch Šulc, Lukás Štastný 39.52 q 8 1 7 Ricardo Monteiro, Dany Gonçalves, Arnaldo Abrantes, Yazaldes Nascimento 39.66 q, SB 9 2 5 Eduard Viles, Bruno Hortelano, Alberto Gavaldá, Diego Alonso 39.81 10 1 6 Eetu Rantala, Visa Hongisto, Jonathan Åstrand, Ville Myllymäki 39.85 11 1 4 David Sennung, Benjamin Olsson, Tom Kling-Baptiste, Stefan Tärnhuvud 39.87 12 1 2 Ņikita Paņkins, Jānis Leitis, Sandis Sabâjevs, Jānis Mezītis 40.46 13 2 8 Egidijus Dilys, Žilvinas Adomavičius, Martas Skrabulis, Aivaras Pranckevičius 40.68 14 2 3 Birol Yildirim, Furkan Şen, Aykut Ay, Yiğitcan Hekimoglu 41.42 15 2 1 Fabio Cerutti, Simone Collio, Emanuele Di Gregorio, Jacques Riparelli DNF 15 1 3 Jakub Adamski, Dariusz Kuć, Robert Kubaczyk, Kamil Kryński DNF Final Rank Lane Nation Athletes Time Notes 8 Brian Mariano, Churandy Martina, Giovanni Codrington, Patrick van Luijk 38.34EL, NR 3 Julian Reus, Tobias Unger, Alexander Kosenkow, Lucas Jakubczyk 38.44 5 Ronald Pognon, Christophe Lemaitre, Pierre-Alexis Pessonneaux, Emmanuel Biron 38.46 04 4 6 Mikhail Idrisov, Konstantin Petryashov, Vyacheslav Kolesnichenko, Pavel Karavaev 38.67 05 5 7 Alex Wilson, Marc Schneeberger, Reto Schenkel, Rolf Fongué 38.83 06 6 1 Ricardo Monteiro, Dany Gonçalves, Diogo Antunes, Yazaldes Nascimento 39.96 07 2 Jan Veleba, Rostislav Šulc, Vojtěch Šulc, Lukás Štastný 99.99 DNF 07 4 Christian Malcolm, Dwain Chambers, James Ellington, Mark Lewis-Francis 99.99 DNF References Round 1 Results Final Results Category:Relays at the European Athletics Championships Category:Men's events at the 2012 European Athletics Championships