2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres

None thumb|right|Gold medal winner Nery Brenes celebrating his win. The men's 400 metres at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place March 9 and 10 at the Ataköy Athletics Arena. The final was won by Costa Rican Nery Brenes in a time of 45.11.http://www.insidecostarica.com/dailynews/2012/march/11/costarica12031104.htm Costa Rica's Nery Brenes Is A World Champion 10 March 2012 Insidecostarica 14 March 2012 Doping disqualification Rabah Yousif of Sudan, who ran the heat and the semifinal, retrospectively got his results disqualified for doping. IAAF Statistics Book – World Indoor Championships SOPOT 2014 http://iaaf-ebooks.s3.amazonaws.com/2014/Sopot2014/projet/SOPOT-2014.pdf IAAF Mark Butler Doping Violations at IAAF World Indoor Championships 47–48 27 September 2015 Medalists GoldSilverBronzeNery BrenesDemetrius PinderChris Brown Records Standing records prior to the 2012 IAAF World Indoor ChampionshipsWorld recordKerron Clement USA44.57Fayetteville, United States12 March 2005Championship recordHarry Reynolds USA45.26Toronto, Canada14 March 1993World LeadingKirani James GRN45.19Fayetteville, United States11 February 2010African recordSunday Bada NGR45.51Paris, France9 March 1997Asian recordShunji Karube JPN45.76Paris, France9 March 1997European recordThomas Schönlebe GDR45.05Sindelfingen, West Germany5 February 1988North and Central American and Caribbean recordKerron Clement USA44.57Fayetteville, United States12 March 2005Oceanian RecordDaniel Batman AUS45.93Birmingham, Great Britain2 March 2003South American recordBayano Kamani PAN46.26Boston, United States29 January 2005 Qualification standards IndoorOutdoor 46.90 45.20 Schedule Date Time RoundMarch 9, 2012 12:20 HeatsMarch 9, 2012 20:10 SemifinalsMarch 10, 2012 19:30 Final Results Heats Qualification: First 2 (Q) and the 6 fastest times qualified (q). 32 athletes from 27 countries participated.http://www.iaaf.org/documents/pdf/4665/AT-400-M-h----.RS6.pdf 2012 World Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres (heats) Omega Timing 2012-03-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20120827225845/http://iaaf.org/documents/pdf/4665/AT-400-M-h----.RS6.pdf 2012-08-27 dead Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Demetrius Pinder Bahamas 46.49 Q 2 2 Kirani James Grenada 46.64 Q 3 1 Tabarie Henry U.S. Virgin Islands 46.71 Q, SB 4 2 Nery Brenes Costa Rica 46.77 Q, SB 5 5 Pavel Maslák Czech Republic 47.00 Q 6 5 Richard Buck Great Britain 47.05 Q 7 1 Mark Ujakpor Spain 47.06 q 8 2 Luguelín Santos Dominican Republic 47.07 q, PB 9 6 Chris Brown Bahamas 47.28 Q 99 DQ 2 Rabah Yousif Sudan 47.30 qRabah Yousif tested positive for cannabis which is illegal in competition and was disqualified for two months. 10 6 Calvin Smith Jr. United States 47.46 Q 11 6 Ali Ekber Kayaş Turkey 47.55 q 12 3 Nigel Levine Great Britain 47.56 Q 13 4 Gil Roberts United States 47.57 Q 14 5 Erison Hurtault Dominica 47.63 q 15 4 Valentin Kruglyakov Russia 47.70 Q 16 2 Maksim Aleksandrenko Russia 47.78 q 17 4 Jarrin Solomon Trinidad and Tobago 47.82 18 6 Nika Kartavtsevi Georgia 48.27 PB 19 3 Lorenzo Valentini Italy 48.58 Q 20 1 Wala Gime Papua New Guinea 48.85 21 5 Trausti Stefánsson Iceland 48.86 22 4 Takeshi Fujiwara El Salvador 48.96 SB 23 3 Bacar Houmadi Jannot Comoros 49.58 24 4 Kristijan Efremov Macedonia 50.23 25 5 Ak. Hafiy Tajuddin Rositi Brunei 51.02 NR 26 1 Yaovi Michael Gougou Benin 51.20 NR 27 6 Bahaa Al Farra Palestine 51.65 NR 28 3 Andrés Silva Uruguay 51.93 SB 29 6 Jeofry Limtiaco Guam 53.67 PB 30 5 Hussein Al-Fedheili Oman 55.15 PB 99 3 Lalonde Gordon Trinidad and Tobago 99.99 DQ Semifinals Qualification: First 2 of each heat qualified (Q). 18 athletes from 14 countries participated.http://www.iaaf.org/documents/pdf/4665/AT-400-M-sf----.RS6.pdf 2012 World Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres (semifinals) Omega Timing 2012-03-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20120827230036/http://iaaf.org/documents/pdf/4665/AT-400-M-sf----.RS6.pdf 2012-08-27 dead Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Demetrius Pinder Bahamas 45.94 Q 2 1 Tabarie Henry U.S. Virgin Islands 46.01 Q 2 3 Nery Brenes Costa Rica 46.01 NR, Q 4 3 Kirani James Grenada 46.04 Q 5 2 Chris Brown Bahamas 46.37 Q 6 3 Nigel Levine Great Britain 46.46 7 2 Pavel Maslák Czech Republic 46.49 Q 8 2 Richard Buck Great Britain 46.68 9 3 Luguelín Santos Dominican Republic 46.83 PB 10 1 Mark Ujakpor Spain 46.98 11 1 Gil Roberts United States 47.01 12 2 Calvin Smith Jr. United States 47.09 13 3 Valentin Kruglyakov Russia 47.34 14 2 Ali Ekber Kayaş Turkey 48.16 15 1 Lorenzo Valentini Italy 48.47 16 3 Erison Hurtault Dominica 48.68 17 1 Maksim Aleksandrenko Russia 49.76 99 DQ 2 Rabah Yousif Sudan 99.99 DNF Final 6 athletes from 5 countries participated. The final started at 19:31.http://www.iaaf.org/documents/pdf/4665/AT-400-M-f--1--.RS1.pdf 2012 World Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres (final) Omega Timing 2012-03-10 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120827230059/http://iaaf.org/documents/pdf/4665/AT-400-M-f--1--.RS1.pdf 2012-08-27 Rank Name Nationality Time NotesNery Brenes Costa Rica 45.11CR, NRDemetrius Pinder Bahamas 45.34 SBChris Brown Bahamas 45.90 SB4Tabarie Henry U.S. Virgin Islands 45.96 SB5Pavel Maslák Czech Republic 46.19 6Kirani James Grenada 46.21 References 400 metres 400 metres Category:400 metres at the World Athletics Indoor Championships Category:Men's events at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships