The men's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 14 and 15 July.
Medalists GoldSilverBronzeQuincy DowningAldrich BaileyChidi OkezieArman HallKarol ZalewskiRafał SmoleńPiotr KuśnierzPatryk DobekAsa GuevaraJereem RichardsBrandon BenjaminMachel Cedenio
Records , the existing world junior and championship records were as follows.
World Junior Record &Championship Record(Brandon Johnson, LaShawn Merritt, Jason Craig, Kerron Clement)3:01.09Grosseto, Italy18 July 2004World Junior Leading(Asa Guevara, Brandon Benjamin, Theon Lewis, Machel Cedenio)3:05.95Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago24 June 2012Broken records during the 2012 World Junior Championships in AthleticsWorld Junior Leading(Quincy Downing, Aldrich Bailey, Chidi Okezie, Arman Hall)3:03.99Barcelona, Spain15 July 2012
Results
Heats Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) qualified
Rank Heat Lane Nation Athletes Time Notes 1 2 3 Quincy Downing, Eric Futch, Chidi Okezie, Arman Hall 3:06.26 Q, SB 2 2 7 Jarryd Buchan, Jay Meaney, Max Waldron, Steven Solomon 3:07.49 Q, SB 3 2 4 Piotr Kuśnierz, Rafał Smoleń, Paweł Walczuk, Patryk Dobek 3:07.85 q, SB 4 2 6 Ibrahim Mohammed Saleh, Abdullah Ahmed Abkar, Bandar Atiyah Kaabi, Basheer Atiah Al Barakati 3:07.88 q, NJ 5 3 5 Naohiro Yokoyama, Kenta Kimura, Shota Kozuma, Kazushi Kimura 3:08.16 Q, SB 5 3 4 Asa Guevara, Jereem Richards, Brandon Benjamin, Machel Cedenio 3:08.16 Q 7 3 3 Timofey Chalyy, Roman Semakin, Radel Kashefrazov, Nikita Vesnin 3:08.58 SB 8 3 6 Tobias Lange, Lukas Schmitz, Bennet Steudel, David Brücher 3:08.82 SB 9 1 3 Shavon Barnes, Omar McLeod, Jermaine Fyffe, Lennox Williams 3:08.83 Q, SB 10 1 7 Vito Incantalupo, Alberto Rontini, Davide Re, Michele Tricca 3:08.87 Q, SB 11 1 4 Julian Munroe, Stephen Newbold, Elroy McBride, O'Jay Ferguson 3:08.96 SB 12 3 7 Shadrack Adu-Gyamfi, Daniel Gyasi, Solomon Afful, Kwame Ankomah-Donyina 3:11.46 PB 13 3 8 Sondre Nyvold Lid, Andreas Roth, Marius Bakken Støle, Markus Loftås 3:12.27 NJ 14 2 5 Benjamin Ayesu-Attah, Christopher Green, Marc-André Alexandre, Drelan Bramwell 3:13.68 SB 15 1 6 Julio Arenas, Lucas Bua, David Jiménez, Sergi Torres 3:14.85 SB 16 3 9 Jussi Kanervo, Joni Vainio-Kaila, Ville Lampinen, Jani Koskela 3:15.48 PB 17 1 8 Sandeep Sandeep, Sanjeev Sheokand, Jeevan Karekoppa Suresh, Sumit Malik 3:20.12 1 5 Taariq Solomons, Pieter Conradie, Bernardus Pretorius, Ruan Greyling 2 8
Final Rank Lane Nation Athletes Time Notes 6 Quincy Downing, Aldrich Bailey, Chidi Okezie, Arman Hall 3:03.99 WJL 5 Karol Zalewski, Rafał Smoleń, Piotr Kuśnierz, Patryk Dobek 3:05.05 NJ 4 Asa Guevara, Jereem Richards, Brandon Benjamin, Machel Cedenio 3:06.32 4 2 Jarryd Buchan, Jay Meaney, Max Waldron, Steven Solomon 3:06.58 SB 5 3 Shavon Barnes, Javon Francis, Lennox Williams, Jermaine Fyffe 3:07.31 SB 6 8 Ibrahim Mohammed Saleh, Abdullah Ahmed Abkar, Bandar Atiyah Kaabi, Basheer Atiah Al Barakati 3:09.26 7 9 Naohiro Yokoyama, Kenta Kimura, Shota Kozuma, Kazushi Kimura 3:09.67 7 Vito Incantalupo, Marco Lorenzi, Davide Re, Michele Tricca
Participation According to an unofficial count, 76 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.
References
External links WJC12 4×400 metres relay schedule