2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay

2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men	women
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
10,000 m walk	men	women
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The men's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 13 and 14 July.^[1][2][3]

Medalists[]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
United States Tyreek Hill Aldrich Bailey Arthur Delaney Aaron Ernest	Jamaica Tyquendo Tracey Odean Skeen Jevaughn Minzie Jazeel Murphy	Japan Kazuma Oseto Akiyuki Hashimoto Aska Cambridge

Records[]

Prior to the competition, the existing world junior and championship records were as follows.

World Junior Record & Championship Record	United States (Trell Kimmons, , Ivory Williams, LaShawn Merritt)	38.66	Grosseto, Italy	18 July 2004
World Junior Leading	Japan (Kazuma Oseto, Akiyuki Hashimoto, , )	39.16	Fukuroi, Japan	3 May 2012
Broken records during the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics
World Junior Leading	United States (Tyreek Hill, Aldrich Bailey, Arthur Delaney, Aaron Ernest)	38.67	Barcelona, Spain	14 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	1	8	Japan	Kazuma Oseto, Akiyuki Hashimoto, Aska Cambridge,	39.01	Q, WJL
2	3	4	Great Britain	Emmanuel Stephens, Chijindu Ujah, , Adam Gemili	39.09	Q, SB
3	3	5	Jamaica	Jevaughn Minzie, Odean Skeen, Senoj-Jay Givans, Jazeel Murphy	39.19	Q, SB
4	2	6	United States	Cameron Burrell, Aldrich Bailey, Arman Hall, Arthur Delaney	39.25	Q, SB
5	1	4	Brazil	Leandro de Araújo, , , Rodrigo Rocha	39.29	Q, AJ
6	1	7	Poland	, Przemysław Słowikowski, Karol Zalewski,	39.31	q, NJ
7	1	9	Australia	, , Nicholas Hough,	39.34	q, AJ
8	2	7	Bahamas	, Blake Bartlett, , Stephen Newbold	39.48	Q, NJ
9	1	6	Thailand	, , , Jirapong Meenapra	39.68	SB
10	1	5	Nigeria	, , ,	39.86	SB
11	1	3	South Africa	, Siphelo Ngquboza, Pieter Conradie,	39.87	SB
12	2	9	Trinidad and Tobago	, Jonathan Holder, , Jonathan Farinha	40.01
13	2	3	Germany	, , ,	40.08	SB
14	2	8	Italy	, Fausto Desalu, , Giovanni Galbieri	40.41	SB
15	3	4	Canada	, , Mobolade Ajomale,	40.58	SB
16	2	5	Denmark	, Andreas Trajkovski, ,	40.60	NJ
17	3	6	Spain	, , Óscar Husillos,	41.08	SB
18	3	7	Bahrain	, , ,	41.09
	3	8	France	Guy-Elphège Anouman, , Mickael-Meba Zeze, Ken Romain	DQ
	3	3	Switzerland	Brahian Peña, , Silvan Wicki,	DQ
	2	4	Finland	, , ,	DQ
	3	2	Czech Republic	, Michal Desensky, Jan Jirka, Zdenek Stromšík	DQ

Final[]

Rank	Lane	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
	6	United States	Tyreek Hill, Aldrich Bailey, Arthur Delaney, Aaron Ernest	38.67	WJL
	5	Jamaica	Tyquendo Tracey, Odean Skeen, Jevaughn Minzie, Jazeel Murphy	38.97	NJ
	4	Japan	Kazuma Oseto, Akiyuki Hashimoto, Aska Cambridge,	39.02
4	2	Poland	, Przemysław Słowikowski, Karol Zalewski,	39.47
5	3	Australia	, , Nicholas Hough,	39.59
6	8	Bahamas	Blake Bartlett, Teray Smith, , Stephen Newbold	39.74
7	9	Brazil	Leandro de Araújo, , , Rodrigo Rocha	39.75
	7	Great Britain	, Chijindu Ujah, David Bolarinwa, Adam Gemili	DNF

Participation[]

According to an unofficial count, 93 athletes from 22 countries participated in the event.

References[]

External links[]

• WJC12 4×100 metres relay schedule