2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
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.[1][2][3]
Medalists[]
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
 United StatesAldrich Bailey Chidi Okezie Arman Hall |
 PolandKarol Zalewski Patryk Dobek |
 Trinidad and TobagoAsa Guevara Jereem Richards Machel Cedenio |
Records[]
Prior to the competition, the existing world junior and championship records were as follows.
| World Junior Record & Championship Record |
United States (Brandon Johnson, LaShawn Merritt, , Kerron Clement) |
3:01.09 | Grosseto, Italy | 18 July 2004 |
| World Junior Leading | Trinidad and Tobago (Asa Guevara, , , Machel Cedenio) |
3:05.95 | Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago | 24 June 2012 |
| Broken records during the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Junior Leading | United States (, Aldrich Bailey, Chidi Okezie, Arman Hall) |
3:03.99 | Barcelona, Spain | 15 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 | United States |
, Eric Futch, Chidi Okezie, Arman Hall | 3:06.26 | Q, SB |
| 2 | 2 | 7 |  Australia |
, , , Steven Solomon | 3:07.49 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 2 | 4 | Poland |
, , , Patryk Dobek | 3:07.85 | q, SB |
| 4 | 2 | 6 |  Saudi Arabia |
, , , | 3:07.88 | q, NJ |
| 5 | 3 | 5 |  Japan |
, , , Kazushi Kimura | 3:08.16 | Q, SB |
| 5 | 3 | 4 | Trinidad and Tobago |
Asa Guevara, Jereem Richards, , Machel Cedenio | 3:08.16 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | 3 |  Russia |
Timofey Chalyy, , , | 3:08.58 | SB |
| 8 | 3 | 6 |  Germany |
, , , | 3:08.82 | SB |
| 9 | 1 | 3 |  Jamaica |
, Omar McLeod, , | 3:08.83 | Q, SB |
| 10 | 1 | 7 |  Italy |
, , Davide Re, Michele Tricca | 3:08.87 | Q, SB |
| 11 | 1 | 4 |  Bahamas |
, Stephen Newbold, , O'Jay Ferguson | 3:08.96 | SB |
| 12 | 3 | 7 |  Ghana |
, Daniel Gyasi, Solomon Afful, | 3:11.46 | PB |
| 13 | 3 | 8 |  Norway |
, Andreas Roth, , | 3:12.27 | NJ |
| 14 | 2 | 5 |  Canada |
Benjamin Ayesu-Attah, , , | 3:13.68 | SB |
| 15 | 1 | 6 |  Spain |
, Lucas Bua, , | 3:14.85 | SB |
| 16 | 3 | 9 |  Finland |
Jussi Kanervo, , , | 3:15.48 | PB |
| 17 | 1 | 8 |  India |
, , Jeevan Karekoppa Suresh, Sumit Malik | 3:20.12 | |
| 1 | 5 |  South Africa |
, Pieter Conradie, , | DQ | ||
| 2 | 8 |  Nigeria |
DNS |
Final[]
| Rank | Lane | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
6 | United States |
, Aldrich Bailey, Chidi Okezie, Arman Hall | 3:03.99 | WJL |
 |
5 | Poland |
Karol Zalewski, , , Patryk Dobek | 3:05.05 | NJ |
 |
4 | Trinidad and Tobago |
Asa Guevara, Jereem Richards, , Machel Cedenio | 3:06.32 | |
| 4 | 2 | Australia |
, , , Steven Solomon | 3:06.58 | SB |
| 5 | 3 | Jamaica |
, Javon Francis, , | 3:07.31 | SB |
| 6 | 8 | Saudi Arabia |
, , , | 3:09.26 | |
| 7 | 9 | Japan |
, , , Kazushi Kimura | 3:09.67 | |
| 7 | Italy |
, Marco Lorenzi, Davide Re, Michele Tricca | DSQ |
Participation[]
According to an unofficial count, 76 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.
Australia (4)
Bahamas (4)
Canada (4)
Finland (4)
Germany (4)
Ghana (4)
India (4)
Italy (5)
Jamaica (5)
Japan (4)
Norway (4)
Poland (5)
Russia (4)
Saudi Arabia (4)
South Africa (4)
Spain (4)
Trinidad and Tobago (4)
United States (5)
References[]
- ^ http://www.iaaf.org/Mini/WJC12/Results/ResultsByEvent.aspx?/disctype=4/sex=M/discCode=4X4/combCode=hash/timetable.html
- ^ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2012 Barcelona ESP Jul 10-15, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 22 February 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
- ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015
External links[]
Categories:
- 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics
- Relays at the World Athletics U20 Championships