Event in Helsinki
The men's 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2012 European Athletics Championships was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 30 June and 1 July.
Medalists
Records
Standing records prior to the 2012 European Athletics Championships
World record
Jamaica Nesta Carter , Michael Frater Yohan Blake , Usain Bolt
37.04
Daegu , South Korea
4 September 2011
European record
United Kingdom Jason Gardener , Darren Campbell Marlon Devonish , Dwain Chambers
37.73
Seville , Spain
29 August 1999
Championship record
France Max Moriniere , Daniel Sangouma Jean-Charles Trouabal , Bruno Marie-Rose
37.79
Split , Yugoslavia
1 September 1990
World Leading
Racers Track ClubMario Forsythe , Yohan Blake Kimmari Roach , Usain Bolt
37.80
Kingston , Jamaica
14 April 2012
European Leading
Germany Tobias Unger , Martin Keller Alexander Kosenkow , Alex-Platini Menga
38.41
Weinheim , Germany
26 May 2012
Broken records during the 2012 European Athletics Championships
European Leading
Netherlands Brian Mariano , Churandy Martina Giovanni Codrington , Patrick van Luijk
38.34
Helsinki , Finland
1 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
Great Britain
Christian Malcolm , Dwain Chambers , James Ellington , Mark Lewis-Francis
38.98
Q
2
2
6
France
Emmanuel Biron , Christophe Lemaitre , Pierre-Alexis Pessonneaux , Jimmy Vicaut
39.01
Q, SB
3
2
7
Germany
Lucas Jakubczyk , Tobias Unger , Alexander Kosenkow , Martin Keller
39.04
Q
4
1
1
Russia
Mikhail Idrisov, Konstantin Petryashov , Vyacheslav Kolesnichenko, Pavel Karavaev
39.08
Q, SB
5
1
8
Netherlands
Brian Mariano , Churandy Martina , Jerrel Feller , Giovanni Codrington
39.34
Q
6
2
2
Switzerland
Alex Wilson , Reto Schenkel , Steven Gugerli, Marc Schneeberger
39.41
Q
7
2
4
Czech Republic
Jan Veleba , Rostislav Šulc, Vojtěch Šulc, Lukás Štastný
39.52
q
8
1
7
Portugal
Ricardo Monteiro , Dany Gonçalves , Arnaldo Abrantes , Yazaldes Nascimento
39.66
q, SB
9
2
5
Spain
Eduard Viles, Bruno Hortelano , Alberto Gavaldá , Diego Alonso
39.81
10
1
6
Finland
Eetu Rantala, Visa Hongisto , Jonathan Åstrand , Ville Myllymäki
39.85
11
1
4
Sweden
David Sennung, Benjamin Olsson, Tom Kling-Baptiste , Stefan Tärnhuvud
39.87
12
1
2
Latvia
Ņikita Paņkins, Jānis Leitis , Sandis Sabâjevs, Jānis Mezītis
40.46
13
2
8
Lithuania
Egidijus Dilys, Žilvinas Adomavičius, Martas Skrabulis, Aivaras Pranckevičius
40.68
14
2
3
Turkey
Birol Yildirim, Furkan Şen, Aykut Ay, Yiğitcan Hekimoglu
41.42
2
1
Italy
Fabio Cerutti , Simone Collio , Emanuele Di Gregorio , Jacques Riparelli
DNF
1
3
Poland
Jakub Adamski, Dariusz Kuć , Robert Kubaczyk , Kamil Kryński
DNF
Final
Rank
Lane
Nation
Athletes
Time
Notes
8
Netherlands
Brian Mariano , Churandy Martina , Giovanni Codrington , Patrick van Luijk
38.34
EL, NR
3
Germany
Julian Reus , Tobias Unger , Alexander Kosenkow , Lucas Jakubczyk
38.44
5
France
Ronald Pognon , Christophe Lemaitre , Pierre-Alexis Pessonneaux , Emmanuel Biron
38.46
4
6
Russia
Mikhail Idrisov, Konstantin Petryashov , Vyacheslav Kolesnichenko, Pavel Karavaev
38.67
5
7
Switzerland
Alex Wilson , Marc Schneeberger , Reto Schenkel , Rolf Fongué
38.83
6
1
Portugal
Ricardo Monteiro , Dany Gonçalves , Diogo Antunes , Yazaldes Nascimento
39.96
2
Czech Republic
Jan Veleba , Rostislav Šulc, Vojtěch Šulc, Lukás Štastný
DNF
4
Great Britain
Christian Malcolm , Dwain Chambers , James Ellington , Mark Lewis-Francis
DNF
References
1934 : Germany (Schein , Gillmeister , Hornberger , Borchmeyer )
1938 : Germany (Kersch , Hornberger , Neckermann , Scheuring)
1946 : Sweden (Danielsson, Nilsson, Laessker , Håkansson )
1950 : Soviet Union (Sukharev , Kalyayev , Sanadze , Karakulov )
1954 : Hungary (Zarándi , Varasdi , Csányi , Goldoványi )
1958 : West Germany (Mahlendorf , Hary , Fütterer , Germar )
1962 : West Germany (Ulonska, Gamper , Bender, Germar )
1966 : France (Berger, Delecour , Piquemal , Bambuck )
1969 : France (Sarteur , Bourbeillon , Fenouil , St.-Gilles)
1971 : Czechoslovakia (Kříž , Demeč , Kynos , Bohman )
1974 : France (Sainte-Rose , Arame , Cherrier , Chauvelot )
1978 : Poland (Nowosz , Licznerski , Dunecki , Woronin )
1982 : Soviet Union (Sokolov, Aksinin , Prokofyev , Sidorov )
1986 : Soviet Union (Yevgenyev , Yuschmanov, Muravyov , Bryzhin )
1990 : France (Morinière , Sangouma , Trouabal , Marie-Rose )
1994 : France (Lomba , Perrot , Trouabal , Sangouma )
1998 : Great Britain (Condon , Campbell , Walker , Golding )
2002 : Ukraine (Vasyukov , Rurak , Dovhal , Kaydash )
2006 : Great Britain (Chambers , Campbell , Devonish , Lewis-Francis )
2010 : France (Vicaut , Lemaitre , Pessonneaux , Mbandjock )
2012 : Netherlands (Mariano , Martina , Codrington , van Luijk )
2014 : Great Britain (Gemili , Kilty , Aikines-Aryeetey , Ellington )
2016 : Great Britain (Dasaolu , Gemili , Ellington , Ujah )
2018 : Great Britain (Ujah , Hughes , Gemili , Aikines-Aryeetey )
2022 : Great Britain (Azu , Hughes , Efoloko , Mitchell-Blake )
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