# 2012 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

The men's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2012 European Athletics Championships was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 30 June and 1 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Antoine Gillet, Jonathan Borlée Jente Bouckaert, Kevin Borlée Belgium |
| Silver | Nigel Levine, Conrad Williams Robert Tobin, Richard Buck Great Britain |
| Bronze | Jonas Plass, Kamghe Gaba Eric Krüger, Thomas Schneider Germany |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2012 European Athletics Championships :
| World record | United States Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts Butch Reynolds, Michael Johnson | 2:54.29 | Stuttgart, Germany | 22 August 1993 |
| European record | United Kingdom Iwan Thomas, Jamie Baulch Mark Richardson, Roger Black | 2:56.60 | Atlanta, United States | 3 August 1996 |
| Championship record | United Kingdom Paul Sanders, Kriss Akabusi John Regis, Roger Black | 2:58.22 | Split, Yugoslavia | 1 September 1990 |
| World Leading | University of Florida Dedric Dukes, Hugh Graham Jr Leonardo Seymore, Tony McQuay | 3:00.02 | Des Moines, United States | 9 June 2012 |
| European Leading | Belgium Antoine Gillet, Jonathan Borlée Jente Bouckaert, Kevin Borlée | 3:01.76 | Rome, Italy | 31 May 2012 |
| Broken records during the 2012 European Athletics Championships |||||
| European Leading | Belgium Antoine Gillet, Jonathan Borlée Jente Bouckaert, Kevin Borlée | 3:01.09 | Helsinki, Finland | 1 July 2012 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 30 June 2012 | 20:25 | Round 1 |
| 1 July 2012 | 19:45 | 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 | 2 | 6 | Belgium | Nils Duerinck, Antoine Gillet, Jente Bouckaert, Kevin Borlée | 3:05.29 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 8 | Czech Republic | Daniel Němeček, Pavel Maslák, Josef Prorok, Jakub Holuša | 3:05.41 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 2 | Great Britain | Luke Lennon-Ford, Michael Bingham, Conrad Williams, Nigel Levine | 3:05.50 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 5 | Poland | Kamil Budziejewski, Jan Ciepiela, Michał Pietrzak, Piotr Wiaderek | 3:05.69 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 3 | Germany | Jonas Plass, Kamghe Gaba, Niklas Zender, Thomas Schneider | 3:05.71 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 7 | Ukraine | Myhaylo Knysh, Oleksiy Ryemyen, Yevhen Hutsol, Volodymyr Burakov | 3:06.12 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 4 | Netherlands | Joeri Moerman, Bram Peters, Dennis Spillekom, Youssef El Rhalfioui | 3:06.15 | q |
| 8 | 1 | 6 | France | Teddy Venel, Naman Keïta, Marc Macedot, Mame-Ibra Anne | 3:06.44 | q |
| 9 | 1 | 4 | Italy | Lorenzo Valentini, Isalbet Juarez, Andrea Barberi, Claudio Licciardello | 3:08.78 | |
| 10 | 2 | 3 | Spain | Roberto Briones, Mark Ujakpor, David Testa, Samuel García | 3:09.11 | |
| 11 | 1 | 8 | Russia | Yegor Kibakin, Aleksey Kenig, Maksim Aleksandrenko, Nikita Uglov | 3:09.94 | |
| 12 | 2 | 2 | Finland | Petteri Monni, Ville Wendelin, Oskari Mörö, Jani Koskela | 3:10.26 | |
| 13 | 1 | 7 | Turkey | Mehmet Güzel, Halit Kiliç, Bugra Han Kocabeyoglu, Yavuz Can | 3:11.44 | |
| 14 | 2 | 5 | Hungary | Tibor Kása, Zoltán Kovács, Dávid Bartha, Máté Lukács | 3:11.79 | |
| | 1 | 1 | Ireland | Brian Murphy, David Gillick, Tim Crowe, Jason Harvey | DQ | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
| | 6 | Belgium | Antoine Gillet, Jonathan Borlée, Jente Bouckaert, Kevin Borlée | 3:01.09 | EL |
| | 5 | Great Britain | Nigel Levine, Conrad Williams, Robert Tobin, Richard Buck | 3:01.56 | |
| | 7 | Germany | Jonas Plass, Kamghe Gaba, Eric Krüger, Thomas Schneider | 3:01.77 | |
| 4 | 4 | Poland | Piotr Wiaderek, Jan Ciepiela, Marcin Marciniszyn, Kacper Kozłowski | 3:02.37 | |
| 5 | 3 | Czech Republic | Daniel Němeček, Pavel Maslák, Josef Prorok, Jakub Holuša | 3:02.72 | NR |
| 6 | 1 | France | Teddy Venel, Toumane Coulibaly, Marc Macedot, Yannick Fonsat | 3:03.04 | |
| 7 | 8 | Ukraine | Oleksiy Ryemyen, Stanislav Melnykov, Yevhen Hutsol, Volodymyr Burakov | 3:04.56 | |
| 8 | 2 | Netherlands | Joeri Moerman, Bram Peters, Dennis Spillekom, Youssef El Rhalfioui | 3:05.68 | |