2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
| Events at the 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 | |||||
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 StatesQuincy Downing Aldrich Bailey Chidi Okezie Arman Hall |
 PolandKarol Zalewski Rafał Smoleń Piotr Kuśnierz Patryk Dobek |
 Trinidad and TobagoAsa Guevara Jereem Richards Brandon Benjamin 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, Jason Craig, Kerron Clement) |
3:01.09 | Grosseto, Italy | 18 July 2004 |
| World Junior Leading | Trinidad and Tobago (Asa Guevara, Brandon Benjamin, Theon Lewis, 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 (Quincy Downing, 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 | Quincy Downing, Eric Futch, Chidi Okezie, Arman Hall | 3:06.26 | Q, SB |
| 2 | 2 | 7 |  Australia | Jarryd Buchan, Jay Meaney, Max Waldron, Steven Solomon | 3:07.49 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 2 | 4 | Poland | Piotr Kuśnierz, Rafał Smoleń, Paweł Walczuk, Patryk Dobek | 3:07.85 | q, SB |
| 4 | 2 | 6 |  Saudi Arabia | Ibrahim Mohammed Saleh, Abdullah Ahmed Abkar, Bandar Atiyah Kaabi, Basheer Atiah Al Barakati | 3:07.88 | q, NJ |
| 5 | 3 | 5 |  Japan | Naohiro Yokoyama, Kenta Kimura, Shota Kozuma, Kazushi Kimura | 3:08.16 | Q, SB |
| 5 | 3 | 4 | Trinidad and Tobago | Asa Guevara, Jereem Richards, Brandon Benjamin, Machel Cedenio | 3:08.16 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | 3 |  Russia | Timofey Chalyy, Roman Semakin, Radel Kashefrazov, Nikita Vesnin | 3:08.58 | SB |
| 8 | 3 | 6 |  Germany | Tobias Lange, Lukas Schmitz, Bennet Steudel, David Brücher | 3:08.82 | SB |
| 9 | 1 | 3 |  Jamaica | Shavon Barnes, Omar McLeod, Jermaine Fyffe, Lennox Williams | 3:08.83 | Q, SB |
| 10 | 1 | 7 |  Italy | Vito Incantalupo, Alberto Rontini, Davide Re, Michele Tricca | 3:08.87 | Q, SB |
| 11 | 1 | 4 |  Bahamas | Julian Munroe, Stephen Newbold, Elroy McBride, O'Jay Ferguson | 3:08.96 | SB |
| 12 | 3 | 7 |  Ghana | Shadrack Adu-Gyamfi, Daniel Gyasi, Solomon Afful, Kwame Ankomah-Donyina | 3:11.46 | PB |
| 13 | 3 | 8 |  Norway | Sondre Nyvold Lid, Andreas Roth, Marius Bakken Støle, Markus Loftås | 3:12.27 | NJ |
| 14 | 2 | 5 |  Canada | Benjamin Ayesu-Attah, Christopher Green, Marc-André Alexandre, Drelan Bramwell | 3:13.68 | SB |
| 15 | 1 | 6 |  Spain | Julio Arenas, Lucas Bua, David Jiménez, Sergi Torres | 3:14.85 | SB |
| 16 | 3 | 9 |  Finland | Jussi Kanervo, Joni Vainio-Kaila, Ville Lampinen, Jani Koskela | 3:15.48 | PB |
| 17 | 1 | 8 |  India | Sandeep Sandeep, Sanjeev Sheokand, Jeevan Karekoppa Suresh, Sumit Malik | 3:20.12 | |
| 1 | 5 |  South Africa | Taariq Solomons, Pieter Conradie, Bernardus Pretorius, Ruan Greyling | DQ | ||
| 2 | 8 |  Nigeria | DNS |
Final
| Rank | Lane | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 6 | United States | Quincy Downing, Aldrich Bailey, Chidi Okezie, Arman Hall | 3:03.99 | WJL |
 | 5 | Poland | Karol Zalewski, Rafał Smoleń, Piotr Kuśnierz, Patryk Dobek | 3:05.05 | NJ |
 | 4 | Trinidad and Tobago | Asa Guevara, Jereem Richards, Brandon Benjamin, Machel Cedenio | 3:06.32 | |
| 4 | 2 | Australia | Jarryd Buchan, Jay Meaney, Max Waldron, Steven Solomon | 3:06.58 | SB |
| 5 | 3 | Jamaica | Shavon Barnes, Javon Francis, Lennox Williams, Jermaine Fyffe | 3:07.31 | SB |
| 6 | 8 | Saudi Arabia | Ibrahim Mohammed Saleh, Abdullah Ahmed Abkar, Bandar Atiyah Kaabi, Basheer Atiah Al Barakati | 3:09.26 | |
| 7 | 9 | Japan | Naohiro Yokoyama, Kenta Kimura, Shota Kozuma, Kazushi Kimura | 3:09.67 | |
| 7 | Italy | Vito Incantalupo, 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 Feb 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
- ↑ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015
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