2012 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay

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

Gold	Brian Mariano, Churandy Martina Giovanni Codrington, Patrick van Luijk Netherlands
Silver	Julian Reus, Tobias Unger Alexander Kosenkow, Lucas Jakubczyk Germany
Bronze	Ronald Pognon, Christophe Lemaitre Pierre-Alexis Pessonneaux, Emmanuel Biron France

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 Club Mario 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

Date	Time	Round
30 June 2012	11:20	Round 1
1 July 2012	18:25	Final

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

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