Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
Records
, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.The Following new National records were set during this competition
| Bahamas National Record | 2:56.72 | |
| Trinidad and Tobago National Record | 2:59.40 |
Schedule
All times are British Summer Time| Date | Time | Round |
| Thursday, 9 August 2012 | 11:35 | Round 1 |
| Friday, 10 August 2012 | 21:20 | Finals |
Results
- Q denotes automatic qualification.
- q denotes provisional qualification.
- DNS denotes did not start.
- DNF denotes did not finish.
- DQ denotes disqualified
- AR denotes area record.
- NR denotes national record.
- PB denotes personal best.
- SB denotes season's best.
Round 1
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Heat 1
| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Lalonde Gordon, Jarrin Solomon, Ade Alleyne-Forte, Deon Lendore | 3:00.38 | Q, NR | |
| 2 | Nigel Levine, Conrad Williams, Jack Green, Martyn Rooney | 3:00.38 | Q, SB | |
| 3 | William Collazo, Raidel Acea, Orestes Rodriguez, Omar Cisneros | 3:00.55 | Q | |
| 4 | Nils Duerinck, Jonathan Borlée, Antoine Gillet, Kevin Borlée | 3:01.70 | q | |
| 5 | Piotr Wiaderek, Marcin Marciniszyn, Michał Pietrzak, Kacper Kozłowski | 3:02.86 | ||
| 6 | Jonas Plass, Kamghe Gaba, Eric Kruger, Thomas Schneider | 3:03.50 | ||
| Shaun de Jager, Ofentse Mogawane, Oscar Pistorius, Willem de Beer | DNF* | |||
| Boniface Ontuga Mweresa, Vincent Mumo Kiilu, Boniface Mucheru, Alphas Leken Kishoyian | DQ |
Note: *South Africa's Ofentse Mogawane was injured in a collision with Kenya's Vincent Mumo Kiilu and failed to hand over to Oscar Pistorius who was supposed to run the third leg.
Heat 2
| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Ramon Miller, Demetrius Pinder, Michael Mathieu, Chris Brown | 2:58.87 | Q, SB | |
| 2 | Manteo Mitchell, Joshua Mance, Tony McQuay, Bryshon Nellum | 2:58.87 | Q, SB | |
| 3 | Maksim Dyldin, Denis Alekseyev, Vladimir Krasnov, Pavel Trenikhin | 3:02.01 | Q | |
| 4 | Arturo Ramirez, Alberto Aguilar, Albert Bravo, Jose Melendez | 3:02.62 | q | |
| 5 | Steven Solomon, Ben Offereins, Brendan Cole, John Steffensen | 3:03.17 | ||
| 6 | Kei Takase, Yuzo Kanemaru, Yoshihiro Azuma, Hiroyuki Nakano | 3:03.86 | ||
| Dane Hyatt, Riker Hylton, Jermaine Gonzales, Errol Nolan | DNF | |||
| Gustavo Cuesta, Felix Sanchez, Joel Mejia, Luguelin Santos | DQ |
Final
| Rank | Lane | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
| 4 | Chris Brown, Demetrius Pinder, Michael Mathieu, Ramon Miller | 2:56.72 | WL, NR | ||
| 7 | Bryshon Nellum, Joshua Mance, Tony McQuay, Angelo Taylor | 2:57.05 | SB | ||
| 5 | Lalonde Gordon, Jarrin Solomon, Ade Alleyne-Forte, Deon Lendore | 2:59.40 | NR | ||
| 4 | 6 | Conrad Williams, Jack Green, Dai Greene, Martyn Rooney | 2:59.53 | SB | |
| 5 | 8 | Kevin Borlée, Antoine Gillet, Jonathan Borlée, Michael Bultheel | 3:01.83 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Arturo Ramirez, Alberto Aguilar, Albert Bravo, Omar Longart | 3:02.18 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Shaun de Jager, Willem de Beer, Louis van Zyl, Oscar Pistorius | 3:03.46 | SB | |
| 9 | William Collazo, Raidel Acea, Orestes Rodriguez, Omar Cisneros | DNF | |||
| 2 | Maksim Dyldin, Denis Alekseyev, Vladimir Krasnov, Pavel Trenikhin | DQ | Doping |
Note: South Africa was allowed to continue as the ninth finalists on appeal. Louis van Zyl replaced the injured Ofentse Mogawane.