The men's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 13 and 14 July.[1][2][3]
Medalists
[edit]Records
[edit]Prior to the competition[update], the existing world junior and championship records were as follows.
World Junior Record & Championship Record |
United States (Trell Kimmons, Abidemi Omole, Ivory Williams, LaShawn Merritt) |
38.66 | Grosseto, Italy | 18 July 2004 |
World Junior Leading | Japan (Kazuma Oseto, Akiyuki Hashimoto, Tatsuro Suwa, Kazuki Kanamori) |
39.16 | Fukuroi, Japan | 3 May 2012 |
Broken records during the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics | ||||
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World Junior Leading | United States (Tyreek Hill, Aldrich Bailey, Arthur Delaney, Aaron Ernest) |
38.67 | Barcelona, Spain | 14 July 2012 |
Results
[edit]Heats
[edit]Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) qualified
Final
[edit]Rank | Lane | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
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6 | United States | Tyreek Hill, Aldrich Bailey, Arthur Delaney, Aaron Ernest | 38.67 | WJL | |
5 | Jamaica | Tyquendo Tracey, Odean Skeen, Jevaughn Minzie, Jazeel Murphy | 38.97 | NJ | |
4 | Japan | Kazuma Oseto, Akiyuki Hashimoto, Aska Cambridge, Kazuki Kanamori | 39.02 | ||
4 | 2 | Poland | Kamil Bijowski, Przemysław Słowikowski, Karol Zalewski, Adam Jabłoński | 39.47 | |
5 | 3 | Australia | Ben Jaworski, Hugh Donovan, Nicholas Hough, Matthew Bertacco | 39.59 | |
6 | 8 | Bahamas | Blake Bartlett, Teray Smith, Shane Jones, Stephen Newbold | 39.74 | |
7 | 9 | Brazil | Leandro de Araújo, Yuri Monteiro, Renato dos Santos Junior, Rodrigo Rocha | 39.75 | |
7 | Great Britain | Emmanuel Stephens, Chijindu Ujah, David Bolarinwa, Adam Gemili | DNF |
Participation
[edit]According to an unofficial count, 93 athletes from 22 countries participated in the event.
- Australia (4)
- Bahamas (5)
- Bahrain (4)
- Brazil (4)
- Canada (4)
- Czech Republic (4)
- Denmark (4)
- Finland (4)
- France (4)
- Germany (4)
- Italy (4)
- Jamaica (5)
- Japan (4)
- Nigeria (4)
- Poland (4)
- South Africa (4)
- Spain (4)
- Switzerland (4)
- Thailand (4)
- Trinidad and Tobago (4)
- United Kingdom (5)
- United States (6)
References
[edit]- ^ "iaaf.org – International Association of Athletics Federations". Archived from the original on 27 July 2012.
- ^ 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 February 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
- ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Eugene 2014 – FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015