The men's 400 metres at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place March 9 and 10 at the Ataköy Athletics Arena. The final was won by Costa Rican Nery Brenes in a time of 45.11.
Doping disqualification
Rabah Yousif of Sudan, who ran the heat and the semifinal, retrospectively got his results disqualified for doping.
Medalists
Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Nery Brenes Costa Rica |
Demetrius Pinder Bahamas |
Chris Brown Bahamas |
Records
Standing records prior to the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships | ||||
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World record | Kerron Clement (USA) | 44.57 | Fayetteville, United States | 12 March 2005 |
Championship record | Harry Reynolds (USA) | 45.26 | Toronto, Canada | 14 March 1993 |
World Leading | Kirani James (GRN) | 45.19 | Fayetteville, United States | 11 February 2010 |
African record | Sunday Bada (NGR) | 45.51 | Paris, France | 9 March 1997 |
Asian record | Shunji Karube (JPN) | 45.76 | Paris, France | 9 March 1997 |
European record | Thomas Schönlebe (GDR) | 45.05 | Sindelfingen, West Germany | 5 February 1988 |
North and Central American and Caribbean record |
Kerron Clement (USA) | 44.57 | Fayetteville, United States | 12 March 2005 |
Oceanian Record | Daniel Batman (AUS) | 45.93 | Birmingham, Great Britain | 2 March 2003 |
South American record | Bayano Kamani (PAN) | 46.26 | Boston, United States | 29 January 2005 |
Qualification standards
Indoor | Outdoor |
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46.90 | 45.20 |
Schedule
Date | Time | Round |
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March 9, 2012 | 12:20 | Heats |
March 9, 2012 | 20:10 | Semifinals |
March 10, 2012 | 19:30 | Final |
Results
Heats
Qualification: First 2 (Q) and the 6 fastest times qualified (q). 32 athletes from 27 countries participated.
Semifinals
Qualification: First 2 of each heat qualified (Q). 18 athletes from 14 countries participated.
Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 1 | Demetrius Pinder | Bahamas | 45.94 | Q |
2 | 1 | Tabarie Henry | U.S. Virgin Islands | 46.01 | Q |
2 | 3 | Nery Brenes | Costa Rica | 46.01 | NR, Q |
4 | 3 | Kirani James | Grenada | 46.04 | Q |
5 | 2 | Chris Brown | Bahamas | 46.37 | Q |
6 | 3 | Nigel Levine | Great Britain | 46.46 | |
7 | 2 | Pavel Maslák | Czech Republic | 46.49 | Q |
8 | 2 | Richard Buck | Great Britain | 46.68 | |
9 | 3 | Luguelín Santos | Dominican Republic | 46.83 | PB |
10 | 1 | Mark Ujakpor | Spain | 46.98 | |
11 | 1 | Gil Roberts | United States | 47.01 | |
12 | 2 | Calvin Smith Jr. | United States | 47.09 | |
13 | 3 | Valentin Kruglyakov | Russia | 47.34 | |
14 | 2 | Ali Ekber Kayaş | Turkey | 48.16 | |
15 | 1 | Lorenzo Valentini | Italy | 48.47 | |
16 | 3 | Erison Hurtault | Dominica | 48.68 | |
17 | 1 | Maksim Aleksandrenko | Russia | 49.76 | |
DQ | 2 | Rabah Yousif | Sudan | DNF |
Final
6 athletes from 5 countries participated. The final started at 19:31.
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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Nery Brenes | Costa Rica | 45.11 | CR, NR | |
Demetrius Pinder | Bahamas | 45.34 | SB | |
Chris Brown | Bahamas | 45.90 | SB | |
4 | Tabarie Henry | U.S. Virgin Islands | 45.96 | SB |
5 | Pavel Maslák | Czech Republic | 46.19 | |
6 | Kirani James | Grenada | 46.21 |
References
- "Costa Rica's Nery Brenes Is A World Champion". Insidecostarica. 10 March 2012. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
- Mark Butler (ed.), "Doping Violations at IAAF World Indoor Championships", IAAF Statistics Book – World Indoor Championships SOPOT 2014 (PDF), IAAF, pp. 47–48, retrieved 27 September 2015
- "2012 World Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres (heats)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-08-27. Retrieved 2012-03-09.
- ^ Rabah Yousif tested positive for cannabis which is illegal in competition and was disqualified for two months.
- "2012 World Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres (semifinals)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-08-27. Retrieved 2012-03-09.
- "2012 World Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres (final)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-08-27. Retrieved 2012-03-10.
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