| Event: | Men's 4 x 400 metres relay |
| Competition: | European Athletics Championships |
The men's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2012 European Athletics Championships was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 30 June and 1 July.
| Gold | Antoine Gillet, Jonathan Borlée Jente Bouckaert, Kevin Borlée | |
| Silver | Nigel Levine, Conrad Williams Robert Tobin, Richard Buck | |
| Bronze | Jonas Plass, Kamghe Gaba Eric Krüger, Thomas Schneider |
| Standing records prior to the 2012 European Athletics Championships | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record | Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts Butch Reynolds, Michael Johnson | 2:54.29 | Stuttgart, Germany | 22 August 1993 | |
| European record | Iwan Thomas, Jamie Baulch Mark Richardson, Roger Black | 2:56.60 | Atlanta, United States | 3 August 1996 | |
| Championship record | Paul Sanders, Kriss Akabusi John Regis, Roger Black | 2:58.22 | Split, Yugoslavia | 1 September 1990 | |
| World Leading | University of Florida Dedric Dukes, Hugh Graham Jr Leonardo Seymore, Tony McQuay | 3:00.02 | Des Moines, United States | 9 June 2012 | |
| European Leading | Antoine Gillet, Jonathan Borlée Jente Bouckaert, Kevin Borlée | 3:01.76 | Rome, Italy | 31 May 2012 | |
| Broken records during the 2012 European Athletics Championships | |||||
| European Leading | Antoine Gillet, Jonathan Borlée Jente Bouckaert, Kevin Borlée | 3:01.09 | Helsinki, Finland | 1 July 2012 | |
| Date | Time | Round | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 June 2012 | 20:25 | Round 1 | |
| 1 July 2012 | 19:45 | Final |
First 3 in each heat (Q) and 2 best performers (q) advance to the Final.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 6 | 3:05.29 | Q | |||
| 2 | 2 | 8 | 3:05.41 | Q | |||
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 3:05.50 | Q | |||
| 4 | 1 | 5 | 3:05.69 | Q | |||
| 5 | 1 | 3 | 3:05.71 | Q | |||
| 6 | 2 | 7 | 3:06.12 | Q | |||
| 7 | 2 | 4 | 3:06.15 | q | |||
| 8 | 1 | 6 | 3:06.44 | q | |||
| 9 | 1 | 4 | 3:08.78 | ||||
| 10 | 2 | 3 | 3:09.11 | ||||
| 11 | 1 | 8 | 3:09.94 | ||||
| 12 | 2 | 2 | 3:10.26 | ||||
| 13 | 1 | 7 | 3:11.44 | ||||
| 14 | 2 | 5 | 3:11.79 | ||||
| 1 | 1 |
| Rank | Lane | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 3:01.09 | EL | ||||
| 5 | 3:01.56 | |||||
| 7 | 3:01.77 | |||||
| 4 | 4 | 3:02.37 | ||||
| 5 | 3 | 3:02.72 | NR | |||
| 6 | 1 | 3:03.04 | ||||
| 7 | 8 | 3:04.56 | ||||
| 8 | 2 | 3:05.68 |