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.[1]
Doping disqualification edit
Rabah Yousif of Sudan, who ran the heat and the semifinal, retrospectively got his results disqualified for doping.[2]
Medalists edit
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Nery Brenes Costa Rica
|
Demetrius Pinder Bahamas
|
Chris Brown Bahamas
|
Records edit
| Standing records prior to the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 edit
| Indoor | Outdoor |
|---|---|
| 46.90 | 45.20 |
Schedule edit
| Date | Time | Round |
|---|---|---|
| March 9, 2012 | 12:20 | Heats |
| March 9, 2012 | 20:10 | Semifinals |
| March 10, 2012 | 19:30 | Final |
Results edit
Heats edit
Qualification: First 2 (Q) and the 6 fastest times qualified (q). 32 athletes from 27 countries participated.[3]
Semifinals edit
Qualification: First 2 of each heat qualified (Q). 18 athletes from 14 countries participated.[5]
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | [4] |
Final edit
6 athletes from 5 countries participated. The final started at 19:31.[6]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
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 edit
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b 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.