2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres
| Events at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships  | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Track events | ||||
| 60 m | men | women | ||
| 400 m | men | women | ||
| 800 m | men | women | ||
| 1500 m | men | women | ||
| 3000 m | men | women | ||
| 60 m hurdles | men | women | ||
| 4×400 m relay | men | women | ||
| Field events | ||||
| High jump | men | women | ||
| Pole vault | men | women | ||
| Long jump | men | women | ||
| Triple jump | men | women | ||
| Shot put | men | women | ||
| Combined events | ||||
| Pentathlon | women | |||
| Heptathlon | men | |||
Gold medal winner Nery Brenes celebrating his win.
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 disqualifcation
Rabah Yousif of Sudan, who ran the heat and the semifinal, retrospectively got his results disqualified for doping.[2]
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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|
| 46.90 | 45.20 |
Schedule
| Date | Time | Round |
|---|---|---|
| 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.[3]
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Demetrius Pinder | Bahamas | 46.49 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Kirani James | Grenada | 46.64 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Tabarie Henry |  U.S. Virgin Islands | 46.71 | Q, SB |
| 4 | 2 | Nery Brenes | Costa Rica | 46.77 | Q, SB |
| 5 | 5 | Pavel Maslák |  Czech Republic | 47.00 | Q |
| 6 | 5 | Richard Buck |  Great Britain | 47.05 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Mark Ujakpor |  Spain | 47.06 | q |
| 8 | 2 | Luguelín Santos |  Dominican Republic | 47.07 | q, PB |
| 9 | 6 | Chris Brown | Bahamas | 47.28 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | Rabah Yousif |  Sudan | 47.30 | q for sf, but later DQ for doping |
| 11 | 6 | Calvin Smith Jr. | United States | 47.46 | Q |
| 12 | 6 | Ali Ekber Kayaş |  Turkey | 47.55 | q |
| 13 | 3 | Nigel Levine | Great Britain | 47.56 | Q |
| 14 | 4 | Gil Roberts | United States | 47.57 | Q |
| 15 | 5 | Erison Hurtault |  Dominica | 47.63 | q |
| 16 | 4 | Valentin Kruglyakov |  Russia | 47.70 | Q |
| 17 | 2 | Maksim Aleksandrenko | Russia | 47.78 | q |
| 18 | 4 | Jarrin Solomon |  Trinidad and Tobago | 47.82 | |
| 19 | 6 | Nika Kartavtsevi |  Georgia | 48.27 | PB |
| 20 | 3 | Lorenzo Valentini |  Italy | 48.58 | Q |
| 21 | 1 | Wala Gime |  Papua New Guinea | 48.85 | |
| 22 | 5 | Trausti Stefánsson |  Iceland | 48.86 | |
| 23 | 4 | Takeshi Fujiwara |  El Salvador | 48.96 | SB |
| 24 | 3 | Bacar Houmadi Jannot |  Comoros | 49.58 | |
| 25 | 4 | Kristijan Efremov |  Macedonia | 50.23 | |
| 26 | 5 | Ak. Hafiy Tajuddin Rositi |  Brunei | 51.02 | NR |
| 27 | 1 | Yaovi Michael Gougou |  Benin | 51.20 | NR |
| 28 | 6 | Bahaa Al Farra |  Palestine | 51.65 | NR |
| 29 | 3 | Andrés Silva |  Uruguay | 51.93 | SB |
| 30 | 6 | Jeofry Limtiaco |  Guam | 53.67 | PB |
| 31 | 5 | Hussein Al-Fedheili |  Oman | 55.15 | PB |
| 3 | Lalonde Gordon | Trinidad and Tobago | DQ |
Semifinals
Qualification: First 2 of each heat qualified (Q). 18 athletes from 14 countries participated.[4]
| 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 | |
| 18 | 2 | Rabah Yousif | Sudan | DNF | later DQ for doping |
Final
6 athletes from 5 countries participated. The final started at 19:31.[5]
| 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
- ↑ "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. Retrieved 2012-03-09.
- ↑ "2012 World Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres (semifinals)" (PDF). Omega Timing. 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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