2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres
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 |
Demetrius Pinder |
Chris Brown |
Records
| Standing records prior to the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record |  |
44.57 | Fayetteville, United States | 12 March 2005 |
| Championship record | |
45.26 | Toronto, Canada | 14 March 1993 |
| World Leading |  |
45.19 | Fayetteville, United States | 11 February 2010 |
| African record |  |
45.51 | Paris, France | 9 March 1997 |
| Asian record |  |
45.76 | Paris, France | 9 March 1997 |
| European record |  |
45.05 | Sindelfingen, West Germany | 5 February 1988 |
| North and Central American and Caribbean record |
|
44.57 | Fayetteville, United States | 12 March 2005 |
| Oceanian Record |  |
45.93 | Birmingham, Great Britain | 2 March 2003 |
| South American record |  |
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]
Semifinals
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 | | 45.94 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Tabarie Henry |  | 46.01 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Nery Brenes | | 46.01 | NR, Q |
| 4 | 3 | Kirani James | | 46.04 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Chris Brown | | 46.37 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | Nigel Levine |  | 46.46 | |
| 7 | 2 | Pavel Maslák |  | 46.49 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Richard Buck | | 46.68 | |
| 9 | 3 | Luguelín Santos |  | 46.83 | PB |
| 10 | 1 | Mark Ujakpor |  | 46.98 | |
| 11 | 1 | Gil Roberts | | 47.01 | |
| 12 | 2 | Calvin Smith Jr. | | 47.09 | |
| 13 | 3 | Valentin Kruglyakov |  | 47.34 | |
| 14 | 2 | Ali Ekber Kayaş |  | 48.16 | |
| 15 | 1 | Lorenzo Valentini |  | 48.47 | |
| 16 | 3 | Erison Hurtault |  | 48.68 | |
| 17 | 1 | Maksim Aleksandrenko | | 49.76 | |
| DQ | 2 | Rabah Yousif |  | DNF | [4] |
Final
6 athletes from 5 countries participated. The final started at 19:31.[6]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Nery Brenes | | 45.11 | CR, NR |
 | Demetrius Pinder | | 45.34 | SB |
 | Chris Brown | | 45.90 | SB |
| 4 | Tabarie Henry | | 45.96 | SB |
| 5 | Pavel Maslák | | 46.19 | |
| 6 | Kirani James | | 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.
- 1 2 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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