2014 IAAF World Relays – Men's 4 × 200 metres relay

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Men's 4 × 200 metres relay
at the 2014 IAAF World Relays
Venue Thomas Robinson Stadium
Dates24 May (heats & final)
2015  

The men's 4 × 200 metres relay at the 2014 IAAF World Relays was held at the Thomas Robinson Stadium on 24 May.

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The rarity of this event at the elite level was evidenced by the poor handoffs. Apparently the athletes involved didn't know their exchange zones. Jermaine Brown came to a complete stop in the zone, and received the handoff from Warren Weir as he was being passed. Even with this ugly handoff, the Jamaican team still dominated the race and set a new world record. Their closest competitor was St. Kitts and Nevis, whose flaw had less of an effect on their performance, Brijesh Lawrence running on the inside of the turn, correctly put out his right hand to receive the baton, but incoming Lestrod Roland also had the baton in his right hand and had to make the handoff awkwardly across his body. For the American team, Ameer Webb looked completely confused, starting late, running out of his lane to the inside, then reaching to receive the baton before he had even entered the passing zone. Curtis Mitchell was not ready to pass that early and was moving too fast to make the exchange. Mitchell just stopped in frustration, the baton bouncing two lanes away, retrieved by Webb outside of the zone for a disqualification.

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:

World record Flag of the United States.svg Santa Monica Track Club
(Michael Marsh, Leroy Burrell, Floyd Heard, Carl Lewis)
1:18.68 Flag of the United States.svg Walnut, California, United States17 April 1994
Championship recordNew event
World Leading Flag of Jamaica.svg University of Technology Jamaica1:20.07 Flag of the United States.svg Philadelphia, United States26 April 2014
African Record Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
(Marcus La Grange, Mathew Quinn, Josef van der Linde, Paul Gorries)
1:22.08 Flag of South Africa.svg Port Elizabeth, South Africa1 March 2002
Asian Record Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
(Reanchai Seerhawong, Vissanu Sophanich, Ekkachai Janthana, Sittichai Suwonpradeep)
1:22.66 Flag of the United States.svg Philadelphia, United States29 April 2000
North, Central American and Caribbean record Flag of the United States.svg Santa Monica Track Club
(Michael Marsh, Leroy Burrell, Floyd Heard, Carl Lewis)
1:18.68 Flag of the United States.svg Walnut, California, United States17 April 1994
South American Record No official record
European Record Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
(Stefano Tilli, Carlo Simionato, Giovanni Bongiorni, Pietro Mennea)
1:21.10 Flag of Italy.svg Cagliari, Italy29 September 1983
Oceanian record No official record

Schedule

DateTimeRound
24 May 201417:30 Heats
24 May 201419:52 Final

All times are local times (UTC−4)

Results

KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Heats

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) advanced to the final. [1]

RankHeatLaneNationAthletesTimeNotes
118Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica Rasheed Dwyer, Jermaine Brown, Jason Livermore, Warren Weir 1:20.15Q
227Flag of the United States.svg United States Maurice Mitchell, Curtis Mitchell, Isiah Young, Wallace Spearmon 1:21.35Q, SB
311Flag of France.svg France Christophe Lemaitre, Yannick Fonsat, Ben Bassaw, Ken Romain 1:21.45Q, SB
425Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados Ramon Gittens, Andrew Hinds, Shane Brathwaite, Fallon Forde 1:21.88Q, NR
517Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis.svg  Saint Kitts and Nevis Antoine Adams, Lestrod Roland, Brijesh Lawrence, Allistar Clarke 1:21.97Q, NR
615Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas Blake Bartlett, Adrian Griffith, Wesley Neymour, Andretti Bain 1:22.18q, NR
726Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya Stephen Barasa, Carvin Nkanata, Walter Michuki Moenga, Tony Kipruto Chirchir 1:23.24Q, NR
813Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China Chen Shiwei, Xie Zhenye, Yang Yang, Mo Youxue 1:23.75q, NR
928Flag of Japan.svg Japan Yuichi Kobayashi, Masashi Eriguchi, Shinji Takahira, Kenji Fujimitsu 1:23.87SB
1023Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg  Cayman Islands Kemar Hyman, Tyrell Cuffy, David Hamil, Troy Long 1:24.91 NR
1112Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  United States Virgin Islands Tabarie Henry, Leslie Murray, David Walters, Leon Hunt 1:25.01 NR
21Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Elvis Ukale, Ogho-Oghene Egwero, Nicholas Imhoaperamhe, Isah Salihu DNF
24Flag of Germany.svg Germany Julian Reus, Sebastian Ernst, Alexander Kosenkow, Robin Erewa DNF
14Flag of Spain.svg Spain Sergio Ruiz, Iván Jesús Ramos, Adrià Burriel, Óscar Husillos DQR170.7 [2]
16Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea Kupun Wisil, Theo Piniau, Kevin Kapmatana, Nelson Stone DQR170.7 [2]
22Flag of the Turks and Caicos Islands.svg  Turks and Caicos Islands Ifeanye Otuonye, Courtney Missick, Wadly Jean, Wesley Chery DQR170.7 [2]

Final

[3]

RankLaneNationAthletesTimeNotesPoints
Gold medal icon.svg3Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica Nickel Ashmeade, Warren Weir, Jermaine Brown, Yohan Blake 1:18.63 WR 8
Silver medal icon.svg8Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis.svg  Saint Kitts and Nevis Antoine Adams, Lestrod Roland, Brijesh Lawrence, Allistar Clarke 1:20.51 NR 7
Bronze medal icon.svg5Flag of France.svg France Christophe Lemaitre, Yannick Fonsat, Ben Bassaw, Ken Romain 1:20.66 AR 6
44Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados Ramon Gittens, Levi Cadogan, Andrew Hinds, Fallon Forde 1:21.88 =NR 5
57Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya Stephen Barasa, Carvin Nkanata, Tony Kipruto Chirchir, Walter Michuki Moenga 1:22.35 NR 4
61Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas Blake Bartlett, Adrian Griffith, Wesley Neymour, Andretti Bain 1:23.193
72Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China Chen Shiwei, Xie Zhenye, Yang Yang, Mo Youxue 1:25.832
6Flag of the United States.svg United States Maurice Mitchell, Curtis Mitchell, Ameer Webb, Wallace Spearmon DQR170.7 [2]

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References

  1. Heats results
  2. 1 2 3 4 Passing the baton outside the takeover zone
  3. Final results