2015 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

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Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
at the 2015 World Championships
Venue Beijing National Stadium
Dates29 August (heats)
30 August (final)
Competitors70 from 16 nations
Winning time2:57.82
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
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The men's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 29 and 30 August. [1] [2]

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4x400 m men final Beijing 2015

Summary

During the heats, the United States and Trinidad and Tobago showed they were teams to be reckoned with. Botswana showed immense raw talent but in severe need of coaching in the finesse of running competitive relays. Elite American high school teams like Long Beach Poly, where Bryshon Nellum attended, would have been taught how to deal with handoff traffic and Botswana should have qualified.

In the finals, the first legs between Trinidad and Tobago (Renny Quow), Great Britain (Rabah Yousif) and USA (David Verburg) were relatively close, exchanging in that order. France, Belgium and Jamaica were all close in the mix. American Tony McQuay sped around the turn before the break and got enough of a lead to shut the door on the other teams, gaining a couple of metres as they dropped back to regroup and try to pass. Lalonde Gordon was able to put T&T slightly ahead at the handoff with a gap back to Great Britain and France, with Jamaica a few steps further behind. Down the backstretch Rusheen McDonald brought Jamaica around into third. As he paid for his efforts on the home stretch, he served as a blockade for Britain and France, Kevin Borlée brought Belgium around the outside into third by the handoff. On the front, Deon Lendore, chased by Nellum stayed relatively even, with 400 finalist Machel Cedenio taking the baton ahead of 400 silver medalist LaShawn Merritt. Merritt fell in behind Cedenio, who he had beaten by a second and a half four days earlier, to strategically prepare for a final pass. Javon Francis brought Jamaica all the way from fifth place to sprinting past the lead duo on the backstretch. Merritt went around Cedenio and started moving in on Francis for that final move. Coming onto the home stretch, Merritt executed his best move on Francis leaving him behind while Martyn Rooney was edging up on Cedenio. Francis, paying for his early speed, began to look like slow motion while everybody else was in real time. Merritt went on to victory, Cedenio separated from Rooney and sped past Francis for silver, and just at the line, Rooney was able to dip past Francis for bronze so close it took the photo finish readers a minute to determine. [3]

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows: [4]

World record Flag of the United States.svg  United States
(Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts, Harry Reynolds, Michael Johnson)
2:54.29 Stuttgart, Germany 22 August 1993
Championship record
World LeadingFlag of the United States.svg  United States
(David Verburg, Tony McQuay, Jeremy Wariner, LaShawn Merritt)
2:58.43 Nassau, Bahamas 3 May 2015
African Record Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
(Clement Chukwu, Jude Monye, Sunday Bada, Enefiok Udo-Obong)
2:58.68 Sydney, Australia 30 September 2000
Asian Record Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
(Shunji Karube, Koji Ito, Jun Osakada, Shigekazu Omori)
3:00.76 Atlanta, GA, United States 3 August 1996
North, Central American and Caribbean record Flag of the United States.svg  United States
(Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts, Harry Reynolds, Michael Johnson)
2:54.29Stuttgart, Germany22 August 1993
South American Record Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
(Eronilde de Araújo, Cleverson da Silva, Claudinei da Silva, Sanderlei Parrela)
2:58.56 Winnipeg, Canada 30 July 1999
European Record Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
(Iwan Thomas, Mark Richardson, Jamie Baulch, Roger Black)
2:56.60Atlanta, GA, United States3 August 1996
Oceanian record Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
(Bruce Frayne, Gary Minihan, Rick Mitchell, Darren Clark)
2:59.70 Los Angeles, CA, United States11 August 1984
The following records were established during the competition:
World LeadingFlag of the United States.svg  United States
(Kyle Clemons, Tony McQuay, Bryshon Nellum, Vernon Norwood)
2:58.13 Beijing, China29 August 2015
World LeadingFlag of the United States.svg  United States
(David Verburg, Tony McQuay, Bryshon Nellum, LaShawn Merritt)
2:57.82 Beijing, China30 August 2015

Qualification standards

Entry standards [5]
Top 8 at IWR+ 8 from Top Lists

Schedule

DateTimeRound
29 August 201510:40 Heats
30 August 201520:25 Final

All times are local times (UTC+8)

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) advance to the final. [6]

RankHeatLaneNationAthletesTimeNotes
126Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA) Kyle Clemons, Tony McQuay, Bryshon Nellum, Vernon Norwood 2:58.13 Q, WL
222Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago  (TTO) Renny Quow, Jarrin Solomon, Deon Lendore, Lalonde Gordon 2:58.67 Q, SB
328Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica  (JAM) Peter Matthews, Ricardo Chambers, Dane Hyatt, Javon Francis 2:58.69 Q, SB
418Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR) Rabah Yousif, Delano Williams, Jarryd Dunn, Martyn Rooney 2:59.05 Q, SB
512Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium  (BEL) Dylan Borlée, Jonathan Borlée, Antoine Gillet, Kevin Borlée 2:59.28 Q, NR
617Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA) Mame-Ibra Anne, Teddy Atine-Venel, Mamoudou Hanne, Thomas Jordier 2:59.42 Q, SB
713Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS) Artem Denmukhametov, Pavel Trenikhin, Denis Kudryavtsev, Pavel Ivashko 2:59.45 q, NR
827Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba  (CUB) William Collazo, Raidel Acea, Adrian Chacón, Yoandys Lescay 2:59.80 q, SB
923Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana  (BOT) Onkabetse Nkobolo, Nijel Amos, Leaname Maotoanong, Isaac Makwala 2:59.95 NR
1025Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic  (DOM) Gustavo Cuesta, Yon Soriano, Juander Santos, Luguelín Santos 3:00.15 NR
1119Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL) Łukasz Krawczuk, Michał Pietrzak, Rafał Omelko, Jakub Krzewina 3:00.72 SB
1224Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil  (BRA) Pedro Luiz de Oliveira, Wagner Cardoso, Hederson Estefani, Hugo de Sousa 3:01.05
1329Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland  (IRL) Brian Gregan, Brian Murphy, Thomas Barr, Mark English 3:01.26 NR
1415Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela  (VEN) Alberth Bravo, José Meléndez, Arturo Ramírez, Freddy Mezones 3:02.96 SB
1514Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN) Tomoya Tamura, Yuzo Kanemaru, Naoki Kobayashi, Takamasa Kitagawa 3:02.97 SB
16Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas  (BAH) Steven Gardiner, Michael Mathieu, Alonzo Russell, Ramon Miller DQ R163.3a

Final

The final was held at 20:25 [7]

RankLaneNationAthletesTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg7Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA) David Verburg, Tony McQuay, Bryshon Nellum, LaShawn Merritt 2:57.82 WL
Silver medal icon.svg4Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago  (TTO) Renny Quow, Lalonde Gordon, Deon Lendore, Machel Cedenio 2:58.20 NR
Bronze medal icon.svg6Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR) Rabah Yousif, Delano Williams, Jarryd Dunn, Martyn Rooney 2:58.51 SB
49Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica  (JAM) Peter Matthews, Ricardo Chambers, Rusheen McDonald, Javon Francis 2:58.51 SB
55Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium  (BEL) Jonathan Borlée, Robin Vanderbemden, Kevin Borlée, Antoine Gillet 3:00.24
68Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA) Mame-Ibra Anne, Teddy Atine-Venel, Mamoudou Hanne, Thomas Jordier 3:00.65
73Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba  (CUB) William Collazo, Raidel Acea, Adrián Chacón, Yoandys Lescay 3:03.05
82Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS) Artem Denmukhametov, Pavel Trenikhin, Denis Alekseyev, Pavel Ivashko 3:03.05

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References

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  2. Start list
  3. "REPORT: MEN'S 4X400M FINAL – IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, BEIJING 2015". iaaf.org. 30 August 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
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  5. IAAF World Championships Beijing 2015 – Standards (PDF), IAAF, 2014, retrieved 18 August 2015
  6. Heats results
  7. Final results