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2017 IAAF World Relays – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

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Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
at the 2017 IAAF World Relays
VenueThomas Robinson Stadium
Dates22 April (heats) & 23 April (final)
Competitors76 from 17 nations
Winning time3:02.13
Medalists
gold medal    United States
silver medal    Botswana
bronze medal    Jamaica
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The men's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2017 IAAF World Relays was held at the Thomas Robinson Stadium on 22–23 April.

In the final, American David Verburg took an immediate lead, opening up a gap on French, Brazilian and Cuban teams to his inside, and making up the three turn stagger on Botswana's Isaac Makwala (the #7 400 meter runner of all time) to his outside while still in the second turn. USA had a clear lead at the handoff with Tony McQuay breaking several metres ahead of Demish Gaye for Jamaica on the far outside. Down the backstretch Trinidad and Tobago's Jereem Richards, Botswana's Baboloki Thebe and Britain's Delano Williams lined up, breaking away from the other teams. Through the turn Thebe moved onto Richards' shoulder. Richards responded and moved up to Gaye, the three teams virtually even until Thebe fell back before the handoff. Trinidad gained position on the handoff to Jarrin Solomon, who found himself only two metres back of American Kyle Clemons. Down the backstretch, Jamaica's Martin Manley ran around Solomon and pulled to within a metre of Clemons coming off the final turn. As Manley tied up, Solomon came back to his shoulder with Botswana's Onkabetse Nkobolo making a big rush on the outside to make it a 3-way battle behind the Americans. At the handoff, American LaShawn Merritt started slowly and took a secure handoff. Meanwhile, Botswana's handoff to Karabo Sibanda was almost as efficient as a 4x100 handoff, Botswana gaining the advantage and moving right behind Merritt. Behind, Jamaica's Steven Gayle pushed down the backstretch, passing Sibanda and even, for a moment, Merritt on the inside. Merritt fought back and held off Gayle going into the final turn but Sibanda used that moment to sprint around the outside, gaining a microscopic lead on Merritt. Merritt successfully held Sibanda to the outside, making him run the extra distance through the turn. Coming off the turn, Merritt had gained a slight advantage but Sibanda was not done, making one more charge at Merritt down the final straightaway. Merritt held Sibanda off again, USA taking a 1-metre win.

Records

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Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:

World record  United States
(Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts, Harry Reynolds, Michael Johnson)
2:54.29 Germany Stuttgart, Germany 22 August 1993
Championship record  United States
(David Verburg, Tony McQuay, Christian Taylor, LaShawn Merritt
2:57.25 The Bahamas Nassau, Bahamas 25 May 2014
World Leading Empire Athletics
(Machel Cedenio  Trinidad and Tobago, Tony McQuay  United States, Kyle Clemons  United States, Jehue Gordon  Trinidad and Tobago
3:00.92 United States Gainesville, United States 1 April 2017
African Record  Nigeria
(Clement Chukwu, Jude Monye, Sunday Bada, Enefiok Udo-Obong)
2:58.68 Australia Sydney, Australia 30 September 2000
Asian Record  Japan
(Shunji Karube, Koji Ito, Jun Osakada, Shigekazu Omori)
3:00.76 United States Atlanta, United States 3 August 1996
North, Central American and Caribbean record  United States
(Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts, Harry Reynolds, Michael Johnson)
2:54.29 Germany Stuttgart, Germany 22 August 1993
South American Record  Brazil
(Eronilde de Araújo, Cleverson da Silva, Claudinei da Silva, Sanderlei Parrela)
2:58.56 Canada Winnipeg, Canada 30 July 1999
European Record  Great Britain
(Iwan Thomas, Jamie Baulch, Mark Richardson, Roger Black)
2:56.60 United States Atlanta, United States 3 August 1996
Oceanian record  Australia
(Bruce Frayne, Gary Minihan, Rick Mitchell, Darren Clark)
2:59.70 United States Los Angeles, United States 11 August 1984

Schedule

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Date Time Round
22 April 2017 21:12 Heats
23 April 2017 20:22 Final B
23 April 2017 21:55 Final

All times are local times (UTC-4)

Results

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KEY: Q Qualified q Fastest non-qualifiers NR National record PB Personal best SB Seasonal best *WC 2017 World Championships qualification

Heats

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Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) advanced to the final. The next 8 fastest times qualified for the final B.[1][2]

Rank Heat Nation Athletes Time Notes
1 2  Trinidad and Tobago Renny Quow, Jereem Richards, Deon Lendore, Lalonde Gordon 3:02.51 Q, SB
2 2  United States Kyle Clemons, Najee Glass, Tony McQuay, David Verburg 3:02.62 Q
3 3  Botswana Isaac Makwala, Karabo Sibanda, Onkabetse Nkobolo, Baboloki Thebe 3:03.09 Q, SB
4 3  Jamaica Javere Bell, Javon Francis, Peter Matthews, Demish Gaye 3:03.52 Q, SB
5 1  France Mamadou Kassé Hanne, Teddy Atine-Venel, Mamoudou-Elimane Hanne, Thomas Jordier 3:04.74 Q, SB
6 2  Cuba Williams Collazo, Adrián Chacón, Osmaidel Pellicier, Yoandys Lescay 3:04.97 q, SB
7 3  Brazil Anderson Henriques, Alexander Russo, Lucas Carvalho, Hugo de Sousa 3:05.05 q, SB
8 1  Great Britain Matthew Hudson-Smith, Delano Williams, Jarryd Dunn, Theo Campbell 3:05.19 Q, SB
9 1  Bahamas Michael Mathieu, Demetrius Pinder, Andretti Bain, Steven Gardiner 3:05.37 SB
10 1  Belgium Dylan Borlée, Julien Watrin, Michaël Rossaert, Kévin Borlée 3:05.45 SB
11 3  Kenya Collins Gichana, Boniface Mweresa, Geoffrey Kiprotich Rono, Alphas Kishoyian 3:05.93 SB
12 1  Czech Republic Michal Desenský, Patrik Šorm, Jan Tesař, Vít Müller 3:07.58 SB
13 1  Germany Alexander Gladitz, Alexander Juretzko, Johannes Trefz, Thomas Schneider 3:07.80 SB
14 1  Canada Daniel Harper, Graeme Thompson, Benjamin Ayesu-Attah, Rayshaun Franklin 3:08.05
15 2  Poland Kacper Kozłowski, Łukasz Krawczuk, Przemysław Waściński, Rafał Omelko 3:08.42
2  Dominican Republic Luis Charles, Gustavo Cuesta, Franklin Luis, Máximo Mercedes DQ R170.6(c)[3]
2  Japan Julian Jrummi Walsh, Tomoya Tamura, Naoki Kobayashi, Kosuke Horii DNF [4]
3  Venezuela DNS

Final B

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Rank Lane Nation Athletes Time Notes
1 6  Kenya Alphas Kishoyian, Collins Gichana, Geoffrey Kiprotich Rono, Boniface Mweresa 3:06.36
2 5  Belgium Dylan Borlée, Julien Watrin, Michaël Rossaert, Kévin Borlée 3:07.14
3 2  Poland Kacper Kozłowski, Łukasz Krawczuk, Bartłomiej Chojnowski, Rafał Omelko 3:07.89
4 7  Czech Republic Patrik Šorm, Vít Müller, Michal Desenský, Jan Tesař 3:08.17
5 4  Bahamas Andretti Bain, Demetrius Pinder, Elroy McBride, Andre Colebrook 3:08.29
6 8  Germany Alexander Juretzko, Johannes Trefz, Fabian Dammermann, Thomas Schneider 3:09.53
7 3  Canada Daniel Harper, Graeme Thompson, Rayshaun Franklin, Benjamin Ayesu-Attah 3:12.52

Final

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Rank Lane Nation Athletes Time Notes Points
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4  United States David Verburg, Tony McQuay, Kyle Clemons, LaShawn Merritt 3:02.13 *WC 8
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5  Botswana Isaac Makwala, Baboloki Thebe, Onkabetse Nkobolo, Karabo Sibanda 3:02.28 *WC 7
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 8  Jamaica Peter Matthews, Demish Gaye, Martin Manley, Steven Gayle 3:02.84 *WC 6
4 6  Trinidad and Tobago Renny Quow, Jereem Richards, Jarrin Solomon, Lalonde Gordon 3:03.17 *WC 5
5 1  Cuba Williams Collazo, Adrián Chacón, Osmaidel Pellicier, Yoandys Lescay 3:03.60 *WC 4
6 7  Great Britain Matthew Hudson-Smith, Delano Williams, Jarryd Dunn, Theo Campbell 3:03.84 *WC 3
7 2  Brazil Anderson Henriques, Alexander Russo, Hugo de Sousa, Lucas Carvalho 3:05.96 *WC 2
8 3  France Mamadou Kasse Hann, Teddy Atine-Venel, Mamoudou Eliman Hanne, Thomas Jordier 3:06.33 *WC 1

References

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  1. ^ Heats Results
  2. ^ Heats Summary
  3. ^ Fault at recovering a dropped baton
  4. ^ The lead-off runner got injured on the first bend and failed to finish
  5. ^ Final B Results
  6. ^ Final Results