2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
These are the official results of the Men's 4 × 400 metres event at the 2001 IAAF World Championships in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Their final was held on Sunday 12 August 2001 at 16:20h.
Records
[edit]| Standing records prior to the 2001 World Athletics Championships | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Record |  United States (Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts, Butch Reynolds, Michael Johnson) |
2:54.29 | August 22, 1993 |  Stuttgart, Germany
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| Event Record | United States (Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts, Butch Reynolds, Michael Johnson) |
2:54.29 | August 22, 1993 | Stuttgart, Germany
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| Season Best |  United States "Red" (Leonard Byrd, Angelo Taylor, Jerome Young, Michael Johnson) |
2:58.60 | April 28, 2001 | Philadelphia, United States
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Final
[edit]| RANK | NATION | ATHLETES | TIME |
|---|---|---|---|
|
 Bahamas (BAH)
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• Avard Moncur • Christopher Brown • Troy McIntosh • Timothy Munnings |
2:58.19 |
|
 Jamaica (JAM)
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• Brandon Simpson • Christopher Williams • Gregory Haughton • Danny McFarlane |
2:58.39 |
|
 Poland (POL)
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• Rafał Wieruszewski • Piotr Haczek • Piotr Długosielski • Piotr Rysiukiewicz |
2:59.71 |
| 4. |  Brazil (BRA)
|
• Valdinei da Silva • Anderson Jorge dos Santos • Flávio Godoy • Sanderlei Parrela |
3:01.09 |
| 5. |  Great Britain (GBR)
|
• Iwan Thomas • Jamie Baulch • Timothy Benjamin • Mark Richardson |
3:01.26 |
| 6. |  Spain (ESP)
|
• Eduardo Iván Rodríguez • David Canal • Antonio Andrés • Antonio Manuel Reina |
3:02.24 |
| 7. | Germany (GER)
|
• Marc Alexander Scheer • Ruwen Faller • Lars Figura • Ingo Schultz |
3:03.52 |
| United States (USA)
|
• Leonard Byrd • Antonio Pettigrew • Derrick Brew • Angelo Taylor |
DQ |
Heats
[edit]- Held on Saturday 11 August 2001
Heat 1
[edit]| RANK | NATION | ATHLETES | TIME |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | United States (USA)
|
• Jerome Young • Andrew Pierce • Leonard Byrd • Derrick Brew |
3:00.07 |
| 2. | Great Britain (GBR)
|
• Mark Hylton • Iwan Thomas • Timothy Benjamin • Mark Richardson |
3:00.96 |
| 3. | Germany (GER)
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• Ingo Schultz • Ruwen Faller • Marc Alexander Scheer • Lars Figura |
3:01.33 |
| 4. | Spain (ESP)
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• Eduardo Iván Rodríguez • David Canal • Antonio Andrés • Antonio Manuel Reina |
3:01.42 |
| 5. |  Japan (JPN)
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• Kenji Tabata • Jun Osakada • Dai Tamesue • Ryuji Muraki |
3:02.75 |
| 6. |  Sweden (SWE)
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• Johan Wissman • Jimisola Laursen • Mikael Jakobsson • Magnus Aare |
3:04.02 |
| 7. |  Canada (CAN)
|
• Shane Niemi • Gary Reed • Lawrence Ringwald • Jean-Marie Louis |
3:04.87 |
Heat 2
[edit]| RANK | NATION | ATHLETES | TIME |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Brazil (BRA)
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• Claudinei da Silva • Anderson Jorge dos Santos • Flávio Godoy • Sanderlei Parrela |
3:00.75 |
| 2. | Jamaica (JAM)
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• Michael Blackwood • Brandon Simpson • Mario Watts • Danny McFarlane |
3:00.97 |
| 3. |  France (FRA)
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• Marc Raquil • Marc Foucan • Philippe Bouche • Stéphane Diagana |
3:01.65 |
| 4. |  Russia (RUS)
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• Vitaliy Ignatov • Ruslan Mashchenko • Dmitriy Golovastov • Andrey Semyonov |
3:01.95 |
| 5. |  Botswana (BOT)
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• Lulu Basinyi • Otukile Lekote • Johnson Kubisa • California Molefe |
3:03.32 |
| 6. |  Czech Republic (CZE)
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• Karel Bláha • Radek Zachoval • Stepan Tesarik • Jirí Muzik |
3:04.27 |
| — |  Sri Lanka (SRI)
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• Rohan Pradeep Kumara • Ranga Wimalawansa • Prasanna Sampath Amarasekara • Harijan Ratnayake |
DNS |
Heat 3
[edit]| RANK | NATION | ATHLETES | TIME |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Bahamas (BAH)
|
• Troy McIntosh • Avard Moncur • Carl Oliver • Timothy Munnings |
3:00.88 |
| 2. | Poland (POL)
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• Rafał Wieruszewski • Piotr Haczek • Jacek Bocian • Piotr Rysiukiewicz |
3:01.32 |
| 3. |  South Africa (RSA)
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• Marcus La Grange • Jopie van Oudtshoorn • Alwyn Myburgh • Arnaud Malherbe |
3:01.70 |
| 4. |  Ukraine (UKR)
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• Oleksandr Kaydash • Andriy Tverdostup • Volodymyr Rybalka • Yevhen Zyukov |
3:02.35 (NR) |
| 5. |  Mexico (MEX)
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• Alejandro Cárdenas • Oscar Juanz • Roberto Carbajal • Juan Pedro Toledo |
3:03.19 (NR) |
| 6. |  Saudi Arabia (KSA)
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• Hamdan O. Al-Bishi • Hamed Al-Bishi • Belal Al Housah • Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily |
3:04.22 |
| 7. |  Ireland (IRL)
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• Robert Daly • Tom Comyns • Paul McKee • Tomas Coman |
3:04.26 |
| 8. |  Venezuela (VEN)
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• Dany Nuñez • Simoncito Silvera • Jonathan Palma • William Hernández |
3:05.37 |
