2022 World Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
at the 2022 World Championships
VenueHayward Field
Dates23 July (heats)
24 July (final)
Competitors92 from 16 nations
Winning time2:56.17
Medalists
gold medal Elija Godwin
Michael Norman
Bryce Deadmon
Champion Allison
   United States
silver medal Akeem Bloomfield
Nathon Allen
Jevaughn Powell
Christopher Taylor
   Jamaica
bronze medal Dylan Borlée
Julien Watrin
Alexander Doom
Kevin Borlée
   Belgium
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The men's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2022 World Athletics Championships was held at the Hayward Field in Eugene on 23 and 24 July 2022.[1]

Records

Before the competition, records were as follows:[2]

Record Athlete & Nat. Perf. Location Date
World record  United States
Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts, Butch Reynolds, Michael Johnson
2:54.29 Stuttgart, Germany 22 August 1993
Championship record
World Leading Adidas
Steven Gardiner, Quincy Hall, Erriyon Knighton, Grant Holloway
2:57.72 Gainesville, United States 16 April 2022
African Record  Botswana
Isaac Makwala, Baboloki Thebe, Zibane Ngozi, Bayapo Ndori
2:57.27 Tokyo, Japan 7 August 2021
Asian Record  India
Muhammed Anas Yahiya, Noah Nirmal Tom, Arokia Rajiv, Amoj Jacob
3:00.25 Tokyo, Japan 6 August 2021
North, Central American and Caribbean record  United States
Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts, Butch Reynolds, Michael Johnson
2:54.29 Stuttgart, Germany 22 August 1993
South American Record  Brazil
Eronilde de Araújo, Sanderlei Parrela, Anderson Oliveira, Claudinei da Silva
2:58.56 Winnipeg, Canada 30 July 1999
European Record  Great Britain
Jamie Baulch, Iwan Thomas, Mark Richardson, Roger Black
2:56.60 Atlanta, United States 3 August 1996
Oceanian record  Australia
Bruce Frayne, Darren Clark, Gary Minihan, Rick Mitchell
2:59.70 Los Angeles, United States 11 August 1984

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was to finish in the first 10 at 2021 World Relays, completed by 6 top lists' teams.[3]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC-7), was as follows:

Date Time Round
23 July 17:40 Heats
24 July 19:35 Final

Results

Heats

The first three in each heat (Q) and the next two fastest (q) qualified for the final.[4][5]

Rank Heat Lane Nation Athletes Time Notes
1 1 6  United States (USA) Elija Godwin, Vernon Norwood, Bryce Deadmon, Trevor Bassitt 2:58.56 Q SB
2 1 5  Japan (JPN) Fuga Sato, Kaito Kawabata, Julian Walsh, Yuki Joseph Nakajima 3:01.53 Q SB
3 1 3  Jamaica (JAM) Akeem Bloomfield, Jevaughn Powell, Karayme Bartley, Anthony Cox 3:01.59 Q SB
4 2 4  Belgium (BEL) Julien Watrin, Dylan Borlée, Jonathan Sacoor, Kevin Borlée 3:01.96 Q SB
5 2 5  Czech Republic (CZE) Matěj Krsek, Pavel Maslák, Michal Desenský, Patrik Šorm 3:02.42 Q NR
6 2 1  Poland (POL) Maksymilian Klepacki, Karol Zalewski, Mateusz Rzeźniczak, Kajetan Duszyński 3:02.51 Q SB
7 1 2  Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) Dwight St. Hillaire, Jereem Richards, Asa Guevara, Kashief King 3:02.75 q SB
8 2 8  France (FRA) Thomas Jordier, Loïc Prévot, Simon Boypa, Téo Andant 3:03.13 q SB
9 1 7  Netherlands (NED) Isayah Boers, Terrence Agard, Nick Smidt, Ramsey Angela 3:03.14 SB
10 2 3  Italy (ITA) Lorenzo Benati, Vladimir Aceti, Brayan Lopez, Edoardo Scotti 3:03.43 SB
11 2 6  Germany (GER) Marvin Schlegel, Manuel Sanders, Marc Koch, Patrick Schneider 3:04.21
12 1 8  India (IND) Muhammed Anas Yahiya, Muhammed Ajmal Variyathodi, Naganathan Pandi, Rajesh Ramesh 3:07.29
13 2 7  Botswana (BOT) Isaac Makwala, Zibane Ngozi, Keitumentse Maitseo, Leungo Scotch 3:07.32 qR
2 2  Dominican Republic (DOM) DNS
1 4  South Africa (RSA) DNS

Final

Rank[6] Lane Nation Athletes Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 6  United States (USA) Elija Godwin, Michael Norman, Bryce Deadmon, Champion Allison 2:56.17 WL
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 8  Jamaica (JAM) Akeem Bloomfield, Nathon Allen, Jevaughn Powell, Christopher Taylor 2:58.58 SB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5  Belgium (BEL) Dylan Borlée, Julien Watrin, Alexander Doom, Kevin Borlée 2:58.72 SB
4 3  Japan (JPN) Fuga Sato, Kaito Kawabata, Julian Walsh, Yuki Joseph Nakajima 2:59.51 AR
5 9  Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) Dwight St. Hillaire, Jereem Richards, Shakeem McKay, Asa Guevara 3:00.03 SB
6 1  Botswana (BOT) Zibane Ngozi, Leungo Scotch, Isaac Makwala, Bayapo Ndori 3:00.14 PB
7 2  France (FRA) Thomas Jordier, Loïc Prévot, Simon Boypa, Téo Andant 3:01.35 SB
8 4  Czech Republic (CZE) Matěj Krsek, Pavel Maslák, Michal Desenský, Patrik Šorm 3:01.63 NR
9 7  Poland (POL) Maksymilian Klepacki, Karol Zalewski, Mateusz Rzeźniczak, Kajetan Duszyński 3:02.51 SB

References

  1. ^ Timetable
  2. ^ "4 × 400 Metres Relay Men − Records". IAAF. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Road to | World Athletics". iaaf.org. 9 July 2022.
  4. ^ STARTLIST 4 x 400 Metres Relay Men - Round 1
  5. ^ SUMMARY 4 x 400 Metres Relay Men - Round 1
  6. ^ "Results 4 x 400 Metres Relay Men - Final" (PDF). 24 July 2022.
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