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

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

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

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 Santa Monica Track Club
(Michael Marsh, Leroy Burrell, Floyd Heard, Carl Lewis)
1:18.68 Walnut, California, United States 17 April 1994
Championship record New event
World Leading University of Technology Jamaica 1:20.07 Philadelphia, United States 26 April 2014
African Record  South Africa
(Marcus La Grange, Mathew Quinn, Josef van der Linde, Paul Gorries)
1:22.08 Port Elizabeth, South Africa 1 March 2002
Asian Record  Thailand
(Reanchai Seerhawong, Vissanu Sophanich, Ekkachai Janthana, Sittichai Suwonpradeep)
1:22.66 Philadelphia, United States 29 April 2000
North, Central American and Caribbean record Santa Monica Track Club
(Michael Marsh, Leroy Burrell, Floyd Heard, Carl Lewis)
1:18.68 Walnut, California, United States 17 April 1994
South American Record No official record
European Record  Italy
(Stefano Tilli, Carlo Simionato, Giovanni Bongiorni, Pietro Mennea)
1:21.10 Cagliari, Italy 29 September 1983
Oceanian record No official record

Schedule

Date Time Round
24 May 201417:30Heats
24 May 201419:52Final

All times are local times (UTC−4)

Results

KEY: qFastest non-qualifiers QQualified NRNational record PBPersonal best SBSeasonal best

Heats

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

RankHeatLaneNationAthletesTimeNotes
118 JamaicaRasheed Dwyer, Jermaine Brown, Jason Livermore, Warren Weir1:20.15Q
227 United StatesMaurice Mitchell, Curtis Mitchell, Isiah Young, Wallace Spearmon1:21.35Q, SB
311 FranceChristophe Lemaitre, Yannick Fonsat, Ben Bassaw, Ken Romain1:21.45Q, SB
425 BarbadosRamon Gittens, Andrew Hinds, Shane Brathwaite, Fallon Forde1:21.88Q, NR
517 Saint Kitts and NevisAntoine Adams, Lestrod Roland, Brijesh Lawrence, Allistar Clarke1:21.97Q, NR
615 BahamasBlake Bartlett, Adrian Griffith, Wesley Neymour, Andretti Bain1:22.18q, NR
726 KenyaStephen Barasa, Carvin Nkanata, Walter Michuki Moenga, Tony Kipruto Chirchir1:23.24Q, NR
813 ChinaChen Shiwei, Xie Zhenye, Yang Yang, Mo Youxue1:23.75q, NR
928 JapanYuichi Kobayashi, Masashi Eriguchi, Shinji Takahira, Kenji Fujimitsu1:23.87SB
1023 Cayman IslandsKemar Hyman, Tyrell Cuffy, David Hamil, Troy Long1:24.91NR
1112 United States Virgin IslandsTabarie Henry, Leslie Murray, David Walters, Leon Hunt1:25.01NR
21 NigeriaElvis Ukale, Ogho-Oghene Egwero, Nicholas Imhoaperamhe, Isah SalihuDNF
24 GermanyJulian Reus, Sebastian Ernst, Alexander Kosenkow, Robin ErewaDNF
14 SpainSergio Ruiz, Iván Jesús Ramos, Adrià Burriel, Óscar HusillosDQR170.7[2]
16 Papua New GuineaKupun Wisil, Theo Piniau, Kevin Kapmatana, Nelson StoneDQR170.7[2]
22 Turks and Caicos IslandsIfeanye Otuonye, Courtney Missick, Wadly Jean, Wesley CheryDQR170.7[2]

Final

[3]

RankLaneNationAthletesTimeNotesPoints
3 JamaicaNickel Ashmeade, Warren Weir, Jermaine Brown, Yohan Blake1:18.63WR8
8 Saint Kitts and NevisAntoine Adams, Lestrod Roland, Brijesh Lawrence, Allistar Clarke1:20.51NR7
5 FranceChristophe Lemaitre, Yannick Fonsat, Ben Bassaw, Ken Romain1:20.66AR6
44 BarbadosRamon Gittens, Levi Cadogan, Andrew Hinds, Fallon Forde1:21.88=NR5
57 KenyaStephen Barasa, Carvin Nkanata, Tony Kipruto Chirchir, Walter Michuki Moenga1:22.35NR4
61 BahamasBlake Bartlett, Adrian Griffith, Wesley Neymour, Andretti Bain1:23.193
72 ChinaChen Shiwei, Xie Zhenye, Yang Yang, Mo Youxue1:25.832
6 United StatesMaurice Mitchell, Curtis Mitchell, Ameer Webb, Wallace SpearmonDQR170.7[2]

References

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