2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

None The men's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on August 22 and August 23. Britain's Conrad Williams looked to be leading the stagger on the first leg, but a late rush by Arismendy Peguero had the Dominican Republic making the handoff even, while USA put hurdler Angelo Taylor on the first leg, so they started with a slight deficit. Jeremy Wariner had won the previous two world championships in the open 400 metres, but lost his title a few days earlier. He had something to prove, flying through the turn, Wariner put the USA into the lead by the break. After he passed Yon Soriano on the inside, Soriano accelerated to challenge Wariner for the pole position. Warner held the pole, behind Soriano, Ben Offereins was able to sneak Australia into third while Michael Bingham was being challenged by Piotr Klimczak for Poland. Bingham was able to get around Thomas and then Soriano, putting Great Britain into a solid second place by the straightaway, but Wariner was running away from the pack. Soriano paid for his exuberance and slowed down the home stretch as all the other teams passed him by the exchange. Warner had opened up a 15-metre gap, the USA had completed their exchange before the other teams arrived. Because of the change in positions, Bingham had to cross in front of several teams to make their exchange, and Kévin Borlée ran Belgium from last to fourth on the straight. Kerron Clement for USA and far behind him Robert Tobin for Great Britain had clear sailing, behind them Australia and Belgium came out of the exchange best. Tobin ran conservatively down the backstretch while Tristan Thomas accelerated to go around him on the turn. Coming off the turn, Tobin regained second position and was gaining on Clement. USA had new world champion LaShawn Merritt on the anchor he immediately started widening the gap on Martyn Rooney for Britain. Australia's Sean Wroe had a significant gap on Belgium, while Yannick Fonsat brought France from last place to almost even with Belgium at the exchange. As Merritt kept widening the gap, Wroe was gaining on Rooney coming off the turn Wroe was perfectly positioned to punch for the silver medal position, but Rooney held him off, looking back to be sure he was holding clear. USA finished with a 25-metre lead. Medalists United States 2009 WorldAngelo TaylorJeremy WarinerKerron ClementLaShawn MerrittLionel Larry*Bershawn Jackson*Great Britain 2009 WorldConrad WilliamsMichael BinghamRobert TobinMartyn RooneyDai Greene*Australia 2009 WorldJohn SteffensenBen OffereinsTristan ThomasSean WroeJoel Milburn* * Runners who participated in the heats only and received medals. Records Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows. World recordUSA Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts, Butch Reynolds, Michael Johnson 2:54.29Stuttgart, Germany22 August 1993Championship recordUSA Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts, Butch Reynolds, Michael Johnson 2:54.29Stuttgart, Germany22 August 1993World LeadingBAH Andrae Williams, Michael Mathieu, Nathaniel McKinney, Chris Brown 3:00.29Philadelphia, United States25 April 2009African RecordNGR Clement Chukwu, Jude Monye, Enefiok Udo-Obong, Sunday Bada 2:58.68Sydney, Australia30 September 2000Asian RecordJPN Koji Ito, Jun Osakada, Shigekazu Ōmori, Shunji Karube3:00.76Atlanta, United States3 August 1996North American RecordUSA Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts, Butch Reynolds, Michael Johnson 2:54.29Stuttgart, Germany22 August 1993South American recordBRA Cleverson da Silva, Claudinei da Silva, Eronilde de Araújo, Sanderlei Parrela2:58.56Winnipeg, Canada30 July 1999European RecordGBR Iwan Thomas, Jamie Baulch, Roger Black, Mark Richardson2:56.60Atlanta, United States3 August 1996Oceanian RecordAUS Darren Clark, Rick Mitchell, Gary Minihan, Bruce Frayne2:59.70Los Angeles, United States11 August 1984 No new world or championship record was set during this competition. Qualification standards Standard 3:03.30 Schedule Date Time RoundAugust 22, 2009 18:55 HeatsAugust 23, 2009 18:15 Final Results Heats Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) advance to the final. Rank Heat Nation Athletes Time Notes 01 1 1 United States 2009 World Lionel Larry, Kerron Clement, Bershawn Jackson, Angelo Taylor 3:01.40 Q 02 2 1 France 2009 World Leslie Djhone, Teddy Venel, Yannick Fonsat, Yoann Décimus 3:01.65 Q, SB 03 3 1 Great Britain 2009 World Conrad Williams, Robert Tobin, Dai Greene, Martyn Rooney 3:01.91 Q 04 4 1 Australia 2009 World Joel Milburn, Tristan Thomas, Ben Offereins, Sean Wroe 3:02.04 q, SB 05 5 2 Belgium 2009 World Antoine Gillet, Cédric Van Branteghem, Nils Duerinck, Kévin Borlée 3:02.13 Q, SB 06 6 1 Nigeria 2009 World Saul Weigopwa, Noah Akwu, Amaechi Morton, Bola Gee Lawal 3:02.36 q 07 7 2 Dominican Republic 2009 World Gustavo Cuesta, Arismendy Peguero, Yoel Tapia, Félix Sánchez 3:02.76 Q 08 8 1 Russia 2009 World Maksim Dyldin, Valentin Kruglyakov, Konstantin Svechkar, Aleksandr Derevyagin 3:02.78 09 9 2 Poland 2009 World Piotr Klimczak, Marcin Marciniszyn, Rafał Wieruszewski, Jan Ciepiela 3:03.23 Q, SB 10 2 Germany 2009 World Martin Grothkopp, Kamghe Gaba, Eric Krüger, Ruwen Faller 3:03.52 11 2 Jamaica 2009 World Leford Green, Ricardo Chambers, Isa Phillips, Jermaine Gonzales 3:04.45 12 2 South Africa 2009 World Ofentse Mogawane, Jacob Mothsodi Ramokoka, Sibusiso Sishi, Pieter Smith 3:07.88 99 2 Bahamas 2009 World Ramon Miller, Avard Moncur, LaToy Williams, Nathaniel McKinney 3:10.00 DQ Key: DQ = Disqualified, Q = qualification by place in heat, q = qualification by overall place, SB = Seasonal best Final Rank Lane Nation Competitors Time Notes 4United States 2009 WorldAngelo Taylor, Jeremy Wariner, Kerron Clement, LaShawn Merritt 2:57.86 WL 7Great Britain 2009 WorldConrad Williams, Michael Bingham, Robert Tobin, Martyn Rooney 3:00.53 SB 2Australia 2009 WorldJohn Steffensen, Ben Offereins, Tristan Thomas, Sean Wroe 3:00.90 SB 4 5Belgium 2009 WorldAntoine Gillet, Kévin Borlée, Nils Duerinck, Cedric van Branteghem 3:01.88 SB 5 8Poland 2009 WorldMarcin Marciniszyn, Piotr Klimczak, Kacper Kozłowski, Jan Ciepiela 3:02.23 SB 6 6Dominican Republic 2009 WorldArismendy Peguero, Yon Soriano, Yoel Tapia, Félix Sánchez 3:02.47 7 3France 2009 WorldLeslie Djhone, Teddy Venel, Yannick Fonsat, Yoann Décimus 3:02.65 8 1Nigeria 2009 WorldSaul Welgopwa, Noah Akwu, Amaechi Morton, Bola Gee Lawal 3:02.73 Key: SB = Seasonal best, WL = World leading (in a given season) References Men's 4 x 400 metres relay qualification from IAAF (Archived 2009-09-08). IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-27. Men's 4 x 400 metres relay final results from IAAF. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-27. 4x400 Category:Relays at the World Athletics Championships