2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

None thumb|110px|Official Video The Men's 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on 1 and 2 September. Thursday and Friday. This is a change in schedule from previous years when all the relays were at the end of the program. This might necessitate a change in strategy to allow for team members involved in other events. This was the fastest qualifying round in the history of the World Championships. All eight qualifying teams were faster than the fastest qualifier two years before. All but final qualifier Kenya were faster than the Bronze medal team at that championship. United States ran the world leading time, which sounds more impressive than it really was since the previous leading time was by an American collegiate team (though only seven of these national teams were better than that mark in this entire competition). The South African team set their National Record, led off by double amputee Oscar Pistorius. After the heat, South Africa elected not to include Pistorius in the final. https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/athletics/14759376 Oscar Pistorius wins relay silver 2 September 2011 BBC Sport 12 March 2014 https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2011/sep/02/oscar-pistorius-dropped-relay-team Oscar Pistorius dropped from South Africa's 4x400m relay final team 2 September 2011 Guardian 12 March 2014 In the finals, none of the medal winning teams matched their times from the qualifying heats. Jonathan Borlée put Belgium in the early lead. After the first handoff, they were passed quickly by Ofentse Mogawane putting South Africa into the lead followed by Jermaine Gonzales of Jamaica. Five time defending champion United States, running hurdlers Bershawn Jackson and Angelo Taylor, was a slow third place behind South Africa's Willem de Beer watching Jamaican Riker Hylton separate from the field, but Hylton tied up on the home stretch and the race tightened going into the final handoff. Taking the baton in the unfamiliar third place, Silver medalist LaShawn Merritt ran a controlled race in lane one moving into position for one final surge on the home stretch. Merritt was actually too close to the runners ahead of him and had to dart to the right to go around to pass the two teams in green and yellow to the finish. South Africa anchor, hurdler L. J. van Zyl, held off Jamaica's Leford Green for the silver medal.https://www.worldathletics.org/news/report/mens-4x400m-relay-final-team-usa-strikes Men's 4x400m Relay - Final - Team USA strikes gold again! | REPORT | World Athletics Medalists GoldSilverBronzeUnited States 2011 WorldGreg NixonBershawn JacksonAngelo TaylorLaShawn MerrittJamaal Torrance*Michael Berry*South Africa 2011 WorldShane VictorOfentse MogawaneWillem de BeerL. J. van ZylOscar Pistorius*Jamaica 2011 WorldAllodin FothergillJermaine GonzalesRiker HyltonLeford GreenLansford Spence* Records World recordUnited States (Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts, Harry Reynolds, Michael Johnson)2:54.29Stuttgart, Germany22 August 1993Championship recordUnited States (Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts, Harry Reynolds, Michael Johnson)2:54.29Stuttgart, Germany22 August 1993World leadingTexas A&M University(Bryan Miller, Tabarie Henry, Michael Preble, Demetrius Pinder)3:00.45Austin, United States9 April 2011African recordNigeria (Clement Chukwu, Jude Monye, Sunday Bada, Enefiok Udo-Obong)2:58.68Sydney, Australia30 September 2000Asian recordJapan (Shunji Karube, Koji Ito, Jun Osakada, Shigekazu Omori)3:00.76Atlanta, United States3 August 1996North, Central American and Caribbean recordUnited States (Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts, Harry Reynolds, Michael Johnson)2:54.29Stuttgart, Germany22 August 1993South American recordBrazil (Eronilde de Araújo, Cleverson da Silva, Claudinei da Silva, Sanderlei Parrela)2:58.56Winnipeg, Canada30 July 1999European recordGreat Britain (Iwan Thomas, Jamie Baulch, Mark Richardson, Roger Black)2:56.60Atlanta, United States3 August 1996Oceanian recordAustralia (Bruce Frayne, Gary Minihan, Richard Mitchell, Darren Clark)2:59.70Los Angeles, United States11 August 1984 Qualification standards A timeB time 3:04.00 Schedule Date Time Round 1 September 2011 12:30 Heats 2 September 2011 21:15 Final Results KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best Heats Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) advance to the final. Rank Heat Nation Athletes Time Notes 1 1 United States 2011 World Greg Nixon, Jamaal Torrance, Michael Berry, LaShawn Merritt 2:58.82 Q, WL 2 1 Jamaica 2011 World Allodin Fothergill, Riker Hylton, Lansford Spence, Leford Green 2:59.13 Q, SB 3 1 South Africa 2011 World Oscar Pistorius, Ofentse Mogawane, Willem de Beer, Shane Victor 2:59.21 Q, NR 4 1 Great Britain 2011 World Richard Strachan, Nigel Levine, Christopher Clarke, Martyn Rooney 3:00.38 q 5 1 Germany 2011 World Jonas Plass, Kamghe Gaba, Eric Krüger, Thomas Schneider 3:00.68 q 6 2 Belgium 2011 World Antoine Gillet, Jonathan Borlée, Nils Duerinck, Kévin Borlée 3:00.71 Q, SB 7 2 Russia 2011 World Maksim Dyldin, Konstantin Svechkar, Pavel Trenikhin, Denis Alekseyev 3:00.81 Q, SB 8 2 Kenya 2011 World Vincent Kiplangat Kosgei, Anderson Mureta Mutegi, Vincent Mumo Kiilu, Mark Mutai 3:00.97 Q, SB 9 2 Bahamas 2011 World Ramon Miller, Avard Moncur, Andrae Williams, LaToy Williams 3:01.54 10 2 Australia 2011 World Ben Offereins, Tristan Thomas, Steven Solomon, Sean Wroe 3:01.56 SB 11 2 Poland 2011 World Kacper Kozłowski, Piotr Wiaderek, Jakub Krzewina, Marcin Marciniszyn 3:01.84 SB 12 1 Trinidad and Tobago 2011 World Zwede Hewitt, Jarrin Solomon, Deon Lendore, Renny Quow 3:02.47 13 1 Japan 2011 World Kei Takase, Yuzo Kanemaru, Yusuke Ishitsuka, Hideyuki Hirose 3:02.64 SB 14 2 France 2011 World Nicolas Fillon, Teddy Venel, Mamoudou Hanne, Yoann Décimus 3:03.68 15 1 South Korea 2011 World Park Bong-Go, Lim Chan-Ho, Lee Jun, Seong Hyeok-Je 3:04.05 NR 16 2 Saudi Arabia 2011 World Ismail Al-Sabani, Yousef Ahmed Masrahi, Hamed Al-Bishi, Mohammed Al-Salhi 3:05.65 SB Final Rank Lane Nation Athletes Time Notes 5 United States 2011 World Greg Nixon, Bershawn Jackson, Angelo Taylor, LaShawn Merritt 2:59.31 8 South Africa 2011 World Shane Victor, Ofentse Mogawane, Willem de Beer, L. J. van Zyl 2:59.87 4 Jamaica 2011 World Allodin Fothergill, Jermaine Gonzales, Riker Hylton, Leford Green 3:00.10 4 3 Russia 2011 World Maksim Dyldin, Konstantin Svechkar, Pavel Trenikhin, Denis Alekseyev 3:00.22 SB 5 6 Belgium 2011 World Jonathan Borlée, Antoine Gillet, Nils Duerinck, Kévin Borlée 3:00.41 SB 6 7 Kenya 2011 World Vincent Kiplangat Kosgei, Vincent Mumo Kiilu, Anderson Mureta Mutegi, Mark Mutai 3:01.15 7 1 Great Britain 2011 World Richard Strachan, Nigel Levine, Christopher Clarke, Martyn Rooney 3:01.16 8 2 Germany 2011 World Jonas Plass, Kamghe Gaba, Miguel Rigau, Thomas Schneider 3:01.37 References External links Relay results at IAAF website Relay 4 x 400 Category:Relays at the World Athletics Championships