2015 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

None May 2026 Men's 4 × 400 metres relay 2015 World Championships Beijing National Stadium 29 August (heats) 30 August (final) 70 16 2:57.82 David VerburgTony McQuayBryshon NellumLaShawn MerrittKyle Clemons*Vernon Norwood* USA Renny QuowLalonde GordonDeon LendoreMachel CedenioJarrin Solomon* TRI Rabah YousifDelano WilliamsJarryd DunnMartyn Rooney GBR 2013 2017 thumb|110px|F24HlrujXQEOfficial Video The men's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 29 and 30 August.http://www.iaafbeijing2015.com/special/iaaf_sch_en/ https://web.archive.org/web/20141201205133/http://www.iaafbeijing2015.com/special/iaaf_sch_en/ dead 1 December 2014 Beijing 2015: Timetable 11 August 2015 10 August 2015 Beijing 2015 Start list thumb|4 × 400 m men final Beijing 2015 Summary During the heats, the United States and Trinidad and Tobago established themselves as strong contenders. Botswana demonstrated significant raw athletic talent but lacked the technical execution required for highly competitive relay racing. In contrast, elite American high school programs-such as Long Beach Poly, the alma mater of Olympic sprinter Bryshon Nellum- routinely train athletes to navigate baton handoffs in heavy track traffic. If Botswana had passed the baton better, they probably could have qualified. In the finals, the first legs between Trinidad and Tobago (Renny Quow), Great Britain (Rabah Yousif) and USA (David Verburg) were relatively close, exchanging in that order. France, Belgium and Jamaica were all close in the mix. American Tony McQuay sped around the turn before the break and got enough of a lead to shut the door on the other teams, gaining a couple of metres as they dropped back to regroup and try to pass. Lalonde Gordon was able to put T&T slightly ahead at the handoff with a gap back to Great Britain and France, with Jamaica a few steps further behind. Down the backstretch Rusheen McDonald brought Jamaica around into third. As he paid for his efforts on the home stretch, he served as a blockade for Britain and France, Kevin Borlée brought Belgium around the outside into third by the handoff. On the front, Deon Lendore, chased by Nellum stayed relatively even, with 400 finalist Machel Cedenio taking the baton ahead of 400 silver medalist LaShawn Merritt. Merritt fell in behind Cedenio, who he had beaten by a second and a half four days earlier, to strategically prepare for a final pass. Javon Francis brought Jamaica all the way from fifth place to sprinting past the lead duo on the backstretch. Merritt went around Cedenio and started moving in on Francis for that final move. Coming onto the home stretch, Merritt executed his best move on Francis leaving him behind while Martyn Rooney was edging up on Cedenio. Francis, paying for his early speed, began to look like slow motion while everybody else was in real time. Merritt went on to victory, Cedenio separated from Rooney and sped past Francis for silver, and just at the line, Rooney was able to dip past Francis for bronze so close it took the photo finish readers a minute to determine. http://www.iaaf.org/news/report/beijing-2015-men-4x400m-final REPORT: MEN'S 4X400M FINAL – IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, BEIJING 2015 30 August 2015 iaaf.org 2 September 2015 Records Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:http://www.iaaf.org/records/by-discipline/relays/4x400-metres-relay/outdoor/men Records & Lists – 4x400 metres relay IAAF 18 August 2015 World recordUnited States(Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts, Harry Reynolds, Michael Johnson)2:54.29 Stuttgart, Germany22 August 1993Championship recordWorld LeadingUnited States (David Verburg, Tony McQuay, Jeremy Wariner, LaShawn Merritt)2:58.43 Nassau, Bahamas3 May 2015African RecordNigeria(Clement Chukwu, Jude Monye, Sunday Bada, Enefiok Udo-Obong)2:58.68 Sydney, Australia30 September 2000Asian RecordJapan(Shunji Karube, Koji Ito, Jun Osakada, Shigekazu Omori)3:00.76 Atlanta, GA, United States3 August 1996North, Central American and Caribbean recordUnited States(Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts, Harry Reynolds, Michael Johnson)2:54.29 Stuttgart, Germany22 August 1993South American RecordBrazil(Eronilde de Araújo, Cleverson da Silva, Claudinei da Silva, Sanderlei Parrela)2:58.56 Winnipeg, Canada30 July 1999European RecordGreat Britain(Iwan Thomas, Mark Richardson, Jamie Baulch, Roger Black)2:56.60 Atlanta, GA, United States3 August 1996Oceanian recordAustralia(Bruce Frayne, Gary Minihan, Rick Mitchell, Darren Clark)2:59.70 Los Angeles, CA, United States11 August 1984The following records were established during the competition:World LeadingUnited States (Kyle Clemons, Tony McQuay, Bryshon Nellum, Vernon Norwood)2:58.13Beijing, China29 August 2015World LeadingUnited States (David Verburg, Tony McQuay, Bryshon Nellum, LaShawn Merritt)2:57.82Beijing, China30 August 2015 Qualification standards Entry standards 2014 IAAF World Championships Beijing 2015 – Standards http://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitioninfo/544c7d0a-0807-4226-a85b-79928c58a097.pdf IAAF 18 August 2015 Top 8 at IWR+ 8 from Top Lists Schedule Date Time Round29 August 2015 10:40 Heats30 August 2015 20:25 Final All times are local times (UTC+8) Results Heats Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) advance to the final.Heats results Rank Heat Lane Nation Athletes Time Notes 1 2 6 USA 2015 World Kyle Clemons, Tony McQuay, Bryshon Nellum, Vernon Norwood 2:58.13 Q, WL 2 2 2 TTO 2015 World Renny Quow, Jarrin Solomon, Deon Lendore, Lalonde Gordon 2:58.67 Q, SB 3 2 8 JAM 2015 World Peter Matthews, Ricardo Chambers, Dane Hyatt, Javon Francis 2:58.69 Q, SB 4 1 8 GBR 2015 World Rabah Yousif, Delano Williams, Jarryd Dunn, Martyn Rooney 2:59.05 Q, SB 5 1 2 BEL 2015 World Dylan Borlée, Jonathan Borlée, Antoine Gillet, Kevin Borlée 2:59.28 Q, NR Belgian 6 1 7 FRA 2015 World Mame-Ibra Anne, Teddy Atine-Venel, Mamoudou Hanne, Thomas Jordier 2:59.42 Q, SB 7 1 3 RUS 2015 World Artem Denmukhametov, Pavel Trenikhin, Denis Kudryavtsev, Pavel Ivashko 2:59.45 q, NR Russian 8 2 7 CUB 2015 World William Collazo, Raidel Acea, Adrian Chacón, Yoandys Lescay 2:59.80 q, SB 9 2 3 BOT 2015 World Onkabetse Nkobolo, Nijel Amos, Leaname Maotoanong, Isaac Makwala 2:59.95 NR Botswana 10 2 5 DOM 2015 World Gustavo Cuesta, Yon Soriano, Juander Santos, Luguelín Santos 3:00.15 NR Dominican Republic 11 1 9 POL 2015 World Łukasz Krawczuk, Michał Pietrzak, Rafał Omelko, Jakub Krzewina 3:00.72 SB 12 2 4 BRA 2015 World Pedro Luiz de Oliveira, Wagner Cardoso, Hederson Estefani, Hugo de Sousa 3:01.05 13 2 9 IRL 2015 World Brian Gregan, Brian Murphy, Thomas Barr, Mark English 3:01.26 NR Irish 14 1 5 VEN 2015 World Alberth Bravo, José Meléndez, Arturo Ramírez, Freddy Mezones 3:02.96 SB 15 1 4 JPN 2015 World Tomoya Tamura, Yuzo Kanemaru, Naoki Kobayashi, Takamasa Kitagawa 3:02.97 SB 16 1 6 BAH 2015 World Steven Gardiner, Michael Mathieu, Alonzo Russell, Ramon Miller 9:99.99 DQ R163.3a Final The final was held at 20:25Final results Rank Lane Nation Athletes Time Notes 7 USA 2015 World David Verburg, Tony McQuay, Bryshon Nellum, LaShawn Merritt 2:57.82 WL 4 TTO 2015 World Renny Quow, Lalonde Gordon, Deon Lendore, Machel Cedenio 2:58.20 NR Trinidad and Tobago 6 GBR 2015 World Rabah Yousif, Delano Williams, Jarryd Dunn, Martyn Rooney 2:58.51 SB 4 9 JAM 2015 World Peter Matthews, Ricardo Chambers, Rusheen McDonald, Javon Francis 2:58.51 SB 5 5 BEL 2015 World Jonathan Borlée, Robin Vanderbemden, Kevin Borlée, Antoine Gillet 3:00.24 6 8 FRA 2015 World Mame-Ibra Anne, Teddy Atine-Venel, Mamoudou Hanne, Thomas Jordier 3:00.65 7 3 CUB 2015 World William Collazo, Raidel Acea, Adrián Chacón, Yoandys Lescay 3:03.05 8 2 RUS 2015 World Artem Denmukhametov, Pavel Trenikhin, Denis Alekseyev, Pavel Ivashko 3:03.05 References 4 x 400 metres relay Category:Relays at the World Athletics Championships