2015 IAAF World Relays – Men's 4 × 200 metres relay

Relay race held in the Bahamas Men's 4 × 200 metres relay 2014 IAAF World Relays Thomas Robinson Stadium 3 May (heats & final) 21 1:20.97 Nickel AshmeadeRasheed DwyerJason LivermoreWarren Weir Teddy TinmarChristophe LemaitrePierre-Alexis PessonneauxBen BassawFrance Robin ErewaSven KnipphalsAleixo-Platini MengaAlexander KosenkowGermany 2014 2017 The men's 4 × 200 metres relay at the 2015 IAAF World Relays was held at the Thomas Robinson Stadium on 3 May. On paper this race looked like a Jamaican record attempt with the American team their closest competitor. Jamaica brought all its guns, and strategically held out Usain Bolt and Nickel Ashmeade from the qualifying round. But when it came time for the final, Bolt was nowhere to be seen. A minor hamstring injury earlier in the meet kept the world record holder in the locker room listening to music when the finals were held.http://olympictalk.nbcsports.com/2015/05/03/world-relays-usain-bolt-jamaica-usa-justin-gatlin/ Jamaica exacts revenge on U.S. At World Relays, without Usain Bolt 4 May 2015 The first two legs went as scripted with Jamaica taking a significant lead, but at the second handoff, Jason Livermore seemed completely unprepared to take a handoff, standing flatfooted as Rasheed Dwyer passed him and handed the baton backward. Still the Jamaican handoff was legal, just costing the team valuable seconds. In the adjacent lane, the American team saw Curtis Mitchell line up in the wrong spot and while Isiah Young came in on the inside of his lane, Mitchell performed first a lane violation then after being passed by Young, a pirouette to drop the baton outside of the end of the zone. Mitchell picked up the baton to continue now well back in the field. Out of this chaos, the well trained French squad was left in the lead through the final turn. It was only the difference in Warren Weir's superior speed that allowed him to pass Ben Bassaw on the home stretch to take Jamaica to victory. USA crossed the line in third, but were disqualified for the handoff violation. Records Prior to the competition, the records were as follows: World recordJamaica(Nickel Ashmeade, Warren Weir, Jermaine Brown, Yohan Blake)1:18.63BAH Nassau, Bahamas24 May 2014Championship recordWorld LeadingUnited States(Joseph Morris, Maurice Mitchell, Ameer Webb, Wallace Spearmon)1:20.64United States Philadelphia, United States25 April 2015African RecordSouth Africa(Marcus la Grange, Mathew Quinn, Josef van der Linde, Paul Gorries)1:22.06RSA Port Elizabeth, South Africa1 March 2002Asian RecordJapan Waseda University1:22.12JPN Yokohama, Japan14 September 2014North, Central American and Caribbean recordJamaica(Nickel Ashmeade, Warren Weir, Jermaine Brown, Yohan Blake)1:18.63BAH Nassau, Bahamas24 May 2014South American RecordGuyana(Adam Harris, Winston George, Jeremy Bascom, Stephan James)1:24.42USA Philadelphia, United States25 April 2015European RecordFrance(Christophe Lemaitre, Yannick Fonsat, Ben Bassaw, Ken Romain)1:20.66BAH Nassau, Bahamas24 May 2014Oceanian recordAustralia(Scott Vassella, Shem Hollands, Dean Capobianco, Peter Vassella)1:23.04AUS Sydney, Australia6 December 1998 Schedule Date Time Round3 May 2014 19:00 Heats3 May 2014 21:20 Final All times are local times (UTC−4) Results KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedWLWorld leadingNRNational recordSBSeasonal best Heats Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) advanced to the final.Heats ResultsHeats Summary Rank Heat Lane Nation Athletes Time Notes 1 1 7 Rasheed Dwyer, Jason Livermore, Jermaine Brown, Warren Weir 1:20.19 Q, WL 2 2 2 United States Joseph Morris, Isiah Young, Justin Walker, Wallace Spearmon 1:20.78 Q 3 1 5 France Pierre Vincent, Teddy Tinmar, Pierre-Alexis Pessonneaux, Ben Bassaw 1:21.41 Q, SB 4 1 3 Germany Robin Erewa, Sven Knipphals, Aleixo-Platini Menga, Alexander Kosenkow 1:21.46 q, NR 5 2 5 Antoine Adams, Lestrod Roland, Brijesh Lawrence, Allistar Clarke 1:22.36 Q, SB 6 2 8 Jakub Adamski, Remigiusz Olszewski, Karol Zalewski, Adam Pawłowski 1:22.38 q, SB 7 3 7 Deneko Brown, Andretti Bain, Alfred Higgs, Blake Bartlett 1:22.86 Q, SB 7 2 3 Nicholas Deshong, Ramon Gittens, Levi Cadogan, Fallon Forde 1:22.86 SB 9 2 4 Yavuz Can, Ramil Guliyev, Fatih Aktaş, Ali Ekber Kayaş 1:23.55 NR 10 3 8 Steven Gugerli, Pascal Mancini, Reto Schenkel, Suganthan Somasundaram 1:24.55 Q, NR 11 2 7 Tabarie Henry, Leslie Murray, David Walters, Leon Hunt 1:25.31 SB 12 1 2 Rai Benjamin, Daniel Bailey, Tahir Walsh, Miguel Francis 99.99 DNF 13 1 4 Kemar Hyman, Tyrell Cuffy, Gerome Bodden, Jamal Walton 99.99 DNF 14 3 2 Mike Mokamba Nyang'Au, Carvin Nkanata, Collins Omae Gichana, Pius Muiya Musyoki 99.99 DQ 170.7 Passing the baton outside the takeover zone 15 1 6 Ejowvokoghene Oduduru, Nicholas Imhoaperamhe, Orukpe Eraiyokan, Robert Simmons 99.99 DQ 170.7 Passing the baton outside the takeover zone 16 2 6 China Wu Zhiqiang, Mo Youxue, Yang Yang, Xie Zhenye 99.99 DQ 170.7 Passing the baton outside the takeover zone 17 1 8 Jesse Urikhob, Hitjivirue Kaanjuka, Gilbert Hainuca, Adiel Van Wyk 99.99 DQ 163.3 Lane infringement 18 3 5 Canada Gavin Smellie, Aaron Brown, Oluwasegun Makinde, Dontae Richards-Kwok 99.99 DQ 170.6 Finishing the race without the baton 19 3 4 Theo Piniau, Kevin Kapmatana, Richard Dotaona, Paul Pokana 99.99 DQ 170.18 Starting outside the allowed distance 20 3 6 Italy 99.99 DNS 21 3 3 99.99 DNS Final The final was started at 21:29.Final Results Rank Lane Nation Athletes Time Notes 6 Nickel Ashmeade, Rasheed Dwyer, Jason Livermore, Warren Weir 1:20.97 4 France Teddy Tinmar, Christophe Lemaitre, Pierre-Alexis Pessonneaux, Ben Bassaw 1:21.49 1 Germany Robin Erewa, Sven Knipphals, Aleixo-Platini Menga, Alexander Kosenkow 1:22.65 4 2 Jakub Adamski, Remigiusz Olszewski, Kamil Masztak, Karol Zalewski 1:22.85 5 3 Deneko Brown, Andretti Bain, Alfred Higgs, Blake Bartlett 1:22.91 6 7 Antoine Adams, Lestrod Roland, Brijesh Lawrence, Allistar Clarke 1:22.92 7 8 Steven Gugerli, Pascal Mancini, Reto Schenkel, Suganthan Somasundaram 1:24.37 NR 8 5 United States Wallace Spearmon, Isiah Young, Curtis Mitchell, Justin Gatlin 99.99 DQ 170.7 Passing the baton outside the takeover zone References 4 x 200 metres relay Category:4 × 200 metres relay