2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
These are the official results of the Men's 4x400 metres event at the 2001 IAAF World Championships in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Their final was held on Sunday 12 August 2001 at 16:20h.
Records[]
| Standing records prior to the 2001 World Athletics Championships | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Record |  United States (Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts, Butch Reynolds, Michael Johnson) |
2:54.29 | August 22, 1993 |  Stuttgart, Germany
|
| Event Record | United States (Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts, Butch Reynolds, Michael Johnson) |
2:54.29 | August 22, 1993 | Stuttgart, Germany
|
| Season Best | United States "Red" (Leonard Byrd, Angelo Taylor, Jerome Young, Michael Johnson) |
2:58.60 | April 28, 2001 | Philadelphia, United States
|
Final[]
| RANK | NATION | ATHLETES | TIME |
|---|---|---|---|
|
 Bahamas (BAH)
|
• Avard Moncur • Christopher Brown • Troy McIntosh • Timothy Munnings |
2:58.19 |
|
 Jamaica (JAM)
|
• Brandon Simpson • Christopher Williams • Gregory Haughton • Danny McFarlane |
2:58.39 |
|
 Poland (POL)
|
• Rafał Wieruszewski • Piotr Haczek • Piotr Długosielski • Piotr Rysiukiewicz |
2:59.71 |
| 4. |  Brazil (BRA)
|
• Valdinei da Silva • Anderson Jorge dos Santos • Flávio Godoy • Sanderlei Parrela |
3:01.09 |
| 5. |  Great Britain (GBR)
|
• Iwan Thomas • Jamie Baulch • Timothy Benjamin • Mark Richardson |
3:01.26 |
| 6. |  Spain (ESP)
|
• Eduardo Iván Rodríguez • David Canal • Antonio Andrés • Antonio Manuel Reina |
3:02.24 |
| 7. | Germany (GER)
|
• Marc Alexander Scheer • Ruwen Faller • Lars Figura • Ingo Schultz |
3:03.52 |
| United States (USA)
|
• Leonard Byrd • Antonio Pettigrew • Derrick Brew • Angelo Taylor |
DQ |
Heats[]
- Held on Saturday 11 August 2001
Heat 1[]
| RANK | NATION | ATHLETES | TIME |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | United States (USA)
|
• Jerome Young • Andrew Pierce • Leonard Byrd • Derrick Brew |
3:00.07 |
| 2. | Great Britain (GBR)
|
• Mark Hylton • Iwan Thomas • Timothy Benjamin • Mark Richardson |
3:00.96 |
| 3. | Germany (GER)
|
• Ingo Schultz • Ruwen Faller • Marc Alexander Scheer • Lars Figura |
3:01.33 |
| 4. | Spain (ESP)
|
• Eduardo Iván Rodríguez • David Canal • Antonio Andrés • Antonio Manuel Reina |
3:01.42 |
| 5. |  Japan (JPN)
|
• Kenji Tabata • Jun Osakada • Dai Tamesue • Ryuji Muraki |
3:02.75 |
| 6. |  Sweden (SWE)
|
• Johan Wissman • Jimisola Laursen • • |
3:04.02 |
| 7. |  Canada (CAN)
|
• Shane Niemi • Gary Reed • • |
3:04.87 |
Heat 2[]
| RANK | NATION | ATHLETES | TIME |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Brazil (BRA)
|
• Claudinei da Silva • Anderson Jorge dos Santos • Flávio Godoy • Sanderlei Parrela |
3:00.75 |
| 2. | Jamaica (JAM)
|
• Michael Blackwood • Brandon Simpson • Mario Watts • Danny McFarlane |
3:00.97 |
| 3. |  France (FRA)
|
• Marc Raquil • Marc Foucan • • Stéphane Diagana |
3:01.65 |
| 4. |  Russia (RUS)
|
• • Ruslan Mashchenko • Dmitriy Golovastov • Andrey Semyonov |
3:01.95 |
| 5. |  Botswana (BOT)
|
• Lulu Basinyi • Otukile Lekote • Johnson Kubisa • California Molefe |
3:03.32 |
| 6. |  Czech Republic (CZE)
|
• Karel Bláha • • Stepan Tesarik • Jirí Muzik |
3:04.27 |
| — |  Sri Lanka (SRI)
|
• Rohan Pradeep Kumara • Ranga Wimalawansa • Prasanna Sampath Amarasekara • Harijan Ratnayake |
DNS |
Heat 3[]
| RANK | NATION | ATHLETES | TIME |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Bahamas (BAH)
|
• Troy McIntosh • Avard Moncur • Carl Oliver • Timothy Munnings |
3:00.88 |
| 2. | Poland (POL)
|
• Rafał Wieruszewski • Piotr Haczek • Jacek Bocian • Piotr Rysiukiewicz |
3:01.32 |
| 3. |  South Africa (RSA)
|
• Marcus La Grange • Jopie van Oudtshoorn • Alwyn Myburgh • Arnaud Malherbe |
3:01.70 |
| 4. |  Ukraine (UKR)
|
• Oleksandr Kaydash • Andriy Tverdostup • • Yevhen Zyukov |
3:02.35 (NR) |
| 5. |  Mexico (MEX)
|
• Alejandro Cárdenas • • • Juan Pedro Toledo |
3:03.19 (NR) |
| 6. |  Saudi Arabia (KSA)
|
• Hamdan O. Al-Bishi • Hamed Al-Bishi • • Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily |
3:04.22 |
| 7. |  Ireland (IRL)
|
• Robert Daly • Tom Comyns • Paul McKee • Tomas Coman |
3:04.26 |
| 8. |  Venezuela (VEN)
|
• • Simoncito Silvera • Jonathan Palma • William Hernández |
3:05.37 |
References[]
Categories:
- Events at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics
- Relays at the World Athletics Championships