2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
The 4 x 400 metre relay at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on August 13 and August 14.
Medals[]
Gold: | Silver: | Bronze: |
![]() Andrew Rock
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![]() Nathaniel McKinney |
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Qualifying[]
From the initial two heats the first three teams in each plus two fastest losers progressed through to the final.
All times shown are in seconds.
- Q denotes automatic qualification.
- q denotes fastest losers.
- DNS denotes did not start.
- DNF denotes did not finish.
- AR denotes area record.
- NR denotes national record.
- PB denotes personal best.
- SB denotes season's best.
Heat 1[]
Bahamas (Nathaniel McKinney, Avard Moncur, Troy McIntosh, Andrae Williams) 2:59.73 Q (WL)
Jamaica (Michael Blackwood, Sanjay Ayre, Lansford Spence, Davian Clarke) 2:59.75 Q (SB)
Poland (Piotr Klimczak, Marcin Marciniszyn, Robert Maćkowiak, Rafał Wieruszewski) 3:00.38 q (SB)
Germany (Simon Kirch, Kamghe Gaba, Florian Seitz, Bastian Swillims) 3:03.17
Sweden (Mattias Claesson, Jimisola Laursen, Johan Wissman, ) 3:03.62 (SB)
Botswana (Obakeng Ngwigwa, California Molefe, , ) 3:06.39 (SB)
Heat 2[]
United States (Miles Smith, Derrick Brew, LaShawn Merritt, Darold Williamson) 3:00.48 Q (SB)
Trinidad and Tobago (Ato Modibo, Julieon Raeburn, Renny Quow, Damion Barry) 3:01.91 Q
Russia (Dmitriy Forshev, Andrey Rudnitskiy, , Yevgeniy Lebedev) 3:02.05 q (SB)
Ukraine (, Andriy Tverdostup, Myhaylo Knysh, ) 3:03.41 (SB)
Spain (David Testa, David Canal, David Melo, Antonio Manuel Reina) 3:08.03
Zimbabwe (Nelton Ndebele, Young Talkmore Nyongani, Brian Dzingai, ) 3:08.26 (SB)
Heat 3[]
Great Britain (Robert Tobin, Martyn Rooney, Malachi Davis, Graham Hedman) 3:01.95 Q
France (Leslie Djhone, Naman Keïta, Abderrahim El Haouzy, Marc Raquil) 3:02.86 Q
Dominican Republic (Arismendi Peguero, Carlos Santa, Danis García, ) 3:03.57 (SB)
South Africa (Jan van der Merwe, Ockert Cilliers, Pieter de Villiers, L. J. van Zyl) 3:04.64 (SB)
Nigeria (Saul Weigopwa, Musa Audu, , Enefiok Udo Obong) 3:07.91 (SB)
Saudi Arabia (Hamdan Odha Al-Bishi, Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily, Hamed Hamadan Al-Bishi, Mohammed Al Salhi) DQ
Final[]
United States (Andrew Rock, Derrick Brew, Darold Williamson, Jeremy Wariner) 2:56.91 (WL)
Bahamas (Nathaniel McKinney, Avard Moncur, Andrae Williams, Chris Brown) 2:57.32 (NR)
Jamaica (Sanjay Ayre, Brandon Simpson, Lansford Spence, Davian Clarke) 2:58.07 (SB)
Great Britain (Timothy Benjamin, Martyn Rooney, Robert Tobin, Malachi Davis) 2:58.82 (SB)
Poland (Marcin Marciniszyn, Robert Maćkowiak, Piotr Rysiukiewicz, Piotr Klimczak) 3:00.58
France (Leslie Djhone, Naman Keïta, Abderrahim El Haouzy, Marc Raquil) 3:03.10
Russia (Dmitriy Forshev, Andrey Rudnitskiy, Oleg Mishukov, Yevgeniy Lebedev) 3:03.20
Trinidad and Tobago (Ato Modibo, Julieon Raeburn, Renny Quow, Damion Barry) DQ
External links[]
Categories:
- Events at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics
- Relays at the World Athletics Championships