2017 IAAF World Relays – Men's 4 × 200 metres relay

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Men's 4 × 200 metres relay
at the 2017 IAAF World Relays
VenueThomas Robinson Stadium
Dates23 April
Competitors61 from 14 nations
Winning time1:19.42
Medalists
gold medal    Canada
silver medal    United States
bronze medal    Jamaica
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The men's 4 × 200 metres relay at the 2017 IAAF World Relays was held at the Thomas Robinson Stadium on 23 April.

Using the four turn stagger, teams were spread across the turn. The best relative judgement of progress is against the stagger. On the first leg, American Noah Lyles separated from Bahamas' Blake Bartlett to his inside and gained on China's Tang Xingqiang, while Canadian Gavin Smellie gained against Jamaican relay gold medalist Nickel Ashmeade to his outside. On the second leg, American Jarrion Lawson passed China's Mo Youxue, making USA look like the clear leader as the international broadcasters called the race. On the inside, Canadian Brendon Rodney had also passed Jamaica's Rasheed Dwyer. Canada put their star, triple Olympic medalist, Andre De Grasse on third leg. With USA the stagger leader on the outside, DeGrasse clearly was pulling away from everybody else and making up the gap to USA's Isiah Young. DeGrasse's leg was the first time the announcers noticed Canada. DeGrasse passed to Aaron Brown two steps ahead of the Americans pass to Ameer Webb. Brown held that advantage to the finish line, with the Jamaican team, anchored by Yohan Blake, the second fastest man in history, trailing the Americans by 15 meters.

Records[]

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:

World record  Jamaica
(Nickel Ashmeade, Warren Weir, Jermaine Brown, Yohan Blake)
1:18.63 The Bahamas Nassau, Bahamas 24 May 2014
Championship record
World Leading  Canada
(Bolade Ajomale
Brendon Rodney
Andre De Grasse
Aaron Brown)
1:19.91 United States Gainesville, United States 1 April 2017
African Record  South Africa
(Marcus la Grange, Mathew Quinn, , Paul Gorries)
1:22.06 South Africa Port Elizabeth, South Africa 1 March 2002
Asian Record Japan Waseda University 1:22.12 Japan Yokohama, Japan 14 September 2014
North, Central American and Caribbean record  Jamaica
(Nickel Ashmeade, Warren Weir, Jermaine Brown, Yohan Blake)
1:18.63 The Bahamas Nassau, Bahamas 24 May 2014
South American Record  Guyana
(Adam Harris, Winston George, Jeremy Bascom, Stephan James)
1:24.42 United States Philadelphia, United States 25 April 2015
European Record  France
(Christophe Lemaitre, Yannick Fonsat, , Ken Romain)
1:20.66 The Bahamas Nassau, Bahamas 24 May 2014
Oceanian record  Australia
(, , Dean Capobianco, Peter Vassella)
1:23.04 Australia Sydney, Australia 6 December 1998

Schedule[]

Date Time Round
3 May 2014 19:00 Heats
3 May 2014 21:20 Final

All times are local times (UTC−4)

Results[]

KEY: q Fastest non-qualifiers Q Qualified WL World leading NR National record SB Seasonal best

Heats[]

Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) advanced to the final.[1]

Rank Heat Lane Nation Athletes Time Notes
1 1 3  Canada Gavin Smellie, Brendon Rodney, Andre De Grasse, Aaron Brown 1:21.11 Q
2 2 6  United States Noah Lyles, Jarrion Lawson, Isiah Young, Ameer Webb 1:21.47 Q
3 1 4  Jamaica Nickel Ashmeade, , Oshane Bailey, Warren Weir 1:22.01 Q, SB
4 1 2  Trinidad and Tobago Kyle Greaux, Dan-Neil Telesford, Moriba Morain, Emmanuel Callender 1:22.79 Q, NR
5 1 7  Kenya Mark Odhiambo, Mike Nyang'au, , Ferdinand Omurwa 1:23.04 q, SB
6 2 4  Bahamas Adrian Griffith, Samson Colebrooke, , Shavez Hart 1:23.71 Q, SB
7 2 2  China Tang Xingqiang, Mo Youxue, Bie Ge, 1:24.01 Q, SB
8 2 3  Antigua and Barbuda Daniel Bailey, , Jared Jarvis, Chavaughn Walsh 1:24.33 q, NR
9 1 6  Poland Przemysław Słowikowski, , Artur Zaczek, Rafał Omelko 1:24.78 SB
10 2 7  Saint Kitts and Nevis Lestrod Roland, Brijesh Lawrence, Delwayne Delaney, Allistar Clarke 1:24.89 SB
11 2 1  Venezuela , Alberto Aguilar, Omar Longart, Kelvis Padrino 1:25.69 NR
12 2 8  Turks and Caicos Islands Ifeanyi Otuonye, , , 1:26.22 NR
2 5  France , Jeffrey John, Ken Romain, Ludvy Vaillant DQ 163.3a
1 5  Germany Robin Erewa, Aleixo-Platini Menga, , DNF DNF
1 8  United Kingdom DNS DNS

Final[]

The final was started at 21:36.[2]

Rank Lane Nation Athletes Time Notes Points
1st place, gold medalist(s) 3  Canada Gavin Smellie, Brendon Rodney, Andre De Grasse, Aaron Brown 1:19.42 WL 8
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6  United States Noah Lyles, Jarrion Lawson, Isiah Young, Ameer Webb 1:19.88 SB 7
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4  Jamaica Nickel Ashmeade, Oshane Bailey, Rasheed Dwyer, Yohan Blake 1:21.09 SB 6
4 8  Trinidad and Tobago Moriba Morain, Dan-Neil Telesford, Kyle Greaux, Emmanuel Callender 1:21.39 NR 5
5 5  Bahamas Blake Bartlett, Samson Colebrooke, , Shavez Hart 1:22.36 SB 4
6 7  China Tang Xingqiang, Mo Youxue, Bie Ge, 1:22.91 NR 3
7 1  Kenya Mark Odhiambo, Mike Nyang'au, , 1:23.72 2
8 2  Antigua and Barbuda Daniel Bailey, , Jared Jarvis, Tahir Walsh 1:25.11 1

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