2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay explained

The men's 4 x 400 metres relay event at the 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 15–16.

Medalists

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Leroy Colquhoun
Danny McFarlane
Michael Blackwood
Davian Clarke
Kemel Thompson
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Jamie Baulch
Timothy Benjamin
Cori Henry
Daniel Caines
Mark Hylton
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Rafał Wieruszewski
Grzegorz Zajączkowski
Marcin Marciniszyn
Marek Plawgo
Artur Gąsiewski

* Runners who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Note: The United States (James Davis, Jerome Young, Milton Campbell, Tyree Washington) originally won the gold medal in 3:04.09, but were disqualified after Young admitted to the use of banned substances in 2004.

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 2 teams of each heat (Q) plus the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.

Rank Heat Nation Athletes Time Notes
1 3:04.17 Q, Doping
1 1 3:06.46 Q
2 1 3:06.60 q, SB
3 2 3:08.71 Q
4 2 3:16.10 Q
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Final

RankNationCompetitorsTimeNotes
James Davis, Jerome Young, Milton Campbell, Tyree Washington3:04.09Doping
Leroy Colquhoun, Danny McFarlane, Michael Blackwood, Davian Clarke3:04.21 NR
Jamie Baulch, Timothy Benjamin, Cori Henry, Daniel Caines3:06.12 SB
Rafał Wieruszewski, Grzegorz Zajączkowski, Marcin Marciniszyn, Marek Plawgo3:06.61 SB
Oleg Mishukov, Aleksandr Usov, Andrey Rudnitskiy, Dmitriy Bogdanov

References