2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay explained

The men's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Nagai Stadium on 1 and 2 September.

Medalists

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LaShawn Merritt Angelo Taylor Darold Williamson Jeremy Wariner Bershawn Jackson* Kerron Clement*

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Avard Moncur Michael Mathieu Andrae Williams Chris Brown Nathaniel McKinney*

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Marek Plawgo Daniel Dąbrowski Marcin Marciniszyn Kacper Kozłowski Rafał Wieruszewski* Witold Bańka*

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

Records

Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.

World record	Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts, Butch Reynolds, Michael Johnson	2:54.29	Stuttgart, Germany	22 August 1993
Championship record	Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts, Butch Reynolds, Michael Johnson	2:54.29	Stuttgart, Germany	22 August 1993

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
September 1, 2007	21:00	Heats
September 2, 2007	20:50	Final

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) advance to the final.

Rank	Heat	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
	1			3:00.37	Q, SB
	1			3:00.99	Q
	1			3:01.07	Q, SB
	1			3:01.22	q, SB
	2			3:01.46	Q
	2			3:02.21	Q
	2			3:02.39	Q
	1			3:02.49	q
	1			3:02.59	SB
10	2			3:02.76
11	2			3:02.92	SB
12	1			3:04.45
13	2			3:05.65
14	2			3:05.96
15	1			3:06.04

Final

Rank	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
			2:55.56	WL
		Avard Moncur, Michael Mathieu, Andrae Williams, Chris Brown	2:59.18	SB
			3:00.05	SB
			3:00.76
			3:01.62
			3:02.94
			3:03.56
			3:07.40

References

• Results