2024 World Athletics Relays – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay explained

Event:Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
Competition:2024 World Athletics Relays
Venue:Thomas Robinson Stadium, Nassau, Bahamas
Dates:4 May (heats) & 5 May (repechage, final)
Gold:Busang Kebinatshipi, Letsile Tebogo, Leungo Scotch, Bayapo Ndori
Goldnoc:BOT
Silver:Gardeo Isaacs, Zakithi Nene, Antonie Nortje, Lythe Pillay
Silvernoc:RSA
Bronze:Dylan Borlée, Robin Vanderbemden, Alexander Doom, Jonathan Sacoor
Bronzenoc:BEL
Prev:2021
Next:2025

The men's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2024 World Athletics Relays has been held at the Thomas Robinson Stadium on 4 and 5 May.

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:

World record
(Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts, Butch Reynolds, Michael Johnson)
2:54.29 Stuttgart, Germany22 August 1993
Championships record
(David Verburg, Tony McQuay, Christian Taylor, LaShawn Merritt)
2:57.25 Nassau, Bahamas25 May 2014
World Leading
Patrick Kakozi Nyambe, Kennedy Luchembe, David Mulenga, Muzala Samukonga
2:59.12 Accra, Ghana22 March 2024[1]

Program

Results

KEY:bgcolor=ccffcc align=centerQQualifiedbgcolor=ddffdd align=centerqQualified as fastest timesWLWorld leadingNRNational recordSBSeasonal bestOG2024 Olympic Games qualification

Heats

The top two per heat earned automatic Olympic qualification and advancement to the finals. All other teams had a second chance at Olympic qualification in the repechage round the following day.[2] [3]

Men's 4x400 Metres Relay Olympic Qualifying Round 1 - Heat! Place !! Athlete !! Country !! Time !! Heat
1 2:59.73 4
2 2:59.76 4
3 3:00.09 2
4 3:00.98 1
5 3:01.25 1
6 3:01.68 3
7 3:01.70 2
8 3:02.10 3
9 3:02.46 2
10 3:02.55 3
11 3:02.87 2
12 3:03.02 3
13 Wiseman Mukhobe
Boniface Mweresa
Brian Onyari Tinega
3:03.29 3
14 3:03.72 4
15 3:03.81 4
16 3:03.97 2
17 3:04.15 1
18 3:05.00 1
19 3:05.02 1
20 3:05.91 1
21 3:06.74 2
22 3:06.84 4
23 3:06.86 2
24 Wendell Miller
Alonzo Russell
Zion Shepherd
3:07.45 3
25 3:08.15 4
26 3:09.09 3
27 3:09.91 2
28 3:09.91 3
DQ 1
DNF 4
DNF 4

Repechage Olympic qualifying round

The repechage round consisted of all countries which did not qualify for the finals. The top two countries in each repechage heat qualified for the 2024 Olympics, however there was no path for the repechage teams to qualify for the World Relays finals later in the day.[4] [5]

Men's 4x400 Metres Relay Olympic Qualifying Round 2 - Heat! Place !! Athlete !! Country !! Time !! Heat
1 2:59.95 1
2 3:01.86 3
3 Iñaki Cañal
Manuel Guijarro
Óscar Husillos
3:02.39 2
4 Asa Guevara
Jereem Richards

3:02.39 3
5 3:02.44 3
6 3:02.91 2
7 3:03.00 2
8
Muzala Samukonga

3:03.18 2
9 3:03.23 1
10 3:03.24 3
11 3:03.29 3
12 3:03.47 1
13 3:04.68 3
14 Wiseman Mukhobe
Boniface Mweresa

3:04.83 1
15 Rusheen McDonald
Malik James-King
Demish Gaye
3:05.09 2
16 3:06.35 3
17 Kyle Gale
Jonathan Jones
Raheem Taitt-Best
3:06.54 2
18 Wendell Miller
Alonzo Russell
Zion Miller
3:08.29 1
19 3:09.00 2
20 3:10.01 2
21 3:10.34 3
DNF 1
DNS 1

Final

Men's 4x400 Metres Relay! Place !! Athlete !! Country !! Time
2:59.11
3:00.75
3:01.16
4 3:01.20
5 3:01.60
6 3:02.62
7 3:05.55
8 3:16.68

References

Results

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 4x400 Metres Relay - men - senior - all - 2024 . 2024-05-06 . worldathletics.org.
  2. Web site: OLYMPIC-QUALIFYING-ROUND-1 4x400 Metres Relay Results Bahamas 24 World Athletics Relays . 2024-05-06 . World Athletics. https://web.archive.org/web/20240508222421/https://worldathletics.org/en/competitions/world-athletics-relays/bahamas24/results/men/4x400-metres-relay/olympic-qualifying-round-1/summary. 8 May 2024.
  3. Web site: 4 x 400 Metres Relay Men - Olympic Qualifying Round 1 . World Athletics . 8 May 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240506140116/https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7193343/AT-4X4-M-oq1----.RS4.pdf . 6 May 2024.
  4. Web site: OLYMPIC-QUALIFYING-ROUND-2 4x400 Metres Relay Results Bahamas 24 World Athletics Relays . 2024-05-06 . World Athletics. https://web.archive.org/web/20240506134000/https://worldathletics.org/en/competitions/world-athletics-relays/bahamas24/results/men/4x400-metres-relay/olympic-qualifying-round-2/summary. 6 May 2024.
  5. Web site: 4 x 400 Metres Relay Men - Olympic Qualifying Round 2 . World Athletics . 8 May 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240508040716/https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7193343/AT-4X4-M-oq2----.RS4.pdf . 8 May 2024.
  6. Web site: FINAL 4x400 Metres Relay Results Bahamas 24 World Athletics Relays . World Athletics . 8 May 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240506080201/https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-relays/bahamas24/results/men/4x400-metres-relay/final/result . 6 May 2024.
  7. Web site: 4 x 400 Metres Relay Men - World Athletics Relays Final . World Athletics . 8 May 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240506080201/https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7193343/AT-4X4-M-f----.RS6.pdf . 6 May 2024.
  8. Web site: Start List . World Athletics . 8 May 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240506080201/https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7193343/AT-4X4-M-f----.SL2.pdf . 6 May 2024.
  9. Web site: Race Analysis . World Athletics . 8 May 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240506080202/https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7193343/AT-4X4-M-f--1--.RS5.pdf . 6 May 2024.