Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay explained

Event:	Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
Games:	2011
Venue:	Telmex Athletics Stadium
Dates:	October 27–28
Competitors:	41
Nations:	9
Win Label:	Winning time
Gold:	Noel Ruíz, Raidel Acea, Omar Cisneros, William Collazo, Júnior Díaz, Amaurys Valle
Goldnoc:	CUB
Silver:	Arismendy Peguero, Luguelín Santos, Yoel Tapia, Gustavo Cuesta
Silvernoc:	DOM
Bronze:	Arturo Ramírez, Alberto Aguilar, José Acevedo, Omar Longart
Bronzenoc:	VEN
Prev:	2007
Next:	2015

The men's 4 × 400 metres relay competition of the athletics events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on the 27 and 28 October at the Telmex Athletics Stadium.^[1] The defending Pan American Games champion were Andrae Williams, Avard Moncur, Michael Matheau and Chris Brown of Bahamas.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:

World record		2.54.29	Stuttgart, Germany	August 22, 1993
Pan American Games record		2.57.97	Winnipeg, Canada	July 30, 1999

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter one team.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
October 27, 2011	15:35	Semifinals
October 28, 2011	18:50	Final

Results

All times shown are in seconds.

KEY:

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q

Fastest non-qualifiers

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Q

Qualified

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

DQ

Disqualified

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on October 27. Qualification: First 3 teams of each heat (Q) plus the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Heat	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
1	2			3:04.33	Q, SB
2	2			3:04.67	Q, SB
3	1			3:06.33	Q
4	2			3:07.57	Q
5	1			3:08.51	Q
6	2			3:09.68	q
7	1			3:10.05	Q
8	1			3:12.18	q
	2

Final

Held on October 28.

Rank	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
			2:59.43	SB
			3:00.44	SB
			3:00.82	SB
			3:03.91
			3:07.12	SB
			3:11.52

Notes and References

1. Web site: Guadalajara 2011 Sessions . Guadalajara 2011 . 29 October 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110626223053/http://www.guadalajara2011.org.mx/documentos/boletaje/lista-de-sesiones.pdf . 26 June 2011 .
2. Web site: Athlete's Qualification Manual . https://web.archive.org/web/20120327083541/http://www.mayaguez2010.com/results/pdf/odecabe/odecabe3.pdf . usurped . 27 March 2012 . Guadalajara 2011 . 29 October 2011 .