2015 IAAF World Relays – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

Men's 4 x 400 metres relay2015 IAAF World Relays
Venue	Thomas Robinson Stadium
Dates	2 May (heats) & 3 May (final)
Nations	24
Winning time	2:58.43
Medalists
David Verburg Tony McQuay Jeremy Wariner LaShawn Merritt United States   Ramon Miller Michael Mathieu Steven Gardiner Chris Brown Bahamas   Dylan Borlée Julien Watrin Jonathan Borlée Kevin Borlée Belgium

Events at the 2015 World Relays
Events
4 × 100 m relay		men		women
4 × 200 m relay		men		women
4 × 400 m relay		men		women
4 × 800 m relay		men		women
Distance medley relay		men		women

The men's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2015 IAAF World Relays was held at the Thomas Robinson Stadium on 2–3 May.

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:

World record	United States (Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts, Harry Reynolds, Michael Johnson)	2:54.29	Stuttgart, Germany	22 August 1993
Championship record	United States (David Verburg, Tony McQuay, Christian Taylor, LaShawn Merritt	2:57.25	Nassau, Bahamas	25 May 2014
World Leading	United States	3:00.86	Philadelphia, United States	25 April 2015
African Record	Nigeria (Clement Chukwu, Jude Monye, Sunday Bada, Enefiok Udo-Obong)	2:58.68	Sydney, Australia	30 September 2000
Asian Record	Japan (Shunji Karube, Koji Ito, Jun Osakada, Shigekazu Omori)	3:00.76	Atlanta, United States	3 August 1996
North, Central American and Caribbean record	United States (Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts, Harry Reynolds, Michael Johnson)	2:54.29	Stuttgart, Germany	22 August 1993
South American Record	Brazil (Eronilde de Araújo, Cleverson da Silva, Claudinei da Silva, Sanderlei Parrela)	2:58.56	Winnipeg, Canada	30 July 1999
European Record	Great Britain (Iwan Thomas, Jamie Baulch, Mark Richardson, Roger Black)	2:56.60	Atlanta, United States	3 August 1996
Oceanian record	Australia (Bruce Frayne, Gary Minihan, Richard Mitchell, Darren Clark)	2:59.70	Los Angeles, United States	11 August 1984

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
2 May 2015	19:00	Heats
3 May 2015	21:08	Final B
3 May 2015	22:01	Final

All times are local times (UTC-4)

Results

KEY:

q

Fastest non-qualifiers

Q

Qualified

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

Heats

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

Rank	Heat	Lane	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
1	3	5	Trinidad and Tobago	Lalonde Gordon, Jarrin Solomon, Renny Quow, Machel Cedenio	3:02.09	Q, SB
2	1	4	Bahamas	Michael Mathieu, Demetrius Pinder, Alonzo Russell, Ramon Miller	3:02.18	Q
3	1	8	Brazil	Pedro Luiz de Oliveira, Wagner Cardoso, Hederson Estefani, Hugo de Sousa	3:02.23	Q, SB
4	3	1	Belgium	Dylan Borlée, Jonathan Borlée, Julien Watrin, Kevin Borlée	3:02.41	Q, SB
5	2	8	United States	David Verburg, Kyle Clemons, Jeremy Wariner, Brycen Spratling	3:02.81	Q
6	2	2	Jamaica	Javere Bell, Rusheen McDonald, Nathon Allen, Javon Francis	3:02.98	Q, SB
7	2	3	Botswana	Leaname Maotoanong, Zacharia Kamberuka, Onkabetse Nkobolo, Isaac Makwala	3:03.08	q, SB
8	3	2	Great Britain	Conrad Williams, Delano Williams, Jack Green, George Caddick	3:03.28	q, SB
9	1	2	Cuba	William Collazo, Raidel Acea, Adrian Chacón, Yoandys Lescay	3:03.50	SB
10	2	5	France	Mame-Ibra Anne, Teddy Atine-Venel, Thomas Jordier, Mamoudou Hanne	3:03.88	SB
11	1	1	Poland	Karol Zalewski, Michał Pietrzak, Łukasz Krawczuk, Rafał Omelko	3:05.13
12	2	4	Kenya	Alexander Lerionka Sampao, Boniface Ontuga Mweresa, Michael Cheren Makan, Alphas Leken Kishoyian	3:05.92
13	3	3	Venezuela	Omar Longart, Alberth Bravo, José Meléndez, Freddy Mezones	3:06.15	SB
13	1	7	Saudi Arabia	Mazen Al Yasen, Ali Al-Deraan, Mohammed Obaid Al-Salhi, Yousef Ahmed Masrahi	3:06.15	SB
15	1	3	Germany	Kamghe Gaba, Eric Krüger, Johannes Trefz, Thomas Schneider	3:06.20
16	3	7	Australia	Alexander Beck, Craig Burns, Luke Stevens, Iain Douglas	3:06.37
17	2	1	Japan	Naoki Kobayashi, Kentaro Sato, Julian Jrummi Walsh, Takamasa Kitagawa	3:06.38	SB
18	1	5	Colombia	Jhon Perlaza, Diego Palomeque, Carlos Lemos, Bernardo Baloyes	3:06.48	SB
19	2	6	Nigeria	Orukpe Eraiyokan, Robert Simmons, Cristian Morton, Miles Ukaoma	3:06.92
20	3	6	Ireland	Craig Lynch, Thomas Barr, Brian Murphy, Richard Morrissey	3:07.11	SB
21	3	4	Canada	Philip Osei, Mike Robertson, Daniel Harper, Tremaine Harris	3:07.80	SB
22	1	6	Spain	Pau Fradera, Samuel García, Mark Ujakpor, Lucas Bua	3:08.49	SB
23	3	8	Dominican Republic	Luguelín Santos, Juander Santos, Yon Soriano, Winder Cuevas	3:12.55
	2	7	Netherlands	Liemarvin Bonevacia, Bjorn Blauwhof, Obed Martis, Terrence Agard	DNF

Final B

The final B was started at 21:16.

Rank	Lane	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
1	4	Poland	Kacper Kozłowski, Michał Pietrzak, Mateusz Fórmański, Rafał Omelko	3:03.23
2	6	Cuba	William Collazo, Raidel Acea, Adrian Chacón, Yoandys Lescay	3:03.73	SB
3	1	Germany	Kamghe Gaba, Eric Krüger, Johannes Trefz, Thomas Schneider	3:04.90	SB
4	2	Australia	Craig Burns, Iain Douglas, Luke Stevens, Samuel Baird	3:05.13	SB
	5	France	Mame-Ibra Anne, Teddy Atine-Venel, Thomas Jordier, Mamoudou Hanne	DQ	162.7
	3	Kenya	Alexander Lerionka Sampao, Boniface Ontuga Mweresa, Joseph Poghishio Loshangar, Raymond Kibet	DQ	170.18
	7	Saudi Arabia		DNS
	8	Venezuela		DNS

Final

The final was started at 22:15.

Rank	Lane	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
	6	United States	David Verburg, Tony McQuay, Jeremy Wariner, LaShawn Merritt	2:58.43	WL
	3	Bahamas	Ramon Miller, Michael Mathieu, Steven Gardiner, Chris Brown	2:58.91	SB
	8	Belgium	Dylan Borlée, Julien Watrin, Jonathan Borlée, Kevin Borlée	2:59.33	NR
4	7	Jamaica	Rusheen McDonald, Edino Steele, Ricardo Chambers, Javon Francis	3:00.23	SB
5	5	Brazil	Pedro Luiz de Oliveira, Wagner Cardoso, Hederson Estefani, Hugo de Sousa	3:00.96	SB
6	2	Great Britain	Conrad Williams, Rabah Yousif, Jack Green, George Caddick	3:01.51	SB
7	4	Trinidad and Tobago	Lalonde Gordon, Jarrin Solomon, Renny Quow, Machel Cedenio	3:03.10
8	1	Botswana	Onkabetse Nkobolo, Zacharia Kamberuka, Leaname Maotoanong, Isaac Makwala	3:03.73