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Beijing Olympics 2008 4 X 400 Mens Field Events Athletics

Beijing Olympics

Gold	Silver	Bronze
United States (USA) LaShawn Merritt Angelo Taylor David Neville Jeremy Wariner Kerron Clement* Reggie Witherspoon*	Bahamas (BAH) Andretti Bain Michael Mathieu Andrae Williams Chris Brown Avard Moncur* Ramon Miller*	Russia (RUS) Maksim Dyldin Vladislav Frolov Anton Kokorin Denis Alekseyev

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

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World Record	United States Andrew Valmon Quincy Watts Butch Reynolds Michael Johnson	2:54.29	Stuttgart, Germany	22 August 1993
Olympic Record	United States (USA) Andrew Valmon Quincy Watts Michael Johnson Steve Lewis	2:55.74	Barcelona, Spain	8 August 1992

The following Olympic record was set during this competition.

Pos	NOC	2 races		1	2
Pos	NOC	Total	Average	1	2
1	United States	5:54.74	2:57.37	2:55.56	2:59.18
2	Bahamas	5:59.55	2:59.78	2:59.18	3:00.37
3	Jamaica	6:01.20	3:00.60	3:00.44	3:00.76
4	Poland	6:01.75	3:00.87	3:00.05	3:01.70
5	Russia	6:02.69	3:01.34	3:01.07	3:01.62
6	Great Britain	6:03.14	3:01.57	3:01.22	3:01.92
7	Germany	6:03.98	3:01.99	3:01.77	3:02.21
8	Australia	6:04.05	3:02.03	3:01.52	3:02.53
9	Belgium	6:04.64	3:02.32	3:02.13	3:02.51
10	Dominican Republic	6:04.97	3:02.48	3:02.48	3:02.49
11	Japan	6:05.20	3:02.60	3:02.44	3:02.76
12	Cuba	6:05.32	3:02.66	3:02.10	3:03.22
13	France	6:05.98	3:02.99	3:02.33	3:03.65
14	Trinidad and Tobago	6:06.52	3:03.26	3:02.92	3:03.60
15	Greece	6:07.86	3:03.93	3:02.21	3:05.65
16	South Africa	6:08.24	3:04.12	3:03.58	3:04.66
Reserves
17	Italy	6:08.77	3:04.38	3:03.66	3:05.11
18	Botswana	6:09.12	3:04.56	3:03.16	3:05.96
19	Ireland	6:09.14	3:04.57	3:04.43	3:04.71
20	Brazil	6:09.51	3:04.76	3:04.36	3:05.15

All times shown are in seconds.

First 3 in each heat(Q) and the next 2 fastest(q) advance to the Final.

Heat	Lane	Nation	Competitors	Results	Notes
2	5	Great Britain	Andrew Steele, Robert Tobin, Michael Bingham, Martyn Rooney	2:59.33	Q (SB)
2	3	Bahamas	Michael Mathieu, Avard Moncur, Ramon Miller, Andrae Williams	2:59.88	Q (SB)
1	3	United States	David Neville, Kerron Clement, Reggie Witherspoon, Angelo Taylor	2:59.98	Q
2	7	Jamaica	Michael Blackwood, Alodin Fothergill, Sanjay Ayre, Ricardo Chambers	3:00.09	Q (SB)
1	9	Russia	Maksim Dyldin, Vladislav Frolov, Anton Kokorin, Denis Alexeev	3:00.14	Q (NR)
1	6	Belgium	Cédric Van Branteghem, Jonathan Borlée, Arnaud Ghislain, Kevin Borlée	3:00.67	Q (NR)
1	8	Australia	Joel Milburn, Mark Ormrod, John Steffensen, Clinton Hill	3:00.68	q (SB)
1	7	Poland	Marek Plawgo, Piotr Klimczak, Piotr Kedzia, Rafal Wieruszewski	3:00.74	q (SB)
1	5	South Africa	Pieter Smith, Ofentse Mogawane, Alwyn Myburgh, L.J. van Zyl	3:01.26	(SB)
1	4	Cuba	Yunier Perez, Yunior Diaz, Williams Collazo, Omar Cisneros	3:02.24
1	2	France	Teddy Venel, Ydrissa Mbarke, Brice Panel, Richard Maunier	3:03.19
2	6	Germany	Simon Kirch, Kamghe Gaba, Ruwen Faller, Bastian Swillims	3:03.49
2	2	Trinidad and Tobago	Ato Modibo, Jovon Toppin, Cowin Mills, Stan Waithe	3:04.12	(=SB)
2	4	Japan	Mitsuhiro Abiko, Dai Tamesue, Yoshihiro Horigome, Kenji Narisako	3:04.18	(SB)
2	9	Greece	Stylianos Dimotsios, Dimitrios Gravalos, Pantelis Melachroinoudis, Konstantinos Anastasiou	3:04.30	(SB)
2	8	Dominican Republic	Carlos Yohelin Santa, Arismendy Peguero, Pedro Mejia, Yoel Tapia	3:04.31	(SB)

Rank	Lane	Nation	Competitors	Results	Notes
	7	United States	LaShawn Merritt, Angelo Taylor, David Neville, Jeremy Wariner	2:55.39	(OR)
	5	Bahamas	Andretti Bain, Michael Mathieu, Andrae Williams, Chris Brown	2:58.03	(SB)
	4	Russia	Maksim Dyldin, Vladislav Frolov, Anton Kokorin, Denis Alexeev	2:58.06	(NR)
4	6	Great Britain	Andrew Steele, Robert Tobin, Michael Bingham, Martyn Rooney	2:58.81	(SB)
5	8	Belgium	Kevin Borlée, Jonathan Borlée, Cédric Van Branteghem, Arnaud Ghislain	2:59.37	(NR)
6	2	Australia	Sean Wroe, John Steffensen, Clinton Hill, Joel Milburn	3:00.02	(SB)
7	3	Poland	Rafal Wieruszewski, Piotr Klimczak, Piotr Kedzia, Marek Plawgo	3:00.32	(SB)
8	9	amaica	Michael Blackwood, Ricardo Chambers, Sanjay Ayre, Lanceford Spence	3:01.45