| Host City: Sydney, Australia |
Format: Top three in each heat and next two fastest advanced to the final. |
| Date Started: September 29, 2000 |
Format: Top two in each heat and next six fastest advanced to the semi-finals |
| Date Finished: September 30, 2000 |
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| (Competitors: 153; Countries: 34; Finalists: 32/8) |
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Venue(s): Olympic Stadium, Olympic Park, Sydney, New South Wales
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| Overview by IAAF |
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| Alvin Harrison led off the US team in the final, and held a 3m advantage over the Bahamas’ Moncur at the change-over. Pettigrew (44.17) and Calvin Harrison (Alvin’s twin, 43.53) ran the fastest second and third legs, handing over to Johnson with 20m to spare. Johnson ran a controlled leg of 44.29 – the fastest anchor, to give the USA a comprehensive victory and collect his fifth Olympic gold. Nigeria moved from 4th to second in the last 50m. Jerome Young also collected a gold medal, as he was part of the quartets which ran in the heats and semi-finals. In August 2003, documents passed to the IOC by the US Olympic Committee revealed that Young had tested positive for a steroid in June 1999. He had then been cleared, in secret, by US Track and Field. In February 2004, documents relating to the case were supplied to the IAAF and the facts were then presented to the Court of Arbitration of Sport. Four months later, the CAS judged that the Doping Appeal Board of USATF had reached an erroneous decision when exonerating Young. He did indeed commit a doping offence on June 26, 1999 and should then have been suspended for two years rather than competing throughout that period. In July 2004, the IAAF confirmed the annulment of Young’s performances in 1999-2001, with the consequence that the United States were theoretically disqualified from heat, semi-final and final of the 4x400m relay at the Sydney Games. However, the US Olympic Committee filed an appeal to the Court of Aribtration for Sport challenging the Olympic disqualification on behalf of the five relay squad members apart from Young, who of course did not compete in the final. In July 2005 the CAS panel decided that on the basis of the IAAF Rules applicable at the time of the Sydney Games, the relay results should not be amended and that only Young of the US team should be stripped of his gold medal. At the time, the rules did not specify that entire teams should be disqualified if one member has committed a doping violation. At the trial of his (and Young’s) former coach Trevor Graham in May 2007, Pettigrew confessed to doping violations for a period of six years between 1997 and 2003. The IAAF annulled all of his results in that perios and, in August 2008, the IOC stripped the USA of the title, though (as at May 31, 2012) they have yet to officially upgrade Nigeria and the other teams in the final. Tragically, one of the Nigerian team, Sunday Bada, passed away in December 2011 without ever receiving his Olympic gold. It should be noted that two members of the original winning team – the Harrison twins – were each found guilty of doping offences after Sydney. Meanwhile Young had begun a life suspension from the sport after comitting a further doping violation in June 2004. |
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| The US was the favorite, led by Michael Johnson, who had won the 400 in both 1996 and 2000. But he was almost not needed in the final. Alvin Harrison led off with 44.36, giving the US a three-metre lead. Antonio Pettigrew and Calvin Harrison, Alvin’s twin brother, ran the fastest second and third legs and Johnson had a 20-metre lead when he received the baton. He ran a controlled anchor as the US defeated Nigeria by 25 metres. In the heats and semi-finals Jerome Young had led off for the United States. It was revealed in 2003 that Young had tested positive for steroids in 1999, but had been cleared to compete in the Olympics by USA Track & Field, though this was not known at the time. In 2004, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruled that the US decision was incorrect and Young should not have been allowed to run in the 2000 Olympics. He was asked to return his gold medal, won as being a team member in the rounds. Consideration was given to disqualify the entire US 4x400 relay team, but eventually the CAS decided that the US victory would stand. Then in August 2008, the IOC disqualified the team when Antonio Pettigrew admitted to using drugs in 2000 as well. |
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The 4 x 400 metres relay races at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program were held on 29 and 30 September. The top two teams in each of the initial five heats automatically qualified for the semi-final. The next six fastest teams from across the heats also qualified. The top three teams in each of the semi-finals automatically qualified for the final. The next two fastest team from the semi-finals also qualified.
The United States, with Alvin Harrison, Antonio Pettigrew, Calvin Harrison and Michael Johnson, originally won the gold medal. On 18 July 2004, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) ruled that Jerome Young was ineligible to compete in Sydney and annulled all his past results, including those achieved as part of relay teams. Young had competed for the USA team in the heats and semi-final of this event. Therefore, the United States team was stripped of the gold medal and Nigeria, Jamaica, and the Bahamas were moved up one position each. On 22 July 2005, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) overturned this decision and restored the original finish order of the race.
In June 2008, Antonio Pettigrew "admitted in court he cheated to win" by using banned performance-enhancing substances, and agreed to return his gold medal. Michael Johnson announced that he would return his own gold medal, won as part of the relay team with Pettigrew. Johnson stated that he felt "cheated, betrayed and let down" by what Pettigrew had done at the Games. Nigerian long jumper Yusuf Alli urged the IOC to award the gold medal to Nigeria, following Pettigrew's admission. On 12 July 2012, the IOC confirmed the medal reallocation.
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| 4 x 400 m |
Men |
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Final |
30 September |
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Mark |
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Team |
Country |
NOC |
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Records |
| 1 |
2.58.68 |
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Clement Chukwu, Jude Monye 44.49, Jude Monye, Sunday Bada 44.70, Sunday Bada, Enefiok Udo-Obong 44.31, Enefiok Udo-Obong |
Nigeria |
NGR |
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AR |
| 2 |
2.58.78 |
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Michael Blackwood, Greg Haughton 44.29, Greg Haughton, Chris Williams 44.73, Chris Williams, Danny McFarlane 44.62, Danny McFarlane |
Jamaica |
JAM |
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| 3 |
2.59.23 |
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Avard Moncur, Troy McIntosh 44.23, Troy McIntosh, Carl Oliver 44.83, Carl Oliver, Chris Brown 45.52, Chris Brown |
Bahamas |
BAH |
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| 4 |
3.01.02 |
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Emmanuel Front, Marc Foucan 44.92, Marc Foucan, Ibrahima Wade 44.46, Ibrahima Wade, Marc Raquil 45.42, Marc Raquil |
France |
FRA |
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| 5 |
3.01.22 |
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Jared Deacon, Daniel Caines 44.65, Daniel Caines, Iwan Thomas 45.26, Iwan Thomas, Jamie Baulch 45.68, Jamie Baulch |
Great Britain |
GBR |
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| 6 |
3.03.22 |
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Piotr Rysiukiewicz, Robert Maćkowiak 46.3, Robert Maćkowiak, Piotr Długosielski 46.2, Piotr Długosielski, Piotr Haczek 45.4, Piotr Haczek |
Poland |
POL |
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| 7 |
3.03.91 |
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Brad Jamieson, Blair Young 45.2, Blair Young, Pat Dwyer 46.0, Pat Dwyer, Michael Hazel 46.0, Michael Hazel |
Australia |
AUS |
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DQ |
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Alvin Harrison DOM, Antonio Pettigrew 44.17, Antonio Pettigrew, Calvin Harrison 43.53, Calvin Harrison, Michael Johnson 44.29, Michael Johnson |
United States |
USA |
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Men |
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Semifinal 1 |
29 September |
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Mark |
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Team |
Country |
NOC |
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Records |
| 1 |
2.58.78 |
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Q |
Sanjay Ayre JAM, Greg Haughton JAM, Danny McFarlane JAM, Michael Blackwood JAM |
United States |
USA |
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| 2 |
2.58.84 |
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Q |
Avard Moncur BAH, Troy McIntosh BAH, Carl Oliver BAH, Chris Brown BAH |
Jamaica |
JAM |
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| 3 |
2.59.02 |
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Q |
Emmanuel Front FRA, Marc Foucan FRA, Ibrahima Wade FRA, Marc Raquil FRA |
Bahamas |
BAH |
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| 4 |
3.00.64 |
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Q |
Piotr Rysiukiewicz POL, Piotr Haczek POL, Piotr Długosielski POL, Robert Maćkowiak POL |
France |
FRA |
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| 5 |
3.00.66 |
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Q |
Alwyn Myburgh RSA, Hezekiél Sepeng RSA, Llewellyn Herbert RSA, Arnaud Malherbe RSA |
Poland |
POL |
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| 6 |
3.01.25 |
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California Molefe BOT, Lulu Basinyi BOT, Johnson Kubisa BOT, Glody Dube BOT |
South Africa |
RSA |
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| 7 |
3.05.28 |
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Ezra Sambu KEN, Samson Yego KEN, Joseph Mutua KEN, Julius Chepkwony KEN |
Botswana |
BOT |
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DQ |
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Jerome Young USA, Angelo Taylor USA, Calvin Harrison USA, Alvin Harrison DOM |
United States |
USA |
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Men |
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Semifinal 2 |
29 September |
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Mark |
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Team |
Country |
NOC |
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Records |
| 1 |
3.01.06 |
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Q |
Clement Chukwu, Jude Monye, Enefiok Udo-Obong, Sunday Bada |
Nigeria |
NGR |
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| 2 |
3.01.35 |
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Q |
Jared Deacon, Daniel Caines, Iwan Thomas, Jamie Baulch |
Great Britain |
GBR |
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| 3 |
3.01.91 |
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Q |
Casey Vincent, Blair Young, Pat Dwyer, Michael Hazel |
Australia |
AUS |
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| 4 |
3.02.28 |
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Andrey Semyonov, Dmitriy Bogdanov, Ruslan Mashchenko, Dmitriy Golovastov |
Russia |
RUS |
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| 5 |
3.02.68 |
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Oleksandr Kaydash, Roman Voronko, Yevheniy Zyukov, Hennadiy Horbenko |
Ukraine |
UKR |
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| 6 |
3.02.89 |
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Rohan Pradeep Kumara, Vellasamy Ratnakumara, Ranga Wiwalawansa, R.A. Sugath Thilakaratne |
Sri Lanka |
SRI |
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| 7 |
3.02.94 |
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Oumar Loum, Ousmane Niang, Youssoupha Sarr, Ibou Faye |
Senegal |
SEN |
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| 8 |
3.13.63 |
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Shunji Karube, Jun Osakada, Kenji Tabata, Takahiko Yamamura |
Japan |
JPN |
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Men |
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Heat 1 |
29 September |
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Mark |
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Team |
Country |
NOC |
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Records |
| 1 |
3.03.85 |
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Q |
Michael McDonald, Michael Blackwood, Sanjay Ayre, Danny McFarlane |
Jamaica |
JAM |
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| 2 |
3.04.35 |
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Q |
Jared Deacon, Daniel Caines, Jamie Baulch, Iwan Thomas |
Great Britain |
GBR |
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| 3 |
3.04.45 |
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Q |
Emmanuel Front, Marc Foucan, Pierre-Marie Hilaire, Bruno Wavelet |
France |
FRA |
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| 4 |
3.06.01 |
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Laurent Clerc, Alain Rohr, Nicolas Baeriswyl, André Bucher |
Switzerland |
SUI |
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| 5 |
3.06.87 |
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Eduardo Iván Rodríguez, David Canal, Íñigo Monreal, António Andrés |
Spain |
ESP |
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| 6 |
3.08.77 |
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Zetenyi Dombi, Zsolt Szeglet, Attila Kilvinger, Tibor Bédi |
Hungary |
HUN |
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| 7 |
3.10.07 |
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Bostjan Horvat, Jože Vrtačič, Sergej Šalamon, Matija Šestak |
Slovenia |
SLO |
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Men |
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Heat 2 |
29 September |
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Mark |
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Team |
Country |
NOC |
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Records |
| 1 |
3.06.25 |
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Q |
Dimuth Neelaka Perera, Rohan Pradeep Kumara, Ranga Wiwalawansa, R.A. Sugath Thilakaratne |
Sri Lanka |
SRI |
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| 2 |
3.06.77 |
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Q |
Ezra Sambu, Samson Yego, Joseph Mutua, Julius Chepkwony |
Kenya |
KEN |
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| 3 |
3.07.42 |
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Paul McKee, Tom Coman, Rob Daly, Paul Oppermann |
Ireland |
IRL |
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| 4 |
3.08.38 |
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Lijo David Thottan, Jata Shankar, Purukottam Ramachandran, Paramjeet Singh |
India |
IND |
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DQ |
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Malik Louahla, Kamel Talhaouï, Samir Louahla, Adem Hecini |
Algeria |
ALG |
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DQ |
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Ibrahim Ismail, Mubarak Sultan Al-Nubi, Salah Eldin Bakkar, Ahmed Al-Imam |
Qatar |
QAT |
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Men |
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Heat 3 |
29 September |
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Mark |
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Team |
Country |
NOC |
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Records |
| 1 |
3.03.52 |
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Q |
Alwyn Myburgh RSA, Hendrick Mokganyetsi RSA, Werner Botha RSA, Arnaud Malherbe RSA |
United States |
USA |
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| 2 |
3.04.08 |
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Q |
Casey Vincent AUS, Blair Young AUS, Michael Hazel AUS, Pat Dwyer AUS |
South Africa |
RSA |
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| 3 |
3.04.13 |
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Q |
Oleksandr Kaydash UKR, Roman Voronko UKR, Yevheniy Zyukov UKR, Hennadiy Horbenko UKR |
Australia |
AUS |
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| 4 |
3.05.41 |
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Q |
Yeóryios Ikonomídis GRE, Anastásios Goúsis GRE, Stilianós Dimótsios GRE, Periklís Iakovákis GRE |
Ukraine |
UKR |
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| 5 |
3.06.50 |
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Hamed Hamadan Al-Bishi KSA, Hamdan Odha Al-Bishi KSA, Mohamed Ali Al-Bishi KSA, Hadi Sou’an Al-Somaily KSA |
Greece |
GRE |
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| 6 |
3.09.57 |
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Jeerachai Linglom THA, Senee Kongtong THA, Chlaermpol Noohlong THA, Narong Nilploy THA |
Saudi Arabia |
KSA |
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| 7 |
3.11.65 |
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Jerome Young USA, Angelo Taylor USA, Calvin Harrison USA, Alvin Harrison DOM |
Thailand |
THA |
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Men |
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Heat 4 |
29 September |
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Mark |
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Team |
Country |
NOC |
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Records |
| 1 |
3.05.21 |
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Q |
Shunji Karube, Jun Osakada, Kenji Tabata, Takahiko Yamamura |
Japan |
JPN |
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| 2 |
3.05.37 |
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Q |
Dmitriy Bogdanov, Andrey Semyonov, Ruslan Mashchenko, Dmitriy Golovastov |
Russia |
RUS |
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| 3 |
3.05.60 |
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Crispen Mutakanyi, Tawanda Chiwira, Philip Mukomana, Ken Harnden |
Zimbabwe |
ZIM |
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| 4 |
3.07.07 |
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Daniel Adomako, Nathaniel Martey, Abu Duah, Daniel Mensah |
Ghana |
GHA |
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| 5 |
3.07.51 |
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Damion Barry, Simon Pierre, Neil de Silva, Ato Stephens |
Trinidad and Tobago |
TTO |
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| 6 |
3.09.54 |
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Radoslav Holúbek, Marcel Lopuchovský, Marián Vanderka, Štefan Balošák |
Slovakia |
SVK |
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DQ |
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Mohamed Mutlak Al-Azimi, Bader Al-Felei, Meshaal Al-Harbi, Fawzi Dahash Al-Shammari |
Kuwait |
KUW |
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Men |
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Heat 5 |
29 September |
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Mark |
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Team |
Country |
NOC |
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Records |
| 1 |
3.01.20 |
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Q |
Nduka Awazie, Clement Chukwu, Fidelix Gadzama, Enefiok Udo-Obong |
Nigeria |
NGR |
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| 2 |
3.01.30 |
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Q |
Filip Walotka, Piotr Długosielski, Jacek Bocian, Robert Maćkowiak |
Poland |
POL |
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| 3 |
3.01.50 |
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Q |
Timothy Munnings, Troy McIntosh, Carl Oliver, Chris Brown |
Bahamas |
BAH |
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| 4 |
3.02.67 |
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Q |
Oumar Loum, Ousmane Niang, Youssoupha Sarr, Ibou Faye |
Senegal |
SEN |
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| 5 |
3.04.19 |
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Q |
California Molefe, Lulu Basinyi, Johnson Kubisa, Agrippa Matshameko |
Botswana |
BOT |
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| 6 |
3.07.41 |
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Branislav Stojanovic, Slavisa Vranes MNE, Marko Janković SRB, Sinisa Pesa |
Yugoslavia |
YUG |
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DQ |
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Elvis Peršić, Nino Habun, Frano Bakaric, Darko Juricic |
Croatia |
CRO |
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Results
Heats
Round 1- OverallSemi-finalsFinal
Heat 1 of 5
Date: Friday 29 September 2000 |
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Nation |
Athletes |
Lane |
Reaction |
Time |
Qual. |
Record |
| Heat |
Overall |
| 1 |
6 |
 Jamaica |
Michael McDonald, Michael Blackwood,
Sanjay Ayre, Danny McFarlane |
2 |
0.202 s |
3:04.85 |
Q |
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10 |
 Great Britain |
Jared Deacon, Daniel Caines,
Jamie Baulch, Iwan Thomas |
6 |
0.218 s |
3:04.35 |
Q |
SB |
| 3 |
11 |
 France |
Emmanuel Front, Marc Foucan,
Pierre-Marie Hilaire, Bruno Wavelet |
8 |
0.416 s |
3:04.45 |
q |
SB |
| 4 |
16 |
 Switzerland |
Laurent Clerc, Alain Rohr,
Nicolas Baeriswyl, André Bucher |
4 |
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3:06.01 |
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20 |
 Spain |
Eduardo Iván Rodríguez, David Canal,
Iñigo Monreal, Antonio Andrés |
5 |
0.178 s |
3:06.87 |
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SB |
| 6 |
26 |
 Hungary |
Zétény Dombi, Zsolt Szeglet,
Attila Kilvinger, Tibor Bédi |
7 |
0.354 s |
3:08.77 |
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29 |
 Slovenia |
Boštjan Horvat, Joze Vrtačič,
Sergej Salamon, Matija Šestak |
3 |
0.284 s |
3:10.07 |
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Heat 2 of 5
Date: Friday 29 September 2000 |
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Nation |
Athletes |
Lane |
Reaction |
Time |
Qual. |
Record |
| Heat |
Overall |
| 1 |
17 |
 Sri Lanka |
Manura Lanka Perera, Rohan Pradeep Kumara,
Ranga Wimalawansa, Sugath Tillakeratne |
7 |
0.203 s |
3:06.25 |
Q |
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19 |
 Kenya |
Ezra Sambu, Samson Yego,
Joseph Mwengi Mutua, Julius Chepkwony |
2 |
0.262 s |
3:06.77 |
Q |
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23 |
 Ireland |
Paul McKee, Tomas Coman,
Caroline Daly, Paul Opperman |
6 |
0.170 s |
3:07.42 |
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25 |
 India |
Lijo David Thottan, Jata Shankar,
Purukottam Ramachandran, Paramjit Singh |
5 |
0.255 s |
3:08.38 |
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 Algeria |
Malik-Khaled Louahla, Kamel Talhaoui,
Samir-Adel Louahla, Adem Hecini |
4 |
0.497 s |
DQ |
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 Qatar |
Ibrahim Ismail Muftah, Mubarak Al-Nubi,
Salaheddine Safi Bakar, Ahmed Al-Imam |
3 |
0.295 s |
DQ |
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Heat 3 of 5
Date: Friday 29 September 2000 |
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Nation |
Athletes |
Lane |
Reaction |
Time |
Qual. |
Record |
| Heat |
Overall |
| 1 |
5 |
 United States |
Jerome Young, Angelo Taylor,
Calvin Harrison, Alvin Harrison |
4 |
0.163 s |
3:03.52 |
Q |
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| 2 |
7 |
 South Africa |
Alwyn Myburgh, Hendrick Mokganyetsi,
Werner Botha, Arnaud Malherbe |
7 |
0.223 s |
3:04.08 |
Q |
SB |
| 3 |
8 |
 Australia |
Casey Vincent, Blair Young,
Michael Hazel, Patrick Dwyer |
8 |
0.220 s |
3:04.13 |
q |
SB |
| 4 |
14 |
 Ukraine |
Aleksandr Kaydash, Roman Voronkov,
Yevgeniy Zyukov, Gennadiy Gorbenko |
5 |
0.568 s |
3:05.41 |
q |
SB |
| 5 |
18 |
 Greece |
Georgios Oikonomidis, Anastasios Gousis,
Stilianos Dimotsios, Periklis Iakovakis |
6 |
0.259 s |
3:06.50 |
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28 |
 Saudi Arabia |
Hamed Hamadan Al-Bishi, Hamdan Obah Al-Bishi,
Mohammed Albeshi, Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily |
2 |
0.302 s |
3:09.57 |
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30 |
 Thailand |
Jirachai Linglom, Senee Kongtong,
Chalermpol Noohlong, Narong Nilploy |
3 |
0.296 s |
3:11.65 |
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Heat 4 of 5
Date: Friday 29 September 2000 |
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Nation |
Athletes |
Lane |
Reaction |
Time |
Qual. |
Record |
| Heat |
Overall |
| 1 |
12 |
 Japan |
Shunji Karube, Jun Osakada,
Kenji Tabata, Takahiko Yamamura |
5 |
0.559 s |
3:05.21 |
Q |
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| 2 |
13 |
 Russia |
Dmitriy Bogdanov, Andrey Semyonov,
Ruslan Mashchenko, Dmitriy Golovastov |
2 |
0.203 s |
3:05.37 |
Q |
SB |
| 3 |
15 |
 Zimbabwe |
Crispen Mutakanyi, Tawanda Chiwira,
Phillip Mukomana, Ken Harnden |
7 |
0.227 s |
3:05.60 |
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| 4 |
21 |
 Ghana |
Daniel Adomako, Nathaniel Martey,
Abu Duah, Daniel Mensah Kwei |
6 |
0.582 s |
3:07.07 |
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| 5 |
24 |
 Trinidad and Tobago |
Damion Barry, Simon Pierre,
Neil De Silva, Ato Modibo |
8 |
0.171 s |
3:07.51 |
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| 6 |
27 |
 Slovakia |
Radoslav Holúbek, Marcel Lopuchovsky,
Marián Vanderka, Štefan Balošák |
3 |
0.303 s |
3:09.54 |
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 Kuwait |
Musad Al Azimi, Bader Al Fulaij,
Mishal Al Harbi, Fawzi Al Shammari |
4 |
0.557 s |
DQ |
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Heat 5 of 5
Date: Friday 29 September 2000 |
| Place |
Nation |
Athletes |
Lane |
Reaction |
Time |
Qual. |
Record |
| Heat |
Overall |
| 1 |
1 |
 Nigeria |
Nduka Awazie, Clement Chukwu,
Fidelis Gadzama, Enefiok Udo-Obong |
5 |
0.562 s |
3:01.20 |
Q |
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| 2 |
2 |
 Poland |
Filip Walotka, Piotr Długosielski,
Jacek Bocian, Robert Maćkowiak |
8 |
0.502 s |
3:01.30 |
Q |
SB |
| 3 |
3 |
 Bahamas |
Timothy Munnings, Troy McIntosh,
Carl Oliver, Chris Brown |
3 |
0.258 s |
3:01.50 |
q |
SB |
| 4 |
4 |
 Senegal |
Oumar Loum, Ousmane Niang,
Youssoupha Sarr, Ibou Faye |
2 |
0.266 s |
3:02.67 |
q |
SB |
| 5 |
9 |
 Botswana |
California Molefe, Lulu Basinyi,
Johnson Kubisa, Agrippa Matshameko |
4 |
0.562 s |
3:04.19 |
q |
NR |
| 6 |
22 |
 Yugoslavia |
Branislav Stojanovic, Slaviša Vraneš,
Marko Jankovic, Siniša Peša |
6 |
0.551 s |
3:07.41 |
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 Croatia |
Elvis Persic, Nino Habun,
Frano Bakaric, Darko Juricic |
7 |
0.420 s |
DQ |
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Round 1
Overall Results |
| Place |
Nation |
Athletes |
Heat |
Lane |
Place |
Reaction |
Time |
Qual. |
Record |
| 1 |
Nigeria |
Nduka Awazie, Clement Chukwu,
Fidelis Gadzama, Enefiok Udo-Obong |
5 |
5 |
1 |
0.562 s |
3:01.20 |
Q |
|
| 2 |
Poland |
Filip Walotka, Piotr Długosielski,
Jacek Bocian, Robert Maćkowiak |
5 |
8 |
2 |
0.502 s |
3:01.30 |
Q |
SB |
| 3 |
Bahamas |
Timothy Munnings, Troy McIntosh,
Carl Oliver, Chris Brown |
5 |
3 |
3 |
0.258 s |
3:01.50 |
q |
SB |
| 4 |
Senegal |
Oumar Loum, Ousmane Niang,
Youssoupha Sarr, Ibou Faye |
5 |
2 |
4 |
0.266 s |
3:02.67 |
q |
SB |
| 5 |
United States |
Jerome Young, Angelo Taylor,
Calvin Harrison, Alvin Harrison |
3 |
4 |
1 |
0.163 s |
3:03.52 |
Q |
|
| 6 |
Jamaica |
Michael McDonald, Michael Blackwood,
Sanjay Ayre, Danny McFarlane |
1 |
2 |
1 |
0.202 s |
3:04.85 |
Q |
|
| 7 |
South Africa |
Alwyn Myburgh, Hendrick Mokganyetsi,
Werner Botha, Arnaud Malherbe |
3 |
7 |
2 |
0.223 s |
3:04.08 |
Q |
SB |
| 8 |
Australia |
Casey Vincent, Blair Young,
Michael Hazel, Patrick Dwyer |
3 |
8 |
3 |
0.220 s |
3:04.13 |
q |
SB |
| 9 |
Botswana |
California Molefe, Lulu Basinyi,
Johnson Kubisa, Agrippa Matshameko |
5 |
4 |
5 |
0.562 s |
3:04.19 |
q |
NR |
| 10 |
Great Britain |
Jared Deacon, Daniel Caines,
Jamie Baulch, Iwan Thomas |
1 |
6 |
2 |
0.218 s |
3:04.35 |
Q |
SB |
| 11 |
France |
Emmanuel Front, Marc Foucan,
Pierre-Marie Hilaire, Bruno Wavelet |
1 |
8 |
3 |
0.416 s |
3:04.45 |
q |
SB |
| 12 |
Japan |
Shunji Karube, Jun Osakada,
Kenji Tabata, Takahiko Yamamura |
4 |
5 |
1 |
0.559 s |
3:05.21 |
Q |
|
| 13 |
Russia |
Dmitriy Bogdanov, Andrey Semyonov,
Ruslan Mashchenko, Dmitriy Golovastov |
4 |
2 |
2 |
0.203 s |
3:05.37 |
Q |
SB |
| 14 |
Ukraine |
Aleksandr Kaydash, Roman Voronkov,
Yevgeniy Zyukov, Gennadiy Gorbenko |
3 |
5 |
4 |
0.568 s |
3:05.41 |
q |
SB |
| 15 |
Zimbabwe |
Crispen Mutakanyi, Tawanda Chiwira,
Phillip Mukomana, Ken Harnden |
4 |
7 |
3 |
0.227 s |
3:05.60 |
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| 16 |
Switzerland |
Laurent Clerc, Alain Rohr,
Nicolas Baeriswyl, André Bucher |
1 |
4 |
4 |
|
3:06.01 |
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| 17 |
Sri Lanka |
Manura Lanka Perera, Rohan Pradeep Kumara,
Ranga Wimalawansa, Sugath Tillakeratne |
2 |
7 |
1 |
0.203 s |
3:06.25 |
Q |
|
| 18 |
Greece |
Georgios Oikonomidis, Anastasios Gousis,
Stilianos Dimotsios, Periklis Iakovakis |
3 |
6 |
5 |
0.259 s |
3:06.50 |
|
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| 19 |
Kenya |
Ezra Sambu, Samson Yego,
Joseph Mwengi Mutua, Julius Chepkwony |
2 |
2 |
2 |
0.262 s |
3:06.77 |
Q |
|
| 20 |
Spain |
Eduardo Iván Rodríguez, David Canal,
Iñigo Monreal, Antonio Andrés |
1 |
5 |
5 |
0.178 s |
3:06.87 |
|
SB |
| 21 |
Ghana |
Daniel Adomako, Nathaniel Martey,
Abu Duah, Daniel Mensah Kwei |
4 |
6 |
4 |
0.582 s |
3:07.07 |
|
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| 22 |
Yugoslavia |
Branislav Stojanovic, Slavisa Vranes,
Marko Jankovic, Siniša Peša |
5 |
6 |
6 |
0.551 s |
3:07.41 |
|
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| 23 |
Ireland |
Paul McKee, Tomas Coman,
Caroline Daly, Paul Opperman |
2 |
6 |
3 |
0.170 s |
3:07.42 |
|
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| 24 |
Trinidad and Tobago |
Damion Barry, Simon Pierre,
Neil De Silva, Ato Modibo |
4 |
8 |
5 |
0.171 s |
3:07.51 |
|
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| 25 |
India |
Lijo David Thottan, Jata Shankar,
Purukottam Ramachandran, Paramjit Singh |
2 |
5 |
4 |
0.255 s |
3:08.38 |
|
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| 26 |
Hungary |
Zétény Dombi, Zsolt Szeglet,
Attila Kilvinger, Tibor Bédi |
1 |
7 |
6 |
0.354 s |
3:08.77 |
|
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| 27 |
Slovakia |
Radoslav Holúbek, Marcel Lopuchovsky,
Marián Vanderka, Štefan Balošák |
4 |
3 |
6 |
0.303 s |
3:09.54 |
|
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| 28 |
Saudi Arabia |
Hamed Hamadan Al-Bishi, Hamdan Obah Al-Bishi,
Mohammed Albeshi, Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily |
3 |
2 |
6 |
0.302 s |
3:09.57 |
|
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| 29 |
Slovenia |
Boštjan Horvat, Joze Vrtačič,
Sergej Salamon, Matija Šestak |
1 |
3 |
7 |
0.284 s |
3:10.07 |
|
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| 30 |
Thailand |
Jirachai Linglom, Senee Kongtong,
Chalermpol Noohlong, Narong Nilploy |
3 |
3 |
7 |
0.296 s |
3:11.65 |
|
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| |
Algeria |
Malik-Khaled Louahla, Kamel Talhaoui,
Samir-Adel Louahla, Adem Hecini |
2 |
4 |
|
0.497 s |
DQ |
|
|
| |
Croatia |
Elvis Persic, Nino Habun,
Frano Bakaric, Darko Juricic |
5 |
7 |
|
0.420 s |
DQ |
|
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| |
Kuwait |
Musad Al Azimi, Bader Al Fulaij,
Mishal Al Harbi, Fawzi Al Shammari |
4 |
4 |
|
0.557 s |
DQ |
|
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| |
Qatar |
Ibrahim Ismail Muftah, Mubarak Al-Nubi,
Salaheddine Safi Bakar, Ahmed Al-Imam |
2 |
3 |
|
0.295 s |
DQ |
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Heat 1 of 2
Date: Friday 29 September 2000 |
| Place |
Nation |
Athletes |
Lane |
Reaction |
Time |
Qual. |
Record |
| Heat |
Overall |
| 1 |
1 |
United States |
Jerome Young, Angelo Taylor,
Calvin Harrison, Alvin Harrison |
3 |
0.242 s |
2:58.78 |
Q |
|
| 2 |
2 |
Jamaica |
Sanjay Ayre, Gregory Haughton,
Danny McFarlane, Michael Blackwood |
4 |
0.551 s |
2:58.84 |
Q |
SB |
| 3 |
3 |
Bahamas |
Avard Moncur, Troy McIntosh,
Carl Oliver, Chris Brown |
1 |
0.249 s |
2:59.02 |
Q |
NR |
| 4 |
4 |
France |
Emmanuel Front, Marc Foucan,
Ibrahima Wade, Marc Raquil |
8 |
0.249 s |
3:00.64 |
q |
SB |
| 5 |
5 |
Poland |
Piotr Rysiukiewicz, Piotr Haczek,
Piotr Długosielski, Robert Maćkowiak |
5 |
0.494 s |
3:00.66 |
q |
SB |
| 6 |
7 |
South Africa |
Alwyn Myburgh, Hezekiél Sepeng,
Llewellyn Herbert, Arnaud Malherbe |
6 |
0.172 s |
3:01.25 |
|
SB |
| 7 |
14 |
Botswana |
California Molefe, Lulu Basinyi,
Johnson Kubisa, Glody Dube) |
2 |
0.345 s |
3:05.28 |
|
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| |
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Kenya |
Ezra Sambu, Samson Yego,
Joseph Mwengi Mutua, Julius Chepkwony |
7 |
0.413 s |
DQ |
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Heat 2 of 2
Date: Friday 29 September 2000 |
| Place |
Nation |
Athletes |
Lane |
Reaction |
Time |
Qual. |
Record |
| Heat |
Overall |
| 1 |
6 |
Nigeria |
Clement Chukwu, Jude Monye,
Enefiok Udo-Obong, Sunday Bada |
3 |
0.297 s |
3:01.06 |
Q |
|
| 2 |
8 |
Great Britain |
Jared Deacon, Daniel Caines,
Iwan Thomas, Jamie Baulch |
5 |
0.490 s |
3:01.35 |
Q |
SB |
| 3 |
9 |
Australia |
Casey Vincent, Blair Young,
Patrick Dwyer, Michael Hazel |
2 |
0.198 s |
3:01.91 |
Q |
SB |
| 4 |
10 |
Russia |
Andrey Semyonov, Dmitriy Bogdanov,
Ruslan Mashchenko, Dmitriy Golovastov |
1 |
0.219 s |
3:02.28 |
|
SB |
| 5 |
11 |
Ukraine |
Aleksandr Kaydash, Roman Voronkov,
Yevgeniy Zyukov, Gennadiy Gorbenko |
8 |
0.244 s |
3:02.68 |
|
NR |
| 6 |
12 |
Sri Lanka |
Rohan Pradeep Kumara, Ratna Kumar,
Ranga Wimalawansa, Sugath Tillakeratne |
6 |
0.507 s |
3:02.89 |
|
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| 7 |
13 |
Senegal |
Oumar Loum, Ousmane Niang,
Youssoupha Sarr, Ibou Faye) |
7 |
0.175 s |
3:02.94 |
|
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| 8 |
15 |
Japan |
Shunji Karube, Jun Osakada,
Kenji Tabata, Takahiko Yamamura |
4 |
0.520 s |
3:13.63 |
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Semi-Finals
Overall Results |
| Place |
Nation |
Athletes |
Heat |
Lane |
Place |
Reaction |
Time |
Qual. |
Record |
| 1 |
United States |
Jerome Young, Angelo Taylor,
Calvin Harrison, Alvin Harrison |
1 |
3 |
1 |
0.242 s |
2:58.78 |
Q |
|
| 2 |
Jamaica |
Sanjay Ayre, Gregory Haughton,
Danny McFarlane, Michael Blackwood |
1 |
4 |
2 |
0.551 s |
2:58.84 |
Q |
SB |
| 3 |
Bahamas |
Avard Moncur, Troy McIntosh,
Carl Oliver, Chris Brown |
1 |
1 |
3 |
0.249 s |
2:59.02 |
Q |
NR |
| 4 |
France |
Emmanuel Front, Marc Foucan,
Ibrahima Wade, Marc Raquil |
1 |
8 |
4 |
0.249 s |
3:00.64 |
q |
SB |
| 5 |
Poland |
Piotr Rysiukiewicz, Piotr Haczek,
Piotr Długosielski, Robert Maćkowiak |
1 |
5 |
5 |
0.494 s |
3:00.66 |
q |
SB |
| 6 |
Nigeria |
Clement Chukwu, Jude Monye,
Enefiok Udo-Obong, Sunday Bada |
2 |
3 |
1 |
0.297 s |
3:01.06 |
Q |
|
| 7 |
South Africa |
Alwyn Myburgh, Hezekiél Sepeng,
Llewellyn Herbert, Arnaud Malherbe |
1 |
6 |
6 |
0.172 s |
3:01.25 |
|
SB |
| 8 |
Great Britain |
Jared Deacon, Daniel Caines,
Iwan Thomas, Jamie Baulch |
2 |
5 |
2 |
0.490 s |
3:01.35 |
Q |
SB |
| 9 |
Australia |
Casey Vincent, Blair Young,
Patrick Dwyer, Michael Hazel |
2 |
2 |
3 |
0.198 s |
3:01.91 |
Q |
SB |
| 10 |
Russia |
Andrey Semyonov, Dmitriy Bogdanov,
Ruslan Mashchenko, Dmitriy Golovastov |
2 |
1 |
4 |
0.219 s |
3:02.28 |
|
SB |
| 11 |
Ukraine |
Aleksandr Kaydash, Roman Voronkov,
Yevgeniy Zyukov, Gennadiy Gorbenko |
2 |
8 |
5 |
0.244 s |
3:02.68 |
|
NR |
| 12 |
Sri Lanka |
Rohan Pradeep Kumara, Ratna Kumar,
Ranga Wimalawansa, Sugath Tillakeratne |
2 |
6 |
6 |
0.507 s |
3:02.89 |
|
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| 13 |
Senegal |
Oumar Loum, Ousmane Niang,
Youssoupha Sarr, Ibou Faye |
2 |
7 |
7 |
0.175 s |
3:02.94 |
|
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| 14 |
Botswana |
California Molefe, Lulu Basinyi,
Johnson Kubisa, Glody Dube |
1 |
2 |
7 |
0.345 s |
3:05.28 |
|
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| 15 |
Japan |
Shunji Karube, Jun Osakada,
Kenji Tabata, Takahiko Yamamura |
2 |
4 |
8 |
0.520 s |
3:13.63 |
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| |
Kenya |
Ezra Sambu, Samson Yego,
Joseph Mwengi Mutua, Julius Chepkwony |
1 |
7 |
|
0.413 s |
DQ |
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Final
Date: Friday 29 September 2000 |
| Place |
Nation |
Athletes |
Lane |
Reaction |
Time |
Record |
| 1 |
Nigeria |
Clement Chukwu, Jude Monye,
Sunday Bada, Enefiok Udo-Obong |
4 |
0.541 s |
2:58.68 s |
AR |
| 2 |
Jamaica |
Michael Blackwood, Gregory Haughton,
Christopher Williams, Danny McFarlane |
6 |
0.382 s |
2:58.78 |
SB |
| 3 |
Bahamas |
Avard Moncur, Troy McIntosh,
Carl Oliver, Chris Brown |
1 |
0.260 s |
2:59.23 |
|
| 4 |
France |
Emmanuel Front, Marc Foucan,
Ibrahima Wade, Marc Raquil |
2 |
0.252s |
3:01.02 |
SB |
| 5 |
Great Britain |
Jared Deacon, Daniel Caines,
Iwan Thomas, Jamie Baulch |
3 |
0.252 s |
3:01.22 |
SB |
| 6 |
Poland |
Piotr Rysiukiewicz, Robert Maćkowiak,
Piotr Długosielski, Piotr Haczek |
8 |
0.203s |
3:03.22 |
|
| 7 |
Australia |
Brad Jamieson, Blair Young,
Patrick Dwyer, Michael Hazel |
7 |
0.177 s |
3:03.91 |
|
| DQ |
United States |
Alvin Harrison, Antonio Pettigrew,
Calvin Harrison, Michael Johnson |
5 |
|
2:56.35 |
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IAAF votes to take away 2000 U.S. relay gold
Posted 7/18/2004 9:56 AM Updated 7/18/2004 10:41 PM
By Dick Patrick, USA TODAY
SACRAMENTO — The vote wasn't close Sunday when the IAAF council decided to strip the USA of its gold medals in the 2000 Olympic 4x400-meter relay.
Sixteen of the 18 voters favored the measure at the meeting in Grosseto, Italy. Bob Hersh, the U.S. representative, voted against, and one council member abstained.
The International Olympic Committee will allow the athletes to make their case but has indicated it will follow the recommendation that makes the order of finish Nigeria, Jamaica, Bahamas.
"The consequences are implied. If the result is annulled, you don't get the medals for a result that doesn't stand," IAAF general secretary Istvan Gyulai said. "If someone is not eligible, that athlete cannot have a valid result."
The vote follows a decision three weeks ago by the Court of Arbitration for Sport that in 2000 U.S. 400-meter runner Jerome Young was incorrectly exonerated by a USA Track & Field appeals panel for a positive steroid test in 1999.
In January 2001, CAS ruled that USATF did not have to reveal to the IAAF the names of athletes who had tested positive but had been exonerated. Last summer, after Young won the 400 world championship, the Los Angeles Times reported he tested positive in 1999. USATF and the USOC, who had claimed confidentiality policies prevented the naming of athletes, eventually confirmed the reports, leading to another CAS hearing.
Young, who failed to make the 400 team for Athens, ran preliminaries in Sydney. The other athletes are Michael Johnson, Antonio Pettigrew, Angelo Taylor, Calvin Harrison and Alvin Harrison. Pettigrew told Reuters he will not surrender his medal: "They may disqualify us from the books, but I am not going to give it back. It would take some papers from some courts saying you do not have any choice."
Rick DeMont was the last American to have an Olympic gold medal taken away for a similar offense in 1972. DeMont, then 16, finished first in the 400 freestyle relay. He tested positive for a banned substance in his asthma medication.
The IOC decision is expected before the Games begin Aug. 13.
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CAS denies Nigeria Sydney relay gold
 Yomi Omogbeja (22/07/2005)
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has denied Nigerian men's 4x400 metres relay team the gold medal won by USA at the Sydney Olympics in 2000.
The CAS overruled the decision made on 18 July 2004 in Grossetto by the International Amateur Athletics Federation (IAAF) Council that American athlete Jerome Young was ineligible to compete in Sydney and thus annulled all his past results, including that of the US men’s 4x400m relay team.
The CAS panel upheld the appeal filed by US athletes Michael Johnson, Antonio Pettigrew, Angelo Taylor, Alvin Harrison and *Calvin Harrison in conjuction with the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) against the IAAF Council decision.
The IAAF Council queried the validity of the gold medal awarded to the US 4x400m Team in Sydney as a result of a CAS decision of 28 June 2004 which imposed a two-year period of ineligibility (from 26 June 1999 to 25 June 2001) on a member of the US Team, Jerome Young.
The Nigerian quartet of Sunday Bada, Clement Chukwu, June Monye and Enefiok Udo-Obong, Jamaica and the Bahamas - the three teams that finished behind the Americans in Sydney - were the losers of this decision.
Result Unchanged
The CAS statement reads: "As a consequence of Jerome Young’s ineligibility to have competed at the Sydney Olympic Games in 2000, the IAAF Council decided on 18 July 2004 that the results of the US Team be annulled and that the final rankings be revised accordingly.
"However, the issue of the medals allocation would still had to be submitted to the IOC Executive Board.
"The IAAF decision was challenged before CAS by the USOC and by the athletes Johnson, Pettigrew, Taylor, A. Harrison and C. Harrison.
"The matter was submitted to a CAS Panel composed of three arbitrators: Mr Kaj Hobér, Sweden (President), Messrs Yves Fortier, Canada and David Williams, New Zealand (arbitrators) and a hearing was held in the presence of the parties’ representatives on 10 May 2005.
"The CAS Panel noted that the IAAF Rules in force at the time of the Sydney Games did not provide for the annulment of results obtained by a team, when a member of that team was found later to have been ineligible to compete at the time of the event.
"The arbitrators considered that the interpretation made by the IAAF of the rules in force in 2000 was not correct.
"In conclusion, the Panel decided that on the basis of the IAAF Rules applicable at the time of the Sydney Games, the results of the men’s 4x400m Relay event at the Sydney Games should not be amended and that only Jerome Young in the US Team should be stripped of his gold medal.
"The CAS Panel also emphasised that the current IAAF Rules (2004-2005 Edition) provide expressly for what happens when an athlete who is a member of a relay team is found guilty of doping. "
Though, the CAS statement assured that a case similar to the present one is not likely to happen again, Africa has once again lost a gold medal.
'Thoughful consideration'
The USA Track & Field reacted to the news by thanking the Court of Arbitration for Sport "for its thoughtful consideration of this issue, which from the beginning has hinged on the application of rules and due process".
"Now that a decision has been rendered, the sport can continue to move forward in a positive direction." they concluded.
Three members of that 2000 relay squad are presently serving doping offences.
Jamaican-born Jerome Young was banned for life from the sport in 2004 for a second doping offence and has vowed never to "give the medal back".
Alvin Harrison accepted a four-year suspension for infractions related to the BALCO doping scandal in 2004, while twin brother Calvin was suspended for two years for a positive test for the banned stimulant modafinil.
France was re-awarded the gold medal stripped from the same USA men’s 4x400m relay team at the World Athletics Championships 2003 in Paris, after the Americans were disqualified following the positive drugs test of *Calvin Harrison, at the TDK Golden League meeting in Paris St-Denis on July 1st, 2005.
The presentation of the 2003 WC 4 x 400m gold medals to Stéphane Diagana, Naman Keita, Leslie Djhone, and Mark Raquil was done by IAAF's Treasurer Jean Poczobut.
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21 Jul 2012
IOC Executive Board meets ahead of London Games
With six days to go until the opening of the London 2012 Olympic Games, the IOC Executive Board (EB) met today in London to issue a number of decisions.
Pettigrew, Cox cases
In the case of Antonio Pettigrew (US, athletics), participant in the men’s 400m race (7th place) and the 4x400m men’s relay team race (1st place) at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, the EB approved the reallocation of medals and diplomas for both events. Pettigrew was disqualified in August 2008 but the EB delayed a decision on reallocation until it had received information stemming from investigations into the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative (BALCO) sports-doping scandal. Having confirmed that no further information on other athletes taking part in the two above-mentioned events would be forthcoming, the EB agreed to reallocate the medals and diplomas. The teams from Nigeria, Jamaica and the Bahamas that finished behind the US team in the 4x400m race will be awarded gold, silver and bronze medals, respectively.
In the case of Crystal Cox (US, athletics) who participated in the 4x400m women’s relay team race at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games (1st place), the EB decided to disqualify the athlete and request the return of her medal. It is now within the remit of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) to interpret its rules as to whether the disqualification of the athlete would have any effect on the results of the US relay team. Read the full decision here.
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