The men's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 15–16 August.
The United States dominated, taking the lead from the start and never looking back, but not with the overwhelming show of force of some past championships. David Verburg passed first to silver medalist Tony McQuay who broke first and stayed out of traffic. Behind them, the race was quite competitive, with Russia's Maksim Dyldin closing the first lap in a rush then Lev Mosin running a strong curve to close off the break. Great Britain's Martyn Rooney had to go wide around the turn to pass the Russians, only to be passed himself by Belgium's Kevin Borlée. After Jonathan had led off, he passed to a third Borlée, Dylan. The team of brothers pulled to within two meters of the leading Americans with 500 meters to go, but then the gap widened to five meters. With gold medalist LaShawn Merritt pulling away, Russia's Vladimir Krasnov quickly passed Belgium's Will Oyowe at the handoff. Down the backstretch Jamaica's Javon Francis passed Great Britain, Belgium and Russia to move into second. Krasnov came back but Francis held him off at the line to take silver.
Records Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:
World record(Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts, Harry Reynolds, Michael Johnson)2:54.29 Stuttgart, Germany22 August 1993Championship record(Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts, Harry Reynolds, Michael Johnson)2:54.29 Stuttgart, Germany22 August 1993World Leading (Torrin Lawrence, Manteo Mitchell, Bershawn Jackson, Tony McQuay)3:00.91 Philadelphia, PA, United States27 April 2013African Record(Clement Chukwu, Jude Monye, Sunday Bada, Enefiok Udo-Obong)2:58.68 Sydney, Australia30 September 2000Asian Record(Shunji Karube, Koji Ito, Jun Osakada, Shigekazu Omori)3:00.76 Atlanta, GA, United States3 August 1996North, Central American and Caribbean record(Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts, Harry Reynolds, Michael Johnson)2:54.29 Stuttgart, Germany22 August 1993South American Record(Eronilde de Araújo, Cleverson da Silva, Claudinei da Silva, Sanderlei Parrela)2:58.56 Winnipeg, Canada30 July 1999European Record(Iwan Thomas, Mark Richardson, Jamie Baulch, Roger Black)2:56.60 Atlanta, GA, United States3 August 1996Oceanian record(Bruce Frayne, Gary Minihan, Richard Mitchell, Darren Clark)2:59.70 Los Angeles, CA, United States11 August 1984
Qualification standards A timeB time3:05.00
Schedule Date Time Round15 August 2013 19:05 Heats16 August 2013 21:30 Final
Results KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best
Heats Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) advanced to the final.Heats Results
Rank Heat Lane Nation Athletes Time Notes 1 2 4 James Harris, David Verburg, Joshua Mance, Arman Hall 2:59.85 Q, WL 2 1 5 Rusheen McDonald, Javere Bell, Edino Steele, Javon Francis 3:00.41 Q 3 2 7 Renny Quow, Jarrin Solomon, Lalonde Gordon, Deon Lendore 3:00.48 Q, SB 4 1 2 Conrad Williams, Michael Bingham, Jamie Bowie, Martyn Rooney 3:00.50 Q, SB 5 2 5 Antoine Gillet, Jonathan Borlée, Dylan Borlée, Kevin Borlée 3:00.81 q, SB 6 2 8 Pedro Luiz de Oliveira, Wagner Cardoso, Anderson Henriques, Hugo de Sousa 3:01.09 q, SB 7 2 3 Kacper Kozłowski, Rafał Omelko, Łukasz Krawczuk, Marcin Marciniszyn 3:01.73 SB 8 3 6 Maksim Dyldin, Lev Mosin, Sergey Petukhov, Vladimir Krasnov 3:01.81 Q, SB 9 1 6 Arturo Ramírez, Alberto Aguilar, José Meléndez, Freddy Mezones 3:02.04 SB 10 1 7 Kengo Yamazaki, Yuzo Kanemaru, Hideyuki Hirose, Hiroyuki Nakano 3:02.43 SB 11 3 3 Steven Solomon, Craig Burns, Alexander Beck, Tristan Thomas 3:02.48 Q, SB 12 3 2 David Gollnow, Eric Krüger, Thomas Schneider, Jonas Plass 3:02.62 SB 13 3 7 Chris Brown, Wesley Neymour, LaToy Williams, O'Jay Ferguson 3:02.67 14 1 8 Arismendy Peguero, Gustavo Cuesta, Yon Soriano, Luguelín Santos 3:03.61 15 3 1 Marco Lorenzi, Isalbet Juarez, Eusebio Haliti, Matteo Galvan 3:03.88 SB 16 1 3 Roberto Briones, Samuel García, Mark Ujakpor, Pau Fradera 3:04.07 SB 17 3 4 Yoandys Lescay, Raidel Acea, Orestes Rodríguez, Osmaidel Pellicier 3:04.26 18 1 1 Noah Akwu, Abiola Onakoya, Tobi Ogunmola, Isah Salihu 3:04.52 19 3 5 Daniel Němeček, Pavel Maslák, Petr Lichý, Jan Tesař 3:04.54 SB 20 3 8 Ismail Al-Sabani, Yousef Masrahi, Mohamed Ali Al-Bishi, Mohammed Al-Salhi 3:04.55 21 2 6 Vitaliy Butrym, Myhaylo Knysh, Yevhen Hutsol, Volodymyr Burakov 3:04.98 SB 22 1 4 Pako Seribe, Obakeng Ngwigwa, Isaac Makwala, Thapelo Ketlogetswe 3:05.74 SB 23 2 1 Mike Mokamba Nyang'Au, Alphas Kishoyian, Anthony Chemut, Moses Kipkorir Kertich 3:06.29 SB 24 2 2 Priyashantha Dulan, Dilhan Aloka, Chanaka Kalawala, Kasun Kalhar Seneviratne 3:06.59
Final The final was started at 21:30.Final Results
Rank Lane Nation Athletes Time Notes 5 David Verburg, Tony McQuay, Arman Hall, LaShawn Merritt 2:58.71 WL 4 Rusheen McDonald, Edino Steele, Omar Johnson, Javon Francis 2:59.88 SB DQ 6 Maksim Dyldin, Lev Mosin, Sergey Petukhov, Vladimir Krasnov 2:59.90 SB 3 7 Conrad Williams, Martyn Rooney, Michael Bingham, Nigel Levine 3:00.88 4 1 Jonathan Borlée, Kevin Borlée, Dylan Borlée, Will Oyowe 3:01.02 5 3 Renny Quow, Lalonde Gordon, Jehue Gordon, Jarrin Solomon 3:01.74 6 2 Pedro Luiz de Oliveira, Wagner Cardoso, Anderson Henriques, Hugo de Sousa 3:02.19 7 8 Steven Solomon, Alexander Beck, Craig Burns, Tristan Thomas 3:02.26 SB
References
External links 4x 400 metres relay results at IAAF website