2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

The men's 4 x 400 metres relay event at the 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 15–16.

Medalists edit

Gold Silver Bronze
  Jamaica
Leroy Colquhoun
Danny McFarlane
Michael Blackwood
Davian Clarke
Kemel Thompson*
  Great Britain
Jamie Baulch
Timothy Benjamin
Cori Henry
Daniel Caines
Mark Hylton*
Jared Deacon*
  Poland
Rafał Wieruszewski
Grzegorz Zajączkowski
Marcin Marciniszyn
Marek Plawgo
Artur Gąsiewski*
Piotr Rysiukiewicz*

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

Note: The United States (James Davis, Jerome Young, Milton Campbell, Tyree Washington) originally won the gold medal in 3:04.09, but were disqualified after Young admitted to the use of banned substances[specify] in 2004.

Results edit

Heats edit

Qualification: First 2 teams of each heat (Q) plus the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.

Rank Heat Nation Athletes Time Notes
DQ 1   United States James Davis, Derrick Brew, Milton Campbell, Jerome Young 3:04.17 Q, Doping
1 1   Jamaica Leroy Colquhoun, Danny McFarlane, Kemel Thompson, Michael Blackwood 3:06.46 Q
2 1   Great Britain Mark Hylton, Jared Deacon, Timothy Benjamin, Cori Henry 3:06.60 q, SB
3 2   Russia Oleg Mishukov, Dmitriy Golovastov, Andrey Rudnitskiy, Aleksandr Usov 3:08.71 Q
4 2   Poland Rafał Wieruszewski, Artur Gąsiewski, Marcin Marciniszyn, Piotr Rysiukiewicz 3:16.10 Q
2   Spain Salvador Rodríguez, Daniel Ruiz, Alberto Martínez, Artzai Morante DQ
2   Bahamas Troy McIntosh, Avard Moncur, Carl Oliver, Timothy Munnings DQ
1   Ireland Paul Brizzel, Gary Ryan, Paul McKee, David McCarthy DNS

Final edit

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
DQ   United States James Davis, Jerome Young, Milton Campbell, Tyree Washington 3:04.09 Doping
    Jamaica Leroy Colquhoun, Danny McFarlane, Michael Blackwood, Davian Clarke 3:04.21 NR
    Great Britain Jamie Baulch, Timothy Benjamin, Cori Henry, Daniel Caines 3:06.12 SB
    Poland Rafał Wieruszewski, Grzegorz Zajączkowski, Marcin Marciniszyn, Marek Plawgo 3:06.61 SB
  Russia Oleg Mishukov, Aleksandr Usov, Andrey Rudnitskiy, Dmitriy Bogdanov DQ

References edit