2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

The men's 4x400 metres relay event at the 2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Grosseto, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico Carlo Zecchini on 17 and 18 July.[1][2]

Medalists edit

Gold Brandon Johnson
LaShawn Merritt
Jason Craig
Kerron Clement
  United States
Silver Wouter Le Roux
Chris Gebhardt
Leigh Julius
Louis van Zyl
  South Africa
Bronze Kazunori Ota
Hiroyuki Noda
Teppei Suzuki
Yudai Sasaki
  Japan

Results edit

Final edit

18 July

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
    United States Brandon Johnson
LaShawn Merritt
Jason Craig
Kerron Clement
3:01.09
    South Africa Wouter Le Roux
Chris Gebhardt
Leigh Julius
Louis van Zyl
3:04.50
    Japan Kazunori Ota
Hiroyuki Noda
Teppei Suzuki
Yudai Sasaki
3:05.33
4   Brazil Paulo Orlando
Felipe de Paula
Fernando de Almeida
Diego Venâncio
3:05.44
5   Great Britain Richard Buck
Ryan Dinham
Michael Rimmer
Richard Davenport
3:07.02
6   Poland Kamil Barański
Ziemowit Ryś
Damian Kempa
Łukasz Pryga
3:07.20
7   Australia Tim Rooke
Gavin Jeffries
Werner Botha
Sean Wroe
3:07.95
8   Germany Claas Caspers
Florian Schwalm
Falco Lausecker
Martin Grothkopp
3:08.83

Heats edit

17 July

Heat 1 edit

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1   Great Britain Richard Buck
Ryan Dinham
Michael Rimmer
Richard Davenport
3:06.52 Q
2   Brazil Paulo Orlando
Felipe de Paula
Fernando de Almeida
Diego Venâncio
3:06.55 Q
3   Germany Florian Schwalm
Martin Grothkopp
Carlo Schaper
Claas Caspers
3:08.50 q
4   Puerto Rico Christian Santiago
Marcos Sánchez-Valle
Leonardo Meléndez
Félix Martínez
3:12.18
5   France Benjamin Chevrol
Fadil Bellaabouss
Florent Joulain
Teddy Venel
3:12.80
6   Russia Maksim Vasilyev
Aleksandr Sigalovskiy
Dmitriy Gladyshev
Valentin Kruglyakov
3:17.30

Heat 2 edit

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1   United States Keith Hinnant
Jason Craig
Anthony Ramirez
LaShawn Merritt
3:05.28 Q
2   Japan Kazunori Ota
Hiroyuki Noda
Teppei Suzuki
Yudai Sasaki
3:06.72 Q
3   Bahamas Andretti Bain
Jacobi Mitchell
Jamal Moss
Tyrone Sawyer
3:12.51
4   Turkey Tuncay Örs
Selahattin Çobanoğlu
Erkan Davut
Serdar Tamac
3:12.66
5   New Zealand Cory Innes
Nick Ash
Todd Mansfield
Jordan Vandermade
3:12.88
  Jamaica Leford Green
Josef Robertson
Morgan Carlington
Rohan Phipps
DQ IAAF rule 170.13
  Uganda Reuben Twijukye
Stephens Akena
Raymond Diogo
Wilson Lukungu Waiswa
DQ IAAF rule 170.8

Heat 3 edit

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1   South Africa Ruaan Grobler
Chris Gebhardt
Leigh Julius
Louis van Zyl
3:06.29 Q
2   Australia Tim Rooke
Gavin Jeffries
Ben Offereins
Sean Wroe
3:07.41 Q
3   Poland Kamil Barański
Ziemowit Ryś
Łukasz Pryga
Damian Kempa
3:07.55 q
4   Croatia Ivan Rimac
Igor Jankovic
Milan Kotur
Željko Vincek
3:10.04
5   Italy Teo Turchi
Massimilliano Quirico
Claudio Licciardello
Emanuele Magi
3:10.48
6   Trinidad and Tobago Jamil James
Marcus Duncan
Stann Waithe
Renny Quow
3:11.33

Participation edit

According to an unofficial count, 81 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event.

References edit

  1. ^ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2004 Grosseto ITA Jul 12-18, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 2 March 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
  2. ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015