2014 IAAF World Relays – Men's 4 × 200 metres relay

The men's 4 × 200 metres relay at the 2014 IAAF World Relays was held at the Thomas Robinson Stadium on 24 May.

The rarity of this event at the elite level was evidenced by the poor handoffs. Apparently the athletes involved didn't know their exchange zones. Jermaine Brown came to a complete stop in the zone, and received the handoff from Warren Weir as he was being passed. Even with this ugly handoff, the Jamaican team still dominated the race and set a new world record. Their closest competitor was St. Kitts and Nevis, whose flaw had less of an effect on their performance, Brijesh Lawrence running on the inside of the turn, correctly put out his right hand to receive the baton, but incoming Lestrod Roland also had the baton in his right hand and had to make the handoff awkwardly across his body. For the American team, Ameer Webb looked completely confused, starting late, running out of his lane to the inside, then reaching to receive the baton before he had even entered the passing zone. Curtis Mitchell was not ready to pass that early and was moving too fast to make the exchange. Mitchell just stopped in frustration, the baton bouncing two lanes away, retrieved by Webb outside of the zone for a disqualification.

Records Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:

World record Santa Monica Track Club(Michael Marsh, Leroy Burrell, Floyd Heard, Carl Lewis)1:18.68 Walnut, California, United States17 April 1994Championship recordNew eventWorld Leading University of Technology Jamaica1:20.07 Philadelphia, United States26 April 2014African Record(Marcus La Grange, Mathew Quinn, Josef van der Linde, Paul Gorries)1:22.08 Port Elizabeth, South Africa1 March 2002Asian Record(Reanchai Seerhawong, Vissanu Sophanich, Ekkachai Janthana, Sittichai Suwonpradeep)1:22.66 Philadelphia, United States29 April 2000North, Central American and Caribbean record Santa Monica Track Club(Michael Marsh, Leroy Burrell, Floyd Heard, Carl Lewis)1:18.68 Walnut, California, United States17 April 1994South American RecordNo official recordEuropean Record(Stefano Tilli, Carlo Simionato, Giovanni Bongiorni, Pietro Mennea)1:21.10 Cagliari, Italy29 September 1983Oceanian recordNo official record

Schedule Date Time Round24 May 2014 17:30 Heats24 May 2014 19:52 Final

Results KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Heats

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) advanced to the final.Heats results

Rank Heat Lane Nation Athletes Time Notes 1 1 8 Rasheed Dwyer, Jermaine Brown, Jason Livermore, Warren Weir 1:20.15 Q 2 2 7 Maurice Mitchell, Curtis Mitchell, Isiah Young, Wallace Spearmon 1:21.35 Q, SB 3 1 1 Christophe Lemaitre, Yannick Fonsat, Ben Bassaw, Ken Romain 1:21.45 Q, SB 4 2 5 Ramon Gittens, Andrew Hinds, Shane Brathwaite, Fallon Forde 1:21.88 Q, NR 5 1 7 Antoine Adams, Lestrod Roland, Brijesh Lawrence, Allistar Clarke 1:21.97 Q, NR 6 1 5 Blake Bartlett, Adrian Griffith, Wesley Neymour, Andretti Bain 1:22.18 q, NR 7 2 6 Stephen Barasa, Carvin Nkanata, Walter Michuki Moenga, Tony Kipruto Chirchir 1:23.24 Q, NR 8 1 3 Chen Shiwei, Xie Zhenye, Yang Yang, Mo Youxue 1:23.75 q, NR 9 2 8 Yuichi Kobayashi, Masashi Eriguchi, Shinji Takahira, Kenji Fujimitsu 1:23.87 SB 10 2 3 Kemar Hyman, Tyrell Cuffy, David Hamil, Troy Long 1:24.91 NR 11 1 2 Tabarie Henry, Leslie Murray, David Walters, Leon Hunt 1:25.01 NR 2 1 Elvis Ukale, Ogho-Oghene Egwero, Nicholas Imhoaperamhe, Isah Salihu 2 4 Julian Reus, Sebastian Ernst, Alexander Kosenkow, Robin Erewa 1 4 Sergio Ruiz, Iván Jesús Ramos, Adrià Burriel, Óscar Husillos R170.7Passing the baton outside the takeover zone 1 6 Kupun Wisil, Theo Piniau, Kevin Kapmatana, Nelson Stone R170.7 2 2 Ifeanye Otuonye, Courtney Missick, Wadly Jean, Wesley Chery R170.7

Final Final results Rank Lane Nation Athletes Time Notes Points 3 Nickel Ashmeade, Warren Weir, Jermaine Brown, Yohan Blake 1:18.63 WR 8 8 Antoine Adams, Lestrod Roland, Brijesh Lawrence, Allistar Clarke 1:20.51 NR 7 5 Christophe Lemaitre, Yannick Fonsat, Ben Bassaw, Ken Romain 1:20.66 AR 6 4 Ramon Gittens, Levi Cadogan, Andrew Hinds, Fallon Forde 1:21.88 =NR 5 7 Stephen Barasa, Carvin Nkanata, Tony Kipruto Chirchir, Walter Michuki Moenga 1:22.35 NR 4 1 Blake Bartlett, Adrian Griffith, Wesley Neymour, Andretti Bain 1:23.19 3 2 Chen Shiwei, Xie Zhenye, Yang Yang, Mo Youxue 1:25.83 2 6 Maurice Mitchell, Curtis Mitchell, Ameer Webb, Wallace Spearmon R170.7

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