The men's 4 × 200 metres relay at the 2017 IAAF World Relays was held at the Thomas Robinson Stadium on 23 April.
Using the four turn stagger, teams were spread across the turn. The best relative judgement of progress is against the stagger. On the first leg, American Noah Lyles separated from Bahamas' Blake Bartlett to his inside and gained on China's Tang Xingqiang, while Canadian Gavin Smellie gained against Jamaican relay gold medalist Nickel Ashmeade to his outside. On the second leg, American Jarrion Lawson passed China's Mo Youxue, making USA look like the clear leader as the international broadcasters called the race. On the inside, Canadian Brendon Rodney had also passed Jamaica's Rasheed Dwyer. Canada put their star, triple Olympic medalist, Andre De Grasse on third leg. With USA the stagger leader on the outside, DeGrasse clearly was pulling away from everybody else and making up the gap to USA's Isiah Young. DeGrasse's leg was the first time the announcers noticed Canada. DeGrasse passed to Aaron Brown two steps ahead of the Americans pass to Ameer Webb. Brown held that advantage to the finish line, with the Jamaican team, anchored by Yohan Blake, the second fastest man in history, trailing the Americans by 15 meters.
Records Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:
World record(Nickel Ashmeade, Warren Weir, Jermaine Brown, Yohan Blake)1:18.63 Nassau, Bahamas24 May 2014Championship recordWorld Leading(Bolade AjomaleBrendon RodneyAndre De GrasseAaron Brown)1:19.91 Gainesville, United States1 April 2017African Record(Marcus la Grange, Mathew Quinn, Josef van der Linde, Paul Gorries)1:22.06 Port Elizabeth, South Africa1 March 2002Asian Record Waseda University1:22.12 Yokohama, Japan14 September 2014North, Central American and Caribbean record(Nickel Ashmeade, Warren Weir, Jermaine Brown, Yohan Blake)1:18.63 Nassau, Bahamas24 May 2014South American Record(Adam Harris, Winston George, Jeremy Bascom, Stephan James)1:24.42 Philadelphia, United States25 April 2015European Record(Christophe Lemaitre, Yannick Fonsat, Ben Bassaw, Ken Romain)1:20.66 Nassau, Bahamas24 May 2014Oceanian record(Scott Vassella, Shem Hollands, Dean Capobianco, Peter Vassella)1:23.04 Sydney, Australia6 December 1998
Schedule Date Time Round3 May 2014 19:00 Heats3 May 2014 21:20 Final
Results KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedWLWorld leadingNRNational recordSBSeasonal 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 1 3 Gavin Smellie, Brendon Rodney, Andre De Grasse, Aaron Brown 1:21.11 Q 2 2 6 Noah Lyles, Jarrion Lawson, Isiah Young, Ameer Webb 1:21.47 Q 3 1 4 Nickel Ashmeade, Chadic Hinds, Oshane Bailey, Warren Weir 1:22.01 Q, SB 4 1 2 Kyle Greaux, Dan-Neil Telesford, Moriba Morain, Emmanuel Callender 1:22.79 Q, NR 5 1 7 Mark Odhiambo, Mike Nyang'au, Peter Mwai Ndichu, Ferdinand Omurwa 1:23.04 q, 6 2 4 Adrian Griffith, Samson Colebrooke, Ian Kerr, Shavez Hart 1:23.71 Q, 7 2 2 Tang Xingqiang, Mo Youxue, Bie Ge, Liang Jinsheng 1:24.01 Q, 8 2 3 Daniel Bailey, Richard Richardson, Jared Jarvis, Chavaughn Walsh 1:24.33 q, NR 9 1 6 Przemysław Słowikowski, Eryk Hampel, Artur Zaczek, Rafał Omelko 1:24.78 10 2 7 Lestrod Roland, Brijesh Lawrence, Delwayne Delaney, Allistar Clarke 1:24.89 11 2 1 Luis Felipe Rodríguez, Alberto Aguilar, Omar Longart, Kelvis Padrino 1:25.69 NR 12 2 8 Ifeanyi Otuonye, Angelo Garland, Devante Gardiner, Frantzley Benjamin 1:26.22 NR 2 5 Gautier Dautremer, Jeffrey John, Ken Romain, Ludvy Vaillant 1 5 Robin Erewa, Aleixo-Platini Menga, Maurice Huke, Michael Bryan DNF 1 8 DNS
Final The final was started at 21:36.Final Results Rank Lane Nation Athletes Time Notes Points 3 Gavin Smellie, Brendon Rodney, Andre De Grasse, Aaron Brown 1:19.42 8 6 Noah Lyles, Jarrion Lawson, Isiah Young, Ameer Webb 1:19.88 7 4 Nickel Ashmeade, Oshane Bailey, Rasheed Dwyer, Yohan Blake 1:21.09 6 4 8 Moriba Morain, Dan-Neil Telesford, Kyle Greaux, Emmanuel Callender 1:21.39 NR 5 5 5 Blake Bartlett, Samson Colebrooke, Ian Kerr, Shavez Hart 1:22.36 4 6 7 Tang Xingqiang, Mo Youxue, Bie Ge, Liang Jinsheng 1:22.91 NR 3 7 1 Mark Odhiambo, Mike Nyang'au, Peter Ndichu, Collins Gichana 1:23.72 2 8 2 Daniel Bailey, Richard Richardson, Jared Jarvis, Tahir Walsh 1:25.11 1
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