There were 16 NOCs competing at this event. These 16 NOCs were selected by the average of the two best marks at the qualifying period. The final was won by the United States in the new Olympic record time 2:55.39.
Having swept the 400 metres and winning the World Championships as part of their qualifying process, defending champion USA came in as an overwhelming favorite.
USA put their Olympic champion LaShawn Merritt on the leadoff leg with the intent to break the race wide open from the start. The strategy worked, Merritt ran 44.01 out of the blocks. 400 hurdles championAngelo Taylor hit the break line with an 8 metre lead over Belgium, who also front loaded their order with brothers Kévin Borlée and Jonathan Borlée. Jonathan closed down on Taylor down the backstretch, with Bahamas Michael Mathieu working his way through traffic to move into third. Down the home stretch, Taylor re-opened the lead to 8 metres before handing off to bronze medalist David Neville. A 45 second runner, Belgium's Cédric Van Branteghem was no match as Neville pulled away while Bahamas Andrae Williams closed in from behind. USA handed off to their silver medalist Jeremy Wariner, who was also the defending 400 champion coming into these Olympics. Belgium's 47 second anchor Arnaud Ghislain was caught by Bahamas 4th place, 44 second anchor Chris Brown halfway through the turn. Wariner continued to open the gap all the way to a 25 metre victory. Brown was in the sights of Russia's Denis Alekseyev through the final turn until he opened up a clear second place down the home stretch. Taking the baton in 6th place, Great Britain's 400 metre finalist Martyn Rooney worked his way past Jamaica and Belgium, almost catching Alekseyev at the line.
Eight years later, Alekseyev was found guilty of doping. He and the Russian team were disqualified, elevating Great Britain to the bronze medal.
Recordsedit
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
* On 14 September 2016, IOC officially stripped Russia of the bronze medal for positive doping test of Denis Alekseyev. Reallocation to Great Britain was confirmed on 21 June 2017.[3]
Referencesedit
^. IAAF. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
^"IOC sanctions four athletes for failing anti-doping tests at Beijing 2008 and London 2012". olympic.org. 25 January 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
^"Beijing 2008 relay quartet to be awarded Olympic bronze". teamgb.com. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
Results on website IAAF
(PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-09-01. Retrieved 2008-07-30.
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The men s 4 400 metres relay event at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on 22 and 23 August at the Beijing National Stadium 1 Men s 4 400 metres relayat the Games of the XXIX OlympiadAthletics at the Olympics 4x400 relay raceVenueBeijing National StadiumDatesAugust 22 August 23 final Teams16Winning time2 55 39 ORMedalistsLaShawn MerrittAngelo TaylorDavid NevilleJeremy WarinerKerron Clement Reggie Witherspoon United StatesAndretti BainMichael MathieuAndrae WilliamsChris BrownAvard Moncur Ramon Miller BahamasMartyn RooneyAndrew SteeleRobert TobinMichael Bingham Great Britain 20042012 There were 16 NOCs competing at this event These 16 NOCs were selected by the average of the two best marks at the qualifying period The final was won by the United States in the new Olympic record time 2 55 39 Contents 1 Summary 2 Records 3 Qualification summary 4 Results 4 1 Round 1 4 2 Final 5 ReferencesSummary editHaving swept the 400 metres and winning the World Championships as part of their qualifying process defending champion USA came in as an overwhelming favorite USA put their Olympic champion LaShawn Merritt on the leadoff leg with the intent to break the race wide open from the start The strategy worked Merritt ran 44 01 out of the blocks 400 hurdles champion Angelo Taylor hit the break line with an 8 metre lead over Belgium who also front loaded their order with brothers Kevin Borlee and Jonathan Borlee Jonathan closed down on Taylor down the backstretch with Bahamas Michael Mathieu working his way through traffic to move into third Down the home stretch Taylor re opened the lead to 8 metres before handing off to bronze medalist David Neville A 45 second runner Belgium s Cedric Van Branteghem was no match as Neville pulled away while Bahamas Andrae Williams closed in from behind USA handed off to their silver medalist Jeremy Wariner who was also the defending 400 champion coming into these Olympics Belgium s 47 second anchor Arnaud Ghislain was caught by Bahamas 4th place 44 second anchor Chris Brown halfway through the turn Wariner continued to open the gap all the way to a 25 metre victory Brown was in the sights of Russia s Denis Alekseyev through the final turn until he opened up a clear second place down the home stretch Taking the baton in 6th place Great Britain s 400 metre finalist Martyn Rooney worked his way past Jamaica and Belgium almost catching Alekseyev at the line Eight years later Alekseyev was found guilty of doping He and the Russian team were disqualified elevating Great Britain to the bronze medal Records editPrior to this competition the existing world and Olympic records were as follows World record nbsp United StatesAndrew ValmonQuincy WattsButch ReynoldsMichael Johnson 2 54 29 Stuttgart Germany 22 August 1993Olympic record nbsp United States USA Andrew ValmonQuincy WattsMichael JohnsonSteve Lewis 2 55 74 Barcelona Spain 8 August 1992The following Olympic record was set during this competition Date Event Name Nationality Time OR WR23 August Final LaShawn MerrittAngelo TaylorDavid NevilleJeremy Wariner nbsp United States 2 55 39 ORQualification summary editPos NOC 2 races 1 2Total Average1 nbsp United States 5 54 74 2 57 37 2 55 56 2 59 182 nbsp Bahamas 5 59 55 2 59 78 2 59 18 3 00 373 nbsp Jamaica 6 01 20 3 00 60 3 00 44 3 00 764 nbsp Poland 6 01 75 3 00 87 3 00 05 3 01 705 nbsp Russia 6 02 69 3 01 34 3 01 07 3 01 626 nbsp Great Britain 6 03 14 3 01 57 3 01 22 3 01 927 nbsp Germany 6 03 98 3 01 99 3 01 77 3 02 218 nbsp Australia 6 04 05 3 02 03 3 01 52 3 02 539 nbsp Belgium 6 04 64 3 02 32 3 02 13 3 02 5110 nbsp Dominican Republic 6 04 97 3 02 48 3 02 48 3 02 4911 nbsp Japan 6 05 20 3 02 60 3 02 44 3 02 7612 nbsp Cuba 6 05 32 3 02 66 3 02 10 3 03 2213 nbsp France 6 05 98 3 02 99 3 02 33 3 03 6514 nbsp Trinidad and Tobago 6 06 52 3 03 26 3 02 92 3 03 6015 nbsp Greece 6 07 86 3 03 93 3 02 21 3 05 6516 nbsp South Africa 6 08 24 3 04 12 3 03 58 3 04 66Reserves17 nbsp Italy 6 08 77 3 04 38 3 03 66 3 05 1118 nbsp Botswana 6 09 12 3 04 56 3 03 16 3 05 9619 nbsp Ireland 6 09 14 3 04 57 3 04 43 3 04 7120 nbsp Brazil 6 09 51 3 04 76 3 04 36 3 05 15Results editAll times shown are in seconds Q denotes automatic qualification q denotes fastest losers DNS denotes did not start DNF denotes did not finish DQ denotes disqualified AR denotes area record NR denotes national record PB denotes personal best SB denotes season s best Round 1 edit First 3 in each heat Q and the next 2 fastest q advance to the Final Rank Heat Lane Nation Competitors Time Notes1 2 5 nbsp Great Britain Andrew Steele Robert Tobin Michael Bingham Martyn Rooney 2 59 33 Q SB2 2 3 nbsp Bahamas Michael Mathieu Avard Moncur Ramon Miller Andrae Williams 2 59 88 Q SB3 1 3 nbsp United States David Neville Kerron Clement Reggie Witherspoon Angelo Taylor 2 59 98 Q4 2 7 nbsp Jamaica Michael Blackwood Allodin Fothergill Sanjay Ayre Ricardo Chambers 3 00 09 Q SB5 1 6 nbsp Belgium Cedric Van Branteghem Jonathan Borlee Arnaud Ghislain Kevin Borlee 3 00 67 Q NR6 1 8 nbsp Australia Joel Milburn Mark Ormrod John Steffensen Clinton Hill 3 00 68 q SB7 1 7 nbsp Poland Marek Plawgo Piotr Klimczak Piotr Kedzia Rafal Wieruszewski 3 00 74 q SB8 1 5 nbsp South Africa Pieter Smith Ofentse Mogawane Alwyn Myburgh L J van Zyl 3 01 26 SB9 1 4 nbsp Cuba Yunier Perez Yunior Diaz William Collazo Omar Cisneros 3 02 2410 1 2 nbsp France Teddy Venel Ydrissa Mbarke Brice Panel Richard Maunier 3 03 1911 2 6 nbsp Germany Simon Kirch Kamghe Gaba Ruwen Faller Bastian Swillims 3 03 4912 2 2 nbsp Trinidad and Tobago Ato Modibo Jovon Toppin Cowin Mills Stann Waithe 3 04 12 SB13 2 4 nbsp Japan Mitsuhiro Abiko Dai Tamesue Yoshihiro Horigome Kenji Narisako 3 04 18 SB14 2 9 nbsp Greece Stylianos Dimotsios Dimitrios Gravalos Pantelis Melachroinoudis Konstantinos Anastasiou 3 04 30 SB15 2 8 nbsp Dominican Republic Carlos Yohelin Santa Arismendy Peguero Pedro Mejia Yoel Tapia 3 04 31 SBDSQ 1 9 nbsp Russia Maksim Dyldin Vladislav Frolov Anton Kokorin Denis Alekseyev QFinal edit Rank Lane Nation Competitors Time Notes nbsp 7 nbsp United States LaShawn Merritt Angelo Taylor David Neville Jeremy Wariner 2 55 39 OR nbsp 5 nbsp Bahamas Andretti Bain Michael Mathieu Andrae Williams Chris Brown 2 58 03 SB nbsp 6 nbsp Great Britain Andrew Steele Robert Tobin Michael Bingham Martyn Rooney 2 58 81 SB4 8 nbsp Belgium Kevin Borlee Jonathan Borlee Cedric Van Branteghem Arnaud Ghislain 2 59 37 NR5 2 nbsp Australia Sean Wroe John Steffensen Clinton Hill Joel Milburn 3 00 02 SB6 3 nbsp Poland Rafal Wieruszewski Piotr Klimczak Piotr Kedzia Marek Plawgo 3 00 32 SB7 9 nbsp Jamaica Michael Blackwood Ricardo Chambers Sanjay Ayre Lanceford Spence 3 01 45DQ 4 nbsp Russia Maksim Dyldin Vladislav Frolov Anton Kokorin Denis Alekseyev DQ 2 On 14 September 2016 IOC officially stripped Russia of the bronze medal for positive doping test of Denis Alekseyev Reallocation to Great Britain was confirmed on 21 June 2017 3 References edit Olympic Athletics Competition Schedule IAAF Archived from the original on 13 September 2008 Retrieved 2008 08 04 IOC sanctions four athletes for failing anti doping tests at Beijing 2008 and London 2012 olympic org 25 January 2017 Retrieved 18 April 2018 Beijing 2008 relay quartet to be awarded Olympic bronze teamgb com Retrieved 18 April 2018 Results on website IAAF Best Relay Performances PDF Archived from the original PDF on 2012 09 01 Retrieved 2008 07 30 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics Men 27s 4 400 metres relay amp oldid 1174199690, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
