World Athletics Championships 1991/4 × 400 m men

3rd World Athletics Championships
discipline	4 × 400 m relay
gender	Men
Attendees	17 relays with 73 athletes
venue	Tokyo
Competition location	Olympic Stadium
Competition phase	August 31st (preliminary) September 1st (final)
Medalist  Great Britain  United States  Jamaica

The Olympic Stadium in Tokyo in 2008

The men's 4 x 400 meter relay at the 1991 World Athletics Championships was held on August 31 and September 1, 1991 in the Olympic Stadium in the Japanese capital, Tokyo .

Great Britain became world champion with the line-up Roger Black (final), Derek Redmond , John Regis (final) and Kriss Akabusi as well as Ade Mafe and Mark Richardson, who were also used in the preliminary run . In the final, this team set a new European record.
Second place went to the USA with Andrew Valmon (final), Quincy Watts , Danny Everett and Antonio Pettigrew (final) as well as Jeff Reynolds and Mark Everett, who were also used in the preliminary run .
Bronze went to Jamaica with Patrick O'Connor , Devon Morris , Winthrop Graham (final) and Seymour Fagan, as well as Howard Burnett, who was also used in the preliminary run .

The runners only used in the run-up were given corresponding precious metal. The European record achieved by the victorious British relay team in the final was only available to the runners actually used.

Records

Existing records

World record	2: 56.16 min	USA ( Vince Matthews , Ron Freeman , Larry James , Lee Evans )	OS 1968 in Mexico City , Mexico	20th October 1968
		USA ( Danny Everett , Steve Lewis , Kevin Robinzine , Harry Reynolds )	OS 1988 in Seoul , South Korea	October 1, 1988
World Cup record	2: 57.29 min	USA ( Danny Everett , Roddie Haley , Antonio McKay , Harry Reynolds )	World Cup 1987 in Rome , Italy	September 6, 1987

Record improvement

• The existing world championship record was not set and not improved at these world championships.
• The victorious British season set a new European record in the finale on September 1 with Roger Black , Derek Redmond , John Regis and Kriss Akabusi with 2: 57.53 minutes.

Preliminary round

August 31, 1991, 8:20 pm

The preliminary round was carried out in three runs. The first two seasons per run - highlighted in light blue - as well as the two fastest teams - highlighted in light green - qualified for the final.

Forward 1

space	Season	occupation	Time (min)
1	United States	Jeff Reynolds (preliminary) Quincy Watts Mark Everett (preliminary) Danny Everett	2: 59.55
2	Jamaica	Howard Burnett (preliminary) Devon Morris Patrick O'Connor Seymour Fagan	3: 00.01
3	Germany	Klaus Just Rico songs Norbert Dobeleit Jens Carlowitz	3: 00.17
4th	Japan	Koichi Konakatomi Susumu Takano Takahiro Watanabe Koji Ito	3: 01.26
5	Qatar	Sami Jumah Ismael Youssef Masoud Rahman Ibrahim Ismail	3: 07.06
6th	Spain	Luís Cumellas Antonio Sánchez Moises Fernández Didac Manas	3: 08.39

Forward 2

space	Season	occupation	Time (min)
1	Morocco	Abdelali Kasbane Ali Dahane Bouchaib Belkaid Benyounès Lahlou	3: 02.11
2	Cuba	Agustín Pavó Héctor Herrera Jorge Valentín Lázaro Martínez	3: 02.29
3	Italy	Fabio Grossi Marco Vaccari Alessandro Aimar Andrea Nuti	3: 02.72
4th	Canada	Anthony Wilson Mark Jackson Mike McLean Freddie Williams	3: 03.68
5	Mexico	Raymundo Escalante Eduardo Nava Josue Morales Luís Karín	3: 09.56
DNF	France	André Jaffory Olivier Noirot Stéphane Diagana Christoph Gloris

Forward 3

space	Season	occupation	Time (min)
1	Great Britain	Ade Mafe (preliminary) Derek Redmond Mark Richardson (preliminary) Kriss Akabusi	2: 59.49
2	Yugoslavia	Dejan Jovković Nenad Djurović Ismail Macev Slobodan Branković	2: 59.95
3	Kenya	Samson Kitur Simon Kemboi Charles Gitonga Simon Kipkemboi	3: 00.21
4th	Australia	Dean Capobianco Paul Green Rohan Robinson Mark Garner	3: 02.42
5	Barbados	Terrence Harewood Steven Roberts Seibert Straughn Michael Williams	3: 05.63

final

September 1, 1991, 6:10 p.m.

space	Season	occupation	Time (min)
1	Great Britain	Roger Black (final) Derek Redmond John Regis (final) Kriss Akabusi in the run-up also: Ade Mafe Mark Richardson	2: 57.53 ER
2	United States	Andrew Valmon (final) Quincy Watts Danny Everett Antonio Pettigrew (final) in the preliminaries also: Jeff Reynolds Mark Everett	2: 57.57
3	Jamaica	Patrick O'Connor Devon Morris Winthrop Graham (final) Seymour Fagan in the run-up also: Howard Burnett	3: 00.10
4th	Yugoslavia	Dejan Jovković Nenad Djurović Ismail Macev Slobodan Branković	3: 00.32
5	Kenya	Samson Kitur Simon Kemboi Charles Gitonga Simon Kipkemboi	3: 00.34
6th	Germany	Klaus Just Rico songs Norbert Dobeleit Jens Carlowitz	3: 00.75
7th	Morocco	Abdelali Kasbane Ali Dahane Bouchaib Belkaid Benyounès Lahlou	3: 04.49
8th	Cuba	Agustín Pavó Héctor Herrera Jorge Valentín Lázaro Martínez	3: 05.33

Video

• Men's 4x400m Relay Final World Champs in Tokyo 1991 from youtube.com, accessed April 15, 2020

Web links

• World Championships in Athletics, 3rd IAAF World Championships in Athletics , accessed April 23, 2020
• Men 4x400m Relay Athletics III World Championship 1991 Tokyo (JPN) on todor66.com, accessed April 23, 2020
• Results in the IAAF Statistics Handbook for the 2019 World Cup in Doha, Men 4x400m Relay, Tokyo 1991 (PDF 10.3 MB, p. 236f), English, accessed on April 23, 2020

References and comments

1. ↑ IAAF world records. 4 × 400 m , accessed on April 23, 2020