1992 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 4 × 400 m (men)

sport	athletics
discipline	4 x 400 meter relay
gender	Men
Attendees	102 athletes from 24 countries
Competition location	Olympic Stadium Barcelona
Competition phase	August 7, 1992 (preliminary round) August 8, 1992 (final)
Medalist  United States  CUB  GBR

The men's 4-by-400-meter relay at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona was played in two rounds on August 7 and 8, 1992 in the Barcelona Olympic Stadium. 102 athletes took part in 24 relays.

The season of the USA won in the cast Andrew Valmon , Quincy Watts , Michael Johnson and Steve Lewis and the amount contained in forward Charles Jenkins and Darnell Hall in a new world record time the gold medal. Silver went to Cuba ( Lázaro Martínez , Héctor Herrera , Norberto Téllez , Roberto Hernández ), bronze to Great Britain with Roger Black , David Grindley , Kriss Akabusi and John Regis, as well as Du'aine Ladejo and Mark Richardson, who started in the preliminary run .

The runners used in the heats for the medal winners also received corresponding precious metal. The world record, on the other hand, belonged solely to the runners used in the final.

The relay from Germany could not finish their advance after losing staff.
Relays from Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein did not take part.

Current title holders

Olympic champion in 1988	United States	2: 56.16 min	Seoul 1988
World Champion 1991	United States	2: 57.53 min	Tokyo 1991
European champion 1990	Great Britain	2: 58.22 min	Split 1990
Pan American champion 1991	Cuba	3: 01.93 min	Havana 1991
Central America and Caribbean Champion 1991	Bahamas	3: 06.08 min	Xalapa 1991
South American Champion 1991	Brazil	3: 05.60 min	Manaus 1991
Asian champion 1991	Japan	3: 05.22 min	Kuala Lumpur 1991
African Champion 1992	South Africa	3: 06.95 min	Belle Vue Maurel 1992
Oceania Champion 1990	Fiji	3: 15.29 min	Suva 1990

Existing records

World record	2: 56.16 min	USA ( Vince Matthews , Ron Freeman , Larry James , Lee Evans )	Mexico City , Mexico	20th October 1968
		USA ( Danny Everett , Steve Lewis , Kevin Robinzine , Harry Reynolds )	Seoul , South Korea	October 1, 1988
Olympic record		USA ( Vince Matthews , Ron Freeman , Larry James , Lee Evans )	Mexico City Final , Mexico	20th October 1968
		USA ( Danny Everett , Steve Lewis , Kevin Robinzine , Harry Reynolds )	Final from Seoul , South Korea	October 1, 1988

Preliminary round

Date: August 7, 1992

In the preliminary round, the 24 relays were drawn in three runs. The first two teams per run qualified for the final. In addition, the two fastest times, the so-called lucky losers , made it through. The directly qualified relays are highlighted in light blue, the lucky losers in light green.

Forward 1

space	Season	occupation	time	annotation
1	Trinidad and Tobago	Patrick Delice Alvin Daniel Neil de Silva Ian Morris	3: 01.05 min
2	Great Britain	Mark Richardson Kriss Akabusi Roger Black Du'aine Ladejo	3: 01.20 min
3	Japan	Masayoshi Kan Susumu Takano Yoshihiko Saito Takahiro Watanabe	3: 01.35 min
4th	France	Jean-Louis Rapnouil Yann Quentrec Stéphane Caristan Stéphane Diagana	3: 04.25 min
5	Canada	Mark Jackson Anthony Wilson Mark Anthony Graham Frederick Williams	3: 04.69 min
6th	Thailand	Athiaporn Koonjarthong Yuthana Thonglek Sarapong Kumsup Aktawat Sakoolchan	3: 08.00 min
7th	Portugal	José Paulo Mendes Pedro Afonso Rodrigues Álvaro Silva Pedro Curvelo	3: 10.11 min
8th	Zaire	Ilunga Kafila Luasa Batungile Kaleka Mutoke Shintu Kibambe	3: 21.91 min

Forward 2

space	Season	occupation	time	annotation
1	Cuba	Lázaro Martínez Héctor Herrera Norberto Téllez Roberto Hernández	2: 59.13 min
2	United States	Darnell Hall Michael Johnson Charles Jenkins Quincy Watts	2: 59.14 min
3	Kenya	David Kitur Samson Kitur Simon Kipkemboi Simon Kemboi	2: 59.63 min
4th	Nigeria	Udeme Ekpeyong Emmanuel Okoli Hassan Bosso Sunday Bada	3: 00.39 min
5	EUN	Dmitri Kosow Dmitri Kliger Dmitri Golowastow Oleh Tverdochleb	3: 05.59 min
6th	Mexico	Raymundo Escalante Eduardo Nava Luis Karin Toledo Juan Jesús Gutiérrez	3: 05.75 min
7th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	Lenford O'Garro Michael Williams Eversley Linley Eswort Coombs	3: 10.21 min
DSQ	Barbados	Seibert Straughn Roger Jordan Edsel Chase Stevon Roberts

Forward 3

space	Season	occupation	time	annotation
1	Brazil	Eronilde de Araújo Ediélson Rocha Sérgio de Menezes Sidney de Souza	3: 01.38 min
2	Italy	Alessandro Aimar Marco Vaccari Fabio Grossi Andrea Nuti	3: 02.09 min
3	Morocco	Abdelali Kasbane Abdelghani Guériguer Bouchaib Bel Kaïd Lahlou Ben Younès	3: 02.28 min
4th	Spain	Antonio Sánchez Cayetano Cornet Manuel Moreno Sánchez Ángel de las Heras	3: 04.60 min
5	Qatar	Sami Al-Abdullah Masoud Abdul Khamis Ibrahim Ismail Fareh Ibrahim Ali	3: 13.35 min
6th	Papua New Guinea	Baobo Neuendorf Kaminiel Selot Bernard Manana Subul Babo	3: 05.75 min
DNF	Germany	Ralph Pfersich Rico Lieder Jörg Vaihinger Thomas Schönlebe		Loss of staff at first change
DSQ	Jamaica	Dennis Blake Devon Morris Howard Davis Patrick O'Connor

final

space	Season	occupation	time	annotation
1	United States	Andrew Valmon Quincy Watts Michael Johnson Steve Lewis in the heats also: Charles Jenkins Darnell Hall	2: 55.74 min	WR
2	Cuba	Lázaro Martínez Héctor Herrera Norberto Téllez Roberto Hernández	2: 59.51 min
3	Great Britain	Roger Black David Grindley Kriss Akabusi John Regis in the heats also: Du'aine Ladejo Mark Richardson	2: 59.73 min
4th	Brazil	Robson da Silva Ediélson Rocha Sérgio de Menezes Sidney de Souza in the preliminary also: Eronilde de Araújo	3: 01.61 min
5	Nigeria	Udeme Ekpeyong Emmanuel Okoli Hassan Bosso Sunday Bada	3: 01.71 min
6th	Italy	Alessandro Aimar Marco Vaccari Fabio Grossi Andrea Nuti	3: 02.18 min
7th	Trinidad and Tobago	Alvin Daniel Patrick Delice Neil de Silva Ian Morris	3: 03.31 min
DNF	Kenya	Samson Kitur Abednego Matilu Simon Kipkemboi Simon Kemboi in the preliminary also: David Kitur

Date: August 8, 1992

There were several line-up changes in the final race on August 8th:

• USA: Andrew Valmon and Steve Lewis ran in place of Darnell Hall and Charles Jenkins .
• Great Britain: Mark Richardson has been replaced by David Grindley and Du'aine Ladejo has been replaced by John Regis .
• Brazil: Robson da Silva replaced Eronilde de Araújo .
• Kenya: Abednego Matilu ran instead of David Kitur .

The top favorite was the US relay, with Steve Lewis and Quincy Watts, the Olympic champions of the 400-meter individual run from 1988 and 1992 in their ranks. For the US team, it was also about maybe improving the world record set by its compatriots in 1968 and 1988.

After the first change, the US team was way ahead of all other seasons. Andrew Valmon had run out a large margin. Behind them, Great Britain, Cuba and Kenya battled for second place as the runners sorted their way onto the inside lane. Shortly before the next corner, the Kenyan Abednego Matilu sheared to the outside, slowed his steps and was obviously injured. Now the British and Cubans were well ahead of the rest of the field and well behind leading Quincy Watts. That didn't change in the third round either. The Cuban Norberto Téllez attacked his British opponent Kriss Akabusi several times, but could not get past him. So it went in the order USA before Great Britain, Cuba and the other teams in the final round. For the US season it was all about the world record, the Olympic victory was no longer in question, the lead was too big. Immediately after the last change, the Cuban Roberto Hernández overtook the British John Regis in the battle for silver. The US team finally won with a lead of almost forty meters in a new world record time of 2: 55.74 minutes. The British runner tried again on the home stretch, but Hernández fended off the attack. So there was silver for Cuba and bronze for Great Britain. Behind them, Brazil had now set itself apart from the other seasons and came in fourth. Nigeria came in fifth, ahead of Italy and Trinidad and Tobago.

In the eighteenth Olympic final, the USA won the thirteenth gold medal.

Cuba won a medal in the 4-by-400-meter relay for the first time .

Web links

• SportsReference 4 × 400 m , accessed on February 9, 2018
• Official report on the Olympic Games in Barcelona , athletics results: p. 55f, Catalan / Spanish / English / French (PDF, 38.871 MB), accessed on February 9, 2018

Video

• Men's 4x400m Relay Final Barcelona Olympics 1992 , published November 9, 2015 on youtube.com, accessed February 9, 2018

Individual evidence

1. ↑ IAAF records. 4 × 400 m men on rekorde-im-sport.de, accessed on February 9, 2018
2. ↑ Official report on the Olympic Games in Barcelona , athletics results: p. 55, Catalan / Spanish / English / French (PDF, 38.871 MB), accessed on February 9, 2018
3. ↑ Official report on the Olympic Games in Barcelona , athletics results: p. 56, Catalan / Spanish / English / French (PDF, 38.871 MB), accessed on February 9, 2018