2000 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 4 × 400 m (men)

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Olympic rings
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sport athletics
discipline 4 x 400 meter relay
gender Men
Attendees 152 athletes from 34 countries
Competition location Stadium Australia
Competition phase September 29, 2000 (preliminary round / semi-finals)
September 30, 2000 (final)
Medalist
gold medal NigeriaNigeria Nigeria
Silver medal JamaicaJamaica Jamaica
Bronze medal BahamasBahamas Bahamas

The men's 4-by-400-meter relay at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney was played on September 29 and 30, 2000 at Stadium Australia . 152 athletes took part in 34 teams.

Olympic champion was the relay of Nigeria with Clement Chukwu , Jude Monye , Sunday Bada and Enefiok Udo-Obong as well as Nduka Awazie and Fidelis Gadzama used in the heats . Jamaica won silver ( Michael Blackwood , Gregory Haughton , Christopher Williams , Danny McFarlane as well as Michael McDonald and Sanjay Ayre in the heats ). Bronze went to the Bahamas with Avard Moncur , Troy McIntosh , Carl Oliver and Chris Brown and Timothy Munnings in the preliminary stages . The original winning relay of the USA was disqualified .

The Swiss relay was eliminated in the preliminary round.
Relays from Germany, Austria and Liechtenstein did not take part.

Current title holders

Olympic champion 1996 United StatesUnited States United States 2: 55.99 min Atlanta 1996
World Champion 1999 PolandPoland Poland 2: 58.91 min Seville 1999
European champion 1998 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain 2: 58.68 min Budapest 1998
Pan American Most 1999 JamaicaJamaica Jamaica 2: 57.97 min Winnipeg 1999
Central America and Caribbean champions 1999 BahamasBahamas Bahamas 3: 03.76 min Bridgetown 1999
South American Champion 1999 BrazilBrazil Brazil 3: 02.09 min Bogotá 1999
Asian champion 2000 Sri LankaSri Lanka Sri Lanka 3: 02.71 min Jakarta 2000
African Champion 2000 AlgeriaAlgeria Algeria 3: 05.45 min Algiers 2000
Oceania Champion 2000 Papua New GuineaPapua New Guinea Papua New Guinea 3: 18.56 min Adelaide 2000

Existing records

World record 2: 54.29 min United StatesUnited States USA
( Andrew Valmon , Quincy Watts , Harry Reynolds , Michael Johnson )
Stuttgart , Germany 22nd August 1993
Olympic record 2: 55.74 min United StatesUnited States USA
( Andrew Valmon , Quincy Watts , Michael Johnson , Steve Lewis )
Final of Barcelona , Spain August 8, 1992

Remarks:

Preliminary round

A total of five preliminary runs were completed. The first two seasons of each run qualified for the semi-finals. In addition, the six fastest drivers, the so-called lucky losers , made it through. The directly qualified teams are highlighted in light blue, the lucky losers in light green.

Forward 1

September 29, 2000, 1:00 p.m.

space Season occupation Time (min) annotation
1 JamaicaJamaica Jamaica Michael McDonald
Michael Blackwood
Sanjay Ayre
Danny McFarlane
3: 03.85
2 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain Jared Deacon
Daniel Caines
Jamie Baulch
Iwan Thomas
3: 04.35
3 FranceFrance France Emmanuel Front
Marc Foucan
Pierre-Marie Hilaire
Bruno Wavelet
3: 04.45
4th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland Laurent Clerc
Alain Rohr
Nicolas Baeriswyl
André Bucher
3: 06.01
5 SpainSpain Spain Eduardo Iván Rodríguez
David Canal
Iñigo Monreal
Antonio Andrés
3: 06.87
6th HungaryHungary Hungary Zétény Dombi
Zsolt Szeglet
Attila Kilvinger
Tibor Bédi
3: 08.77
7th SloveniaSlovenia Slovenia Boštjan Horvat
Joze Vrtačič
Sergej Šalamon
Matija Šestak
3: 10.07

Forward 2

September 29, 2000, 1:09 pm

space Season occupation Time (min) annotation
1 Sri LankaSri Lanka Sri Lanka Manura Lanka Perera
Rohan Pradeep Kumara
Ranga Wilmalawansa
Sugath Thilakaratne
3: 06.25
2 KenyaKenya Kenya Ezra Sambu
Samson Yego
Joseph Mutua
Julius Chepkwony
3: 06.77
3 IrelandIreland Ireland Paul McKee
Tomas Coman
Robert Daly
Paul Opperman
3: 07.42
4th IndiaIndia India Lijo David Thottan
Jata Shankar
Purukottam Ramachandran
Paramjit Singh
3: 08.38
DSQ AlgeriaAlgeria Algeria Malik Louahla
Camel Talhaoui
Samir-Adel Louahla
Adem Hecini
QatarQatar Qatar Ibrahim Ismail Muftah
Mubarak Al-Nubi
Salaheddine Bakar al-Safi
Ahmed Al-Imam

Forward 3

September 29, 2000, 1:18 pm

space Season occupation Time (min) annotation
1 United StatesUnited States United States Jerome Young
Angelo Taylor
Calvin Harrison
Alvin Harrison
3: 03.52
2 South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa Alwyn Myburgh
Hendrick Mokganyetsi
Werner Botha
Arnaud Malherbe
3: 04.08
3 AustraliaAustralia Australia Casey Vincent
Blair Young
Michael Hazel
Patrick Dwyer
3: 04.13
4th UkraineUkraine Ukraine Oleksandr Kajdasch
Roman Voronko
Evgeny Sjukow
Hennadij Horbenko
3: 05.41
5 GreeceGreece Greece Georgios Oikonomidis
Anastasios Gousis
Stelios Dimotsios
Periklis Iakovakis
3: 06.50
6th Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia Saudi Arabia Hamed Al-Bishi
Hamdan Al-Bishi
Mohamed Hamed Al-Bishi
Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily
3: 09.57
7th ThailandThailand Thailand Jirichai Linglom
Senee Kongtong
Chalermpol Noohlong
Narong Nilploy
3: 11.65

Forward 4

September 29, 2000, 1:27 p.m.

space Season occupation Time (min) annotation
1 JapanJapan Japan Shunji Karube
Jun Osakada
Kenji Tabata
Takahiko Yamamura
3: 05.21
2 RussiaRussia Russia Dmitri Bogdanow
Andrei Semjonow
Ruslan Mashchenko
Dmitri Golovastov
3: 05.37
3 ZimbabweZimbabwe Zimbabwe Crispen Mutakanyi
Tawanda Chiwira
Philip Mukomana
Ken Harnden
3: 05.60
4th GhanaGhana Ghana Daniel Adomako
Nathaniel Martey
Abu Duah
Daniel Mensah Kwei
3: 07.07
5 Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago Damion Berry
Simon Pierre
Neil de Silva
Ato Stephens
3: 07.51
6th SlovakiaSlovakia Slovakia Radoslav Holúbek
Marcel Lopuchovský
Marián Vanderka
Štefan Balošák
3: 09.54
DSQ KuwaitKuwait Kuwait Musad Al-Azimi
Bader Al-Fulaji
Mishal Al-Harbi
Fawzi Al-Shammari

Forward 5

September 29, 2000, 1:36 pm

space Season occupation Time (min) annotation
1 NigeriaNigeria Nigeria Nduka Awazie
Clement Chukwu
Fidelis Gadzama
Enefiok Udo-Obong
3: 01.20
2 PolandPoland Poland Filip Walotka
Piotr Długosielski
Jacek Bocian
Robert Maćkowiak
3: 01.30
3 BahamasBahamas Bahamas Timothy Munnings
Troy McIntosh
Carl Oliver
Chris Brown
3: 01.50
4th SenegalSenegal Senegal Oumar Loum
Ousmane Niang
Youssoupha Sarr
Ibou Faye
3: 02.67
5 BotswanaBotswana Botswana California Molefe
Lulu Basinyi
Johnson Kubisa
Agrippa Matshameko
3: 04.19 NO
6th Yugoslavia Federal Republic 1992Yugoslavia Yugoslavia Branislav Stojanović
Slaviša Vraneš
Marko Janković
Siniša Peša
3: 07.41
DSQ CroatiaCroatia Croatia Elvis Peršić
Nino Habun
Frano Bakarić
Darko Juričić

Semifinals

The first three seasons of each of the two races qualified for the final. In addition, the two fastest times, the so-called lucky losers , made it through. The directly qualified teams are highlighted in light blue, the lucky losers in light green.

The following changes were made to the cast:

  • Jamaica - Gregory Haughton ran for Michael McDonald.
  • Bahamas - Avard Moncur played for Timothy Munnings.
  • France - Ibrahima Wade ran instead of Pierre-Marie Hilaire and Marc Raquil instead of Bruno Wavelet.
  • Poland - Piotr Rysiukiewicz came on for Filip Walotka and Piotr Haczek for Jacek Bocian.
  • South Africa - Hezekiél Sepeng ran for Hendrick Mokganyetsi and Llewellyn Herbert for Werner Botha.
  • Botswana - Glody Dube replaced Agrippa Matshameko.
  • Nigeria - Jude Monye replaced Nduka Awazie and Sunday Bada replaced Fidelis Gadzama.
  • Sri Lanka - Ratna Kumar replaced Manura Lanka Perera.

Run 1

September 29, 2000, 9:30 p.m.

space Season occupation Time (min) annotation
1 United StatesUnited States United States Jerome Young
Angelo Taylor
Calvin Harrison
Alvin Harrison
2: 58.78
2 JamaicaJamaica Jamaica Sanjay Ayre
Gregory Haughton
Danny McFarlane
Michael Blackwood
2: 58.84
3 BahamasBahamas Bahamas Avard Moncur
Troy McIntosh
Carl Oliver
Chris Brown
2: 59.02 NO
4th FranceFrance France Emmanuel Front
Marc Foucan
Ibrahima Wade
Marc Raquil
3: 00.64
5 PolandPoland Poland Piotr Rysiukiewicz
Piotr Haczek
Piotr Długosielski
Robert Maćkowiak
3: 00.66
6th South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa Alwyn Myburgh
Hezekiél Sepeng
Llewellyn Herbert
Arnaud Malherbe
3: 01.25
7th BotswanaBotswana Botswana California Molefe
Lulu Basinyi
Johnson Kubisa
Glody Dube
3: 05.28
DSQ KenyaKenya Kenya Ezra Sambu
Samson Yego
Joseph Mutua
Julius Chepkwony

Run 2

September 29, 2000, 9:39 pm

space Season occupation Time (min) annotation
1 NigeriaNigeria Nigeria Clement Chukwu
Jude Monye
Enefiok Udo-Obong
Sunday Bada
3: 01.06
2 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain Jared Deacon
Daniel Caines
Iwan Thomas
Jamie Baulch
3: 01.35
3 AustraliaAustralia Australia Casey Vincent
Blair Young
Patrick Dwyer
Michael Hazel
3: 01.91
4th RussiaRussia Russia Andrei Semjonow
Dmitri Bogdanov
Ruslan Mashchenko
Dmitri Golovastov
3: 02.28
5 UkraineUkraine Ukraine Yevgeny Sjukow
Oleksandr Kajdasch
Hennadij Horbenko
Roman Woronko
3: 02.68 NO
6th Sri LankaSri Lanka Sri Lanka Rohan Pradeep Kumara
Ratna Kumar
Ranga Wilmalawansa
Sugath Thilakaratne
3: 02.89
7th SenegalSenegal Senegal Oumar Loum
Ousmane Niang
Youssoupha Sarr
Ibou Faye
3: 02.94
8th JapanJapan Japan Shunji Karube
Jun Osakada
Kenji Tabata
Takahiko Yamamura
3: 13.63

final

space Season occupation Time (min) annotation
1 NigeriaNigeria Nigeria Clement Chukwu
Jude Monye
Sunday Bada
Enefiok Udo-Obong
in the preliminary also:
Nduka Awazie
Fidelis Gadzama
2: 58.68 AF
2 JamaicaJamaica Jamaica Michael Blackwood
Gregory Haughton
Christopher Williams
Danny McFarlane
in the heats also:
Michael McDonald
Sanjay Ayre
2: 58.78
3 BahamasBahamas Bahamas Avard Moncur
Troy McIntosh
Carl Oliver
Chris Brown
in the heats also:
Timothy Munnings
2: 59.23
4th FranceFrance France Emmanuel Front
Marc Foucan
Ibrahima Wade
Marc Raquil
in the heats also:
Pierre-Marie Hilaire
Bruno Wavelet
3: 01.02
5 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain Jared Deacon
Daniel Caines
Iwan Thomas
Jamie Baulch
3: 01.22
6th PolandPoland Poland Piotr Rysiukiewicz
Robert Maćkowiak
Piotr Długosielski
Piotr Haczek
in the
heats also: Filip Walotka
Jacek Bocian
3: 03.22
7th AustraliaAustralia Australia Brad Jamieson
Blair Young
Patrick Dwyer
Michael Hazel
in the heats also:
Casey Vincent
3: 03.91
DOP United StatesUnited States United States Alvin Harrison
Antonio Pettigrew
Calvin Harrison
Michael Johnson
in the preliminary also:
Jerome Young
Angelo Taylor
2: 56.35

September 30, 2000, 10:20 p.m.

The following changes were made to the cast:

  • USA - Michael Johnson replaced Jerome Young and Antonio Pettigrew ran in place of Angelo Taylor.
  • Jamaica - Christopher Williams came on for Sanjay Ayre.
  • Australia - Brad Jamieson ran in place of Casey Vincent

The US relay was the clear favorite for this race. The United States was the only nation to have brought three athletes to the 400-meter final, and with Michael Johnson and Alvin Harrison they also provided gold and silver medalists in the individual race. At the 1999 World Championships , Poland and Jamaica performed very well with times under three minutes and also competed here in Sydney with good prospects for a medal. Jamaica provided the bronze medalist over 400 meters with Gregory Haughton and with Danny McFarlane another Jamaican had made it to the individual finals.

US starter Alvin Harrison handed over the baton as leader to Antonio Pettigrew. The Bahamas, Jamaica and Nigeria followed closely behind. In the further course, the USA continued to expand its lead. Final runner Michael Johnson, who had played for Jerome Young, actually only had to manage his 20-meter lead on the last lap. Nigeria was now in second place, ahead of Jamaica. The team from the Bahamas followed a little further behind. Michael Johnson further increased the lead of the US season. The Nigerian relay finished second, 2.33 seconds behind. A tenth of a second behind was Jamaica in third place, followed by the Bahamas, France, Great Britain, Poland and Australia. However, that was only the preliminary final result of this competition. The final decision about the medal award and the placements took a long time and had to deal intensively with the doping practices of runners from the US relay team.

Jerome Young had been nominated by the US federation, although he had previously been suspected of doping. According to an August 2003 article in the Los Angeles Times , a previous doping test had given a positive result. The IOC has now requested clarification from the IAAF World Athletics Association . The IAAF did not act because it felt bound by the decision of the CAS International Court of Justice in January 2003. On June 29, 2004 Young was stripped of the gold medal, but the other members of the US team were allowed to keep their medals for the time being, as Young had not been used in the final.

But that was not the end of the story. Antonio Pettigrew admitted in a trial against his former coach Trevor Graham that he had been doping since 1997. As a result, all of Pettigrew's results were deleted retrospectively until 1997; H. the 2000 season gold was also canceled. Michael Johnson had previously agreed to return his medal. After the twin brothers Alvin and Calvin Harrison were later convicted of doping - albeit not in connection with the Sydney Olympic Games - Johnson was the only relay runner from this US team who had not doped in the course of his career.

On July 21, 2012, the IOC decided that the vacant gold medal should be awarded to the Nigerian relay. The silver medal went to Jamaica and bronze to the Bahamas. This late honor came too late for the Nigerian relay runner Sunday Bada - he had died a few months before the IOC's decision.

After this decision, Nigeria won a gold medal in the 4 x 400 meter relay for the first time . The Bahamas won a medal in this discipline for the first time.

Web links

Video

Individual evidence

  1. IAAF Statistics Handbook, Beijing 2015, page 684 , accessed on March 24, 2018
  2. iaaf.org: IAAF Council cancels 4x400m World record ( Memento of August 13, 2008 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on August 12, 2008
  3. Article in USA Today, June 29, 2004 , accessed March 24, 2018
  4. IOC withdraws American gold from Sydney 2000. faz.net , August 2, 2008, accessed April 21, 2018 .
  5. IOC decision of July 21, 2012 , accessed on March 24, 2018