- Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Men's 4 x 400 metre relay
The
4 x 400 metres relay races at the2000 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program were held onSeptember 29 andSeptember 30 .The United States, with
Alvin Harrison ,Antonio Pettigrew ,Calvin Harrison and Michael Johnson, originally won the gold medal. OnJuly 18 2004 , theInternational Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) ruled thatJerome Young was ineligible to compete in Sydney and annulled all his past results, including those achieved as part of relay teams. Young had competed for the USA team in the heats and semi-final of this event. Therefore, the United States team was stripped of the gold medal and Nigeria, Jamaica, and the Bahamas were moved up one position each. [http://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/summer/track/2004-07-18-sydney-medal_x.htm "IAAF votes to take away 2000 U.S. relay gold"] ] OnJuly 22 2005 , theCourt of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) overturned this decision and restored the original finish order of the race. [http://athleticsafrica.com/Outgoing/nigeriadenied_ns_220705.html "CAS denies Nigeria Sydney relay gold"] ]In June 2008,
Antonio Pettigrew "admitted in court he cheated to win" by using banned performance-enhancing substances, and agreed to return his gold medal. [ [http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/othersports/2004455894_digs04.html "Antonio Pettigrew agrees to return relay gold medal"] , "Seattle Times", June 4, 2008] Michael Johnson announced that he would return his own gold medal, won as part of the relay team with Pettigrew. Johnson stated that he felt "cheated, betrayed and let down" by what Pettigrew had done at the Games. [ [http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5i501aMF2IjHD_ZKPwOKc6lcN3VjgD912RJ300 "Relay champ Pettigrew to give back Olympic gold"] , Associated Press, June 3, 2008] Nigerian runnerYusuf Alli urged the IOC to award the gold medal to Nigeria, following Pettigrew's admission. [ [http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-06/10/content_8336287.htm "Nigerian long jumper wants Sydney Olympics gold medal awarded to Nigeria"] , Xinhua, June 10, 2008]Medalists
* Athletes who participated in the heats only and received medals.The IOC formally withdrew the US gold medals on August 2, 2008, but have delayed reallocating the medals. [ [http://en.beijing2008.cn/news/official/ioc/n214498658.shtml IOC decision in the doping case of Mr. Antonio Pettigrew] . 2008-08-02.]
Records
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 2000 Summer Olympics.
Results
Heats
Heat 1
#flagIOC|JAM|2000 Summer (Michael McDonald,Michael Blackwood ,Sanjay Ayre ,Danny McFarlane ) 3:03.85 Q
#flagIOC|GBR|2000 Summer (Jared Deacon ,Daniel Caines ,Jamie Baulch ,Iwan Thomas ) 3:04.35 Q (SB)
#flagIOC|FRA|2000 Summer (Emmanuel Front ,Marc Foucan ,Pierre-Marie Hilaire ,Bruno Wavelet ) 3:04.45 q (SB)
#flagIOC|SUI|2000 Summer (Laurent Clerc,Alain Rohr ,Nicolas Baeriswyl ,André Bucher ) 3:06.01
#flagIOC|ESP|2000 Summer (Eduardo Rodríguez,David Canal ,Iñigo Monreal ,Antonio Andrés ) 3:06.87 (SB)
#flagIOC|HUN|2000 Summer (Zétény Dombi ,Zsolt Szeglet ,Attila Kilvinger ,Tibor Bédi ) 3:08.77
#flagIOC|SLO|2000 Summer (Boštjan Horvat ,Joze Vrtacic ,Sergej Salamon ,Matija Šestak ) 3:10.07Heat 2
#flagIOC|SRI|2000 Summer (Manura Lanka Perera ,Rohan Pradeep Kumara ,Ranga Wimalawansa ,Sugath Tillakeratne ) 3:06.25 Q
#flagIOC|KEN|2000 Summer (Ezra Sambu ,Samson Yego ,Joseph Mwengi Mutua ,Julius Chepkwony ) 3:06.77 Q
#flagIOC|IRL|2000 Summer (Paul McKee ,Tomas Coman ,Caroline Daly ,Paul Opperman ) 3:07.42
#flagIOC|IND|2000 Summer (Lijo David Thottan ,Jata Shankar ,Purukottam Ramachandran ,Paramjit Singh ) 3:08.38
#flagIOC|QAT|2000 Summer (Ibrahim Ismail,Mubarack S Faraj ,Salaheddine Safi Bakar ,Ahmed H Al-Imam ) DQ
#flagIOC|ALG|2000 Summer (Malik-Khaled Louahla ,Kamel Talhaoui ,Samir Moussaoui ,Adem Hecini ) DQHeat 3
#flagIOC|USA|2000 Summer (Jerome Young ,Angelo Taylor ,Calvin Harrison ,Alvin Harrison ) 3:03.52 Q
#flagIOC|RSA|2000 Summer (Alwyn Myburgh ,Hendrick Mokganyetsi ,Werner Botha ,Arnaud Malherbe ) 3:04.08 Q (SB)
#flagIOC|AUS|2000 Summer (Casey Vincent ,Blair Young ,Michael Hazel ,Patrick Dwyer ) 3:04.13 q (SB)
#flagIOC|UKR|2000 Summer (Aleksandr Kaydash ,Roman Voronkov ,Yevgeniy Zyukov ,Gennadiy Gorbenko ) 3:05.41 q (SB)
#flagIOC|GRE|2000 Summer (Georgios Oikonomidis ,Anastasios Gousis ,Stilianos Dimotsios ,Periklis Iakovakis ) 3:06.50
#flagIOC|KSA|2000 Summer (Hamed Hamadan Al-Bishi ,Hamdan Obah Al-Bishi ,Mohammed Albeshi ,Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily ) 3:09.57
#flagIOC|THA|2000 Summer (Jirachai Linglom ,Senee Kongtong ,Chalermpol Noohlong ,Narong Nilploy ) 3:11.65Heat 4
#flagIOC|JPN|2000 Summer (Shunji Karube ,Jun Osakada ,Kenji Tabata ,Takahiko Yamamura ) 3:05.21 Q
#flagIOC|RUS|2000 Summer (Dmitriy Bogdanov ,Andrey Semyonov ,Ruslan Mashchenko ,Dmitriy Golovastov ) 3:05.37 Q (SB)
#flagIOC|ZIM|2000 Summer (Crispen Mutakanyi ,Tawanda Chiwira ,Phillip Mukomana ,Ken Harnden ) 3:05.60
#flagIOC|GHA|2000 Summer (Daniel Adomako ,Nathaniel Martey ,Abu Duah ,Daniel Mensah Kwei ) 3:07.07
#flagIOC|TRI|2000 Summer (Damion Barry ,Simon Pierre ,Neil De Silva ,Ato Modibo ) 3:07.51
#flagIOC|SVK|2000 Summer (Radoslav Holúbek ,Marcel Lopuchovsky ,Marián Vanderka ,Štefan Balošák ) 3:09.54
#flagIOC|KUW|2000 Summer (Musad Al Azimi ,Bader Al Fulaij ,Mishal Al Harbi ,Fawzi Al Shammari ) DQHeat 5
#flagIOC|NGR|2000 Summer (Nduka Awazie ,Clement Chukwu ,Fidelis Gadzama ,Enefiok Udo-Obong ) 3:01.20 Q
#flagIOC|POL|2000 Summer (Filip Walotka ,Piotr Dlugosielski ,Jacek Bocian ,Robert Mackowiak ) 3:01.30 Q (SB)
#flagIOC|BAH|2000 Summer (Timothy Munnings ,Troy McIntosh ,Carl Oliver , Chris Brown) 3:01.50 q (SB)
#flagIOC|SEN|2000 Summer (Oumar Loum ,Ousmane Niang ,Youssoupha Sarr ,Ibou Faye ) 3:02.67 q (SB)
#flagIOC|BOT|2000 Summer (Califonia Molefe ,Lulu Basinyi ,Johnson Kubisa ,Agrippa Matshameko ) 3:04.19 q (NR)
#flagIOC|YUG|2000 Summer (Branislav Stojanovic ,Slavisa Vranes ,Marko Jankovic ,Siniša Peša ) 3:07.41
#flagIOC|CRO|2000 Summer (Elvis Persic ,Nino Habun ,Frano Bakaric ,Darko Juricic ) DQemi-final
Heat 1
#flagIOC|USA|2000 Summer (Jerome Young, Angelo Taylor, Calvin Harrison, Alvin Harrison) 2:58.78 Q
#flagIOC|JAM|2000 Summer (Sanjay Ayre,Gregory Haughton , Danny McFarlane, Michael Blackwood) 2:58.84 Q (SB)
#flagIOC|BAH|2000 Summer (Avard Moncur , Troy McIntosh, Carl Oliver, Chris Brown) 2:59.02 Q (NR)
#flagIOC|FRA|2000 Summer (Emmanuel Front, Marc Foucan,Ibrahima Wade ,Marc Raquil ) 3:00.64 q (SB)
#flagIOC|POL|2000 Summer (Piotr Rysiukiewicz ,Piotr Haczek , Piotr Dlugosielski, Robert Mackowiak) 3:00.66 q (SB)
#flagIOC|RSA|2000 Summer (Alwyn Myburgh,Hezekiél Sepeng ,Llewellyn Herbert , Arnaud Malherbe) 3:01.25 (SB)
#flagIOC|BOT|2000 Summer (Califonia Molefe, Lulu Basinyi, Johnson Kubisa,Glody Dube ) 3:05.28
#flagIOC|KEN|2000 Summer (Ezra Sambu, Samson Yego, Joseph Mwengi Mutua, Julius Chepkwony) DQHeat 2
#flagIOC|NGR|2000 Summer (Clement Chukwu,Jude Monye , Enefiok Udo-Obong,Sunday Bada ) 3:01.06 Q (SB)
#flagIOC|GBR|2000 Summer (Jared Deacon, Daniel Caines, Iwan Thomas, Jamie Baulch) 3:01.35 Q (SB)
#flagIOC|AUS|2000 Summer (Casey Vincent, Blair Young, Patrick Dwyer, Michael Hazel) 3:01.91 Q (SB)
#flagIOC|RUS|2000 Summer (Andrey Semyonov, Dmitriy Bogdanov, Ruslan Mashchenko, Dmitriy Golovastov) 3:02.28 (SB)
#flagIOC|UKR|2000 Summer (Aleksandr Kaydash, Roman Voronkov, Yevgeniy Zyukov, Gennadiy Gorbenko) 3:02.68 (NR)
#flagIOC|SRI|2000 Summer (Rohan Pradeep Kumara,Ratna Kumar , Ranga Wimalawansa, Sugath Tillakeratne) 3:02.89
#flagIOC|SEN|2000 Summer (Oumar Loum, Ousmane Niang, Youssoupha Sarr, Ibou Faye) 3:02.94
#flagIOC|JPN|2000 Summer (Shunji Karube, Jun Osakada, Kenji Tabata, Takahiko Yamamura) 3:13.63Final
# Vacant
#flagIOC|NGR|2000 Summer (Clement Chukwu, Jude Monye, Sunday Bada, Enefiok Udo-Obong) 2:58.68 (AR)
#flagIOC|JAM|2000 Summer (Michael Blackwood, Gregory Haughton, Christopher Williams, Danny McFarlane) 2:58.78 (SB)
#flagIOC|BAH|2000 Summer (Avard Moncur, Troy McIntosh, Carl Oliver, Chris Brown) 2:59.23
#flagIOC|FRA|2000 Summer (Emmanuel Front, Marc Foucan, Ibrahima Wade, Marc Raquil) 3:01.02
#flagIOC|GBR|2000 Summer (Jared Deacon, Daniel Caines, Iwan Thomas, Jamie Baulch) 3:01.22 (SB)
#flagIOC|POL|2000 Summer (Piotr Rysiukiewicz, Robert Mackowiak, Piotr Dlugosielski, Piotr Haczek) 3:03.22
#flagIOC|AUS|2000 Summer (Brad Jamieson , Blair Young, Patrick Dwyer, Michael Hazel) 3:03.91DISQ (Drugs): flagIOC|USA|2000 Summer (Alvin Harrison,Antonio Pettigrew , Calvin Harrison, Michael Johnson)External links
* [http://www2.iaaf.org/OLY00/results/data/M/4X4/Rh128.html Results, round 1] - IAAF
* [http://www2.iaaf.org/OLY00/results/data/M/4X4/Rsf.html Results, semi-final] - IAAF
* [http://www2.iaaf.org/OLY00/results/data/M/4X4/Rf.html Results, final] - IAAFReferences
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