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4 x 400 metres Relay, Men

Date	27 – 28 August 2004
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympiako Stadio, Olympiako Athletiko Kentro Athinon Spiros Loues, Maroussi
Participants	68 from 16 countries

Having swept the medals in the 400 metre event, the 4x400 relay gold medals was conceded to the United States. Otis Harris led off for the US in the final and gave them a lead they never relinquished. All four US runners posted the fastest times for their respective legs, and the margin of victory was the biggest ever for the event – 4.69 seconds. In a close finish for the other medals, Australia outlasted Nigeria to win the silver medal, with Japan and Great Britain within a metre of the bronze medal at the end. The Australian anchor runner, Clinton Hill, later commented, “If the US dropped the baton, we still wouldn’t have caught them.”

Pos	Nr	Team	NOC	R1	Final
1	–	United States	USA	2:59.30 (1 h2)	2:55.91 (1)	Gold
		Otis Harris • Derrick Brew • Jeremy Wariner • Darold Williamson • Kelly Willie • Andrew Rock
2	–	Australia	AUS	3:03.06 (4 h1)	3:00.60 (2)	Silver
		John Steffensen • Mark Ormrod • Pat Dwyer • Clinton Hill • David Geddes (DNS) • Casey Vincent (DNS)
3	–	Nigeria	NGR	3:01.60 (2 h2)	3:00.90 (3)	Bronze
		Godday James • Musa Audu • Saul Weigopwa • Enefiok Udo-Obong • Abayomi Agunbiade (DNS) • Bolaji Lawal (DNS)
4	–	Japan	JPN	3:02.71 (2 h1)	3:00.99 (4)
		Yuki Yamaguchi • Jun Osakada • Tomohiro Ito • Mitsuhiro Sato • Yukihiro Mukai (DNS) • Shinji Takahira (DNS)
5	–	Great Britain	GBR	3:02.40 (1 h1)	3:01.07 (5)
		Tim Benjamin • Sean Baldock • Malachi Davis • Matt Elias • Daniel Caines (DNS) • Rob Tobin (DNS)
6	–	The Bahamas	BAH	3:01.74 (3 h2)	3:01.88 (6)
		Nathaniel McKinney • Aaron Cleare • Andrae Williams • Chris Brown • Dennis Darling • Dominic Demeritte (DNS)
7	–	Germany	GER	3:02.77 (3 h1)	3:02.22 (7)
		Ingo Schultz • Kamghe Gaba • Ruwen Faller • Bastian Swillims • Sebastian Gatzka (DNS)
8	–	Botswana	BOT	3:03.32 (5 h1)	3:02.49 (8)
		Johnson Kubisa • California Molefe • Gaolesiela Salang • Kagiso Kilego • Oganeditse Moseki
4 h2 r1/2	–	Russian Federation	RUS	3:03.35 (4 h2)	–
		Aleksandr Larin • Andrey Rudnitsky • Oleg Mishukov • Ruslan Mashchenko • Dmitry Forshev (DNS) • Anton Galkin (DNS) • Yevgeny Lebedev (DNS)
5 h2 r1/2	–	Poland	POL	3:03.69 (5 h2)	–
		Piotr Rysiukiewicz • Piotr Klimczak • Marcin Marciniszyn • Marek Plawgo • Artur Gąsiewski (DNS) • Piotr Kędzia (DNS) • Rafał Wieruszewski (DNS)
6 h1 r1/2	–	Greece	GRE	3:04.27 (6 h1)	–
		Stelios Dimotsios • Tasos Gkousis • Panagiotis Sarris • Periklis Iakovakis • Giorgios Ntoupis (DNS) • Dimitrios Gravalos (DNS) • Georgios Oikonomidis (DNS)
6 h2 r1/2	–	Ukraine	UKR	3:04.01 (6 h2)	–
		Volodymyr Demchenko • Yevhen Ziukov • Mykhailo Knysh • Andriy Tverdostup
7 h1 r1/2	–	France	FRA	3:04.39 (7 h1)	–
		Ahmed Douhou • Ibrahima Wade • Abderrahim El Haouzy • Leslie Djhone • Marc Foucan (DNS) • Marc Raquil (DNS)
7 h2 r1/2	–	Spain	ESP	3:05.03 (7 h2)	–
		Eduardo Iván Rodríguez • David Canal • Luis Flores • Antonio Reina • José María García (DNS) • Daniel Ruiz (DNS) • David Testa (DNS)
AC h1 r1/2	–	Jamaica	JAM	[3:02.78] (DQ h1)	–
		Michael Campbell • Michael Blackwood • Jermaine Gonzales • Davian Clarke • Richard James (DNS) • Brandon Simpson (DNS)
AC h2 r1/2	–	South Africa	RSA	– (DNF h2)	–
		Marcus la Grange • Hendrick Mokganyetsi • Ockert Cilliers • Arnaud Malherbe • Llewellyn Herbert (DNS) • Leigh Julius (DNS)

Round One (27 August 2004)

Top three in each heat and next two fastest advanced to the final.

Heat One (21:00)

Pos	Nr	Team	NOC	Time (A)	Split (Pos)	Reaction Time
1	–	Great Britain	GBR	3:02.40		0.344	Q
	1790	Tim Benjamin		44.83	44.83 (1)
	1789	Sean Baldock		46.75	1:31.58 (3)
	1798	Malachi Davis		45.27	2:16.85 (3)
	1803	Matt Elias		45.55	3:02.40 (1)
2	–	Japan	JPN	3:02.71		0.340	Q
	2301	Yuki Yamaguchi		45.13	45.13 (2)
	2284	Jun Osakada		46.53	1:31.66 (4)
	2269	Tomohiro Ito		45.09	2:16.75 (2)
	2286	Mitsuhiro Sato		45.96	3:02.71 (2)
3	–	Germany	GER	3:02.77		0.307	Q
	1931	Ingo Schultz		45.29	45.29 (=4)
	1884	Kamghe Gaba		45.64	1:30.93 (1)
	1878	Ruwen Faller		46.50	2:17.43 (4)
	1938	Bastian Swillims		45.34	3:02.77 (3)
4	–	Australia	AUS	3:03.06		0.441	q
	1093	John Steffensen		45.29	45.29 (=4)
	1066	Clinton Hill		46.06	1:31.35 (2)
	1058	Pat Dwyer		45.27	2:16.62 (1)
	1083	Mark Ormrod		46.44	3:03.06 (4)
5	–	Botswana	BOT	3:03.32		0.250	q
	1224	Oganeditse Moseki		46.93	46.93 (7)
	1221	Johnson Kubisa		45.94	1:32.87 (6)
	1222	California Molefe		45.49	2:18.36 (6)
	1220	Kagiso Kilego		44.96	3:03.32 (5)
6	–	Greece	GRE	3:04.27		0.301
	1971	Stelios Dimotsios		45.23	45.23 (3)
	1978	Tasos Gkousis		47.36	1:32.59 (5)
	2012	Panagiotis Sarris		45.72	2:18.31 (5)
	1982	Periklis Iakovakis		45.96	3:04.27 (6)
7	–	France	FRA	3:04.39		0.286
	1732	Ahmed Douhou		45.35	45.35 (6)
	1774	Ibrahima Wade		47.72	1:33.07 (7)
	1734	Abderrahim El Haouzy		46.24	2:19.31 (7)
	1729	Leslie Djhone		45.08	3:04.39 (7)
DQ	–	Jamaica	JAM	[3:02.78]		[0.280]		1
	2222	Michael Campbell		45.14	45.14 (3)
	2219	Michael Blackwood		46.97	1:32.11 (5)
	2231	Jermaine Gonzales		44.67	2:16.78 (3)
	2224	Davian Clarke		45.90	3:02.68 (2)

Heat Two (21:09)

Pos	Nr	Team	NOC	Time (A)	Split (Pos)	Reaction Time
1	–	United States	USA	2:59.30		0.458	Q
	3365	Kelly Willie		44.65	44.65 (1)
	3230	Derrick Brew		45.70	1:30.35 (1)
	3336	Andrew Rock		44.81	2:15.16 (1)
	3364	Darold Williamson		44.14	2:59.30 (1)
2	–	Nigeria	NGR	3:01.60		0.273	Q
	2598	Godday James		45.00	45.00 (3)
	2593	Musa Audu		46.17	1:31.17 (2)
	2614	Saul Weigopwa		44.93	2:16.10 (2)
	2613	Enefiok Udo-Obong		45.50	3:01.60 (2)
3	–	The Bahamas	BAH	3:01.74		0.393	Q
	1130	Andrae Williams		46.13	46.13 (6)
	1120	Dennis Darling		45.99	1:32.12 (4)
	1125	Nathaniel McKinney		45.27	2:17.39 (3)
	1116	Chris Brown		44.35	3:01.74 (3)
4	–	Russian Federation	RUS	3:03.35		0.311
	2904	Aleksandr Larin		46.59	46.59 (7)
	2930	Andrey Rudnitsky		45.69	1:32.28 (6)
	2913	Oleg Mishukov		45.65	2:17.93 (4)
	2912	Ruslan Mashchenko		45.42	3:03.35 (4)
5	–	Poland	POL	3:03.69		0.315
	2697	Piotr Rysiukiewicz		44.87	44.87 (2)
	2676	Piotr Klimczak		47.48	1:32.35 (7)
	2685	Marcin Marciniszyn		45.73	2:18.08 (=5)
	2688	Marek Plawgo		45.61	3:03.69 (5)
6	–	Ukraine	UKR	3:04.01		0.255
	3168	Volodymyr Demchenko		46.03	46.03 (5)
	3212	Yevhen Ziukov		46.19	1:32.22 (5)
	3176	Mykhailo Knysh		46.27	2:18.49 (7)
	3203	Andriy Tverdostup		45.52	3:04.01 (6)
7	–	Spain	ESP	3:05.03		0.270
	1622	Eduardo Iván Rodríguez		45.21	45.21 (4)
	1566	David Canal		46.74	1:31.95 (3)
	1581	Luis Flores		46.13	2:18.08 (=5)
	1618	Antonio Reina		46.95	3:05.03 (7)
DNF	–	South Africa	RSA	–		0.247
	2823	Marcus la Grange		46.18	46.18 (7)
	2826	Hendrick Mokganyetsi		–	– (–)
	2810	Ockert Cilliers		–	– (–)
	2825	Arnaud Malherbe		–	– (–)

Final (28 August 2004 — 22:25)

Pos	Nr	Team	NOC	Time (A)	Split (Pos)	Reaction Time
1	–	United States	USA	2:55.91		0.335
	3271	Otis Harris		43.28	43.28 (1)
	3230	Derrick Brew		44.82	1:28.10 (1)
	3359	Jeremy Wariner		43.98	2:12.08 (1)
	3364	Darold Williamson		43.83	2:55.91 (1)
2	–	Australia	AUS	3:00.60		0.163
	1093	John Steffensen		46.12	46.12 (7)
	1083	Mark Ormrod		44.76	1:30.88 (5)
	1058	Pat Dwyer		45.11	2:15.99 (5)
	1066	Clinton Hill		44.61	3:00.60 (2)
3	–	Nigeria	NGR	3:00.90		0.274
	2598	Godday James		47.78	47.78 (8)
	2593	Musa Audu		43.05	1:30.83 (4)
	2614	Saul Weigopwa		44.84	2:15.67 (3)
	2613	Enefiok Udo-Obong		45.23	3:00.90 (3)
4	–	Japan	JPN	3:00.99		0.361
	2301	Yuki Yamaguchi		44.81	44.81 (4)
	2284	Jun Osakada		45.84	1:30.65 (2)
	2269	Tomohiro Ito		45.01	2:15.66 (2)
	2286	Mitsuhiro Sato		45.33	3:00.99 (4)
5	–	Great Britain	GBR	3:01.07		0.289
	1790	Tim Benjamin		44.21	44.21 (2)
	1789	Sean Baldock		46.51	1:30.72 (3)
	1798	Malachi Davis		45.14	2:15.86 (4)
	1803	Matt Elias		45.21	3:01.07 (5)
6	–	The Bahamas	BAH	3:01.88		0.405
	1125	Nathaniel McKinney		44.97	44.97 (5)
	1119	Aaron Cleare		46.44	1:31.41 (8)
	1130	Andrae Williams		45.81	2:17.22 (7)
	1116	Chris Brown		44.66	3:01.88 (6)
7	–	Germany	GER	3:02.22		0.441
	1931	Ingo Schultz		44.43	44.43 (3)
	1884	Kamghe Gaba		46.83	1:31.26 (7)
	1878	Ruwen Faller		45.83	2:17.09 (6)
	1938	Bastian Swillims		45.13	3:02.22 (7)
8	–	Botswana	BOT	3:02.49		0.311
	1221	Johnson Kubisa		45.69	45.69 (6)
	1222	California Molefe		45.50	1:31.19 (6)
	1225	Gaolesiela Salang		46.37	2:17.56 (8)
	1220	Kagiso Kilego		44.93	3:02.49 (8)