Events at the 2007 World Championships |
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Track events | ||||
100 m | men | women | ||
200 m | men | women | ||
400 m | men | women | ||
800 m | men | women | ||
1500 m | men | women | ||
5000 m | men | women | ||
10,000 m | men | women | ||
100 m hurdles | women | |||
110 m hurdles | men | |||
400 m hurdles | men | women | ||
3000 m steeplechase |
men | women | ||
4×100 m relay | men | women | ||
4×400 m relay | men | women | ||
Road events | ||||
Marathon | men | women | ||
20 km walk | men | women | ||
50 km walk | men | |||
Field events | ||||
Long jump | men | women | ||
Triple jump | men | women | ||
High jump | men | women | ||
Pole vault | men | women | ||
Shot put | men | women | ||
Discus throw | men | women | ||
Javelin throw | men | women | ||
Hammer throw | men | women | ||
Combined events | ||||
Heptathlon | women | |||
Decathlon | men | |||
The men's 4 x 100 metre relay at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Nagai Stadium on 31 August and 1 September.
Contents |
* Runners who participated in the heats only and received medals.
Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.
World record | United States (USA) Jon Drummond, Andre Cason, Dennis Mitchell, Leroy Burrell |
37.40 | Stuttgart, Germany | 21 August 1993 |
Championship record | United States (USA) Jon Drummond, Andre Cason, Dennis Mitchell, Leroy Burrell |
37.40 | Stuttgart, Germany | 21 August 1993 |
Date | Time | Round |
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August 31, 2007 | 20:40 | Heats |
September 1, 2007 | 22:20 | Final |
The first 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) qualify.
Rank | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
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United States | Darvis Patton, Wallace Spearmon, Tyson Gay, Leroy Dixon | 37.78 | WL | |
Jamaica | Marvin Anderson, Usain Bolt, Nesta Carter, Asafa Powell | 37.89 | NR | |
United Kingdom | Christian Malcolm, Craig Pickering, Marlon Devonish, Mark Lewis-Francis | 37.90 | SB | |
4 | Brazil | Vicente de Lima, Rafael Ribeiro, Basílio de Moraes, Sandro Viana | 37.99 | SB |
5 | Japan | Naoki Tsukahara, Shingo Suetsugu, Shinji Takahira, Nobuharu Asahara | 38.03 | AR |
6 | Germany | Ronny Ostwald, Tobias Unger, Alexander Kosenkow, Julian Reus | 38.62 | |
Poland | Michał Bielczyk, Łukasz Chyła, Marcin Jędrusiński, Dariusz Kuć | DNF | ||
Nigeria | Obinna Metu, Chukwu Uche Isaac, Chinedu Oriala, Olusoji Fasuba | DNF |
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