| Men's 4 x 400 metres relay at the XVI Pan American Games |
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| Venue | Telmex Athletics Stadium | |||||||||
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| Dates | October 27 – October 28 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 41 from 9 nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games |
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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 400 metres relay competition of the athletics events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on the 27 and 28th October at the Telmex Athletics Stadium.[1] The defending Pan American Games champion were Andrae Williams, Avard Moncur, Michael Matheau and Chris Brown of Bahamas.
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Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:
| World record | Jamaica | 2.54.29 | Stuttgart, Germany | August 22, 1993 |
| Pan American Games record | Jamaica | 2.57.97 | Winnipeg, Canada | July 30, 1999 |
Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter one team.[2]
| Date | Time | Round |
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| October 27, 2011 | 15:35 | Semifinals |
| October 28, 2011 | 18:50 | Final |
All times shown are in seconds.
| KEY: | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | Q | Qualified | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best | DQ | Disqualifed |
The semifinals were held on October 27. Qualification: First 3 teams of each heat (Q) plus the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.
| Rank | Heat | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
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| 1 | 2 | Cuba | Júnior Díaz, Noel Ruíz, Amaurys Valle, William Collazo | 3:04.33 | Q, SB |
| 2 | 2 | Venezuela | Arturo Ramírez, Alberto Aguilar, José Acevedo, Omar Longart | 3:04.67 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 1 | Dominican Republic | Gustavo Cuesta, Arismendy Peguero, Yoel Tapia, Luguelin Santos | 3:06.33 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | United States | Bryan Miller II, Jeremy Dodson, Perrisan White, Joshua Scott | 3:07.57 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Canada | Philip Osei, Dontae Richards, Tremaine Harris, Michael Robertson | 3:08.51 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Bahamas | Wesley Neymour, Chris Brown, Jamial Rolle, Ramon Miller | 3:09.68 | q |
| 7 | 1 | Jamaica | Michael Mason, Omar Johnson, Annert Whyte, Jason Livermore | 3:10.05 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Mexico | José Luis Ceballos, Orlando Garcia, Juan Stenner, Jorge Alonzo | 3:12.18 | q |
| 2 | Belize | Kenneth Medwood, Jayson Jones, Linford Avila, Kenneth Brackett | DNF |
Held on October 28th.
| Rank | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
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| Cuba | Noel Ruíz, Raidel Acea, Omar Cisneros, William Collazo | 2:59.43 | SB | |
| Dominican Republic | Arismendy Peguero, Luguelin Santos, Yoel Tapia, Gustavo Cuesta | 3:00.44 | SB | |
| Venezuela | Arturo Ramírez, Alberto Aguilar, José Acevedo, Omar Longart | 3:00.82 | SB | |
| 4 | United States | Joshua Scott, Bryan Miller, Lee Moore, Reuben McCoy | 3:03.91 | |
| 5 | Canada | Philip Osei, Dontae Richards, Tremaine Harris, Michael Robertson | 3:07.12 | SB |
| 6 | Mexico | José Luis Ceballos, José Juan Esparza, Juan Stenner, Orlando Garcia | 3:11.52 |