2014 IAAF World Relays – Men's 4 × 200 metres relay

Events at the 2014 World Relays
Events
4 × 100 m relay		men		women
4 × 200 m relay		men		women
4 × 400 m relay		men		women
4 × 800 m relay		men		women
4 × 1500 m relay		men		women
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The men's 4 x 200 metres relay at the 2014 IAAF World Relays was held at the Thomas Robinson Stadium on 24 May.

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:

World record	Santa Monica Track Club (Michael Marsh, Leroy Burrell, Floyd Heard, Carl Lewis)	1:18.68	Walnut, United States	17 April 1994
Championship record	New event
World Leading	University of Technology Jamaica	1:20.07	Philadelphia, United States	26 April 2014
African Record	South Africa (Marcus La Grange, Mathew Quinn, Josef van der Linde, Paul Gorries)	1:22.08	Port Elizabeth, South Africa	1 March 2002
Asian Record	Thailand (Reanchai Seerhawong, Vissanu Sophanich, Ekkachai Janthana, Sittichai Suwonpradeep)	1:22.66	Philadelphia, United States	29 April 2000
North, Central American and Caribbean record	Santa Monica Track Club (Michael Marsh, Leroy Burrell, Floyd Heard, Carl Lewis)	1:18.68	Walnut, United States	17 April 1994
South American Record	No official record
European Record	Italy (Stefano Tilli, Carlo Simionato, Giovanni Bongiorni, Pietro Mennea)	1:21.10	Cagliari, Italy	29 September 1983
Oceanian record	No official record

Schedule

All times are local times (UTC-4)

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) advanced to the final.^[1]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
1	1	8	Jamaica	Rasheed Dwyer, Jermaine Brown, Jason Livermore, Warren Weir	1:20.15	Q
2	2	7	United States	Maurice Mitchell, Curtis Mitchell, Isiah Young, Wallace Spearmon	1:21.35	Q, SB
3	1	1	France	Christophe Lemaitre, Yannick Fonsat, Ben Bassaw, Ken Romain	1:21.45	Q, SB
4	2	5	Barbados	Ramon Gittens, Andrew Hinds, Shane Brathwaite, Fallon Forde	1:21.88	Q, NR
5	1	7	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Antoine Adams, Lestrod Roland, Brijesh Lawrence, Allistar Clarke	1:21.97	Q, NR
6	1	5	Bahamas	Blake Bartlett, Adrian Griffith, Wesley Neymour, Andretti Bain	1:22.18	q, NR
7	2	6	Kenya	Stephen Barasa, Carvin Nkanata, Walter Michuki Moenga, Tony Kipruto Chirchir	1:23.24	Q, NR
8	1	3	China	Chen Shiwei, Xie Zhenye, Yang Yang, Mo Youxue	1:23.75	q, NR
9	2	8	Japan	Yuichi Kobayashi, Masashi Eriguchi, Shinji Takahira, Kenji Fujimitsu	1:23.87	SB
10	2	3	Cayman Islands	Kemar Hyman, Tyrell Cuffy, David Hamil, Troy Long	1:24.91	NR
11	1	2	United States Virgin Islands	Tabarie Henry, Leslie Murray, David Walters, Leon Hunt	1:25.01	NR
	2	1	Nigeria	Elvis Ukale, Ogho-Oghene Egwero, Nicholas Imhoaperamhe, Isah Salihu	9:99.99 !DNF
	2	4	Germany	Julian Reus, Sebastian Ernst, Alexander Kosenkow, Robin Erewa	9:99.99 !DNF
	1	4	Spain	Sergio Ruiz, Iván Jesús Ramos, Adrià Burriel, Óscar Husillos	9:99.99 !DQ	R170.7[2]
	1	6	Papua New Guinea	Kupun Wisil, Theo Piniau, Kevin Kapmatana, Nelson Stone	9:99.99 !DQ	R170.7[2]
	2	2	Turks and Caicos Islands	Ifeanye Otuonye, Courtney Missick, Wadly Jean, Wesley Chery	9:99.99 !DQ	R170.7[2]

Final

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Rank	Lane	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes	Points
01 !	3	Jamaica	Nickel Ashmeade, Warren Weir, Jermaine Brown, Yohan Blake	1:18.63	WR	8
02 !	8	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Antoine Adams, Lestrod Roland, Brijesh Lawrence, Allistar Clarke	1:20.51	NR	7
03 !	5	France	Christophe Lemaitre, Yannick Fonsat, Ben Bassaw, Ken Romain	1:20.66	AR	6
04 !4	4	Barbados	Ramon Gittens, Levi Cadogan, Andrew Hinds, Fallon Forde	1:21.88	=NR	5
05 !5	7	Kenya	Stephen Barasa, Carvin Nkanata, Tony Kipruto Chirchir, Walter Michuki Moenga	1:22.35	NR	4
06 !6	1	Bahamas	Blake Bartlett, Adrian Griffith, Wesley Neymour, Andretti Bain	1:23.19		3
07 !7	2	China	Chen Shiwei, Xie Zhenye, Yang Yang, Mo Youxue	1:25.83		2
08	6	United States	Maurice Mitchell, Curtis Mitchell, Ameer Webb, Wallace Spearmon	9:99.99 !DQ	R170.7[2]

References