Athletics at the 2014 Asian Games – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

Men's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2014 Asian Games
Venue	Incheon Asiad Main Stadium
Dates	September 29, 2014 (2014-09-29) – October 2, 2014 (2014-10-02)
Competitors	61 from 14 nations
Medalists
Japan Yuzo Kanemaru, Kenji Fujimitsu, Shōta Iizuka, Nobuya Kato, Shinji Takahira*   South Korea Park Se-jung, Park Bong-go, Seong Hyeo-kje, Yeo Ho-sua, Choi Dong-baek*   Saudi Arabia Ismaeel Al-Subiani, Ahmed Yahya Al-Khayri, Mohammed Al-Bishi, Yousef Masrahi
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Athletics at the 2014 Asian Games
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 s'chase		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
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The men's 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 2014 Asian Games was held at the Incheon Asiad Main Stadium, Incheon, South Korea on 29 September – 2 October.

Schedule

All times are South Korea Standard Time (UTC+09:00)

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Asian records were as follows.

World Record	United States	2:54.29	Stuttgart, Germany	22 August 1993
Asian Record	Japan	3:00.76	Atlanta, united States	3 August 1996
Games Record	Thailand	3:01.70	Bangkok, Thailand	19 December 1998

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.^[1][2]

Rank	Heat	Team	Athletes	Time	Notes
1	2	Saudi Arabia	Ismaeel Al-Subiani, Ahmed Al-Khayri, Mohammed Al-Bishi, Yousef Masrahi	3:05.39	Q
2	1	Japan	Nobuya Kato, Kenji Fujimitsu, Shinji Takahira, Yuzo Kanemaru	3:05.53	Q
3	2	India	Kunhu Puthanpurakkal, Joseph Abraham, Jithin Paul, Arokia Rajiv	3:05.60	Q, SB
4	2	South Korea	Park Se-jung, Park Bong-go, Choi Dong-baek, Seong Hyeo-kje	3:05.89	Q, SB
5	1	China	Ou Shaowei, Chen Ke, Zhang Huadong, Zhu Chenbin	3:09.19	Q
6	1	Kazakhstan	Dmitriy Korobeinikov, Igor Kondratyev, Omirserik Bekenov, Sergey Zaikov	3:09.92	Q
7	1	Oman	Salah Al-Ajmi, Othman Al-Busaidi, Obaid Hindi Mohamed, Ahmed Mohammed Al-Marjibi	3:10.01	q
8	1	Sri Lanka	Kalinga Kumarage, Anjana Madushan Gunarathna, Kasun Kankanamlage, Danuska Gamage	3:10.30	q
9	2	Hong Kong	Chan Ka Chun, Leung King Hung, Ho Tsz Fung, Choi Ho Sing	3:11.28	NR
10	2	Iraq	Maytham Al-Juaifari, Karar Al-Abbody, Mohammed Al-Tameemi, Mohammed Hasan Jumaah	3:11.44
11	1	Philippines	Archand Christian Bagsit, Edgardo Alejan Jr, Julius Felicisimo Nierras, Isidro del Prado Jr	3:11.67
12	2	Thailand	Suppachai Chimdee, Vitsanu Phosri, Saharat Sammayan, Srikharin Wannasa	3:11.73
13	1	Chinese Taipei	Lin Chih-Wei, Wang Wei-Hsu, Yu Chia-Hsuan, Lo Yen-Yao	3:13.07
14	2	Iran	Mehdi Rahimi, Mehdi Zamani, Ehsan Tahmasebi, Sajjad Hashemi	9:99.98 !DNF
15	1	Qatar		9:99.99 !DNS
15	2	Kuwait		9:99.99 !DNS

Final

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Rank	Team	Athletes	Time	Notes
01 !	Japan	Yuzo Kanemaru, Kenji Fujimitsu, Shōta Iizuka, Nobuya Kato	3:01.88	SB
02 !	South Korea	Park Se-jung, Park Bong-go, Seong Hyeo-kje, Yeo Ho-sua	3:04.03	NR
03 !	Saudi Arabia	Ismaeel Al-Subiani, Ahmed Al-Khayri, Mohammed Al-Bishi, Yousef Masrahi	3:04.03	SB
4	India	Kunhu Puthanpurakkal, Joseph Abraham, Jithin Paul, Arokia Rajiv	3:04.61	SB
5	China	Ou Shaowei, Cheng Wen, Zhang Huadong, Zhu Chenbin	3:06.51
6	Oman	Salah Al-Ajmi, Othman Al-Busaidi, Obaid Hindi Mohamed, Mubarak Saleh Ahmed	3:07.71	NR
7	Sri Lanka	Udaya Weerasinghe, Anjana Madushan Gunarathna, Kasun Kankanamlage, Danuska Gamage	3:08.11
8	Kazakhstan	Dmitriy Korobeinikov, Igor Kondratyev, Omirserik Bekenov, Sergey Zaikov	3:09.62

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