Men 4x100m Relay Athletics Olympic Games 2008 Beijing (CHN) - Friday 22.08 - Gold Medal Trinidad Tobago
Final 22:10timeLReact._______
1. Trinidad TobagoTTO _38.06s40.1711.
Keston Bledman, Marc Burns, Emmanuel Callender, Richard Thompson
2. JapanJPN _38.15s70.1963.
Naoki Tsukahara, Shingo Suetsugu, Shinji Takahira, Nobuharu Asahara
3. BrazilBRA _38.24s30.1517.
Vicente Lima, Sandro Viana, Bruno de Barros, Jose Carlos Moreira
4. GermanyGER _38.58s90.2046.
Tobias Benjamin Unger, Till Helmke, Alexander Kosenkow, Martin Keller
5. CanadaCAN _38.66s60.1884.
Hank Palmer, Anson Henry, Jared Connaughton, Pierre Browne
-. ChinaCHN _DQ20.1598.
Yongyi Wen, Peimeng Zhang, Bin Lu, Kai Hu
-. NetherlandsNED _DQ80.1745.
Maarten Heisen, Guus Hoogmoed, Patrick van Luijk, Caimin Douglas
-. JamaicaJAM _37.10s50.2022.Fin 1. DQ
Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Usain Bolt, Asafa Powell

world Men 4x100m Relay History

Heats
Qualification
Nesta Carter from Jamaica tested positive.
World record: United States (Michael Marsh, Leroy Burrell, Dennis Mitchell, Carl Lewis) 37.40s Barcelona, Spain, 8 August 1992
World record: United States (Jon Drummond, Andre Cason, Dennis Mitchell, Leroy Burrell) 37.40s Stuttgart, Germany, 21 August 1993
Olympic record: United States (Michael Marsh, Leroy Burrell, Dennis Mitchell, Carl Lewis) 37.40s Barcelona, Spain, 8 August 1992
The first of the two heats saw four of the eight teams failing to finish, with the USA the shock casualties. Leading into the final exchange, Darvis Patton failed to get the baton to Tyson Gay, while Nigeria, Poland and South Africa followed suit. Trinidad were easy winners in 38.26, while Japan, with three of its Athens squad still intact, were sec- ond in 38.52. In the second heat, Jamaica, resting Bolt, made 38.31 look easy, while Britain, challenging for second place, were disquali- fied when Craig Pickering set off too early on the anchor leg, and took the baton beyond the exchange zone. In the final, Jamaica took a slight lead from Japan on the first leg, and Frater increased the lead to about a metre with his 9.01 carry. Burns moved Trinidad into second place ahead of Japan. Bolt changed the tenor of the race, running what was probably the first ever sub-9 second third leg despite a baton change which could be politely described as very safe. A similarly careful exchange to Powell followed, and show- ing his true quality the former world record holder took a four-metre lead and turned it into one of 10m, covering his stint in a breathtaking 8.70. Whereas the 2004 title was decided by one hundredth, the win- ning margin here was almost a full second as the long-standing world record was lowered from 37.40 to 37.10. Trinidad had momentarily dropped behind Japan and Brazil after the last exchange, but then Thompson raced clear to claim his second Beijing silver.

Heats - Thursday 21.08

First 3 from each heat and Best 2 times advanced to Final.

Heat 1 - 20:20

RankingtimeLReactRk._________
1. Trinidad TobagoITA _38.26s80.2011.Q
Keston Bledman, Marc Burns, Aaron Armstrong, Richard Thompson
2. JapanITA _38.52s40.1703.Q, SB
Naoki Tsukahara, Shingo Suetsugu, Shinji Takahira, Nobuharu Asahara
3. NetherlandsITA _38.87s30.1855.Q, SB
Maarten Heisen, Guus Hoogmoed, Patrick van Luijk, Caimin Douglas
4. BrazilITA _39.01s20.1827.q
Jose Carlos Moreira, Bruno de Barros, Vicente Lima, Sandro Viana
-. NigeriaITA _DNF60.202
Onyeabor Ngwogu, Obinna Metu, Chinedu Oriala, Uchenna Emedolu
-. PolandITA _DNF90.178
Marcin Andrzej Nowak, Lukasz Chyla, Marcin Jedrusinski, Dariusz Kuc
-. South AfricaRSA _DNF50.171
Hannes Dreyer, Leigh Julius, Ishmael Kumbane, Thuso Mpuang
-. United StatesISA _DNF70.203
Rodney Martin, Travis Padgett, Darvis Patton, Tyson Gay

Heat 2 - 20:30

RankingtimeLReactRk._________
1. JamaicaJAM _38.31s60.1812.Q
Dwight Thomas, Michael Frater, Nesta Carter, Asafa Powell
2. CanadaCAN _38.77s20.1394.Q
Hank Palmer, Anson Henry, Jared Connaughton, Pierre Browne
3. GermanyGER _38.93s30.1976.Q
Tobias Benjamin Unger, Till Helmke, Alexander Kosenkow, Martin Keller
4. ChinaCHN _39.13s90.1728.q
Yongyi Wen, Peimeng Zhang, Bin Lu, Kai Hu
5. ThailandTHA _39.40s70.2189.
Apinan Sukaphai, Siriroj Darasuriyong, Sompote Suwannarangsri, Sittichai Suwonprateep
6. FranceFRA _39.53s40.16310.
Yannick Lesourd, Martial Mbandjock, Manuel Reynaert, Samuel Coco-Viloin
-. Great BritainGBR _DQ50.176
Simeon Williamson, Tyrone Edgar, Marlon Devonish, Craig Pickering
-. ItalyITA _DQ80.153
Fabio Cerutti, Simone Collio, Emanuele di Gregorio, Jacques Riparelli

Qualification

16 temas were selected by the average of the two best marks at the qualifiyng period.
RankingTotalaver.1.2.OG
1. United StatesUSA _75.88s37.94s37.78s38.10sH DQ
2. JamaicaJAM _75.91s37.96s37.89s38.02sDQ F
3. Great BritainGBR _76.20s38.10s37.90s38.30sH DQ
4. JapanJPN _76.24s38.12s38.03s38.21s2.
5. BrazilBRA _76.26s38.13s37.99s38.27s3.
6. GermanyGER _77.12s38.56s38.56s38.56s4.
7. FranceFRA _77.18s38.59s38.40s38.78sH 10.
8. PolandPOL _77.23s38.62s38.61s38.62sH DNF
9. NigeriaNGR _77.34s38.67s38.43s38.91sH DNF
10.CanadaCAN _77.53s38.77s38.72s38.81s5.
11.ItalyITA _77.56s38.78s38.54s39.02sH DQ
12.Trinidad TobagoTTO _77.56s38.78s38.54s39.02s1.
13.South AfricaRSA _77.80s38.90s38.75s39.05sH DNF
-. AustraliaAUS _77.82s38.91s38.73s39.09s
14.ChinaCHN _77.85s38.93s38.81s39.04sDQ F
15.ThailandTHA _77.89s38.95s38.94s38.95sH 9.
16.NetherlandsNED _77.95s38.98s38.92s39.03sDQ F
Reserves
17.SwitzerlandSUI _78.01s39.01s38.99s39.02s
18.GhanaGHA _78.08s39.04s38.91s39.17s
19.RussiaRUS _78.45s39.23s39.08s39.37s
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