The 4 × 400 metres relay races at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program were held on 29 and 30 September.[1] The winning margin was 0.10 seconds which as of 2023 remains the narrowest winning margin in this event at the Olympics since the introduction of fully automatic timing. The top two teams in each of the initial five heats automatically qualified for the semi-final. The next six fastest teams from across the heats also qualified. The top three teams in each of the semi-finals automatically qualified for the final. The next two fastest team from the semi-finals also qualified.
The United States, with Alvin Harrison, Antonio Pettigrew, Calvin Harrison and Michael Johnson, originally won the gold medal. On 18 July 2004, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) ruled that Jerome Young was ineligible to compete in Sydney and annulled all his past results, including those achieved as part of relay teams. Young had competed for the USA team in the heats and semi-final of this event. Therefore, the United States team was stripped of the gold medal and Nigeria, Jamaica, and the Bahamas were moved up one position each.[2] On 22 July 2005, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) overturned this decision and restored the original finish order of the race based on a ruling that a team should not be disqualified because of a doping offense by an athlete who did not compete in the finals.[3]
In June 2008, Antonio Pettigrew "admitted in U.S. court that he breached the rules" by using banned performance-enhancing substances, and agreed to return his gold medal.[4] Michael Johnson announced that he would return his own gold medal, won as part of the relay team with Pettigrew. Johnson stated that he felt "cheated, betrayed and let down" by what Pettigrew had done at the Games.[5][6] On 12 July 2012, the IOC confirmed the medal reallocation.[7]
Records
editThese were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 2000 Summer Olympics.
| World Record | 2:54.20 |  Jerome Young Antonio Pettigrew Tyree Washington Michael Johnson
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Uniondale (USA) | 22 July 1998 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olympic Record | 2:55.74 | Andrew Valmon Quincy Watts Michael Johnson Steve Lewis
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Barcelona (ESP) | 8 August 1992 |
Medalists
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* Athletes who participated in the heats only and received medals.
The IOC formally withdrew the US gold medals on 2 August 2008.[8][9]
Results
editHeats
edit| Heat 1 of 5 Date: Friday 29 September 2000 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Nation | Athletes | Lane | Reaction | Time | Qual. | Record | |
| Heat | Overall | |||||||
| 1 | 6 |  Jamaica
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Michael McDonald, Michael Blackwood, Sanjay Ayre, Danny McFarlane |
2 | 0.202 s | 3:03.85 | Q | |
| 2 | 10 |  Great Britain
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Jared Deacon, Daniel Caines, Jamie Baulch, Iwan Thomas |
6 | 0.218 s | 3:04.35 | Q | SB |
| 3 | 11 |  France
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Emmanuel Front, Marc Foucan, Pierre-Marie Hilaire, Bruno Wavelet |
8 | 0.416 s | 3:04.45 | q | SB |
| 4 | 16 |  Switzerland
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Laurent Clerc, Alain Rohr, Nicolas Bäriswyl, André Bucher |
4 | 3:06.01 | |||
| 5 | 20 |  Spain
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Eduardo Iván Rodríguez, David Canal, Iñigo Monreal, Antonio Andrés |
5 | 0.178 s | 3:06.87 | SB | |
| 6 | 26 |  Hungary
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Zétény Dombi, Zsolt Szeglet, Attila Kilvinger, Tibor Bédi |
7 | 0.354 s | 3:08.77 | ||
| 7 | 29 |  Slovenia
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Boštjan Horvat, Jože Vrtačič, Sergej Šalamon, Matija Šestak |
3 | 0.284 s | 3:10.07 | ||
| Heat 2 of 5 Date: Friday 29 September 2000 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Nation | Athletes | Lane | Reaction | Time | Qual. | Record | |
| Heat | Overall | |||||||
| 1 | 17 |  Sri Lanka
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Manura Kuranage Perera, Rohan Pradeep Kumara, Ranga Wimalawansa, Sugath Tillakeratne |
7 | 0.203 s | 3:06.25 | Q | |
| 2 | 19 |  Kenya
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Ezra Sambu, Samson Yego, Joseph Mwengi Mutua, Julius Chepkwony |
2 | 0.262 s | 3:06.77 | Q | |
| 3 | 23 |  Ireland
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Paul McKee, Tomas Coman, Robert Daly, Paul Opperman |
6 | 0.170 s | 3:07.42 | ||
| 4 | 25 |  India
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Lijo David Thottan, Jata Shankar, Purukottam Ramachandran, Paramjit Singh |
5 | 0.255 s | 3:08.38 | ||
 Algeria
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Malik-Khaled Louahla, Kamel Talhaoui, Samir-Adel Louahla, Adem Hecini |
4 | 0.497 s | DQ | ||||
 Qatar
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Ibrahim Ismail Muftah, Mubarak Al-Nubi, Salaheddine Safi Bakar, Ahmed Al-Imam |
3 | 0.295 s | DQ | ||||
| Heat 3 of 5 Date: Friday 29 September 2000 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Nation | Athletes | Lane | Reaction | Time | Qual. | Record | |
| Heat | Overall | |||||||
| 1 | 5 |  United States
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Jerome Young, Angelo Taylor, Calvin Harrison, Alvin Harrison |
4 | 0.163 s | 3:03.52 | Q | |
| 2 | 7 |  South Africa
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Alwyn Myburgh, Hendrick Mokganyetsi, Werner Botha, Arnaud Malherbe |
7 | 0.223 s | 3:04.08 | Q | SB |
| 3 | 8 |  Australia
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Casey Vincent, Blair Young, Michael Hazel, Patrick Dwyer |
8 | 0.220 s | 3:04.13 | q | SB |
| 4 | 14 |  Ukraine
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Oleksandr Kaydash, Roman Voronko, Yevgeniy Zyukov, Gennadiy Gorbenko |
5 | 0.568 s | 3:05.41 | q | SB |
| 5 | 18 |  Greece
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Georgios Oikonomidis, Anastasios Gousis, Stilianos Dimotsios, Periklis Iakovakis |
6 | 0.259 s | 3:06.50 | ||
| 6 | 28 |  Saudi Arabia
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Hamed Hamadan Al-Bishi, Hamdan Obah Al-Bishi, Mohammed Albeshi, Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily |
2 | 0.302 s | 3:09.57 | ||
| 7 | 30 |  Thailand
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Jirachai Linglom, Senee Kongtong, Chalermpol Noohlong, Narong Nilploy |
3 | 0.296 s | 3:11.65 | ||
| Heat 4 of 5 Date: Friday 29 September 2000 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Nation | Athletes | Lane | Reaction | Time | Qual. | Record | |
| Heat | Overall | |||||||
| 1 | 12 |  Japan
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Shunji Karube, Jun Osakada, Kenji Tabata, Takahiko Yamamura |
5 | 0.559 s | 3:05.21 | Q | |
| 2 | 13 |  Russia
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Dmitriy Bogdanov, Andrey Semyonov, Ruslan Mashchenko, Dmitriy Golovastov |
2 | 0.203 s | 3:05.37 | Q | SB |
| 3 | 15 |  Zimbabwe
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Crispen Mutakanyi, Tawanda Chiwira, Phillip Mukomana, Ken Harnden |
7 | 0.227 s | 3:05.60 | ||
| 4 | 21 |  Ghana
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Daniel Adomako, Nathaniel Martey, Abu Duah, Daniel Mensah Kwei |
6 | 0.582 s | 3:07.07 | ||
| 5 | 24 |  Trinidad and Tobago
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Damion Barry, Simon Pierre, Neil De Silva, Ato Modibo |
8 | 0.171 s | 3:07.51 | ||
| 6 | 27 |  Slovakia
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Radoslav Holúbek, Marcel Lopuchovsky, Marián Vanderka, Štefan Balošák |
3 | 0.303 s | 3:09.54 | ||
 Kuwait
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Musayed Al-Azimi, Bader Abdul Rahman Al-Fulaij, Mishal Sayed Al-Harbi, Fawzi Al-Shammari |
4 | 0.557 s | DQ | ||||
| Heat 5 of 5 Date: Friday 29 September 2000 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Nation | Athletes | Lane | Reaction | Time | Qual. | Record | |
| Heat | Overall | |||||||
| 1 | 1 |  Nigeria
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Nduka Awazie, Clement Chukwu, Fidelis Gadzama, Enefiok Udo-Obong |
5 | 0.562 s | 3:01.20 | Q | |
| 2 | 2 |  Poland
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Filip Walotka, Piotr Długosielski, Jacek Bocian, Robert Maćkowiak |
8 | 0.502 s | 3:01.30 | Q | SB |
| 3 | 3 |  Bahamas
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Timothy Munnings, Troy McIntosh, Carl Oliver, Chris Brown |
3 | 0.258 s | 3:01.50 | q | SB |
| 4 | 4 |  Senegal
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Oumar Loum, Ousmane Niang, Youssoupha Sarr, Ibou Faye |
2 | 0.266 s | 3:02.67 | q | SB |
| 5 | 9 |  Botswana
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California Molefe, Lulu Basinyi, Johnson Kubisa, Agrippa Matshameko |
4 | 0.562 s | 3:04.19 | q | NR |
| 6 | 22 |  FR Yugoslavia
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Branislav Stojanović, Slaviša Vraneš, Marko Janković, Siniša Peša |
6 | 0.551 s | 3:07.41 | ||
 Croatia
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Elvis Peršić, Nino Habun, Frano Bakarić, Darko Juričić |
7 | 0.420 s | DQ | ||||
Round 1- Overall
Semi-finals
edit| Heat 1 of 2 Date: Friday 29 September 2000 | ||||||||
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| Place | Nation | Athletes | Lane | Reaction | Time | Qual. | Record | |
| Heat | Overall | |||||||
| 1 | 1 | United States
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Jerome Young, Angelo Taylor, Calvin Harrison, Alvin Harrison |
3 | 0.242 s | 2:58.78 | Q | |
| 2 | 2 | Jamaica
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Sanjay Ayre, Gregory Haughton, Danny McFarlane, Michael Blackwood |
4 | 0.551 s | 2:58.84 | Q | SB |
| 3 | 3 | Bahamas
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Avard Moncur, Troy McIntosh, Carl Oliver, Chris Brown |
1 | 0.249 s | 2:59.02 | Q | NR |
| 4 | 4 | France
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Emmanuel Front, Marc Foucan, Ibrahima Wade, Marc Raquil |
8 | 0.249 s | 3:00.64 | q | SB |
| 5 | 5 | Poland
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Piotr Rysiukiewicz, Piotr Haczek, Piotr Długosielski, Robert Maćkowiak |
5 | 0.494 s | 3:00.66 | q | SB |
| 6 | 7 | South Africa
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Alwyn Myburgh, Hezekiél Sepeng, Llewellyn Herbert, Arnaud Malherbe |
6 | 0.172 s | 3:01.25 | SB | |
| 7 | 14 | Botswana
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California Molefe, Lulu Basinyi, Johnson Kubisa, Glody Dube) |
2 | 0.345 s | 3:05.28 | ||
| Kenya
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Ezra Sambu, Samson Yego, Joseph Mwengi Mutua, Julius Chepkwony |
7 | 0.413 s | DQ | ||||
| Heat 2 of 2 Date: Friday 29 September 2000 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Nation | Athletes | Lane | Reaction | Time | Qual. | Record | |
| Heat | Overall | |||||||
| 1 | 6 | Nigeria
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Clement Chukwu, Jude Monye, Enefiok Udo-Obong, Sunday Bada |
3 | 0.297 s | 3:01.06 | Q | |
| 2 | 8 | Great Britain
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Jared Deacon, Daniel Caines, Iwan Thomas, Jamie Baulch |
5 | 0.490 s | 3:01.35 | Q | SB |
| 3 | 9 | Australia
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Casey Vincent, Blair Young, Patrick Dwyer, Michael Hazel |
2 | 0.198 s | 3:01.91 | Q | SB |
| 4 | 10 | Russia
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Andrey Semyonov, Dmitriy Bogdanov, Ruslan Mashchenko, Dmitriy Golovastov |
1 | 0.219 s | 3:02.28 | SB | |
| 5 | 11 | Ukraine
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Oleksandr Kaydash, Roman Voronkov, Yevgeniy Zyukov, Gennadiy Gorbenko |
8 | 0.244 s | 3:02.68 | NR | |
| 6 | 12 | Sri Lanka
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Rohan Pradeep Kumara, Ratna Kumar, Ranga Wimalawansa, Sugath Tillakeratne |
6 | 0.507 s | 3:02.89 | ||
| 7 | 13 | Senegal
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Oumar Loum, Ousmane Niang, Youssoupha Sarr, Ibou Faye) |
7 | 0.175 s | 3:02.94 | ||
| 8 | 15 | Japan
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Shunji Karube, Jun Osakada, Kenji Tabata, Takahiko Yamamura |
4 | 0.520 s | 3:13.63 | ||
Final
edit| Final Date: Friday 29 September 2000 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Nation | Athletes | Lane | Reaction | Time | Record | ||
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Nigeria
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Clement Chukwu, Jude Monye, Sunday Bada, Enefiok Udo-Obong |
4 | 0.541 s | 2:58.68 | AR | ||
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Jamaica
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Michael Blackwood, Gregory Haughton, Christopher Williams, Danny McFarlane |
6 | 0.382 s | 2:58.78 | SB | ||
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Bahamas
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Avard Moncur, Troy McIntosh, Carl Oliver, Chris Brown |
1 | 0.260 s | 2:59.23 | |||
| 4 | France
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Emmanuel Front, Marc Foucan, Ibrahima Wade, Marc Raquil |
2 | 0.252s | 3:01.02 | SB | ||
| 5 | Great Britain
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Jared Deacon, Daniel Caines, Iwan Thomas, Jamie Baulch |
3 | 0.252 s | 3:01.22 | SB | ||
| 6 | Poland
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Piotr Rysiukiewicz, Robert Maćkowiak, Piotr Długosielski, Piotr Haczek |
8 | 0.203s | 3:03.22 | |||
| 7 | Australia
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Brad Jamieson, Blair Young, Patrick Dwyer, Michael Hazel |
7 | 0.177 s | 3:03.91 | |||
| DQ | United States
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Alvin Harrison, Antonio Pettigrew, Calvin Harrison, Michael Johnson |
5 | 2:56.35 | ||||
References
edit- ^ "Athletics at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Men's 4 × 400 metres Relay". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
- ^ Patrick, Dick (18 July 2004). "IAAF votes to take away 2000 U.S. relay gold". USA Today. Sacramento. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
- ^ Omogbeja, Yomi (22 July 2005). "CAS denies Nigeria Sydney relay gold". AthleticsAfrica.com. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
- ^ "Antonio Pettigrew agrees to return relay gold medal". The Seattle Times. 4 June 2008. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
- ^ "Relay champ Pettigrew to give back Olympic gold". ZeeNews.india.com. Associated Press. 4 June 2008. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
- ^ "Nigerian long jumper wants Sydney Olympics gold medal awarded to Nigeria". news.Xinhuanet.com. Lagos. 10 June 2008. Archived from the original on 17 April 2016.
- ^ "Regarding the reallocation of medals and diplomas in the men's 4 x 400 M relaty race at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games" (PDF). Olympic.org. London: International Olympic Committee. 21 July 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
- ^ "IOC decision in the doping case of Mr. Antonio Pettigrew". en.Beijing2008.cn. 2 August 2008. Archived from the original on 8 August 2008.
- ^ "IOC executive board meets ahead of London games". Olympic.org. 21 July 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
External links
edit- Results, round 1 - IAAF
- Results, semi-final - IAAF
- Results, final - IAAF