2015 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
| Men's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2015 World Championships | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Beijing National Stadium | |||||||||
| Dates | 29 August (heats & final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 58 from 14 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 37.36 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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The men's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 29 August.[1][2]
Summary
On paper this looked like Jamaica's advantage and just to be prepared, Jamaica ran Rasheed Dwyer to rest their star Usain Bolt in the heats. The United States employed a rare strategy of not resting anybody, even though Remontay McClain and Isiah Young were signed up, they used their A team in the heats.
In those heats, USA won the first heat Britain were second while resting Chijindu Ujah. In the second heat, Jamaica cruised to a fast 37.41 with a very efficient Chinese home team clearly handing to the anchor leg in second place in the process of setting the Asian Continental Record. France's Jimmy Vicaut came from behind to pass China, the entire heat fast enough to allow Antigua and Barbuda, and Canada to advance.
With a rested Bolt waiting on the anchor, anybody else, most notably the United States, would need to have a huge lead going into the final leg. USA was in good position to do that making a clean handoff the first two times between Trayvon Bromell, Justin Gatlin and Tyson Gay, while Jamaica was stiff between Nesta Carter and Asafa Powell.[3] Around the final turn, Nickel Ashmeade made up ground on Gay, Bolt the first to start moving. The final baton change between Mike Rodgers and Tyson Gay was completed outside the changeover zone and the USA team was disqualified.[4] Jamaica won, China second and Canada third. Britain did not finish after failing to complete the final baton change.[5][6]
Records
Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:[7]
Qualification standards
| Entry standards[8] |
|---|
| Top 8 at IWR+ 8 from Top Lists |
Schedule
| Date | Time | Round |
|---|---|---|
| 29 August 2015 | 12:20 | Heats |
| 29 August 2015 | 21:10 | Final |
All times are local times (UTC+8)
Results
Heats
Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) advance to the final.[9]
Final
The final was started at 21:10.[10]
| Rank | Lane | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 4 |  | Nesta Carter, Asafa Powell, Nickel Ashmeade, Usain Bolt | 37.36 | WL |
 | 9 |  | Mo Youxue, Xie Zhenye, Su Bingtian, Zhang Peimeng | 38.01 | |
 | 3 |  | Aaron Brown, Andre De Grasse, Brendon Rodney, Justyn Warner | 38.13 | |
| 4 | 8 |  | Julian Reus, Sven Knipphals, Alexander Kosenkow, Aleixo-Platini Menga | 38.15 | SB |
| 5 | 5 |  | Emmanuel Biron, Christophe Lemaitre, Guy-Elphège Anouman, Jimmy Vicaut | 38.23 | |
| 6 | 2 |  | Chavaughn Walsh, Daniel Bailey, Jared Jarvis, Miguel Francis | 38.61 | |
| 7 |  | Richard Kilty, Daniel Talbot, James Ellington, Chijindu Ujah | DNF | ||
| 6 |  | Trayvon Bromell, Justin Gatlin, Tyson Gay, Mike Rodgers | DQ (37.77) | R170.7[11] |
References
- ↑ "Beijing 2015: Timetable". Beijing 2015. 11 August 2015. Archived from the original on 1 December 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
- ↑ Start list
- ↑ "2015 World Athletic Championships: Clean sweep for Usain Bolt as Jamaica win gold in 4x100m relay". Irish Independent. 29 August 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
- ↑ "Usain Bolt wins third World Championships gold as Jamaica win 4x100m relay... but Great Britain and USA botch final handovers". Daily Mail. 29 August 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
- ↑ "2015 World Athletics Championships: Bolt, Jamaica triumph in 4x100m final". CNN. 29 August 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
- ↑ "REPORT: MEN'S 4X100M FINAL – IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, BEIJING 2015". iaaf.org. 29 August 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
- ↑ "Records & Lists – 4x100 metres relay". IAAF. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
- ↑ IAAF World Championships Beijing 2015 – Standards (PDF), IAAF, 2014, retrieved 18 August 2015
- ↑ Heats results
- ↑ Final results
- ↑ Passing the baton outside the takeover zone