Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

Men's 4 × 400 metres relay at the XVI Pan American Games
Venue Telmex Athletics Stadium
Dates October 27 – October 28
Competitors 41 from 9 nations
Medalists
 Noel Ruíz, Raidel Acea, Omar Cisneros, William Collazo, Júnior Díaz, Amaurys Valle  Cuba
 Arismendy Peguero, Luguelin Santos, Yoel Tapia, Gustavo Cuesta  Dominican Republic
 Arturo Ramírez, Alberto Aguilar, José Acevedo, Omar Longart  Venezuela
«2007
2015»

The men's 4 × 400 metres relay competition of the athletics events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on the 27 and 28 October at the Telmex Athletics Stadium.[1] The defending Pan American Games champion were Andrae Williams, Avard Moncur, Michael Matheau and Chris Brown of Bahamas.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:

World record  United States 2.54.29 Stuttgart, Germany August 22, 1993
Pan American Games record  Jamaica 2.57.97 Winnipeg, Canada July 30, 1999

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter one team.[2]

Schedule

Date Time Round
October 27, 201115:35Semifinals
October 28, 201118:50Final

Results

All times shown are in seconds.

KEY: qFastest non-qualifiers QQualified NRNational record PBPersonal best SBSeasonal best DQDisqualified

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on October 27. Qualification: First 3 teams of each heat (Q) plus the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

RankHeatNationAthletesTimeNotes
12 CubaJúnior Díaz, Noel Ruíz, Amaurys Valle, William Collazo3:04.33Q, SB
22 VenezuelaArturo Ramírez, Alberto Aguilar, José Acevedo, Omar Longart3:04.67Q, SB
31 Dominican RepublicGustavo Cuesta, Arismendy Peguero, Yoel Tapia, Luguelin Santos3:06.33Q
42 United StatesBryan Miller, Jeremy Dodson, Perrisan White, Joshua Scott3:07.57Q
51 CanadaPhilip Osei, Dontae Richards, Tremaine Harris, Michael Robertson3:08.51Q
62 BahamasWesley Neymour, Chris Brown, Jamial Rolle, Ramon Miller3:09.68q
71 JamaicaMichael Mason, Omar Johnson, Annert Whyte, Jason Livermore3:10.05Q
81 MexicoJosé Luis Ceballos, Orlando Garcia, Juan Stenner, Jorge Alonzo3:12.18q
2 BelizeKenneth Medwood, Jayson Jones, Linford Avila, Kenneth BrackettDNF

Final

Held on October 28.

RankNationAthletesTimeNotes
1st, gold medalist(s) CubaNoel Ruíz, Raidel Acea, Omar Cisneros, William Collazo2:59.43SB
2nd, silver medalist(s) Dominican RepublicArismendy Peguero, Luguelin Santos, Yoel Tapia, Gustavo Cuesta3:00.44SB
3rd, bronze medalist(s) VenezuelaArturo Ramírez, Alberto Aguilar, José Acevedo, Omar Longart3:00.82SB
4 United StatesJoshua Scott, Bryan Miller, Lee Moore, Reuben McCoy3:03.91
5 CanadaPhilip Osei, Dontae Richards, Tremaine Harris, Michael Robertson3:07.12SB
6 MexicoJosé Luis Ceballos, José Juan Esparza, Juan Stenner, Orlando Garcia3:11.52

References

  1. ↑ "Guadalajara 2011 Sessions" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 June 2011. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
  2. ↑ "Athlete's Qualification Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.