Athletics at the 2015 Pan American Games – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

Men's 4 × 400 metres relay at the XVII Pan American Games
Venue CIBC Pan Am and Parapan Am Athletics Stadium
Dates July 24 – July 25
Competitors 49 from 11 nations
Winning time 2:59.60
Medalists
 Renny Quow
Jarrin Solomon
Emanuel Mayers
Machel Cedenio
Jehue Gordon		  Trinidad and Tobago
 William Collazo
Adrian Chacón
Osmaidel Pellicier
Yoandys Lescay		  Cuba
 Kyle Clemons
James Harris
Marcus Chambers
Kerron Clement
Jeshua Anderson		  United States
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The men's 4 x 400 metres sprint competition of the athletics events at the 2015 Pan American Games will take place between the 24 and 25 of July at the CIBC Pan Am and Parapan Am Athletics Stadium.[1] The defending Pan American Games champions are Noel Ruíz, Raidel Acea, Omar Cisneros, William Collazo, Júnior Díaz, Amaurys Valle and Amaurys Valle of Cuba.

Prior to the final, Cuba was disqualified for a registration violation (not naming their athletes before the deadline). Cuba ran in the final under protest and finished in second place. The disqualification was upheld and their result was removed. Later that was corrected and Cuba was reinstated as the silver medalists.

The final race started with the tall Venezuelan Alberth Bravo taking a commanding lead, making up the stagger on the diminutive Renny Quow from Trinidad and Tobago to his outside. Reality set in on the home stretch, Quow holding form on a more evenly paced race while Bravo tied up. TTO passed first while Bravo ended up passing last to a flat footed José Meléndez. Michael Mathieu sped through the turn to put Bahamas in the lead at the break. Jarrin Solomon and Adrian Chacón had TTO and Cuba fall in behind, putting a gap on USA leading the rest of the field. As they battled on the final straightaway, James Harris bridged the gap to make it a four team breakaway at the handoff. With Bahamas (Alonzo Russell) and Cuba (Osmaidel Pellicier) battling for the lead, Marcus Chambers fell off the back for USA on the backstretch while hurdler Emanuel Mayers for TTO tied up at the finish, allowing USA to hand off third well behind the leaders. Bahamas had a two-metre lead at the handoff, which Jeffery Gibson quickly extended to five through the turn. Another five metres back Machel Cedenio used his inside position to get the jump on American hurdler Kerron Clement. Down the backstretch and through the final turn, Cuba's Yoandys Lescay slowly whittled down Gibson's lead. By the head of the stretch it was down to a metre, with Cedenio and Clement 8 metres back. Coming off the turn Lescay moved into lane 2 and eased past Gibson, whose strides noticeably shortened. Behind them, Cedenio came off the turn wide into lane 2, with Clement looking to take advantage accelerating on his inside. Instead, Cedenio exploded into a different gear, sprinting while the rest of the runners were trying to maintain their stride. In 60 metres he made up the gap on Lescay, passing him 8 metres before the finish for the Trinidad and Tobago win. Clement followed Cedenio, passing the struggling Gibson for bronze but still four metres behind Lescay.

Records

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

World record  Jamaica 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) ranked in the world's top 16 was able to enter one team.[2]

Schedule

Date Time Round
July 24, 201512:20Semifinals
July 25, 201522:10Final

Results

All times shown are in seconds.

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

Semifinals

RankHeatNationNameTimeNotes
12 BahamasLaToy Williams, Michael Mathieu, Andretti Bain, Alonzo Russell3:01.00Q
22 CubaWilliam Collazo, Adrian Chacón, Osmaidel Pellicier, Yoandys Lescay3:01.17Q, SB
32 Trinidad and TobagoJehue Gordon, Renny Quow, Emanuel Mayers, Jarrin Solomon3:01.58Q, SB
42 BrazilPedro Luiz de Oliveira, Wagner Cardoso, Jonathan da Silva, Hederson Estefani3:01.66q
51 United StatesJames Harris, Jeshua Anderson, Marcus Chambers, Kyle Clemons3:02.99Q
61 JamaicaJonia McDonald, Riker Hylton, Javere Bell, Dane Hyatt3:03.72Q
71 VenezuelaAlberth Bravo, José Meléndez, Arturo Ramírez, Freddy Mezones3:04.05Q, SB
82 Costa RicaGary Robinson, Nery Brenes, Jarlex Lynch, Gerald Drummond3:05.11q, NR
91 CanadaPhilip Osei, Daniel Harper, Brandon McBride, Nathan George3:05.40SB
101 ChileSergio Germain, Sergio Aldea, Martín Tagle, Alfredo Sepúlveda3:09.89SB
1 Dominican RepublicJuander Santos, Yon Soriano, Joel Mejia, Gustavo CuestaDSQ

Final

Rank tNationNameTimeNotes
1st, gold medalist(s) Trinidad and TobagoRenny Quow, Jarrin Solomon, Emanuel Mayers, Machel Cedenio2:59.60SB
2nd, silver medalist(s) CubaWilliam Collazo, Adrian Chacón, Osmaidel Pellicier, Yoandys Lescay2:59.84SB [3]
3rd, bronze medalist(s) United StatesKyle Clemons, James Harris, Marcus Chambers, Kerron Clement3:00.21
4 BahamasLaToy Williams, Michael Mathieu, Alonzo Russell, Jeffery Gibson3:00.34
5 BrazilPedro Luiz de Oliveira, Wagner Cardoso, Hederson Estefani, Hugo de Sousa3:01.18
6 JamaicaJonia McDonald, Dane Hyatt, Javere Bell, Ricardo Chambers3:01.97
7 VenezuelaAlberth Bravo, José Meléndez, Arturo Ramírez, Freddy Mezones3:03.47SB
8 Costa RicaGary Robinson, Nery Brenes, Jarlex Lynch, Gerald Drummond3:05.21

References

  1. ↑ "Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  2. ↑ "Athletics Technical Manual" (PDF). americasathletics.org. TO2015. 11 January 2015. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  3. ↑ http://results.toronto2015.org/IRS/resTO2015/pdf/TO2015/AT/TO2015_AT_C73E_ATM404101.pdf
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