1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

These are the official results of the Men's 4 × 400 metres event at the 1993 IAAF World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. There were a total number of eighteen participating nations, with three qualifying heats and the final held on Sunday, August 22, 1993. The current world record for the event was set in the final.

The winning margin was a colossal 5.53 seconds which as of June 2024 remains the only time the men's 4 x 400 metres relay was won by more than five seconds at these championships or the Olympic Games.

Final

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RANK NATION ATHLETES TIME
    United States (USA) Andrew Valmon
Quincy Watts
Butch Reynolds
Michael Johnson
2:54.29    
    Kenya (KEN) Kennedy Ochieng
Simon Kemboi
Abednego Matilu
Samson Kitur
2:59.82
    Germany (GER) Rico Lieder
Karsten Just
Olaf Hense
Thomas Schönlebe
2:59.99
4.   France (FRA) Jean-Louis Rapnouil
Pierre-Marie Hilaire
Jacques Farraudière
Stéphane Diagana
3:00.09
5.   Russia (RUS) Dmitriy Kliger
Dmitriy Kosov
Mikhail Vdovin
Dmitriy Golovastov
3:00.44
6.   Cuba (CUB) Iván García
Héctor Herrera
Norberto Téllez
Roberto Hernández
3:00.46
7.   Jamaica (JAM) Patrick O'Connor
Dennis Blake
Danny McFarlane
Greg Haughton
3:01.44
8.   Bulgaria (BUL) Stanislav Georgiev
Tsvetoslav Stankulov
Kiril Raykov
Anton Ivanov
3:05.35

Qualifying heats

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  • Held on Saturday 1993-08-21

Heat 1

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RANK NATION ATHLETES TIME
1.   Germany (GER) Karsten Just
Rico Lieder
Olaf Hense
Thomas Schönlebe
3:01.26
2.   Bulgaria (BUL) Stanislav Georgiev
Tsvetoslav Stankulov
Kiril Raykov
Anton Ivanov
3:01.61
NR
3.   Jamaica (JAM) Patrick O'Connor
Dennis Blake
Danny McFarlane
Greg Haughton
3:01.70
4.   Great Britain (GBR) Du'aine Ladejo
Guy Bullock
Wayne McDonald
Ade Mafe
3:02.15
5.   New Zealand (NZL) Shaun Farrell
Nick Cowan
Darren Dale
Mark Keddell
3:05.84
NR
6.   Thailand (THA) Chanond Keanchan
Sakorn Tongtip
Wirwat Poomipak
Yutthana Tonglek
3:08.60

Heat 2

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RANK NATION ATHLETES TIME
1.   United States (USA) Andrew Valmon
Antonio Pettigrew
Derek Mills
Michael Johnson
2:58.72
2.   France (FRA) Jacques Farraudiére
Pierre-Marie Hilaire
Olivier Noirot
Jean-Louis Rapnouil
3:01.70
3.   Japan (JPN) Masayoshi Kan
Shunji Karube
Yoshihiko Saito
Tomonari Ono
3:02.43
4.   Algeria (ALG) Amar Hacini
Ismail Mariche
Kamel Talhaodi
Sadek Boumendil
3:03.63
5.   Mexico (MEX) Raymundo Escalante
Juan Vallin
Josue Morales
Luis Karin Toledo
3:08.37
  Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) DNS

Heat 3

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RANK NATION ATHLETES TIME
1.   Kenya (KEN) Abednego Matilu
Simon Kemboi
Samson Kitur
Kennedy Ochieng
3:00.82
2.   Cuba (CUB) Lázaro Martínez
Héctor Herrera
Norberto Téllez
Roberto Hernández
3:01.36
3.   Russia (RUS) Dmitriy Kliger
Dmitriy Kosov
Innokentiy Zharov
Dmitriy Golovastov
3:01.51
4.   Italy (ITA) Andrea Nuti
Andrea Montanari
Alessandro Aimar
Marco Vaccari
3:01.85
5.   Nigeria (NGR) Hassan Bosso
Emmanuel Okoli
Victor Omagbemi
Sunday Bada
3:02.64
  Uganda (UGA) DNS

See also

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References

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