2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

The men's 4x400 metres relay event at the 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Kingston, Jamaica, at National Stadium on 20 and 21 July.[1][2]

Medalists edit

Gold Kenneth Ferguson
Darold Williamson
Ashton Collins
Jonathan Fortenberry
  United States
Silver Sékou Clarke
Usain Bolt
Jermaine Myers
Jermaine Gonzales
  Jamaica
Bronze Fujio Yamauchi
Daisuke Sakai
Yuki Yamaguchi
Yosuke Inoue
  Japan

Results edit

Final edit

21 July

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
    United States Kenneth Ferguson
Darold Williamson
Ashton Collins
Jonathan Fortenberry
3:03.71
    Jamaica Sékou Clarke
Usain Bolt
Jermaine Myers
Jermaine Gonzales
3:04.06
    Japan Fujio Yamauchi
Daisuke Sakai
Yuki Yamaguchi
Yosuke Inoue
3:05.80
4   Poland Miroslaw Sadej
Piotr Zrada
Daniel Mazurek
Piotr Kędzia
3:06.25
5   France Yohann Negre
Mohamed Atig
Brice Lagier
Brice Panel
3:07.26
6   Australia Courtney McLeod
Ryan Turton
Keith Sheehy
Stephen Landers
3:09.67
7   Germany Thomas Wilhelm
Christoph Helm
David Busch
Kamghe Gaba
3:11.21
  South Africa Shaine Morrison
Bonolo Maboa
Louis van Zyl
Leigh Julius
DQ

Heats edit

20 July

Heat 1 edit

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1   United States Kenneth Ferguson
Darold Williamson
Bershawn Jackson
Jonathan Fortenberry
3:03.56 Q
2   Jamaica Jermaine Myers
Sékou Clarke
Yhann Plummer
Jermaine Gonzales
3:05.82 Q
3   South Africa Shaine Morrison
Bonolo Maboa
Leigh Julius
Louis van Zyl
3:07.65 q
4   Poland Miroslaw Sadej
Piotr Kędzia
Daniel Mazurek
Piotr Zrada
3:07.65 q
5   Brazil Luiz da Silva
Diego Venâncio
Luíz de Oliveira
Luís Ambrósio
3:08.49
6   Morocco Abdellatif El-Ghazaoui
Hicham Chliyeh
Ouadih Naciri
Mohamed Battani
3:09.56
7   Ireland David Gillick
Daniel Tobin
Liam McDermid
David McCarthy
3:13.45
8   Bahamas André Williams
Drameko Bridgewater
Andretti Bain
Michael Mathieu
3:15.10

Heat 2 edit

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1   Japan Fujio Yamauchi
Daisuke Sakai
Yuki Yamaguchi
Yosuke Inoue
3:07.35 Q
2   France Yohann Negre
Mohamed Atig
Brice Lagier
Brice Panel
3:07.58 Q
3   Germany Stefan Wittl
Thomas Wilhelm
Christoph Helm
Kamghe Gaba
3:08.06 q
4   Australia Courtney McLeod
Ryan Turton
Keith Sheehy
Stephen Landers
3:08.22 q
5   Canada Ryan Therrien
Tyler Christopher
Nathan Vadeboncoeur
Erik Sproll
3:10.40
6   Botswana Paschalius Mahore
Gaolesiela Salang
Gakologelwang Masheto
Kagiso Kilego
3:11.84
7   Spain José María García
Marcos Muñoz
David Testa
Isaac Herrera
3:12.61

Participation edit

According to an unofficial count, 63 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.

References edit

  1. ^ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2002 Kingston JAM Jul 16-21, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 24 February 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
  2. ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015