2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

The men's 4x400 metres relay event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 12 and 13 July.[1][2]

Medalists edit

Gold Marcus Boyd
Bryan Miller
O'Neal Wilder
Jeshua Anderson
  United States
Silver Louis Persent
Robert Davis
Nigel Levine
Jordan McGrath
  United Kingdom
Bronze Niklas Zender
Alexander Juretzko
Marc-John Dombrowski
Pascal Nabow
  Germany

Results edit

Final edit

13 July

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
    United States Marcus Boyd
Bryan Miller
O'Neal Wilder
Jeshua Anderson
3:03.86
    United Kingdom Louis Persent
Robert Davis
Nigel Levine
Jordan McGrath
3:05.82
    Germany Niklas Zender
Alexander Juretzko
Marc-John Dombrowski
Pascal Nabow
3:06.47
4   Jamaica Kevin Williams
Nickel Ashmeade
Rolando Berch
Akino Ming
3:08.58
5   Poland Arkadiusz Wojno
Michał Pietrzak
Rafał Omelko
Jakub Krzewina
3:08.65
6   Nigeria Nkami Edu
Noah Akwu
Ayokunle Odelusi
Victor Isaiah
3:12.56
7   Bahamas Juan Lewis
Jeffery Gibson
Lesley Hanna
La'Sean Pickstock
3:21.75
  Trinidad and Tobago Darnell Greig
Jovon Toppin
Emanuel Mayers
Zwede Hewitt
DQ IAAF rule 170.8

Heats edit

12 July

Heat 1 edit

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1   Jamaica Kevin Williams
Rolando Berch
Akino Ming
Ramone McKenzie
3:09.17 Q
2   Bahamas Juan Lewis
Jeffery Gibson
Lesley Hanna
La'sean Pickstock
3:10.10 Q
3   Hungary Martin Godaish
Zoltán Kovács
Máté Lukács
Marcell Deák Nagy
3:10.20
4   Ukraine Serhiy Zavyalov
Igor Lukashchuk
Roman Starukh
Denys Teslenko
3:11.24
5   Puerto Rico Miguel López
René Claudio
Carlos Benítez
Juan Carlos Vega
3:12.58
6   Kenya Silvester Kirwa Meli
Julius Oletygor
Geoffrey Kibet
John Kituu Wambua
3:13.44
7   Australia Adam Bevis
Kurt Mulcahy
James Kaan
Craig Huffer
3:13.84
8   Lithuania Valdas Valintelis
Edvinas Godvisas
Tomas Petrauskas
Silvestras Guogis
3:16.75
9   Senegal Moustapha Tounkara
Ibrahima Seye
Papa Ousmane Ndiaye
Aliou Wagne
3:17.71

Heat 2 edit

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1   United Kingdom Louis Persent
Robert Davis
Nigel Levine
Jordan McGrath
3:06.85 Q
2   Trinidad and Tobago Darnell Greig
Jovon Toppin
Jehue Gordon
Zwede Hewitt
3:07.60 Q
3   Poland Jakub Krzewina
Michał Pietrzak
Rafał Omelko
Arkadiusz Wojno
3:09.23 q
4   Japan Tomoharu Kino
Akihiro Urano
Junpei Hamano
Hideyuki Hirose
3:09.61
5   Spain Alejandro Guerrero
Marc Orozco
Luis Lizán
Cristian González
3:10.72
6   Saudi Arabia Yonas Al-Hosah
Ali Al-Deraan
Adel Al-Nasser
Ismail Al-Sabani
3:11.37
7   Czech Republic Petr Vanek
Tomáš Krupka
Pavel Maslák
Petr Langmaier
3:12.62

Heat 3 edit

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1   United States Marcus Boyd
Bryan Miller
Ryan Bailey
Christian Taylor
3:05.25 Q
2   Germany Niklas Zender
Alexander Juretzko
Clemens Höfer
Pascal Nabow
3:07.35 Q
3   Nigeria Nkami Edu
Noah Akwu
Ayokunle Odelusi
Victor Isaiah
3:08.69 q
4   Ireland Curtis Woods
Billy Ryan
Jason Harvey
Brian Gregan
3:10.17
5   Botswana Thapelo Ketlogetswe
Pako Seribe
Shaka Ntsimako
Itseng Batsholelwang
3:11.08
6   Italy Domenico Fontana
Giacomo Panizza
Alessandro Pedrazzoli
Mario Scapini
3:11.33
7   South Africa PC Beneke
André Olivier
Raaghid Fredericks
Cornel Fredericks
3:12.09
8   France Martial Minyem
Tom Chouquet
Hugo Grillas
Hafidhou Attoumani
3:13.71

Participation edit

According to an unofficial count, 101 athletes from 24 countries participated in the event.

References edit

  1. ^ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2008 Bydgoszcz POL Jul 8-13, 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