All Beijing Olympic 4x400 splits

Beijing 4x400m splits


4 x 400 METRES RELAY SPLIT TIMES
Derived from data kindly supplied by ST SPORTSERVICE GmbH (a service by Swiss Timing), the following listings give actual
and estimated times for all runners in the Beijing Olympic 4x400m relay races.

For the first and second legs, the time given is an estimate (e) based on photo-finish time at finish line by first leg runner before stagger unwinds. For the third and fourth legs times
are computed from photo-finish pictures of the baton holder at the finish line.

Men’s 4 x 400 Metres Relay
Final (Aug 23)

1, United States 2:55.39OR 0.336
2, Bahamas 2:58.03 0.297
3, Russia 2:58.06NR 0.220
4, Great Britain & NI 2:58.81 0.246
5, Belgium 2:59.37NR 0.166
6, Australia 3:00.02 0.212
7, Poland 3:00.32 0.180
8, Jamaica 3:01.45 0.196

Teams & splits
USA LaShawn Merritt 44.35e, Angelo Taylor 43.70e, David Neville 44.16, Jeremy Wariner 43.18

BAH Andretti Bain 45.92e, Michael Mathieu 44.04e, Andrae Williams 44.02, Chris Brown 44.05

RUS Maksim Dyldin 45.52e, Vladislav Frolov 44.64e, Anton Kokorin 44.34, Denis Alekseyev 43.56

GBR Andrew Steele 45.69e, Robert Tobin 44.78e, Michael Bingham 44.61, Martyn Rooney 43.73

BEL Kevin Borlée 45.43e, Jonathan Borlée 43.62e, Cédric Van Branteghem 44.44, Arnaud Ghislain 45.88

AUS Sean Wroe 46.07e, John Steffensen 45.26e, Clinton Hill 44.41, Joel Milburn 44.28

POL Rafal Wieruszewski 46.02e, Piotr Klimczak 44.54e, Piotr Kedzia 45.10, Marek Plawgo 44.66

JAM Michael Blackwood 45.60e, Ricardo Chambers 44.47e, Sanjay Ayre 44.86, Lansford Spence 46.52

First Round (First 3 (Q) & 2 fastest (q) to Final) (Aug 22)

Heat 1
1, United States 2:59.98 0.184 Q
2, Russia 3:00.14NR 0.187 Q
3, Belgium 3:00.67NR 0.264 Q
4, Australia 3:00.68 0.165 q
5, Poland 3:00.74 0.240 q
6, South Africa 3:01.26 0.268
7, Cuba 3:02.24 0.266
8, France 3:03.19 0.183

Teams & splits

USA David Neville 44.92e, Kerron Clement 44.50e, Reggie Witherspoon 44.63, Angelo Taylor 45.93

RUS Maksim Dyldin 45.58e, Vladislav Frolov 44.88e, Anton Kokorin 45.42, Denis Alekseyev 44.26

BEL Cédric Van Branteghem 45.52e, Jonathan Borlée 44.74e, Arnaud Ghislain 46.16, Kevin Borlée 44.25

AUS Joel Milburn 44.96e, Mark Ormrod 45.39e, John Steffensen 45.46, Clinton Hill 44.87

POL Marek Plawgo 45.90e, Piotr Klimczak 44.47e, Piotr Kedzia 45.95, Rafal Wieruszewski 44.42
RSA Pieter Smith 45.74e, Ofentse Mogawane 45.12e, Alwyn Myburgh 46.05, L. J. van Zyl 44.35

CUB Yuniel Pérez 45.95e, Yunior Díaz 45.92e, William Collazo 46.01, Omar Cisneros 44.36
FRA Teddy Venel 46.38e, Idrissa M’Barke 45.69e, Brice Panel 45.59, Richard Maunier 45.53

Heat 2

1, Great Britain & NI 2:59.33 0.250 Q
2, Bahamas 2:59.88 0.172 Q
3, Jamaica 3:00.09 0.241 Q
4, Germany 3:03.49 0.186
5, Trinidad & Tobago 3:04.12 0.196
6, Japan 3:04.18 0.195
7, Greece 3:04.30 0.160
8, Dominican Republic 3:04.31 0.176

Teams & splits

GBR Andrew Steele 45.28e, Robert Tobin 45.08e, Michael Bingham 44.50, Martyn Rooney 44.47
BAH Michael Mathieu 45.59e, Avard Moncur 44.94e, Ramon Miller 45.10, Andrae Williams 44.25

JAM Michael Blackwood 45.34e, Allodin Fothergill 45.14e, Sanjay Ayre 45.01, Ricardo Chambers 44.60

GER Simon Kirch 46.85e, Kamghe Gaba 44.41e, Ruwen Faller 45.61, Bastian Swillims 46.62

TRI Ato Stephens 45.17e, Jovan Toppin 45.92e, Cowin Mills 46.60, Stann Waithe 46.43

JPN Mitsuhiro Abiko 46.70e, Dai Tamesue 46.53e, Yoshihiro Horigome 45.33, Kenji Narisako 45.62

GRE Stilianós Dimótsios 46.86e, Dimítrios Grávalos 45.66e, Padeleímon Melahrinoúdis 45.15, Konstadínos Anastasíou 46.63

DOM Carlos Santa 46.50e, Arismendy Peguero 45.71e, Pedro Mejía 46.31, Yoel Tapia 45.79

Women’s 4 x 400 Metres Relay
Final (Aug 23)

1, United States 3:18.54 0.327
2, Russia 3:18.82 0.314
3, Jamaica 3:20.40 0.231
4, Belarus 3:21.85NR 0.306
5, Great Britain & NI 3:22.68 0.264
6, Cuba 3:23.21NR 0.273
7, Nigeria 3:23.74 0.330
8, Germany 3:28.45 0.189

Teams & splits

USA Mary Wineberg 51.00e, Allyson Felix 48.55e, Monique Henderson 50.06, Sanya Richards 48.93

RUS Yuliya Gushchina 50.62e, Lyudmila Litvinova 49.18e, Tatyana Firova 49.20, Anastasiya Kapachinskaya 49.82

JAM Shericka Williams 50.88e, Shereefa Lloyd 49.32e, Rosemarie Whyte 50.34, Novlene Williams 49.86

BLR Anna Kozak 51.98e, Irina Khlyustova 50.33e, Ilona Usovich 49.85, Svetlana Usovich 49.69

GBR Christine Ohuruogu 51.27e, Kelly Sotherton 50.35e, Marilyn Okoro 51.52, Nicola Sanders 49.54

CUB Roxana Díaz 51.11e, Zulia Calatayúd 51.17e, Susana Clement 50.47, Indira Terrero 50.46

NGR Joy Eze 51.46e, Sade Abugan 50.03e, Olouma Nwoke 51.53, Joke Odumosu 50.72

GER Jonna Tilgner 53.12e, Sorina Nwachukwu 52.60e, Florence Ekpo-Umoh 51.66, Claudia Hoffmann 51.07

First Round (First 3 (Q) & 2 fastest (q) to Final) (Aug 22)

Heat 1

1, Russia 3:23.71 0.338 Q
2, Cuba 3:25.46 0.194 Q
3, Great Britain & NI 3:25.48 0.214 Q
4, Germany 3:25.55 0.200 q
5, Ukraine 3:27.44 0.289
6, Poland 3:28.23 0.275
7, India 3:28.83 0.189
8, Japan 3:30.52 0.207

Teams & splits

RUS Yelena Migunova 51.80e, Tatyana Veshkurova 49.68e, Lyudmila Litvinova 50.32, Tatyana Firova 51.91

CUB Roxana Díaz 51.77e, Zulia Calatayúd 51.20e, Susana Clement 51.38, Indira Terrero 51.11

GBR Nicola Sanders 50.95e, Kelly Sotherton 50.57e, Marilyn Okoro 51.02, Christine Ohuruogu 52.94

GER Jonna Tilgner 52.90e, Sorina Nwachukwu 51.57e, Florence Ekpo-Umoh 50.94, Claudia Hoffmann 50.14

UKR Oksana Shcherbak 52.65e, Tatyana Petlyuk 52.56e, Kseniya Karandyuk 52.06, Natalya Pygyda 50.17

POL Monika Bejnar 52.99e, Jolanta Wójcik 51.72e, Anna Jesien 51.39, Grazyna Prokopek 52.13

IND Sathi Geetha 53.74e, Manjeet Kaur 51.43e, Chitra K. Soman 52.49e, Mandeep Kaur 51.17e

JPN Satomi Kubokura 53.59e, Asami Tanno 51.57e, Mayu Kida 52.72, Sayaka Aoki 52.64

Heat 2

1, United States 3:22.45 0.284 Q
2, Jamaica 3:22.60 0.220 Q
3, Belarus 3:22.78 0.250 Q
4, Nigeria 3:24.10 0.263 q
5, France 3:26.61 0.244
6, Brazil 3:30.10 -
7, Mexico 3:30.36 0.249
8, PR of China 3:30.77 0.234

Teams & splits

USA Mary Wineberg 51.03e, Monique Henderson 49.78e, Natasha Hastings 49.97, Sanya Richards 51.67

JAM Novlene Williams 50.46e, Shereefa Lloyd 50.07e, Bobby-Gaye Wilkins 50.94, Shericka Williams 51.13

BLR Yulyana Yushchanka 51.40e, Irina Khlyustova 50.37e, Ilona Usovich 49.93, Svetlana Usovich 51.08

NGR Sade Abugan 51.47e, Joy Eze 50.42e, Olouma Nwoke 51.83, Joke Odumosu 50.38

FRA Phara Anacharsis 51.76e, Thélia Sigère 51.75e, Solen Désert 51.20, Virginie Michanol 51.90

BRA Maria Laura Almirão 53.49e, Josiane Tito 52.60e, Emily Pinheiro 51.95, Lucimar Teodoro 52.06

MEX Ruth Grajeda 54.71e, Gabriela Medina 51.03e, Nallely Vela 53.01, Zudikey Rodriguez 51.61

CHN Han Ling 53.51e, Chen Jingwen 52.08e, Wang Jingpin 52.91, Tang Xiaoyin 52.27

Just looking at the splits from the Australians, from watching the race, it looked as if Steffenson let them down a bit, but he simply had the slowest split of anyone on that leg - made his last 50 look worse than it was.

Wroe let them down a bit by being 1sec off his best from a few days earlier. This would have moved them into 5, and very close to 4th.

HERE IS THE IAAF LINK TO THE 4X400 INFORMATION. ANYONE SEEKING MORE INFO ON OTHER EVENTS PROBABLY NEEDS TO CONTACT THE IAAF DIRECT…

http://www.iaaf.org/mm/document/competitions/competition/04/93/59/20090217021200_httppostedfile_beijing_4x4_splits_8740.pdf