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Athletics at the 2001 Summer Universiade – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

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The men's 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 2001 Summer Universiade was held at the Workers Stadium in Beijing, China between 30 August and 1 September.[1][2]

The winning margin was 0.04 seconds which as of 2024 remains the narrowest winning margin for the men's 4 x 400 metres relay at these games since the introduction of fully automatic timing and the only time this event was won by less than a tenth of a second at these games.

Results

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Heats

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Rank Heat Nation Athletes Time Notes
1 2  United States Andrew Pierce, Geno White, Brandon Couts, Thomas Gerding 3:05.18 Q
2 1  Ukraine Andriy Tverdostup, Volodymyr Rybalka, Yevhen Zyukov, Oleksandr Kaydash 3:06.15 Q
3 2  Russia Oleg Mishukov, Aleksandr Ladeyshchikov, Dmitriy Forshev, Aleksandr Usov 3:06.59 Q
4 1  South Africa Johan Cronje, Corné du Plessis, Adriaan Botha, Brian Erasmus 3:07.26 Q[3]
5 2  Netherlands Bob Keus, Patrick van Balkom, Julien Hagen, Bram Som 3:07.52 Q
6 1  Japan Yoshihiro Chiba, Mitsuhiro Sato, Ryuji Muraki, Ken Yoshizawa 3:07.82 Q
7 2  Australia Frazer Dowling, David Flowers, Kris McCarthy, Clinton Hill 3:08.19 q[4]
8 1  Nigeria Kayode Isijola, Bolaji Lawal, Poploola Toope, Popoola Toope 3:13.12 q
9 2  Sri Lanka Vajira Kularatne, Ravindra Jayasinghe, Chadana Wickramarachchi, Kulan Arunajith 3:23.20

Final

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Rank Nation Athletes Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States Thomas Gerding, Geno White, Brandon Couts, Andrew Pierce 3:02.83
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Ukraine Andriy Tverdostup, Yevhen Zyukov, Oleksandr Kaydash, Volodymyr Rybalka 3:02.87
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Japan Mitsuhiro Sato, Ken Yoshizawa, Ryuji Muraki, Masayuki Okusako 3:03.63
4  Australia David Flowers, Clinton Hill, Paul Pearce, Tim Williams 3:04.51
5  South Africa Adriaan Botha, Alwyn Myburgh, Liod Kgopong, Martin Willemse 3:05.23
6  Netherlands Bram Som, Patrick van Balkom, Julien Hagen, Bob Keus 3:06.30
7  Russia Aleksandr Ladeyshchikov, Oleg Mishukov, Aleksandr Usov, Dmitriy Forshev 3:06.83 [5]
8  Nigeria Bolaji Lawal, Popoola Toope, Poploola Toope, Kayode Isijola 3:22.14

References

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  1. ^ Results (archived)
  2. ^ Full results at Tilastopaja
  3. ^ SA students shine in Beijing
  4. ^ "Australian 2001 Almanac" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-10-03.
  5. ^ Russian results Archived 2021-10-31 at the Wayback Machine (p77-78)