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

2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men	women
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
10,000 m walk	men	women
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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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]