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These are the official results of the men's 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta , United States . There were 35 nations competing.[ 1]
United States ran the event without their top two qualifiers from the Olympic Trials . world record holder Butch Reynolds was injured before the games and 400 meters gold medalist Michael Johnson was injured during his 200 metres 19.32 world record.
Seizing the opportunity of a weakened US squad, Britain's Iwan Thomas shot out to a lead from the gun putting a big gap on USA's LaMont Smith to his inside. Reality set in and Thomas began to tie up toward the end of his leg, allowing Smith to gain back to almost even with Thomas by the handoff, with Michael McDonald putting Jamaica into third position. Alvin Harrison ran a solid turn and looked to put America in the lead at the break, but Jamie Baulch sprinted past him on the outside to put the Brits back in the lead. Harrison held his position behind Baulch all the way until the end of the second turn, with Greg Haughton bringing Jamaica into the three-team breakaway for the medals. Harrison steadily gained on the last half of the turn pulling even by the straightaway, then cleanly separated, putting USA in the lead. Haughton followed Harrison around Baulch running down lane 2 trying to catch Harrison. USA and GBR exchanged cleanly on the inside, but as Haughton handed off to Roxbert Martin , they crossed legs with Martin coming out doing a full somersault, Jamaica losing a couple of steps on Derek Mills leading for the Americans, with Mark Richardson in hot pursuit. Richardson pulled in the gap to Mills, looking poised to pounce coming off the final turn, but Mills held him off and pulled away down the straight. Mills handed off to Anthuan Maybank , whose selection to the U.S. team was controversial. Maybank was not selected for the individual race because he had been disqualified for a lane violation in the Olympic Trials . Normally, the top six finishers would be selected and he technically did not finish.[ 2] Now in the absence of Johnson and Reynolds, he was thrust into the potential hero's role of anchoring the American team. With a three-meter deficit to make up, Britain's silver medalist Roger Black had other ideas. Black steadily gained on Maybank and was in perfect position to pass coming off the final turn. But Maybank never let him by, lifting his knees and pulling away from Black to bring USA home with a four-metre victory for the gold medal. Davian Clarke brought Jamaica home for bronze three seconds later. Behind the medalists, Senegal made a terrible final handoff behind Japan, leaving them even with Poland on the final lap. Ibou Faye made up the deficit, passing Japan's Shigekazu Ōmori and finished setting a new National Record that survived two decades.
Medalists
* Athletes who participated in the heats only and received medals.
Records
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1996 Summer Olympics.
Results
Heats
Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) qualified to the semifinals.
Rank
Heat
Nation
Athletes
Time
Notes
1
2
United States
LaMont Smith , Jason Rouser , Derek Mills , Anthuan Maybank
3:00.56
Q
2
1
Great Britain
Du'aine Ladejo , Jamie Baulch , Mark Hylton , Mark Richardson
3:01.79
Q
3
1
Poland
Piotr Rysiukiewicz , Paweł Januszewski , Robert Maćkowiak , Piotr Haczek
3:01.92
Q
4
1
Brazil
Éverson Teixeira , Valdinei da Silva , Osmar dos Santos , Sanderlei Parrela
3:02.51
q
5
3
Kenya
Samson Yego , Simon Kemboi , Kennedy Ochieng , Julius Chepkwony
3:02.52
Q
6
3
Senegal
Tapha Diarra , Aboubakry Dia , Hachim Ndiaye , Ibou Faye
3:02.61
Q
7
3
Nigeria
Udeme Ekpeyong , Clement Chukwu , Ayuba Machem , Sunday Bada
3:02.73
q
8
4
Jamaica
Gregory Haughton , Dennis Blake , Roxbert Martin , Garth Robinson
3:02.81
Q
9
5
Japan
Shunji Karube , Jun Osakada , Shigekazu Omori , Kenji Tabata
3:02.82
Q
10
3
Switzerland
Laurent Clerc , Kevin Widmer , Alain Rohr , Mathias Rusterholz
3:03.05
q
11
4
Italy
Marco Vaccari , Alessandro Aimar , Andrea Nuti , Ashraf Saber
3:03.60
Q
12
1
Australia
Mark Ladbrook , Michael Joubert , Paul Greene , Cameron Mackenzie
3:03.73
q
13
4
South Africa
Alfred Visagie , Arnaud Malherbe , Hendrik Mokganyetsi , Bobang Phiri
3:03.79
q
14
5
Bahamas
Troy McIntosh , Timothy Munnings , Theron Cooper , Dennis Darling
3:04.09
Q
15
5
Saudi Arabia
Mohammed al-Beshi , Hashim Al-Sharfa , Saleh Al-Saydan , Hadi Somayli
3:04.67
q
16
2
Russia
Innokenty Zharov , Mikhail Vdovin , Ruslan Mashchenko , Dmitriy Kosov
3:04.73
Q
17
5
Germany
Rico Lieder , Andreas Hein , Kai Karsten , Thomas Schönlebe
3:05.16
18
2
Ghana
Solomon Amegatcher , Abu Duah , Julius Sedame , Ahmed Ali
3:05.53
19
2
Cuba
Omar Meña , Jorge Crusellas , Georkis Vera , Roberto Hernández
3:05.75
20
3
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Eswort Coombs , Thomas Dickson , Eversley Linley , Erasto Sampson
3:06.52
21
5
Botswana
Aggripa Matshameko , Keteng Baloseng , Rampa Mosveu , Johnson Kubisa
3:06.62
22
4
Mauritius
Gilbert Hashan , Désiré Pierre-Louis , Rudy Tirvengadum , Éric Milazar
3:08.17
23
2
Qatar
Mubarak Sultan Al-Nubi Faraj , Ali Ismail Doka , Sami al-Abdulla , Hamad al-Dosari
3:08.25
24
2
Antigua and Barbuda
N'kosie Barnes , Michael Terry , Mitchell Browne , Howard Lindsay
3:09.46
25
1
Saint Lucia
Dominic Johnson , Ivan Jean-Marie , Maxime Charlemagne , Max Seales
3:10.51
26
1
Fiji
Soloveni Nakaunicina , Henry Semiti , Solomone Bole , Isireli Naikelekelevesi
3:10.67
27
1
Sierra Leone
Foday Sillah , Haroun Korjie , Frank Turay , Prince Amara
3:11.65
28
4
Zimbabwe
Julius Masvanise , Tawanda Chiwira , Savieri Ngidhi , Ken Harnden
3:13.35
29
2
Lesotho
Isaac Seatile , Motlatsi Maseela , Makoekoe Mahanetsa , Mpho Morobe
3:15.67
30
3
British Virgin Islands
Mario Todman , Steve Augustine , Greg Rhymer , Ralston Varlack
3:17.30
31
3
Papua New Guinea
Samuel Bai , Ivan Wakit , Amos Ali , Subul Babo
3:19.92
32
4
Maldives
Ahmed Shageef , Mohamed Amir , Naseer Ismail , Hussain Riyaz
3:24.88
5
The Gambia
Dawda Jallow , Momodou Drammeh , Lamin Drammeh , Assan John
DNF
4
Grenada
Richard Britton , Rufus Jones , Alleyne Francique , Clint Williams
DQ
5
Guyana
Andrew Harry , Roger Gill , Lancelot Gittens , Richard Jones
DQ
Semifinals
Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) qualified directly to the final.
Rank
Heat
Nation
Athletes
Time
Notes
1
2
United States
LaMont Smith , Jason Rouser , Derek Mills , Anthuan Maybank
2:57.87
Q
2
2
Jamaica
Michael McDonald , Dennis Blake , Gregory Haughton , Roxbert Martin
2:58.42
Q
3
1
Great Britain
Iwan Thomas , Jamie Baulch , Du'aine Ladejo , Mark Richardson
3:01.36
Q
4
1
Senegal
Tapha Diarra , Aboubakry Dia , Hachim Ndiaye , Ibou Faye
3:01.72
Q
5
1
Kenya
Samson Kitur , Samson Yego , Simon Kemboi , Julius Chepkwony
3:01.73
Q
6
2
Japan
Shunji Karube , Jun Osakada , Shigekazu Omori , Koji Ito
3:01.92
Q
7
2
Bahamas
Troy McIntosh , Timothy Munnings , Theron Cooper , Dennis Darling
3:02.17
Q
8
1
Poland
Piotr Rysiukiewicz , Tomasz Jędrusik , Robert Maćkowiak , Piotr Haczek
3:02.29
Q
9
2
Italy
Fabrizio Mori , Alessandro Aimar , Andrea Nuti , Ashraf Saber
3:02.56
10
1
South Africa
Alfred Visagie , Arnaud Malherbe , Hendrik Mokganyetsi , Bobang Phiri
3:02.96
11
1
Brazil
Sanderlei Parrela , Valdinei da Silva , Éverson Teixeira , Eronilde de Araujo
3:03.46
12
1
Australia
Mark Ladbrook , Michael Joubert , Paul Greene , Cameron Mackenzie
3:04.55
13
2
Switzerland
Laurent Clerc , Kevin Widmer , Alain Rohr , Mathias Rusterholz
3:05.36
14
1
Russia
Innokenty Zharov , Mikhail Vdovin , Ruslan Mashchenko , Dmitriy Kosov
3:05.63
15
2
Saudi Arabia
Saleh Al-Saydan , Mohammed al-Beshi , Hashim Al-Sharfa , Hadi Somayli
3:07.18
2
Nigeria
Udeme Ekpeyong , Clement Chukwu , Ayuba Machem , Sunday Bada
DQ
Final
Rank
Lane
Nation
Athletes
Time
Notes
5
United States
LaMont Smith , Alvin Harrison , Derek Mills , Anthuan Maybank
2:55.99
6
Great Britain
Iwan Thomas , Jamie Baulch , Mark Richardson , Roger Black
2:56.60
NR
4
Jamaica
Michael McDonald , Roxbert Martin , Gregory Haughton , Davian Clarke
2:59.42
4
3
Senegal
Tapha Diarra , Aboubakry Dia , Hachim Ndiaye , Ibou Faye
3:00.64
NR
5
7
Japan
Shunji Karube , Koji Ito , Jun Osakada , Shigekazu Omori
3:00.76
6
4
Poland
Piotr Rysiukiewicz , Tomasz Jędrusik , Piotr Haczek , Robert Maćkowiak
3:00.96
7
2
Bahamas
Carl Oliver , Troy McIntosh , Dennis Darling , Timothy Munnings
3:02.71
1
Kenya
Samson Kitur , Samson Yego , Simon Kemboi , Julius Chepkwony
DNS
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Medley 4 × 400 m
1912 : Mel Sheppard , Edward Lindberg , Ted Meredith , Charles Reidpath (USA )
1920 : Cecil Griffiths , Robert Lindsay , John Ainsworth-Davis , Guy Butler (GBR )
1924 : Commodore Cochran , Alan Helffrich , Oliver Macdonald , William Stevenson (USA )
1928 : George Baird , Emerson Spencer , Fred Alderman , Ray Barbuti (USA )
1932 : Ivan Fuqua , Ed Ablowich , Karl Warner , Bill Carr (USA )
1936 : Freddie Wolff , Godfrey Rampling , Bill Roberts , Godfrey Brown (GBR )
1948 : Arthur Harnden , Cliff Bourland , Roy Cochran , Mal Whitfield (USA )
1952 : Arthur Wint , Leslie Laing , Herb McKenley , George Rhoden (JAM )
1956 : Charles Jenkins Sr. , Lou Jones , Jesse Mashburn , Tom Courtney (USA )
1960 : Jack Yerman , Earl Young , Glenn Davis , Otis Davis (USA )
1964 : Ollan Cassell , Mike Larrabee , Ulis Williams , Henry Carr (USA )
1968 : Vincent Matthews , Ron Freeman , Larry James , Lee Evans (USA )
1972 : Charles Asati , Munyoro Nyamau , Robert Ouko , Julius Sang (KEN )
1976 : Herman Frazier , Benny Brown , Fred Newhouse , Maxie Parks (USA )
1980 : Remigijus Valiulis , Mikhail Linge , Nikolay Chernetskiy , Viktor Markin (URS )
1984 : Sunder Nix , Ray Armstead , Alonzo Babers , Antonio McKay (USA )
1988 : Danny Everett , Steve Lewis , Kevin Robinzine , Butch Reynolds , Antonio McKay , Andrew Valmon (USA )
1992 : Andrew Valmon , Quincy Watts , Michael Johnson , Steve Lewis , Darnell Hall , Charles Jenkins Jr. (USA )
1996 : LaMont Smith , Alvin Harrison , Derek Mills , Anthuan Maybank , Jason Rouser (USA )
2000 : Clement Chukwu , Jude Monye , Sunday Bada , Enefiok Udo-Obong , Nduka Awazie , Fidelis Gadzama (NGR )
2004 : Otis Harris , Derrick Brew , Jeremy Wariner , Darold Williamson , Andrew Rock , Kelly Willie (USA )
2008 : LaShawn Merritt , Angelo Taylor , David Neville , Jeremy Wariner , Kerron Clement , Reggie Witherspoon (USA )
2012 : Chris Brown , Demetrius Pinder , Michael Mathieu , Ramon Miller (BAH )
2016 : Arman Hall , Tony McQuay , Gil Roberts , LaShawn Merritt , Kyle Clemons , David Verburg (USA )
2020 : Michael Cherry , Michael Norman , Bryce Deadmon , Rai Benjamin , Trevor Stewart , Randolph Ross , Vernon Norwood (USA )
2024 : Christopher Bailey , Vernon Norwood , Bryce Deadmon , Rai Benjamin , Quincy Wilson (USA )