Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Venue

Dates

13 April (heats)
14 April (final)

Nations

Winning time

3:01.78

Medalists

	Leaname Maotoanong Baboloki Thebe Onkabetse Nkobolo Isaac Makwala	Botswana
	O'Jay Ferguson Teray Smith Stephen Newbold Alonzo Russell Michael Mathieu Ramon Miller	Bahamas
	Jermaine Gayle Demish Gaye Jamari Rose Javon Francis Peter Matthews	Jamaica

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Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
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
Road events
Marathon	men	women
20 km 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
Para events
100 m (T12)	men
100 m (T35)		women
100 m (T38)	men	women
100 m (T47)	men
1500 m (T54)	men	women
Marathon (T54)	men	women
Long jump (T38)		women
Shot put (F38)	men
Javelin throw (F46)		women
v t e

The men's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, as part of the athletics programme, took place in the Carrara Stadium on 13 and 14 April 2018.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows:

World record	United States (Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts, Butch Reynolds, Michael Johnson)	2:54.29	Stuttgart, Germany	22 August 1993
Games record	Jamaica (Michael McDonald, Roxbert Martin, Greg Haughton, Davian Clarke)	2:59.03	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	21 September 1998

The schedule was as follows:

Date	Time	Round
Friday 13 April 2018	12:05	First round
Saturday 14 April 2018	17:07	Final

The first round consisted of two heats. The three fastest teams per heat (plus two fastest losers) advanced to the final.

Rank	Nation	Athletes	Result	Notes	Qual.
1	Botswana	Leaname Maotoanong Baboloki Thebe Onkabetse Nkobolo Isaac Makwala	3:05.71	SB	Q
2	Kenya	Collins Omae Gichana Mike Mokamba Nyang'au Peter Mwai Ndichu Boniface Ontuga Mweresa	3:13.52		Q
3	Fiji	Samuela Railoa Aaron Powell Kameli Sauduadua Petero Veitaqomaki	3:19.19		Q
–	England	Matthew Hudson-Smith Dwayne Cowan Rabah Yousif Jack Green	DNF	Note
–	Nigeria	Orukpe Eraiyokan Samson Nathaniel Salihu Isah Chidi Okezie	DQ	R 163.3a
–	Mozambique		DNS

Rank	Nation	Athletes	Result	Notes	Qual.
1	Jamaica	Peter Matthews Demish Gaye Jamari Rose Javon Francis	3:03.97		Q
2	India	Jeevan Karekoppa Suresh Jacob Amoj Mohammad Anas Yahiya Arokia Rajiv	3:04.05		Q
3	Bahamas	O'Jay Ferguson Alonzo Russell Michael Mathieu Ramon Miller	3:04.62		Q
4	Trinidad and Tobago	Renny Quow Deon Lendore Lalonde Gordon Machel Cedenio	3:05.84		q
5	Turks and Caicos Islands	Angelo Garland Ifeanyi Otuonye Devante Gardiner Frantzley Benjamin	3:13.70	NR	q
–	Australia	Murray Goodwin Daniel Mowen Joshua Ralph Steven Solomon	DQ	R 170.20
–	Papua New Guinea		DNS

The medals were determined in the final.

Rank	Nation	Athletes	Result	Notes
	Botswana	Leaname Maotoanong Baboloki Thebe Onkabetse Nkobolo Isaac Makwala	3:01.78	SB
	Bahamas	O'Jay Ferguson Teray Smith Stephen Newbold Alonzo Russell	3:01.92	SB
	Jamaica	Jermaine Gayle Demish Gaye Jamari Rose Javon Francis	3:01.97	SB
4	Trinidad and Tobago	Deon Lendore Jereem Richards Renny Quow Machel Cedenio	3:02.85
5	Fiji	Samuela Railoa Aaron Powell Kameli Sauduadua Petero Veitaqomaki	3:15.10	SB
6	Turks and Caicos Islands	Angelo Garland Ifeanyi Otuonye Frantzley Benjamin Devante Gardiner	3:16.39
–	India	Dharun Ayyasamy Jacob Amoj Mohammad Anas Yahiya Arokia Rajiv	DNF	Note
–	Kenya	Collins Omae Gichana Boniface Ontuga Mweresa Aron Kipchumba Koech Nicholas Kiplagat Bett	DQ	R 170.20

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^ Athletics | Men's 4 × 400m Relay - Final (PDF). Gold Coast 2018. p. 115. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 April 2018. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
Athletics | Men's 4 × 400m Relay - Round 1 Results Summary (PDF). Gold Coast 2018. p. 118. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 April 2018. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
Athletics | Men's 4 × 400m Relay - Round 1 Heat 1/2 (PDF). Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
Athletics | Men's 4 × 400m Relay - Round 1 Heat 2/2 (PDF). Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 23 April 2018.

v t e Commonwealth Games champions in men's 4 × 400 metres relay
4 x 440 yards (1930–1966)	1930: Leigh-Wood, Townend, Burghley, Brangwin (ENG) 1934: Rathbone, Blake, Stoneley, Rampling (ENG) 1938: Orr, Dale, Fritz, Loaring (CAN) 1950: Carr, Gedge, Humphreys, Price (AUS) 1954: Higgins, Dick, Fryer, Johnson (ENG) 1958: Day, Evans, Potgieter, M.C. Spence (RSA) 1962: Kerr, Khan, M.A. Spence, M. Spence (JAM) 1966: Yearwood, Bernard, Roberts, Mottley (TTO)
4 x 400 metres (1970–present)	1970: Nyamau, Sang, Ouko, Asati (KEN) 1974: Asati, Musyoki, Sang, Koskei (KEN) 1978: Kimaiyo, Ngetich, Njiri, Koskei (KEN) 1982: Cook, Brown, Scutt, Bennett (ENG) 1986: Akabusi, Brown, Black, Bennett (ENG) 1990: D. Kitur, S. Kitur, Kipkemboi, Mwanzia (KEN) 1994: McKenzie, Crampton, Patrick, Ladejo (ENG) 1998: Clarke, Haughton, McDonald, Martin (JAM) 2002: Deacon, Baldock, Rawlinson, Caines (ENG) 2006: Steffensen, Troode, Ormrod, Hill (AUS) 2010: Milburn, Moore, Cole, Wroe (AUS) 2014: Williams, Bingham, Awde, Hudson-Smith (ENG) 2018: Maotoanong, Thebe, Nkobolo, Makwala (BOT) 2022: St. Hillaire, Guevara, Cedenio, Richards (TTO)

4 x 440 yards
(1930–1966)

4 x 400 metres
(1970–present)

Men's

4 × 440 yards	1930 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966
4 × 400 metres	1930 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022

Women's

Medley relay	1930 1934 1938 1950
4 × 400 metres	1930 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022