Final time L ___________________ 1. United States _2:55.74 WR 5 Andrew Valmon 44.5s, Quincy Watts 43.1s, Michael Johnson 44.7s, Steve Lewis 43.4s 2. Cuba _2:59.51 4 Lázaro Martínez 46.0s, Hector Herrea 44.1s, Norberto Téllez 45.0s, Roberto Hernández 44.4s 3. Great Britain _2:59.73 2 Roger Black 44.9s, David Grindley 44.7s, Kriss Akabusi 45.1s, John Regis 45.0s 4. Brazil _3:01.61 1 Robson da Silva 45.4s, Edielson Tenório 45.7s, Sérgio Menezés 45.6s, Sidnei Telles 44.9s 5. Nigeria _3:01.71 6 NGR Udeme Ekpeyong 46.4s, Emmanuel Okoli 45.1s, Hassan Bosso 45.5s, Sunday Bada 44.7s 6. Italy _3:02.18 7 Alessandro Aimar 46.5s, Marco Vaccari 45.2s, Fabio Grossi 45.7s, Andrea Nuti 44.8s 7. Trinidad Tobago _3:03.31 8 Alvin Daniel 46.3s, Patrick Delice 46.4s, Neil de Silva 45.2s, Ian Morris 45.4s -. Kenya _DNF 3 Samson Kitur, Abednego Matilu DNF, Simeon Kipkemboi, Simon Kemboi
Venue: Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc 67,007. 99 competitors from 22 nations.
Round H Team date Heats 3 24 07.08
World record and Olympic record: 2:56.16 Vincent Matthews, Ron Freeman, Larry James, Lee Evans Mexico City, Mexico October 20, 1968 World record and Olympic record: 2:56.16 Danny Everett, Steve Lewis, Kevin Robinzine, Butch Reynolds Seoul, South Korea October 1, 1988
Cuba (2:59.13) edged the USA (2:59.14) and Kenya (2:59.63) in the
heats, but the Americans were expected to win easily, the only question
mark being the health of Johnson, not fully recovered from his stomach
problems. Valmon ran a fine opening leg of 44.5 to give the USA a 4m
lead over Britain, led off by Black’s 44.9. Watts won the race on the
second leg. The 400m winner sped through a 43.1 lap to lead Britain
by nearly 20m. Johnson maintained the USA lead without showing his
real form, and Lewis anchored with 43.4 to finally break the 2:56.16
world record set 24 years earlier. A long way behind them, Hernández
edged past Regis in the last 50m to win silver for Cuba.
Heats - Friday, 7th August First 2 teams from each Heat and Best 2 times advanced to Final.
Heat 1 time __________________________ 1. Trinidad Tobago _3:01.05 Q NR Patrick Delice, Alvin Daniel, Neil de Silva, Ian Morris 2. Great Britain _3:01.20 Q Mark Richardson, Kriss Akabusi, Roger Black, Du'aine Ladejo 3. Japan _3:01.35 Masayoshi Kan, Susumu Takano, Yoshihiko Saito, Takahiro Watanabe 4. France _3:04.25 Jean-Louis Rapnouil, Yann Quentrec, Stéphane Caristan, Stéphane Diagana 5. Canada _3:04.69 Mark Jackson, Anthony Wilson, Mark Graham, Frederick Williams 6. Thailand _3:08.00 Athiaporn Koonjarthong, Yuthana Thonglek, Sarapong Kumsup, Aktawat Sakoolchan 7. Portugal _3:10.11 José Mendes, Pedro Rodrigues, Alvaro Silva, Paulo Curvelo 8. Zaire _3:21.91 Ilunga Kafila, Luasa Batungile, Kaleka Mutoke, Shintu Kibambe
Heat 2 time __________________________ 1. Cuba _2:59.13 Q Lázaro Martínez, Héctor Herrera, Norberto Téllez, Roberto Hernández 2. United States _2:59.14 Q Darnell Hall, Michael Johnson, Charles Jenkins, Quincy Watts 3. Kenya _2:59.63 q David Kitur, Samson Kitur, Simeon Kipkemboi, Simon Kemboi 4. Nigeria _3:00.39 q Udeme Ekpeyong, Emmanuel Okoli, Hassan Bosso, Sunday Bada 5. Unified Team _3:05.59 Dmitry Kosov, Dmitry Kliger, Dmitry Golovastov, Oleg Tverdokhleb 6. Mexico _3:05.75 Raymundo Escalante, Eduardo Nava, Luis Karin Toledo, Juan Jesús Gutiérrez 7. Saint Vincent Gren _3:10.21 Lenford O'Garro, Michael Williams, Eversley Linley, Eswort Coombs —. Barbados _DSQ Seibert Straughn, Roger Jordan, Edsel Chase, Stevon Roberts
Heat 3 time __________________________ 1. Brazil _3:01.38 Q Eronilde de Araujo, Ediélson Rocha, Sergio Matias de Menezes, Sidney Telles de Souza 2. Italy _3:02.09 Q Alessandro Aimar, Marco Vaccari, Fabio Grossi, Andrea Nuti 3. Morocco _3:02.28 Abdelali Kasbane, Abdel Ghani Guériguer, Bouchaib Belkaid, Benyounes Lahlou 4. Spain _3:04.60 Antonio Sánchez Muñoz, Cayetano Cornet, Manuel Moreno Sánchez, Angel de la Heras 5. Qatar _3:07:26 Sami Al-Abdullah, Masoud Abdul Khamis, Ibrahim Ismail Muftah, Fareh Ibrahim Ali 6. Papua Guinea _3:13.35 Baobo Neuendorf, Kaminiel Selot, Bernard Manana, Subul Babo —. Germany _DSQ Ralph Pfersich, Rico Lieder, Jörg Vaihinger, Thomas Schönlebe —. Jamaica _DSQ Dennis Blake, Devon Morris, Howard Davis, Patrick O'Connor
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