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4 x 400 metres Relay, Men

Date	10 – 11 August 1984
Status	Olympic
Location	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California
Participants	109 from 25 countries

The US team had the fastest time in the heats and semi-finals. But in the semis, Walter McCoy ran a few steps in the wrong lane and a protest was lodged. But it was deemed unintentional and as it did not impeded other runners, the protest was not allowed. The final was very close on the first leg with five teams within a few metres of each other. Australia took the lead on the second leg when Darren Clark ran 43.86, although Ray Armstead ran 43.97 for the US. On the third leg, the open 400 gold medalist, Alonzo Babers, ran 43.75 to open up the race and Antonio McKay held the lead on the anchor as the US won by 10 metres.

Pos	Nr	Team	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	–	United States	USA	3:01.44 (1 h4)	3:00.19 (1 h1)	2:57.91 (1)	Gold
		Sunder Nix • Ray Armstead • Alonzo Babers • Antonio McKay • Walter McCoy • Willie Smith
2	–	Great Britain	GBR	3:06.10 (1 h2)	3:02.98 (2 h1)	2:59.13 (2)	Silver
		Kriss Akabusi • Garry Cook • Todd Bennett • Phil Brown • Roy Dickens (DNS) • Alan Slack (DNS)
3	–	Nigeria	NGR	3:06.34 (3 h4)	3:02.22 (1 h2)	2:59.32 (3)	Bronze
		Sunday Uti • Moses Ugbisien • Rotimi Peters • Innocent Egbunike • Henry Amike (DNS)
4	–	Australia	AUS	3:03.72 (1 h1)	3:03.79 (2 h2)	2:59.70 (4)
		Bruce Frayne • Darren Clark • Gary Minihan • Rick Mitchell • Peter Van Miltenburg • Gary Honey (DNS)
5	–	Italy	ITA	3:06.28 (2 h2)	3:03.87 (3 h2)	3:01.44 (5)
		Roberto Tozzi • Ernesto Nocco • Roberto Ribaud • Pietro Mennea • Donato Sabia • Mauro Zuliani • Tiziano Gemelli (DNS)
6	–	Barbados	BAR	3:03.31 (1 h3)	3:03.89 (4 h2)	3:01.60 (6)
		Richard Louis • David Peltier • Clyde Edwards • Elvis Forde • Hamil Grimes (DNS) • Anthony Jones (DNS)
7	–	Uganda	UGA	3:06.65 (3 h2)	3:04.02 (4 h1)	3:02.09 (7)		1
		John Goville • Moses Kyeswa • Peter Rwamuhanda • Mike Okot
8	–	Canada	CAN	3:04.47 (2 h1)	3:03.93 (3 h1)	3:02.82 (8)
		Mike Sokolowski • Doug Hinds • Bryan Saunders • Tim Bethune • Desai Williams (DNS)
5 h1 r2/3	–	West Germany	FRG	3:03.33 (2 h3)	3:04.69 (5 h1)	–
		Martin Weppler • Uwe Schmitt • Jörg Vaihinger • Erwin Skamrahl • Thomas Giessing • Harald Schmid (DNS) • Hartmut Weber (DNS)
5 h2 r2/3	–	Brazil	BRA	3:05.08 (5 h3)	3:03.99 (5 h2)	–
		João Batista da Silva • Wilson dos Santos • Zequinha Barbosa • Gérson de Souza • Antônio Ferreira • Evaldo da Silva (DNS)
6 h1 r2/3	–	Côte d'Ivoire	CIV	3:03.50 (3 h3)	3:04.87 (6 h1)	–
		Georges Kablan Degnan • Avognan Nogboum • René Djédjémel • Gabriel Tiacoh
6 h2 r2/3	–	Jamaica	JAM	3:03.85 (4 h3)	3:04.24 (6 h2)	–
		Steve Griffiths • Mark Senior • Karl Smith • Devon Morris • Dennis Wallace • Bert Cameron (DNS) • Gus Young (DNS)
7 h1 r2/3	–	Sweden	SWE	3:07.32 (4 h1)	3:09.40 (7 h1)	–
		Tommy Johansson • Eric Josjö • Christer Gullstrand • Thomas Nyberg
7 h2 r2/3	–	Kenya	KEN	3:06.07 (2 h4)	3:04.74 (7 h2)	–
		John Anzrah • Elijah Sogomo • Jason Opicho • David Kitur • Simon Kitur • James Atuti (DNS)
8 h1 r2/3	–	Japan	JPN	3:08.16 (5 h1)	3:10.73 (8 h1)	–
		Shigenori Omori • Ryoichi Yoshida • Hiroki Fuwa • Susumu Takano • Junichi Usui (DNS)
AC h2 r2/3	–	Trinidad and Tobago	TTO	3:06.81 (3 h1)	– (DQ h2)	–
		Anton Skerritt • Mike Puckerin • Derek Archer • Mike Paul • Ali St. Louis (DNS)
4 h2 r1/3	–	France	FRA	3:08.33 (4 h2)	–	–
		Yann Quentrec • Didier Dubois • Jacques Fellice • Aldo Canti • Jean-Jacques Boussemart (DNS) • Hector Llatser (DNS)
4 h4 r1/3	–	Spain	ESP	3:08.79 (4 h4)	–	–
		Manuel González • Benjamín González • Antonio Sánchez • Ángel de las Heras • José Alonso (DNS) • Juan Prado (DNS)
5 h2 r1/3	–	Antigua and Barbuda	ANT	3:10.95 (5 h2)	–	–
		Alfred Browne • Larry Miller • Howard Lindsay • Dale Jones • Lester Benjamin (DNS) • Anthony Henry (DNS)
5 h4 r1/3	–	Oman	OMA	3:15.87 (5 h4)	–	–
		Barakat Al-Sharji • Mohamed Al-Hashimi • Abdullah Sulaiman Al-Akbary • Mohamed Al-Malky
6 h1 r1/3	–	Mozambique	MOZ	3:08.95 (6 h1)	–	–
		Leonardo Loforte • Pedro Gonçalvo • André Titos • Henrique Ferreira
6 h2 r1/3	–	British Virgin Islands	IVB	3:11.89 (6 h2)	–	–
		Guy Hill • Jerry Molyneaux • Dean Greenaway • Lindel Hodge
7 h1 r1/3	–	United Arab Emirates	UAE	3:19.90 (7 h1)	–	–
		Rashid Al-Jirbi • Ibrahim Khamis • Mubarak Ismail Amber • Ibrahim Aziz • Mohamed Abdullah (DNS) • Shahad Mubarak (DNS)
7 h2 r1/3	–	Cameroon	CMR	3:16.00 (7 h2)	–	–
		Ernest Tché-Noubossie • Jean-Pierre Abossolo-Ze • Barnabé Messomo • Mama Moluh • Emmanuel Bitanga (DNS)
AC h3 r1/3	–	Senegal	SEN	[3:04.6] (DQ h3)	–	–
		Boubacar Diallo • Babacar Niang • Moussa Fall • Amadou Dia Bâ
DNS	–	Sierra Leone	SLE	–	–	–
		Prince Duwai • Ivan Benjamin • Felix Sandy • David Sawyerr • Columba Blango • Abdul Mansaray
DNS	–	Ghana	GHA	–	–	–
		John Akuttey • Abu Al-Hassan • William Amakye • Tim Hesse • Charles Moses • Frederick Owusu
DNS	–	United States Virgin Islands	ISV	–	–	–
		Jimmy Flemming • Neville Hodge • Ulric Jackson • Wendell Powell • Ronald Russell
DNS	–	Paraguay	PAR	–	–	–
		Nicolás Chaparro • Óscar Diesel • Claudio Escauriza • Francisco Figueredo • Ramón López
DNS	–	Switzerland	SUI	–	–	–
		Marcel Arnold • Jean-Pierre Egger • Kaspar Egger • René Gloor • Franz Meier • Rüdi Ögerli
DNS	–	Thailand	THA	–	–	–
		Panus Ariyamongkol • Surapong Ariyamongkol • Prasit Boonprasert • Vichan Choocherd • Suchart Chairsuvaparb • Sumet Promna

Round One (10 August 1984 — 10:40)

Top three in each heat and next four fastest advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat One

Pos	Nr	Team	NOC	Time (A)	Split (Pos)
1	–	Australia	AUS	3:03.72		Q
	40	Peter Van Miltenburg		47.0	47.0 (=3)		2
	34	Gary Minihan		46.2	1:33.2 (2)
	26	Bruce Frayne		44.7	2:17.9 (1)
	35	Rick Mitchell		45.8	3:03.7 (1)
2	–	Canada	CAN	3:04.47		Q
	141	Mike Sokolowski		47.3	47.3 (5)
	122	Doug Hinds		45.4	1:32.7 (1)
	139	Bryan Saunders		45.7	2:18.4 (2)
	112	Tim Bethune		46.0	3:04.4 (2)
3	–	Trinidad and Tobago	TTO	3:06.81		Q
	853	Anton Skerritt		46.4	46.4 (1)
	852	Mike Puckerin		47.1	1:33.5 (3)
	849	Derek Archer		45.4	2:18.9 (3)
	851	Mike Paul		47.9	3:06.8 (3)
4	–	Sweden	SWE	3:07.32		q
	806	Tommy Johansson		46.9	46.9 (2)
	807	Eric Josjö		47.2	1:34.1 (5)
	804	Christer Gullstrand		46.6	2:20.7 (4)
	809	Thomas Nyberg		46.6	3:07.3 (4)
5	–	Japan	JPN	3:08.16		q
	561	Shigenori Omori		48.0	48.0 (6)
	572	Ryoichi Yoshida		45.8	1:33.8 (4)
	557	Hiroki Fuwa		48.6	2:22.4 (6)
	568	Susumu Takano		45.8	3:08.2 (5)
6	–	Mozambique	MOZ	3:08.95
	646	Leonardo Loforte		47.0	47.0 (=3)
	645	Pedro Gonçalvo		47.8	1:34.8 (6)
	649	André Titos		46.8	2:21.6 (5)
	648	Henrique Ferreira		47.3	3:08.9 (6)
7	–	United Arab Emirates	UAE	3:19.90
	869	Rashid Al-Jirbi		48.5	48.5 (7)
	867	Ibrahim Khamis		51.5	1:40.0 (7)
	868	Mubarak Ismail Amber		50.2	2:30.2 (7)
	866	Ibrahim Aziz		49.7	3:19.9 (7)

Heat Two

Pos	Nr	Team	NOC	Time (A)	Split (Pos)
1	–	Great Britain	GBR	3:06.10		Q
	351	Kriss Akabusi		46.5	46.5 (1)
	361	Garry Cook		46.8	1:33.3 (2)
	354	Todd Bennett		45.5	2:18.8 (1)
	358	Phil Brown		47.3	3:06.1 (1)
2	–	Italy	ITA	3:06.28		Q
	526	Roberto Tozzi		46.6	46.6 (2)
	513	Ernesto Nocco		45.9	1:32.5 (1)
	530	Mauro Zuliani		46.5	2:19.0 (2)
	520	Donato Sabia		47.4	3:06.4 (2)
3	–	Uganda	UGA	3:06.65		Q
	874	John Goville		47.5	47.5 (4)
	875	Moses Kyeswa		46.4	1:33.9 (4)
	879	Peter Rwamuhanda		47.1	2:21.0 (=3)
	877	Mike Okot		45.5	3:06.5 (3)
4	–	France	FRA	3:08.33
	299	Yann Quentrec		48.1	48.1 (5)
	281	Didier Dubois		46.6	1:34.7 (5)
	283	Jacques Fellice		46.3	2:21.0 (=3)
	276	Aldo Canti		46.3	3:07.3 (4)
5	–	Antigua and Barbuda	ANT	3:10.95
	12	Alfred Browne		46.9	46.9 (3)
	16	Larry Miller		46.8	1:33.7 (3)
	15	Howard Lindsay		48.4	2:22.1 (5)
	14	Dale Jones		48.8	3:10.9 (5)
6	–	British Virgin Islands	IVB	3:11.89
	532	Guy Hill		49.8	49.8 (7)
	534	Jerry Molyneaux		47.2	1:37.0 (6)
	531	Dean Greenaway		46.9	2:23.9 (6)
	533	Lindel Hodge		47.9	3:11.8 (6)
7	–	Cameroon	CMR	3:16.00
	187	Ernest Tché-Noubossie		49.2	49.2 (6)
	182	Jean-Pierre Abossolo-Ze		49.0	1:38.2 (7)
	184	Barnabé Messomo		49.7	2:27.9 (7)
	185	Mama Moluh		48.1	3:16.0 (7)

Heat Three

Pos	Nr	Team	NOC	Time (A)	Split (Pos)
1	–	Barbados	BAR	3:03.31		Q
	62	Richard Louis		46.8	46.8 (=4)
	64	David Peltier		45.8	1:32.6 (=3)
	58	Clyde Edwards		45.5	2:18.1 (3)
	59	Elvis Forde		45.2	3:03.3 (1)
2	–	West Germany	FRG	3:03.33		Q
	344	Martin Weppler		47.0	47.0 (6)
	335	Uwe Schmitt		45.3	1:32.3 (1)
	311	Thomas Giessing		45.6	2:17.9 (=1)
	336	Erwin Skamrahl		45.5	3:03.4 (2)
3	–	Côte d'Ivoire	CIV	3:03.50		Q
	177	Georges Kablan Degnan		46.6	46.6 (3)
	180	Avognan Nogboum		46.2	1:32.8 (5)
	179	René Djédjémel		46.2	2:19.0 (=4)
	181	Gabriel Tiacoh		44.5	3:03.5 (3)
4	–	Jamaica	JAM	3:03.85		q
	539	Steve Griffiths		46.8	46.8 (=4)
	548	Mark Senior		45.6	1:32.4 (2)
	551	Dennis Wallace		45.5	2:17.9 (=1)
	545	Devon Morris		46.0	3:03.9 (4)
5	–	Brazil	BRA	3:05.08		q
	95	João Batista da Silva		46.5	46.5 (2)
	91	Zequinha Barbosa		46.1	1:32.6 (=3)
	98	Antônio Ferreira		46.4	2:19.0 (=4)
	107	Gérson de Souza		46.1	3:05.1 (5)
DQ	–	Senegal	SEN	[3:04.6]
	749	Boubacar Diallo		46.4	46.40 (1)
	754	Babacar Niang		46.8	1:33.20 (6)
	752	Moussa Fall		45.2	2:18.40 (4)
	748	Amadou Dia Bâ		46.2	3:04.60 (5)

Heat Four

Pos	Nr	Team	NOC	Time (A)	Split (Pos)
1	–	United States	USA	3:01.44		Q
	940	Willie Smith		45.1	45.1 (1)
	880	Ray Armstead		44.6	1:29.7 (1)
	882	Alonzo Babers		46.6	2:16.3 (1)
	921	Walter McCoy		45.1	3:01.4 (1)
2	–	Kenya	KEN	3:06.07		Q
	573	John Anzrah		46.6	46.6 (2)
	582	Simon Kitur		45.7	1:32.3 (3)
	595	Jason Opicho		46.6	2:18.9 (=2)
	598	Elijah Sogomo		47.2	3:06.1 (2)
3	–	Nigeria	NGR	3:06.34		Q
	672	Sunday Uti		46.7	46.7 (3)
	671	Moses Ugbisien		45.5	1:32.2 (2)
	669	Rotimi Peters		46.7	2:18.9 (=2)
	664	Innocent Egbunike		47.5	3:06.4 (3)
4	–	Spain	ESP	3:08.79
	229	Manuel González		48.1	48.1 (4)
	227	Benjamín González		46.8	1:34.9 (4)
	240	Antonio Sánchez		47.7	2:22.6 (4)
	230	Ángel de las Heras		46.2	3:08.8 (4)
5	–	Oman	OMA	3:15.87
	703	Barakat Al-Sharji		49.9	49.9 (5)
	698	Mohamed Al-Hashimi		49.7	1:39.6 (5)
	699	Abdullah Sulaiman Al-Akbary		48.2	2:27.8 (5)
	700	Mohamed Al-Malky		48.1	3:15.9 (5)

Semi-Finals (10 August 1984 — 16:40)

Top four in each heat advanced to the final.

Heat One

Pos	Nr	Team	NOC	Time (A)	Split (Pos)
1	–	United States	USA	3:00.19		Q
	926	Sunder Nix		45.93	45.93 (1)
	921	Walter McCoy		44.65	1:30.58 (1)
	940	Willie Smith		44.81	2:15.39 (1)
	922	Antonio McKay		44.80	3:00.19 (1)
2	–	Great Britain	GBR	3:02.98		Q
	351	Kriss Akabusi		46.32	46.32 (3)
	361	Garry Cook		45.18	1:31.50 (2)
	354	Todd Bennett		45.04	2:16.54 (2)
	358	Phil Brown		46.44	3:02.98 (2)
3	–	Canada	CAN	3:03.93		Q
	141	Mike Sokolowski		46.93	46.93 (4)
	122	Doug Hinds		45.93	1:32.86 (4)
	139	Bryan Saunders		45.40	2:18.26 (3)
	112	Tim Bethune		45.67	3:03.93 (3)
4	–	Uganda	UGA	3:04.02		Q
	874	John Goville		47.48	47.48 (7)
	875	Moses Kyeswa		45.34	1:32.82 (3)
	879	Peter Rwamuhanda		45.82	2:18.64 (4)
	877	Mike Okot		45.38	3:04.02 (4)
5	–	West Germany	FRG	3:04.69
	344	Martin Weppler		47.82	47.82 (8)
	335	Uwe Schmitt		45.38	1:33.20 (5)
	340	Jörg Vaihinger		45.81	2:19.01 (5)
	336	Erwin Skamrahl		45.69	3:04.70 (5)
6	–	Côte d'Ivoire	CIV	3:04.87
	177	Georges Kablan Degnan		47.32	47.32 (6)
	180	Avognan Nogboum		46.51	1:33.83 (6)
	179	René Djédjémel		46.12	2:19.95 (6)
	181	Gabriel Tiacoh		44.92	3:04.87 (6)
7	–	Sweden	SWE	3:09.40
	806	Tommy Johansson		47.26	47.26 (5)
	807	Eric Josjö		46.92	1:34.18 (8)
	804	Christer Gullstrand		47.78	2:21.96 (8)
	809	Thomas Nyberg		47.44	3:09.40 (7)
8	–	Japan	JPN	3:10.73
	568	Susumu Takano		45.99	45.99 (2)
	561	Shigenori Omori		48.09	1:34.08 (7)
	572	Ryoichi Yoshida		46.47	2:20.55 (7)
	557	Hiroki Fuwa		50.18	3:10.73 (8)

Heat Two

Pos	Nr	Team	NOC	Time (A)	Split (Pos)
1	–	Nigeria	NGR	3:02.22		Q
	672	Sunday Uti		45.63	45.63 (1)
	671	Moses Ugbisien		45.62	1:31.25 (2)
	669	Rotimi Peters		45.75	2:17.00 (1)
	664	Innocent Egbunike		45.22	3:02.22 (1)
2	–	Australia	AUS	3:03.79		Q
	40	Peter Van Miltenburg		47.16	47.16 (7)
	34	Gary Minihan		46.01	1:33.17 (6)
	26	Bruce Frayne		45.46	2:18.63 (4)
	24	Darren Clark		45.22	3:03.85 (2)
3	–	Italy	ITA	3:03.87		Q
	526	Roberto Tozzi		46.54	46.54 (5)
	513	Ernesto Nocco		46.33	1:32.87 (5)
	519	Roberto Ribaud		45.95	2:18.82 (=5)
	520	Donato Sabia		45.05	3:03.87 (3)
4	–	Barbados	BAR	3:03.89		Q
	62	Richard Louis		47.06	47.06 (6)
	64	David Peltier		46.43	1:33.49 (7)
	58	Clyde Edwards		45.03	2:18.52 (3)
	59	Elvis Forde		45.37	3:03.89 (4)
5	–	Brazil	BRA	3:03.99
	95	João Batista da Silva		46.12	46.12 (3)
	103	Wilson dos Santos		46.35	1:32.47 (4)
	91	Zequinha Barbosa		46.35	2:18.82 (=5)
	107	Gérson de Souza		45.17	3:03.99 (5)
6	–	Jamaica	JAM	3:04.24
	539	Steve Griffiths		46.50	46.50 (4)
	548	Mark Senior		45.63	1:32.13 (3)
	549	Karl Smith		47.02	2:19.15 (7)
	545	Devon Morris		45.09	3:04.24 (6)
7	–	Kenya	KEN	3:04.74
	573	John Anzrah		45.69	45.69 (2)
	598	Elijah Sogomo		45.50	1:31.19 (1)
	595	Jason Opicho		46.93	2:18.12 (2)
	581	David Kitur		46.62	3:04.74 (7)
DQ	–	Trinidad and Tobago	TTO	–
	853	Anton Skerritt		46.5	46.50 (4)
	852	Mike Puckerin		47.1	1:33.60 (8)
	849	Derek Archer		45.4	2:19.00 (7)
	851	Mike Paul		–	– (–)

Final (11 August 1984 — 17:50)

Pos	Nr	Team	NOC	Time (A)	Split (Pos)
1	–	United States	USA	2:57.91
	926	Sunder Nix		45.59	45.59 (3)
	880	Ray Armstead		43.97	1:29.56 (2)
	882	Alonzo Babers		43.75	2:13.31 (1)
	922	Antonio McKay		44.60	2:57.91 (1)
2	–	Great Britain	GBR	2:59.13
	351	Kriss Akabusi		45.87	45.87 (5)
	361	Garry Cook		44.74	1:30.61 (4)
	354	Todd Bennett		44.17	2:14.78 (4)
	358	Phil Brown		44.35	2:59.13 (2)
3	–	Nigeria	NGR	2:59.32
	672	Sunday Uti		45.34	45.34 (1)
	671	Moses Ugbisien		44.48	1:29.82 (3)
	669	Rotimi Peters		44.94	2:14.76 (3)
	664	Innocent Egbunike		44.56	2:59.32 (3)
4	–	Australia	AUS	2:59.70
	26	Bruce Frayne		45.38	45.38 (2)
	24	Darren Clark		43.86	1:29.24 (1)
	34	Gary Minihan		45.07	2:14.31 (2)
	35	Rick Mitchell		45.39	2:59.70 (4)
5	–	Italy	ITA	3:01.44
	526	Roberto Tozzi		45.69	45.69 (4)
	513	Ernesto Nocco		45.07	1:30.76 (5)
	519	Roberto Ribaud		45.73	2:16.49 (5)
	511	Pietro Mennea		44.95	3:01.44 (5)
6	–	Barbados	BAR	3:01.60
	62	Richard Louis		46.67	46.67 (7)
	64	David Peltier		44.97	1:31.64 (8)
	58	Clyde Edwards		45.04	2:16.68 (7)
	59	Elvis Forde		44.92	3:01.60 (6)
7	–	Uganda	UGA	3:02.09
	874	John Goville		46.72	46.72 (8)
	875	Moses Kyeswa		44.60	1:31.32 (7)
	879	Peter Rwamuhanda		46.40	2:17.72 (8)
	877	Mike Okot		44.37	3:02.09 (7)
8	–	Canada	CAN	3:02.82
	141	Mike Sokolowski		46.09	46.09 (6)
	122	Doug Hinds		45.04	1:31.13 (6)
	139	Bryan Saunders		45.43	2:16.56 (6)
	112	Tim Bethune		46.26	3:02.82 (8)