Athletics at the 2015 Pan American Games – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
International sporting event
International sporting event
The men's 4 × 100 metres relay sprint competition of the athletics events at the 2015 Pan American Games took place on July 24 and 25, 2015 at CIBC Pan Am and Parapan Am Athletics Stadium .[1] The United States team, consisting of Sean McLean , Wallace Spearmon , Kendal Williams , and Remontay McClain were awarded the gold medal following the disqualification of Team Canada. Canada clearly won the race in lane 8, but before the final exchange, Aaron Brown began his acceleration by running in lane 7 before correcting and receiving the baton within the lane 8 exchange zone.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:
Qualification
Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) ranked in the world's top 16 was able to enter one team.[2]
Schedule
Results
All times shown are in seconds.
KEY:
q
Fastest non-qualifiers
Q
Qualified
NR
National record
PB
Personal best
SB
Seasonal best
DQ
Disqualified
Semifinals
Rank
Heat
Nation
Name
Time
Notes
1
1
Antigua and Barbuda
Chavaughn Walsh , Daniel Bailey , Cejhae Greene , Miguel Francis
38.14
Q, PR, NR
2
1
United States
Sean McLean , Wallace Spearmon , Kendal Williams , Remontay McClain
38.29
Q
3
1
Canada
Gavin Smellie , Aaron Brown , Dontae Richards-Kwok , Brendon Rodney
38.39
Q, SB
4
2
Trinidad and Tobago
Mikel Thomas , Rondel Sorrillo , Emmanuel Callender , Dan-Neil Telesford
38.52
Q
5
2
Barbados
Shane Brathwaite , Levi Cadogan , Nicholas Deshong , Burkheart Ellis
38.65
Q, NR
6
2
Dominican Republic
Stanly del Carmen , Yoandry Andujar , Deidy Montas , Yancarlos Martínez
38.67
Q, NR
7
1
Jamaica
Bernardo Brady , Dexter Lee , Oshane Bailey , Sheldon Mitchell
38.75
q
8
2
Brazil
Gustavo dos Santos , Vitor Hugo dos Santos , Aldemir da Silva Junior , Bruno de Barros
38.76
q
9
1
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Jason Rogers , Brijesh Lawrence , Lestrod Roland , Allistar Clarke
39.10
10
2
Bahamas
Johnathan Farquharson , Teray Smith , Warren Fraser , Elroy McBride
39.53
11
2
Cuba
Yaniel Carrero , Roberto Skyers , Reynier Mena , Reidis Ramos
39.61
12
1
Chile
Franco Boccardo , Cristián Reyes , Enrique Polanco , Sebastián Valdivia
40.14
Final
Rank
Nation
Name
Time
Notes
United States
BeeJay Lee , Wallace Spearmon , Kendal Williams , Remontay McClain
38.27
Brazil
Gustavo dos Santos , Vitor Hugo dos Santos , Bruno de Barros , Aldemir da Silva Junior
38.68
Trinidad and Tobago
Rondel Sorrillo , Keston Bledman , Emmanuel Callender , Dan-Neil Telesford
38.69
4
Barbados
Nicholas Deshong , Levi Cadogan , Burkheart Ellis , Ramon Gittens
38.79
5
Dominican Republic
Stanly del Carmen , Yoandry Andujar , Deidy Montas , Yancarlos Martínez
38.86
Jamaica
Jason Livermore , Dexter Lee , Bernardo Brady , Sheldon Mitchell
DNF
Antigua and Barbuda
Chavaughn Walsh , Daniel Bailey , Cejhae Greene , Miguel Francis
DSQ
Canada
Gavin Smellie , Andre De Grasse , Brendon Rodney , Aaron Brown
DSQ
Canada won the race with a time of 38.06. However, the team was disqualified for leaving their lane, Rule 163.3; the team had faced similar incidents at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and the 2015 IAAF World Relays .[3]
References