2003 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

Events at the 2003 World Championships
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
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
20 km walk		men		women
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

These are the official results of the Men's 4x400 metres event at the 2003 IAAF World Championships in Paris, France. Their final was held on Sunday 31 August 2003 at 19:35h.

Final

RANK	NATION	ATHLETES	TIME
	France (FRA)	• Leslie Djhone • Naman Keïta • Stéphane Diagana • Marc Raquil	2:58.96
	Jamaica (JAM)	• Brandon Simpson • Danny McFarlane • Davian Clarke • Michael Blackwood	2:59.60
	Bahamas (BAH)	• Avard Moncur • Dennis Darling • Nathaniel McKinney • Chris Brown	3:00.53
4.	Great Britain (GBR)	• Ian Mackie • Sean Baldock • Christopher Rawlinson • Daniel Caines	3:01.00
5.	Spain (ESP)	• Eduardo Iván Rodríguez • David Canal • Salvador Rodríguez • Antonio Manuel Reina	3:02.50
6.	Greece (GRE)	• Stilianos Dimotsios • Anastasios Gousis • Panagiotis Sarris • Periklis Iakovakis	3:02.56
7.	Japan (JPN)	• Yuki Yamaguchi • Takahiko Yamamura • Kenji Tabata • Mitsuhiro Sato	3:03.15
—	United States (USA)	• Calvin Harrison • Tyree Washington • Derrick Brew • Jerome Young	DQ

Heats

• Held on Saturday 30 August 2003

Heat 1

RANK	NATION	ATHLETES	TIME
1.	Bahamas (BAH)	• Avard Moncur • Nathaniel McKinney • Carl Oliver • Chris Brown	3:01.33
2.	Spain (ESP)	• Eduardo Iván Rodríguez • David Canal • Salvador Rodríguez • Antonio Manuel Reina	3:02.26
3.	Australia (AUS)	• John Steffensen • Clinton Hill • Paul Pearce • Mark Ormrod	3:02.89
4.	Germany (GER)	• Ingo Schultz • Sebastian Gatzka • Ruwen Faller • Bastian Swillims	3:04.72
—	Saudi Arabia (KSA)	• Hamed Hamadan Al-Bishi • Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily • Mohammed Al-Salhi • Hamdan Odha Al-Bishi	DQ
—	United States (USA)	• Calvin Harrison • Mitch Potter • Adam Steele • Derrick Brew	DQ
—	Belarus (BLR)	• Aleksandr Yelistratov • Evgeny Mikheiko • Leanid Viarshanin • Sergey Kozlov	DQ

Heat 2

RANK	NATION	ATHLETES	TIME
1.	Jamaica (JAM)	• Michael Campbell • Brandon Simpson • Lanceford Spence • Davian Clarke	3:01.37
2.	Greece (GRE)	• Stilianos Dimotsios • Anastasios Gousis • Panagiotis Sarris • Periklis Iakovakis	3:02.31
3.	Japan (JPN)	• Yuki Yamaguchi • Takahiko Yamamura • Jun Osakada • Mitsuhiro Sato	3:02.35
4.	Canada (CAN)	• Tyler Christopher • Shane Niemi • Gary Reed • Keston Nelson	3:02.97
5.	Romania (ROU)	• Florin Suciu • Alexandru Mardan • Alexandru Cristea • Ioan Lucian Vieru	3:06.42
6.	Botswana (BOT)	• Oganebitse Moseki • Johnson Kubisa • Kagiso Kilego • Gaolesiela Salang	3:07.91
—	Nigeria (NGR)	• Musa Audu • Bolaji Lawal • James Godday • Abayomi Agunbiade	DQ

Heat 3

RANK	NATION	ATHLETES	TIME
1.	France (FRA)	• Ahmed Douhou • Naman Keïta • Stéphane Diagana • Marc Raquil	3:01.79
2.	Great Britain (GBR)	• Timothy Benjamin • Sean Baldock • Ian Mackie • Daniel Caines	3:02.22
3.	South Africa (RSA)	• Marcus La Grange • Ockert Cilliers • Alwyn Myburgh • Paul Gorries	3:03.05
4.	Russia (RUS)	• Anton Galkin • Aleksandr Usov • Andrey Rudnitskiy • Ruslan Mashchenko	3:03.62
5.	Ireland (IRL)	• Paul McKee • Gary Ryan • David McCarthy • David Gillick	3:04.31
—	Dominican Republic (DOM)	• Arismendy Peguero • Carlos Santa • José Peralta • Félix Sánchez	DQ
—	Kenya (KEN)	• Vincent Mumo Kiilu • Joseph Mwengi Mutua • Victor Kibet • Ezra Sambu	DQ
—	Sri Lanka (SRI)	• Prasanna Sampath Amarasekara • Rohan Pradeep Kumara • Ranga Wimalawansa • Sugath Thilakaratne	DQ

References

• Results