EUGENE, Oregon (July 23) — The United States powered into the final of the men’s 4x400m relay with an impressive 2:58.96 to win the first heat at the World Athletics Championships 2022 here at Hayward Field on Saturday (23).
The squad of Elija Godwin, Vernon Norwood, Bryce Deadmon, and Trevor Bassitt ran unmatched in the heats to set a season-best and qualify for the final with the fastest time and was the only team to run under 3:00.00 in the qualifiers.
World 400 meters champion Michael Norman and the fourth-place finisher, Champion Allison, will come in for the final. Read more: USA, Great Britain, Jamaica advance to women’s 4x400m final – World Athletics Championships
Japan was also impressive when finishing second to the USA with a time of 3:01.53 –beating the likes of Jamaica (3:01.59) and Trinidad and Tobago (3:02.75) which also advanced to the final.
The second semis went to Belgium after the team clocked 3:01.96 to defeat the Czech Republic which equaled the national record with 3:02.42, while Poland ran 3:02.51 and France (3:03.13) also advanced to the final.
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4X400 METRES RELAY MEN HEAT 1 RESULTS
| RESULT | ||||
| POS | COUNTRY | TEAM | MARK | DETAILS |
| 1 | USA | United States Elija GODWIN Vernon NORWOOD Bryce DEADMON Trevor BASSITT | 2:58.96 SB | Q |
| 2 | JPN | Japan Fuga SATO Kaito KAWABATA Julian Jrummi WALSH Yuki Joseph NAKAJIMA | 3:01.53 SB | Q |
| 3 | JAM | Jamaica Akeem BLOOMFIELD Jevaughn POWELL Karayme BARTLEY Anthony COX | 3:01.59 SB | Q |
| 4 | TTO | Trinidad and Tobago Dwight ST. HILLAIRE Jereem RICHARDS Asa GUEVARA Kashief KING | 3:02.75 SB | q |
| 5 | NED | Netherlands Isayah BOERS Terrence AGARD Nick SMIDT Ramsey ANGELA | 3:03.14 SB | |
| 6 | IND | India Muhammed Anas YAHIYA Muhammed Ajmal VARIYATHODI Naganathan PANDI Rajesh RAMESH | 3:07.29 | |
| RSA | South Africa | DNS |
4X400 METRES RELAY MEN HEAT 2 RESULTS
| RESULT | ||||
| POS | COUNTRY | TEAM | MARK | DETAILS |
| 1 | BEL | Belgium Julien WATRIN Dylan BORLÉE Jonathan SACOOR Kevin BORLÉE | 3:01.96 SB | Q |
| 2 | CZE | Czech Republic Matěj KRSEK Pavel MASLÁK Michal DESENSKÝ Patrik ŠORM | 3:02.42 =NR | Q |
| 3 | POL | Poland Maksymilian KLEPACKI Karol ZALEWSKI Mateusz RZEŹNICZAK Kajetan DUSZYŃSKI | 3:02.51 SB | Q |
| 4 | FRA | France Thomas JORDIER Loïc PREVOT Simon BOYPA Téo ANDANT | 3:03.13 SB | q |
| 5 | ITA | Italy Lorenzo BENATI Vladimir ACETI Brayan LOPEZ Edoardo SCOTTI | 3:03.43 SB | |
| 6 | GER | Germany Marvin SCHLEGEL Manuel SANDERS Marc KOCH Patrick SCHNEIDER | 3:04.21 | |
| 7 | BOT | Botswana Isaac MAKWALA Zibane NGOZI Keitumetse MAITSEO Leungo SCOTCH | 3:07.32 | |
| DOM | Dominican Republic | DNS |
