2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 4 x 400 metres relay
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The men's 4x400 metres relay event at the 2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships
2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships
The 8th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held at the Pavilhão Atlântico in Lisbon, Portugal from March 9 to March 11 2001. It was the first time the Championships had been held in Portugal...

 was held on March 10–11.

Medalists


Piotr Rysiukiewicz
Piotr Rysiukiewicz
Piotr Grzegorz Rysiukiewicz is a Polish sprinter who has won various medals for the Polish 4 x 400 metres relay team. He was a member of the best Polish relay 4 x 400 in the 1990s...


Piotr Haczek
Piotr Haczek
Piotr Haczek is a Polish athlete who mainly competed in the 400 metres. An outdoor and indoor world champion in the 4 x 400 metres relay, his success came mainly in relay, his best individual performance being a gold medal at the 1999 European Under 23 Championships.-Personal bests:*100 metres -...


Jacek Bocian
Robert Maćkowiak
Robert Mackowiak
Robert Maćkowiak is a Polish sprinter. Together with Tomasz Czubak, Jacek Bocian and Piotr Haczek he won the gold medal in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics...


Aleksandr Ladeyshchikov
Ruslan Mashchenko
Ruslan Mashchenko
Ruslan Mashchenko is a retired hurdler from Russia, who is best known for winning two silver medals at the European Championships during his career . He represented his native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics , and set his personal best in the men's 400 metres hurdles on 1998-06-13 in...


Boris Gorban
Boris Gorban
Boris Gorban is a Russian athlete who specialized in the 400 metres hurdles.Gorban won the silver medal in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2001 World Indoor Championships, establishing a national record of 3:04.82 minutes together with teammates Aleksandr Ladeyshchikov, Ruslan Mashchenko and Andrey...


Andrey Semyonov
Dmitriy Forshev
Dmitriy Forshev
Dmitriy Forshev is a Russian sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres.Forshev won the silver medal in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2004 World Indoor Championships, together with teammates Boris Gorban, Andrey Rudnitskiy and Aleksandr Usov. At the 2005 European Indoor Championships Forshev...

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Michael McDonald
Michael McDonald (athlete)
Michael L. McDonald was a Jamaican athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.He competed for Jamaica at the 1996 Summer Olympics held in Atlanta, United States where he won the bronze medal in the men's 4 x 400 metre relay with his team mates Roxbert Martin, Greg Haughton and Davian Clarke.A...


Davian Clarke
Davian Clarke
Davian Clarke is a Jamaican athlete, who mainly competes in the 400 metres. He won the bronze medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1996 Olympics, and many relay medals followed, before he won his first individual medal at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships.-Achievements:-External links:*...


Michael Blackwood
Michael Blackwood
Michael Blackwood is a male track and field athlete from Jamaica, who specializes in 400 Metres, his personal best being 44.60 set in Madrid in 2002. He is the brother of Catherine Scott.-Achievements:...


Danny McFarlane
Danny McFarlane
Danny McFarlane, OD is a Jamaican hurdler, who has won numerous international medals in individual and relay contests...


Gregory Haughton*


* Runners who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Note: The United States originally won the silver medal, but were disqualified after Jerome Young admitted to the use of banned substances.

Heats

Qualification: First 2 teams of each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.
Rank Heat Nation Athletes Time Notes
1 1 Piotr Rysiukiewicz
Piotr Rysiukiewicz
Piotr Grzegorz Rysiukiewicz is a Polish sprinter who has won various medals for the Polish 4 x 400 metres relay team. He was a member of the best Polish relay 4 x 400 in the 1990s...

, Piotr Haczek
Piotr Haczek
Piotr Haczek is a Polish athlete who mainly competed in the 400 metres. An outdoor and indoor world champion in the 4 x 400 metres relay, his success came mainly in relay, his best individual performance being a gold medal at the 1999 European Under 23 Championships.-Personal bests:*100 metres -...

, Jacek Bocian, Robert Maćkowiak
Robert Mackowiak
Robert Maćkowiak is a Polish sprinter. Together with Tomasz Czubak, Jacek Bocian and Piotr Haczek he won the gold medal in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics...

 
3:06.33 Q
2 1 Matthew Elias
Matthew Elias
Matthew John Elias is a Welsh athlete who specialises in the 400 metres sprint and represents Great Britain. In 2003 he won a gold medal at the European Championships and at the Olympic Games in Athens he finished 5th in the 4x400m relayHe won the European Under23 Championships for the 400m...

, Paul Slythe, Mark Brown
Mark Brown (athlete)
Mark Brown is a paralympic athlete from Great Britain competing mainly in category T46 long distance events.Mark competed at three Paralympics, the first in 1996 he combined the 5000m and marathon, winning s bronze medal in the T42-46 marathon event...

, Du'aine Ladejo
Du'aine Ladejo
Du'aine Ladejo is an English-born athlete and television personality. In his sports career, he was best known for winning the 400 metres sprint gold medal at the 1994 European Championships and being a member of the United Kingdom and England 400 metre relay squads at the European Championships,...

 
3:07.57 q
3 2 Aleksandr Ladeyshchikov, Ruslan Mashchenko
Ruslan Mashchenko
Ruslan Mashchenko is a retired hurdler from Russia, who is best known for winning two silver medals at the European Championships during his career . He represented his native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics , and set his personal best in the men's 400 metres hurdles on 1998-06-13 in...

, Dmitriy Forshev
Dmitriy Forshev
Dmitriy Forshev is a Russian sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres.Forshev won the silver medal in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2004 World Indoor Championships, together with teammates Boris Gorban, Andrey Rudnitskiy and Aleksandr Usov. At the 2005 European Indoor Championships Forshev...

, Andrey Semyonov 
3:08.14 Q
4 2 Michael McDonald
Michael McDonald (athlete)
Michael L. McDonald was a Jamaican athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.He competed for Jamaica at the 1996 Summer Olympics held in Atlanta, United States where he won the bronze medal in the men's 4 x 400 metre relay with his team mates Roxbert Martin, Greg Haughton and Davian Clarke.A...

, Davian Clarke
Davian Clarke
Davian Clarke is a Jamaican athlete, who mainly competes in the 400 metres. He won the bronze medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1996 Olympics, and many relay medals followed, before he won his first individual medal at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships.-Achievements:-External links:*...

, Michael Blackwood
Michael Blackwood
Michael Blackwood is a male track and field athlete from Jamaica, who specializes in 400 Metres, his personal best being 44.60 set in Madrid in 2002. He is the brother of Catherine Scott.-Achievements:...

, Greg Haughton
Greg Haughton
Greg Haughton is a Jamaican 400 metres runner. He won three bronze medals, one at the 1996 Summer Olympics and two at the 2000 Summer Olympics. His personal best for the 400 m was 44.56 seconds....

 
3:08.29 Q
5 2 Jude Monye
Jude Monye
Jude Monye is a Nigerian athlete who specializes in the 400 metres. He is of Onicha-Ugbo, Delta State of Nigeria origin. Monye came to the United States to attend Mississippi State University, where he obtained a degree in Geology...

, Fidelis Gadzama
Fidelis Gadzama
Fidelis Gadzama is a Nigerian athlete and Olympic medalist.Gadzama was a part of the Nigerian team that received a silver medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney....

, Sunday Bada
Sunday Bada
Sunday Bada is a retired Nigerian sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres event.Bada won three medals at World Indoor Championships, including a gold medal in 1997....

, Enefiok Udo-Obong
Enefiok Udo-Obong
Enefiok Udo-Obong is a Nigerian sprinter who won a gold medal in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2000 Olympics as well as a bronze medal in the same event at the 2004 Olympics.-External links:...

 
3:09.76 q, NR
Nigerian records in athletics
The following are the national records in athletics in Nigeria maintained by the Athletic Federation of Nigeria .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:+ = en route to a longer distanceA = affected by altitude# = not officially ratified by IAAF...

6 2 Georgios Ikonomidis, Dimitrios Giepos, Georgios Doupis, Stilianos Dimotsios  3:10.16 NR
Greek records in athletics
The following are the national records in athletics in Greece maintained by Greece's national athletics federation: Association Hellenique d'Athlétisme Amateur .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:# = not officially ratified by IAAF...

7 1 Khaled Atiq Al-Johar, Bader Al-Felei, Mechel Al-Harbi, Fawzi Al-Shammari  3:14.14 NR
Kuwaiti records in athletics
The following are the national records in athletics in Kuwait maintained by Kuwait Amateur Athletic Federation .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:ht = hand timing-External links:...

} || 1 ||align=left| ||align=left|James Davis, Leonard Byrd
Leonard Byrd
Leonard Byrd is an American sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres. His personal best time is 44.45 seconds, achieved in May 2002 in Belém....

, Jerome Young
Jerome Young
Jerome Young in Clarendon, Jamaica, attended high school in Hartford, Connecticut at Prince Technical, is a sprint athlete. He was caught doping in 1999, which cast suspicious shadows over his entire track & field career....

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Final

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
Piotr Rysiukiewicz
Piotr Rysiukiewicz
Piotr Grzegorz Rysiukiewicz is a Polish sprinter who has won various medals for the Polish 4 x 400 metres relay team. He was a member of the best Polish relay 4 x 400 in the 1990s...

, Piotr Haczek
Piotr Haczek
Piotr Haczek is a Polish athlete who mainly competed in the 400 metres. An outdoor and indoor world champion in the 4 x 400 metres relay, his success came mainly in relay, his best individual performance being a gold medal at the 1999 European Under 23 Championships.-Personal bests:*100 metres -...

, Jacek Bocian, Robert Maćkowiak
Robert Mackowiak
Robert Maćkowiak is a Polish sprinter. Together with Tomasz Czubak, Jacek Bocian and Piotr Haczek he won the gold medal in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics...

 
3:04.47 WL
Aleksandr Ladeyshchikov, Ruslan Mashchenko
Ruslan Mashchenko
Ruslan Mashchenko is a retired hurdler from Russia, who is best known for winning two silver medals at the European Championships during his career . He represented his native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics , and set his personal best in the men's 400 metres hurdles on 1998-06-13 in...

, Boris Gorban
Boris Gorban
Boris Gorban is a Russian athlete who specialized in the 400 metres hurdles.Gorban won the silver medal in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2001 World Indoor Championships, establishing a national record of 3:04.82 minutes together with teammates Aleksandr Ladeyshchikov, Ruslan Mashchenko and Andrey...

, Andrey Semyonov 
3:04.82 NR
Russian records in athletics
The following are the national records in athletics in Russia maintained by All-Russia Athletic Federation .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:+ = en route to a longer distanceht = hand timingX = unratified due to no doping control-External links:...

Michael McDonald
Michael McDonald (athlete)
Michael L. McDonald was a Jamaican athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.He competed for Jamaica at the 1996 Summer Olympics held in Atlanta, United States where he won the bronze medal in the men's 4 x 400 metre relay with his team mates Roxbert Martin, Greg Haughton and Davian Clarke.A...

, Davian Clarke
Davian Clarke
Davian Clarke is a Jamaican athlete, who mainly competes in the 400 metres. He won the bronze medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1996 Olympics, and many relay medals followed, before he won his first individual medal at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships.-Achievements:-External links:*...

, Michael Blackwood
Michael Blackwood
Michael Blackwood is a male track and field athlete from Jamaica, who specializes in 400 Metres, his personal best being 44.60 set in Madrid in 2002. He is the brother of Catherine Scott.-Achievements:...

, Danny McFarlane
Danny McFarlane
Danny McFarlane, OD is a Jamaican hurdler, who has won numerous international medals in individual and relay contests...

 
3:05.45
4 Mark Hylton
Mark Hylton
Mark David Hylton is a former British 400 metres sprinter. Hylton won a silver medal in the relay at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta....

, Du'aine Ladejo
Du'aine Ladejo
Du'aine Ladejo is an English-born athlete and television personality. In his sports career, he was best known for winning the 400 metres sprint gold medal at the 1994 European Championships and being a member of the United Kingdom and England 400 metre relay squads at the European Championships,...

, Matthew Elias
Matthew Elias
Matthew John Elias is a Welsh athlete who specialises in the 400 metres sprint and represents Great Britain. In 2003 he won a gold medal at the European Championships and at the Olympic Games in Athens he finished 5th in the 4x400m relayHe won the European Under23 Championships for the 400m...

, Daniel Caines
Daniel Caines
Daniel Stephen Caines is an English athlete who mainly competes in the 400 metres.-Early life:He was educated at Solihull School, a British independent school in the affluent West Midlands town of Solihull...

 
3:09.21
5 Jude Monye
Jude Monye
Jude Monye is a Nigerian athlete who specializes in the 400 metres. He is of Onicha-Ugbo, Delta State of Nigeria origin. Monye came to the United States to attend Mississippi State University, where he obtained a degree in Geology...

, Fidelis Gadzama
Fidelis Gadzama
Fidelis Gadzama is a Nigerian athlete and Olympic medalist.Gadzama was a part of the Nigerian team that received a silver medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney....

, Sunday Bada
Sunday Bada
Sunday Bada is a retired Nigerian sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres event.Bada won three medals at World Indoor Championships, including a gold medal in 1997....

, Enefiok Udo-Obong
Enefiok Udo-Obong
Enefiok Udo-Obong is a Nigerian sprinter who won a gold medal in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2000 Olympics as well as a bronze medal in the same event at the 2004 Olympics.-External links:...

 
3:16.53
} ||align=left| ||align=left|Milton Campbell
Milton Campbell
Milton Campbell is a former track and field athlete from the United States who mainly competes in the 400 metres.His success comes during the indoor season...

, Leonard Byrd
Leonard Byrd
Leonard Byrd is an American sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres. His personal best time is 44.45 seconds, achieved in May 2002 in Belém....

, Trinity Gray, Jerome Young
Jerome Young
Jerome Young in Clarendon, Jamaica, attended high school in Hartford, Connecticut at Prince Technical, is a sprint athlete. He was caught doping in 1999, which cast suspicious shadows over his entire track & field career....

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