2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay

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The men's 4x100 metres relay event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 11 and 12 July.[1][2]

Medalists[edit]

Gold Dante Sales
Antonio Sales
Marquise Goodwin
Terrell Wilks
 United States
Silver Oshane Bailey
Dexter Lee
Nickel Ashmeade
Yohan Blake
 Jamaica
Bronze Johannes Mosala
Roscoe Engel
Patrick Vosloo
Wilhelm van der Vyver
 South Africa

Results[edit]

Final[edit]

12 July

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States Dante Sales
Antonio Sales
Marquise Goodwin
Terrell Wilks
38.98
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Jamaica Oshane Bailey
Dexter Lee
Nickel Ashmeade
Yohan Blake
39.25
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  South Africa Johannes Mosala
Roscoe Engel
Patrick Vosloo
Wilhelm van der Vyver
39.70
4  Japan Genki Kawai
Seiya Hane
Masanori Kaji
Yuichi Kobayashi
39.89
5  United Kingdom Olufunmi Sobodu
Junior Ejehu
James Alaka
Richard Kilty
39.89
6  Trinidad and Tobago Abiola Glasgow
Kendall Bacchus
Zwade Edwards
Shermund Allsop
40.16
7  Chinese Taipei Liang Tse-Ching
Wang Ming-En
Pan Po-Yu
Su Yung-Chun
40.17
8  Thailand Poommanus Jankem
Wattana Deewong
Weerawat Pharueang
Suppachai Chimdee
40.28

Heats[edit]

11 July

Heat 1[edit]

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1  United Kingdom Olufunmi Sobodu
Junior Ejehu
James Alaka
Richard Kilty
39.84 Q
2  Japan Genki Kawai
Seiya Hane
Masanori Kaji
Yuichi Kobayashi
39.95 Q
3  Thailand Poommanus Jankem
Wattana Deewong
Weerawat Pharueang
Suppachai Chimdee
40.16 q
4  Italy Edoardo Baini
Diego Marani
Davide Manenti
Valerio Rosichini
40.41
5  Poland Gustaw Jacewicz
Artur Zaczek
Michal Partyka
Lukasz Gauza
40.61
6  France Romain Burel
Martin Lamy
Frédéric Mignot
Tom Chouquet
40.83
7  Turkey Ferhat Altunkalem
Izzet Safer
Emre Karademir
Semih Sencer
41.65

Heat 2[edit]

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1  Jamaica Oshane Bailey
Dexter Lee
Rasheed Dwyer
Yohan Blake
39.62 Q
2  Chinese Taipei Liang Tse-Ching
Wang Ming-En
Pan Po-Yu
Su Yung-Chun
40.16 Q
3  Czech Republic Martin Ricar
Lukáš Štastný
Pavel Maslák
Václav Zich
40.60
4  Sweden Maximus Fröjd
Alexander Nordkvist
Benjamin Olsson
Oskar Åberg
40.72
5  Nigeria Olawuyi Rahmeen
Femi Owolade
Ufomba Chime
Ayokunle Odelusi
40.74
6  Canada Michael Robertson
Phillip Hayle
Daniel Harper
Tyrone Halstead
41.33
 Germany Roy Schmidt
Robert Hering
Jasper Henkel
Markus Brandt
DNF

Heat 3[edit]

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1  United States Dante Sales
Antonio Sales
Marquise Goodwin
Terrell Wilks
39.37 Q
2  South Africa Johannes Mosala
Roscoe Engel
Patrick Vosloo
Wilhelm van der Vyver
39.59 Q
3  Trinidad and Tobago Abiola Glasgow
Kendall Bacchus
Zwade Edwards
Shermund Allsop
40.40 q
4  Russia Mikhail Yakovlev
Aleksandr Shpaer
Konstantin Shabanov
Igor Borzov
40.43
5  Austria Stephan Ender
Bernhard Chudarek
Lukas Reiter
Dominik Distelberger
40.80
6  Senegal Papa Ousmane Ndiaye
Aliou Wagne
Ibrahima Seye
Edouard Ndecky
42.44
 Spain Sergio González
Javier Sanz
Alberto Gavaldá
Eusebio Cáceres
DNF

Participation[edit]

According to an unofficial count, 85 athletes from 21 countries participated in the event.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2008 Bydgoszcz POL Jul 8-13, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 24 February 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
  2. ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015