Athletics at the 2002 Commonwealth Games – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

The men's 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games was held on July 30–31.

In the final, Michael Blackwood of Jamaica was in the leading position when coming into the final stretch. He, however, dropped his baton when being overtaken by Matthew Elias from Wales and ultimately finished the race in fourth without a baton, which isn't allowed. England and Wales fought it out to the finishing line with England coming narrowly on top.^[1]^[2]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
England Jared Deacon Sean Baldock Chris Rawlinson Daniel Caines Mark Hylton* Cori Henry*	Wales Timothy Benjamin Iwan Thomas Jamie Baulch Matthew Elias	Bahamas Chris Brown Troy McIntosh Dominic Demeritte Timothy Munnings Carl Oliver*

* Athletes who competed in heats only and received medals.

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 3 teams of each heat (Q) plus the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Heat	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
1	2	England	Mark Hylton, Cori Henry, Jared Deacon, Sean Baldock	3:04.01	Q
2	2	Wales	Timothy Benjamin, Iwan Thomas, Jamie Baulch, Matthew Elias	3:04.18	Q
3	2	South Africa	Marcus la Grange, Jopie van Oudtshoorn, Leigh Julius, Arnaud Malherbe	3:04.31	Q
4	2	Australia	Patrick Dwyer, Paul Pearce, Kris McCarthy, Clinton Hill	3:04.39	q
5	1	Jamaica	Davian Clarke, Danny McFarlane, Pete Coley, Brandon Simpson	3:04.56	Q
6	1	Bahamas	Timothy Munnings, Troy McIntosh, Carl Oliver, Chris Brown	3:04.73	Q
7	1	Sri Lanka	Rohan Kumara, Ranga Wimalawansa, Prasanna Sampath Amarasekara, Sugath Thilakaratne	3:07.46	Q
8	1	Nigeria	Musa Audu, Bola Gee Lawal, Tony Ogbeta, Fidelis Gadzama	3:07.93	q
9	1	Trinidad and Tobago	Simon Pierre, Julian Raeburn, Sherridan Kirk, Damian Barry	3:08.66
10	1	Botswana	Johnson Kubisa, Lulu Basinyi, Otukile Lekote, Oganeditse Moseki	3:09.04
11	2	Dominica	Chris Lloyd, Clive Baron, Nabi Wallace, Micha Charles	3:16.81
	2	Sierra Leone	Sahr Thomas, Sockleh Sesay, Dauda Manasary, John Fuller	DQ
	2	Zimbabwe	Jeffrey Masvanhise, Tawanda Chiwira, Lewis Banda, Talkmore Nyongani	DQ

Final

Rank	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
	England	Jared Deacon, Sean Baldock, Chris Rawlinson, Daniel Caines	3:00.40
	Wales	Timothy Benjamin, Iwan Thomas, Jamie Baulch, Matthew Elias	3:00.41	NR
	Bahamas	Chris Brown, Troy McIntosh, Dominic Demeritte, Timothy Munnings	3:01.35
4	South Africa	Marcus la Grange, Jopie van Oudtshoorn, Mbulaeni Mulaudzi, Arnaud Malherbe	3:01.83
5	Australia	Tim Williams, Paul Pearce, Patrick Dwyer, Clinton Hill	3:02.22
6	Nigeria	Tony Ogbeta, Bola Gee Lawal, Musa Audu, Fidelis Gadzama	3:11.16
	Sri Lanka	Prasanna Sampath Amarasekara, Ranga Wimalawansa, Rohan Kumara, Sugath Thilakaratne	DQ
	Jamaica	Sanjay Ayre, Brandon Simpson, Danny McFarlane, Michael Blackwood	DNF

References

Official results
Results at BBC

[1] England complete relay double

[2] Video of the last metres of the race

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