2014 IAAF World Relays – Men's 4 × 1500 metres relay

Men's 4 × 1500 metres relay
at the 2014 IAAF World Relays
Venue Thomas Robinson Stadium
Dates 25 May (final)
Events at the
2014 World Relays
Events
4 × 100 m relay men women
4 × 200 m relay men women
4 × 400 m relay men women
4 × 800 m relay men women
4 × 1500 m relay men women

The men's 4 × 1500 metres relay at the 2014 IAAF World Relays was held at the Thomas Robinson Stadium on 25 May.

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:

World record  Kenya
(William Biwott Tanui, Gideon Mwangi Gathimba, Geoffrey Kipkoech Rono, Augustine Kiprono Choge)
14:36.23 Belgium Brussels, Belgium 4 September 2009
Championship record New event
World Leading No record
African Record  Kenya
(William Biwott Tanui, Gideon Mwangi Gathimba, Geoffrey Kipkoech Rono, Augustine Kiprono Choge)
14:36.23 Belgium Brussels, Belgium 4 September 2009
Asian Record No official record
North, Central American and Caribbean record  United States 14:46.3 France Bourges, France 23 June 1979
South American Record No official record
European Record  West Germany
(Thomas Wessinghage, Harald Hudak, Michael Lederer, Karl Fleschen)
14:38.8 West Germany Cologne, West Germany 17 August 1977
Oceanian record  New Zealand 14:40.4 Norway Oslo, Norway 22 August 1973

Schedule

Date Time Round
25 May 2014 18:39 Final

All times are local times (UTC-4)

Results

KEY: qFastest non-qualifiers QQualified NRNational record PBPersonal best SBSeasonal best

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Rank Nation Athletes Time Notes Points
1st, gold medalist(s)  Kenya Collins Cheboi, Silas Kiplagat, James Kiplagat Magut, Asbel Kiprop 14:22.22 WR 8
2nd, silver medalist(s)  United States Patrick Casey, David Torrence, Will Leer, Leonel Manzano 14:40.80 AR 7
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Ethiopia Mekonnen Gebremedhin, Soresa Fida, Zebene Alemayehu, Aman Wote 14:41.22 NR 6
4  Australia Ryan Gregson, Sam McEntee, Collis Birmingham, Jordan Williamsz 14:46.04 NR 5
5  Spain Adel Mechaal, Álvaro Rodríguez, Carlos Alonso, Alberto Imedio 15:00.69 SB 4
6  Poland Szymon Krawczyk, Mateusz Demczyszak, Marcin Lewandowski, Adam Kszczot 15:05.70 SB 3
7  Qatar Mohamad Al-Garni, Hashim Salah Mohamed, Maaz Abdelrahman Shagag, Abubaker Ali Kamal 15:10.77 NR 2

References

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