2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
| Events at the 2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships  | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Track events | ||||
| 60 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| 400 m | men | women | ||
| 800 m | men | women | ||
| 1500 m | men | women | ||
| 3000 m | men | women | ||
| 60 m hurdles | men | women | ||
| 4×400 m relay | men | women | ||
| Field events | ||||
| High jump | men | women | ||
| Pole vault | men | women | ||
| Long jump | men | women | ||
| Triple jump | men | women | ||
| Shot put | men | women | ||
| Combined events | ||||
| Pentathlon | women | |||
| Heptathlon | men | |||
The men's 4x400 metres relay event at the 2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 10–11.
Medalists
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
 PolandPiotr Rysiukiewicz Piotr Haczek Jacek Bocian Robert Maćkowiak |
 RussiaAleksandr Ladeyshchikov Ruslan Mashchenko Boris Gorban Andrey Semyonov Dmitriy Forshev* |
 JamaicaMichael McDonald Davian Clarke Michael Blackwood Danny McFarlane 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.
Results
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 | Poland | Piotr Rysiukiewicz, Piotr Haczek, Jacek Bocian, Robert Maćkowiak | 3:06.33 | Q |
| 2 | 1 |  Great Britain | Matthew Elias, Paul Slythe, Mark Brown, Du'aine Ladejo | 3:07.57 | q |
| 3 | 2 | Russia | Aleksandr Ladeyshchikov, Ruslan Mashchenko, Dmitriy Forshev, Andrey Semyonov | 3:08.14 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Jamaica | Michael McDonald, Davian Clarke, Michael Blackwood, Greg Haughton | 3:08.29 | Q |
| 5 | 2 |  Nigeria | Jude Monye, Fidelis Gadzama, Sunday Bada, Enefiok Udo-Obong | 3:09.76 | q, NR |
| 6 | 2 |  Greece | Georgios Ikonomidis, Dimitrios Giepos, Georgios Doupis, Stilianos Dimotsios | 3:10.16 | NR |
| 7 | 1 |  Kuwait | Khaled Atiq Al-Johar, Bader Al-Felei, Mechel Al-Harbi, Fawzi Al-Shammari | 3:14.14 | NR |
| 1 |  United States | James Davis, Leonard Byrd, Jerome Young, Trinity Gray | DQ |
Final
| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Poland | Piotr Rysiukiewicz, Piotr Haczek, Jacek Bocian, Robert Maćkowiak | 3:04.47 | WL |
 | Russia | Aleksandr Ladeyshchikov, Ruslan Mashchenko, Boris Gorban, Andrey Semyonov | 3:04.82 | NR |
 | Jamaica | Michael McDonald, Davian Clarke, Michael Blackwood, Danny McFarlane | 3:05.45 | |
| 4 | Great Britain | Mark Hylton, Du'aine Ladejo, Matthew Elias, Daniel Caines | 3:09.21 | |
| 5 | Nigeria | Jude Monye, Fidelis Gadzama, Sunday Bada, Enefiok Udo-Obong | 3:16.53 | |
| United States | Milton Campbell, Leonard Byrd, Trinity Gray, Jerome Young | DQ |
References
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