Athletics at the 2006 Commonwealth Games – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

Athletics at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men		women
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men		women
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
20 km walk		men		women
50 km walk		men
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The men's 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 2006 Commonwealth Games was held on March 24–25.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Australia John Steffensen Chris Troode Mark Ormrod Clinton Hill Sean Wroe*	South Africa Jan van der Merwe Ofentse Mogawane Paul Gorries LJ van Zyl Ruben Makola*	Jamaica Lancford Davis Davian Clarke Lansford Spence Jermaine Gonzales Ian Weakley*

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	Australia	Chris Troode, Sean Wroe, Mark Ormrod, Clinton Hill	3:03.04	Q
2	2	England	Andrew Steele, Martyn Rooney, Matthew Douglas, Robert Tobin	3:03.91	Q
3	1	Bahamas	Dennis Darling, Dominic Demeritte, Timothy Munnings, Avard Moncur	3:03.96	Q
4	1	Trinidad and Tobago	Damion Barry, Julieon Raeburn, Sherridan Kirk, Ato Modibo	3:04.14	Q
5	2	Nigeria	Bola Lawal, Musa Audu, Saul Welgopwa, James Godday	3:04.18	Q
6	1	South Africa	Jan van der Merwe, Ofentse Mogawane, Ruben Makola, Paul Gorries	3:04.24	Q
7	2	Jamaica	Lancford Davis, Lansford Spence, Ian Weakley, Davian Clarke	3:05.14	q
8	2	Sri Lanka	Rohan Kumara, Rohitha Pushpakumara, Shiwantha Weerasuriya, Prasanna Amarasekara	3:06.96	q
9	2	Fiji	Waisea Finau, Navitalai Naivalu, Iliesa Namosimalua, Niko Verekauta	3:07.73
10	1	Kenya	Julius Kirwa, Vincent Kiilu, Selesio Njiru Mugo, Wambua Musembi	3:08.07
11	1	Mauritius	Jean Degrace, Fernando Augustin, Eric Milazar, Ommanandsing Kowlessur	3:08.19
	2	Botswana	Oganeditse Moseki, Gakologelwang Masheto, Obakeng Ngigwa, Johnson Kubisa	DQ
	1	Sierra Leone	Hassan Fullah, Albert Kobba, Samuel Randall, Sandy Walker	DNS
	1	Wales	Matt Elias, Dai Greene, Christian Malcolm, Iwan Thomas	DNS

Final

Rank	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
	Australia	John Steffensen, Chris Troode, Mark Ormrod, Clinton Hill	3:00.93
	South Africa	Jan van der Merwe, Ofentse Mogawane, Paul Gorries, LJ van Zyl	3:01.84
	Jamaica	Lancford Davis, Davian Clarke, Lansford Spence, Jermaine Gonzales	3:01.94
4	England	Andrew Steele, Robert Tobin, Marlon Devonish, Martyn Rooney	3:02.01
5	Nigeria	Bola Lawal, James Godday, Saul Welgopwa, Enefiok Udo-Obong	3:02.16
6	Sri Lanka	Rohan Kumara, Rohitha Pushpakumara, Shiwantha Weerasuriya, Prasanna Amarasekara	3:06.42
	Trinidad and Tobago	Damion Barry, Julieon Raeburn, Sherridan Kirk, Ato Modibo	DQ
	Bahamas	Dennis Darling, Avard Moncur, Dominic Demeritte, Chris Brown	DNF

References

• Results