Athletics at the 2001 Summer Universiade – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

Athletics at the 2001 Summer Universiade
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
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Half marathon		men		women
10 km walk				women
20 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 2001 Summer Universiade was held at the Workers Stadium in Beijing, China between 30 August and 1 September.^[1]

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
2	?	South Africa	Brian Erasmus, Adriaan Botha, Corné du Plessis, Johan Cronje	3:07.26	Q[2]
4	?	Australia	David Flowers, Clinton Hill, Frazer Dowling, Kris McCarthy	3:08.19	q[3]

Final

Rank	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
	United States	Geno White, Thomas Gerding, Brandon Couts, Andrew Pierce	3:02.83
	Ukraine	Oleksandr Kaydash, Yevhen Zyukov, Andriy Tverdostup, Volodymyr Rybalka	3:02.87
	Japan	Mitsuhiro Sato, Ken Yoshizawa, Ryuji Muraki, Masayuki Okusako	3:03.63
4	Australia	David Flowers, Paul Pearce, Clinton Hill, Tim Williams	3:04.51
5	South Africa	Liod Kgopong, Adriaan Botha, Alwyn Myburgh, Martin Willemse	3:05.23
6	Netherlands	Bob Keus, Patrick van Balkom, Bram Som, Julien Hagen	3:06.30
7	Russia	Aleksander, Dmitriy Forshev, Aleksandr Ladeyshchikov, Oleg Mishukov	3:06.83

References

1. Results (archived)
2. SA students shine in Beijing
3. Australian 2001 Almanac