# 2017 IAAF World Relays – Men's 4 × 200 metres relay

The men's 4 × 200 metres relay at the 2017 IAAF World Relays was held at the Thomas Robinson Stadium on 23 April.
Using the four turn stagger, teams were spread across the turn. The best relative judgement of progress is against the stagger. On the first leg, American Noah Lyles separated from Bahamas' Blake Bartlett to his inside and gained on China's Tang Xingqiang, while Canadian Gavin Smellie gained against Jamaican relay gold medalist Nickel Ashmeade to his outside. On the second leg, American Jarrion Lawson passed China's Mo Youxue, making USA look like the clear leader as the international broadcasters called the race. On the inside, Canadian Brendon Rodney had also passed Jamaica's Rasheed Dwyer. Canada put their star, triple Olympic medalist, Andre De Grasse on third leg. With USA the stagger leader on the outside, DeGrasse clearly was pulling away from everybody else and making up the gap to USA's Isiah Young. DeGrasse's leg was the first time the announcers noticed Canada. DeGrasse passed to Aaron Brown two steps ahead of the Americans pass to Ameer Webb. Brown held that advantage to the finish line, with the Jamaican team, anchored by Yohan Blake, the second fastest man in history, trailing the Americans by 15 meters.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:
| World record | Jamaica (Nickel Ashmeade, Warren Weir, Jermaine Brown, Yohan Blake) | 1:18.63 | Nassau, Bahamas | 24 May 2014 |
| Championship record | Jamaica (Nickel Ashmeade, Warren Weir, Jermaine Brown, Yohan Blake) | 1:18.63 | Nassau, Bahamas | 24 May 2014 |
| World Leading | Canada (Bolade Ajomale Brendon Rodney Andre De Grasse Aaron Brown) | 1:19.91 | Gainesville, United States | 1 April 2017 |
| African Record | South Africa (Marcus la Grange, Mathew Quinn, Josef van der Linde, Paul Gorries) | 1:22.06 | Port Elizabeth, South Africa | 1 March 2002 |
| Asian Record | Waseda University | 1:22.12 | Yokohama, Japan | 14 September 2014 |
| North, Central American and Caribbean record | Jamaica (Nickel Ashmeade, Warren Weir, Jermaine Brown, Yohan Blake) | 1:18.63 | Nassau, Bahamas | 24 May 2014 |
| South American Record | Guyana (Adam Harris, Winston George, Jeremy Bascom, Stephan James) | 1:24.42 | Philadelphia, United States | 25 April 2015 |
| European Record | France (Christophe Lemaitre, Yannick Fonsat, Ben Bassaw, Ken Romain) | 1:20.66 | Nassau, Bahamas | 24 May 2014 |
| Oceanian record | Australia (Scott Vassella, Shem Hollands, Dean Capobianco, Peter Vassella) | 1:23.04 | Sydney, Australia | 6 December 1998 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 3 May 2014 | 19:00 | Heats |
| 3 May 2014 | 21:20 | Final |
All times are local times (UTC−4)

## Results

| KEY: | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | Q | Qualified | WL | World leading | NR | National record | SB | Seasonal best |

### Heats

Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) advanced to the final.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | 3 | Canada | Gavin Smellie, Brendon Rodney, Andre De Grasse, Aaron Brown | 1:21.11 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 6 | United States | Noah Lyles, Jarrion Lawson, Isiah Young, Ameer Webb | 1:21.47 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 4 | Jamaica | Nickel Ashmeade, Chadic Hinds, Oshane Bailey, Warren Weir | 1:22.01 | Q, SB |
| 4 | 1 | 2 | Trinidad and Tobago | Kyle Greaux, Dan-Neil Telesford, Moriba Morain, Emmanuel Callender | 1:22.79 | Q, NR |
| 5 | 1 | 7 | Kenya | Mark Odhiambo, Mike Nyang'au, Peter Mwai Ndichu, Ferdinand Omurwa | 1:23.04 | q, SB |
| 6 | 2 | 4 | Bahamas | Adrian Griffith, Samson Colebrooke, Ian Kerr, Shavez Hart | 1:23.71 | Q, SB |
| 7 | 2 | 2 | China | Tang Xingqiang, Mo Youxue, Bie Ge, Liang Jinsheng | 1:24.01 | Q, SB |
| 8 | 2 | 3 | Antigua and Barbuda | Daniel Bailey, Richard Richardson, Jared Jarvis, Chavaughn Walsh | 1:24.33 | q, NR |
| 9 | 1 | 6 | Poland | Przemysław Słowikowski, Eryk Hampel, Artur Zaczek, Rafał Omelko | 1:24.78 | SB |
| 10 | 2 | 7 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | Lestrod Roland, Brijesh Lawrence, Delwayne Delaney, Allistar Clarke | 1:24.89 | SB |
| 11 | 2 | 1 | Venezuela | Luis Felipe Rodríguez, Alberto Aguilar, Omar Longart, Kelvis Padrino | 1:25.69 | NR |
| 12 | 2 | 8 | Turks and Caicos Islands | Ifeanyi Otuonye, Angelo Garland, Devante Gardiner, Frantzley Benjamin | 1:26.22 | NR |
| | 2 | 5 | France | Gautier Dautremer, Jeffrey John, Ken Romain, Ludvy Vaillant | DQ | 163.3a |
| | 1 | 5 | Germany | Robin Erewa, Aleixo-Platini Menga, Maurice Huke, Michael Bryan | DNF | DNF |
| | 1 | 8 | United Kingdom | | DNS | DNS |

### Final

The final was started at 21:36.
| Rank | Lane | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes | Points |
| | 3 | Canada | Gavin Smellie, Brendon Rodney, Andre De Grasse, Aaron Brown | 1:19.42 | WL | 8 |
| | 6 | United States | Noah Lyles, Jarrion Lawson, Isiah Young, Ameer Webb | 1:19.88 | SB | 7 |
| | 4 | Jamaica | Nickel Ashmeade, Oshane Bailey, Rasheed Dwyer, Yohan Blake | 1:21.09 | SB | 6 |
| 4 | 8 | Trinidad and Tobago | Moriba Morain, Dan-Neil Telesford, Kyle Greaux, Emmanuel Callender | 1:21.39 | NR | 5 |
| 5 | 5 | Bahamas | Blake Bartlett, Samson Colebrooke, Ian Kerr, Shavez Hart | 1:22.36 | SB | 4 |
| 6 | 7 | China | Tang Xingqiang, Mo Youxue, Bie Ge, Liang Jinsheng | 1:22.91 | NR | 3 |
| 7 | 1 | Kenya | Mark Odhiambo, Mike Nyang'au, Peter Ndichu, Collins Gichana | 1:23.72 | | 2 |
| 8 | 2 | Antigua and Barbuda | Daniel Bailey, Richard Richardson, Jared Jarvis, Tahir Walsh | 1:25.11 | | 1 |