The men's 4 × 400 metres relay competition of the athletics events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on the 27 and 28 October at the Telmex Athletics Stadium. The defending Pan American Games champion were Andrae Williams, Avard Moncur, Michael Matheau and Chris Brown of Bahamas.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows: World record2.54.29Stuttgart, GermanyAugust 22, 1993Pan American Games record2.57.97Winnipeg, CanadaJuly 30, 1999
Qualification Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter one team.
Schedule Date Time RoundOctober 27, 2011 15:35 SemifinalsOctober 28, 2011 18:50 Final
Results All times shown are in seconds.
KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal bestDQDisqualified
Semifinals The semifinals were held on October 27. 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 Júnior Díaz, Noel Ruíz, Amaurys Valle, William Collazo 3:04.33 Q, SB 2 2 Arturo Ramírez, Alberto Aguilar, José Acevedo, Omar Longart 3:04.67 Q, SB 3 1 Gustavo Cuesta, Arismendy Peguero, Yoel Tapia, Luguelín Santos 3:06.33 Q 4 2 Bryan Miller, Jeremy Dodson, Perrisan White, Joshua Scott 3:07.57 Q 5 1 Philip Osei, Dontae Richards, Tremaine Harris, Michael Robertson 3:08.51 Q 6 2 Wesley Neymour, Chris Brown, Jamial Rolle, Ramon Miller 3:09.68 q 7 1 Michael Mason, Omar Johnson, Annert Whyte, Jason Livermore 3:10.05 Q 8 1 José Luis Ceballos, Orlando Garcia, Juan Stenner, Jorge Alonzo 3:12.18 q 2 Kenneth Medwood, Jayson Jones, Linford Avila, Kenneth Brackett
Final Held on October 28.
Rank Nation Athletes Time Notes Noel Ruíz, Raidel Acea, Omar Cisneros, William Collazo 2:59.43 SB Arismendy Peguero, Luguelín Santos, Yoel Tapia, Gustavo Cuesta 3:00.44 SB Arturo Ramírez, Alberto Aguilar, José Acevedo, Omar Longart 3:00.82 SB Joshua Scott, Bryan Miller, Lee Moore, Reuben McCoy 3:03.91 Philip Osei, Dontae Richards, Tremaine Harris, Michael Robertson 3:07.12 SB José Luis Ceballos, José Juan Esparza, Juan Stenner, Orlando Garcia 3:11.52
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