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

Men's 4 x 400 metres relay at the Commonwealth Games

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
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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*

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

Rank	Nation	Athletes	Time
	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

v t e Commonwealth Games champions in men's 4 × 400 metres relay
4 x 440 yards (1930–1966)	1930: Leigh-Wood, Townend, Burghley, Brangwin (ENG) 1934: Rathbone, Blake, Stoneley, Rampling (ENG) 1938: Orr, Dale, Fritz, Loaring (CAN) 1950: Carr, Gedge, Humphreys, Price (AUS) 1954: Higgins, Dick, Fryer, Johnson (ENG) 1958: Day, Evans, Potgieter, M.C. Spence (RSA) 1962: Kerr, Khan, M.A. Spence, M. Spence (JAM) 1966: Yearwood, Bernard, Roberts, Mottley (TTO)
4 x 400 metres (1970–present)	1970: Nyamau, Sang, Ouko, Asati (KEN) 1974: Asati, Musyoki, Sang, Koskei (KEN) 1978: Kimaiyo, Ngetich, Njiri, Koskei (KEN) 1982: Cook, Brown, Scutt, Bennett (ENG) 1986: Akabusi, Brown, Black, Bennett (ENG) 1990: D. Kitur, S. Kitur, Kipkemboi, Mwanzia (KEN) 1994: McKenzie, Crampton, Patrick, Ladejo (ENG) 1998: Clarke, Haughton, McDonald, Martin (JAM) 2002: Deacon, Baldock, Rawlinson, Caines (ENG) 2006: Steffensen, Troode, Ormrod, Hill (AUS) 2010: Milburn, Moore, Cole, Wroe (AUS) 2014: Williams, Bingham, Awde, Hudson-Smith (ENG) 2018: Maotoanong, Thebe, Nkobolo, Makwala (BOT) 2022: St. Hillaire, Guevara, Cedenio, Richards (TTO)

4 x 440 yards
(1930–1966)

4 x 400 metres
(1970–present)

Men's

4 × 440 yards	1930 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966
4 × 400 metres	1930 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022

Women's

Medley relay	1930 1934 1938 1950
4 × 400 metres	1930 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022