The sequence of pictures above shows the closing few metres in the final of the men's
4x100m at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka. Sandro (lane 6) anchored Brazil
to a 4th place finish in a time of 37.99 secs, with the USA (lane 4, Leroy Dixon),
Jamaica (lane 5, Asafa Powell) and Great Britain (lane 7, Mark Lewis-Francis)
taking gold, silver and bronze respectively.
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Men's 4x100m. Relay Final. 2007 World Athletics Championships.
1. United States (Darvis Patton; Wallace Spearmon; Tyson Gay; Leroy Dixon) 37.78
2. Jamaica (Marvin Anderson; Usain Bolt; Nesta Carter; Asafa Powell) 37.89
3. G.B. & N.I. (Christian Malcolm; Craig Pickering; Marlon Devonish; Mark Lewis-Francis) 37.90
4. Brazil (Vicente de Lima; Rafael Ribeiro; Basílio de Moraes;
Sandro Viana)
37.99
5. Japan (Naoki Tsukahara; Shingo Suetsugu; Shinji Takahira; Nobuharu Asahara) 38.03
6. Germany (Ronny Ostwald; Tobias Unger; Alexander Kosenkow; Julian Reus) 38.62
Poland (Michal Bielczyk; Lukasz Chyla; Marcin Jedrusinski; Dariusz Kuc) DNF
Nigeria (Obinna Metu; Chukwu Uche Isaac; Chinedu Oriala; Olusoji A. Fasuba) DNF.
ANNUAL PROGRESS.
100 METRES.
2013 10.73 -0.6 Belém (Mangueirão) 12 MAY
2012 10.26 +0.9 São Paulo 03 MAR
2011 10.25 +1.5 São Paulo 04 AUG
2009 10.11 +1.3 Bogotá 24 JUL (personal best)
2008 10.19 +2.0 São Paulo 26 MAR
2007 10.28 +0.4 São Paulo 21 JUN
2005 10.47 +0.2 Izmir 15 AUG
200 METRES.
2013 21.33 +1.6 Belém (Mangueirão) 12 MAY
2012 20.43 +0.5 São Paulo 28 APR
2011 20.39 +0.2 Guadalajara, MEX 26 OCT
2010 20.63 +0.5 São Paulo 25 APR
2009 20.57 0.0 Cochabamba 30 MAY
2008 20.32 0.0 São Paulo 22 MAY (personal best)
2007 20.43 0.0 Cochabamba 03 JUN
2005 21.09 -0.4 Izmir 17 AUG