Nesta CARTER

Nesta CARTER - Jamaica - World Record and Gold medal at 2012 Olympics.

Photo/Foto: George Herringshaw

Date: 11 August 2012

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    • DATE OF BIRTH
      Sunday, 10 November 1985
    • PLACE OF BIRTH
      Banana Ground, Jamaica
  • INTERNATIONAL
  • Jamaica
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Nesta CARTER - Jamaica - World Record and Gold medal at 2012 Olympics.

Nesta is pictured above about to get into his starting blocks.

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Men's 4x100m Final. 2012 Olympic Games

1. Jamaica (N. Carter, M. Frater, Y. Blake, U. Bolt)*
  36.84 WR
2. U.S.A. (T. Kimmons, J. Gatlin, T. Gay, R. Bailey)
  37.04
3. Trinidad & Tobago (K. Bledman, M. Burns, E. Callender, R. Thompson)
  38.12
4. France (J. Vicaut, C. Lemaitre, P. Pessonneaux, R. Pognon)
  38.16
5. Japan (R. Yamagata, M. Eriguchi, S. Takahira, S. Iizuka)
  38.35
6. Netherlands (B. Mariano, C. Martina, G. Codrington, P. Van Luijk)
  38.39
7. Australia (A. Alozie, I. Ntiamoah, A. McCabe, J. Ross)
  38.43
8. Canada (G. Smellie, O. Smith, J. Connaughton, J. Warner)
  DNQ
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It was the 2011 World Record (37.04s) set by the same Jamaican quartet of Nesta Carter, Michael Frater,

Yohan Blake and Usain Bolt that was beaten.

 

 

Nesta Carter is pictured here during the semi finals of the 100 metres,

at the 2011 World Athletics Championships in Daegu. He finished seventh in the Final (see below).

Photo G Herringshaw ©


1. Yohan BLAKE                 
(JAM)    9.92
 2. Walter DIX                  
(USA)   10.08
 3. Kim COLLINS                
(SKN)   10.09
 4. Christophe LEMAITRE         
(FRA)   10.19
 5. Daniel BAILEY               
(ANT)   10.26
 6. Jimmy VICAUT                
(FRA)   10.27
 7. Nesta CARTER                
(JAM)   10.95
 Usain BOLT    
DSQ

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