David is pictured above during the men's 4x400m relay final at the
2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. Neville, who ran the third leg, teamed up
with LaShawn Merritt, Angelo Taylor and Jeremy Wariner to strike gold
for the USA in an Olympic record time of 2.55.39. It completed a
memorable few days for David who had earlier won a bronze medal in the
individual 400m (
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Men's 4x400m. Relay Final. 2008 Olympic Games
1. U.S.A. (LaShawn Merritt, Angelo Taylor,
David Neville, Jeremy Wariner)
2: 55.39 OR
2. Bahamas (Andretti Bain, Michael Mathieu, Andrae Williams, Chris Brown) 2: 58.03
3. Russia (Maksim Dyldin, Vladislav Frolov, Anton Korkorin, Denis Alexeev) 2: 58.06
4. GBR (Andrew Steele, Robert Tobin, Michael Bingham, Martyn Rooney) 2: 58.81
5. Belgium (Kevin Borlee, Jonathan Borlee, Cedric van Branteghem, Arnaud Ghislain) 2: 59.37
6. Australia (Sean Wroe, John Steffensen, Clinton Hill, Joel Milburn) 3: 00.02
7. Poland (Rafal Wieruszewski, Piotr Klimczak, Piotr Kedzia, Marek Plawgo) 3: 00.32
8. Jamaica (Michael Blackwood, Ricardo Chambers, Sanjay Ayre, Lansford Spence) 3: 01.45
The photo above shows the athletes in the home straight of the men's 400m final at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.
David (far left) produced a fine performance to win the bronze medal in a time of 44.80 secs, with the silver going to pre-race
favourite Jeremy Wariner (3rd from the left) and the gold to surprise winner LaShawn Merritt (far right) as the USA completed
a clean sweep of the medals. Photo G. Herringshaw. 21st. August 2008 ©
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Men's 400m. Final.
2008 Olympic Games.
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| 1. LaShawn MERRITT |
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USA |
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43.75 |
| 2. Jeremy WARINER |
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USA |
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44.74 |
| 3. David NEVILLE |
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USA |
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44.80 |
| 4. Christopher BROWN |
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BAH |
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44.84 |
| 5. Leslie DJHONE |
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FRA |
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45.11 |
| 6. Martyn ROONEY |
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GBR |
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45.12 |
| 7. Renny QUOW |
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TRI |
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45.22 |
| 8. Johan WISSMAN |
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SWE |
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45.39 |
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ANNUAL PROGRESS 400m
2012 45.99 New York City, NY 09 JUN
2011 45.24 Daegu 12 MAY
2010 45.39 Lausanne 08 JUL
2009 45.14 Athína 13 JUL
2008 44.61 Eugene, OR 03 JUL (PB)
2007 45.24 Indianapolis, IN 22 JUN
2006 44.75 Indianapolis, IN 24 JUN
2005 45.89 Columbus, OH 15 MAY
2004 45.05 West Lafayette, IN 16 MAY