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Jeremy is pictured above in full flow during the men's 4x400m relay
final at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. Wariner, who ran the final
leg, teamed up with LaShawn Merritt, Angelo Taylor and David Neville to
strike gold for the USA in an Olympic record time of 2.55.39. Jeremy had
earlier won a silver medal in the 400m, details of which can be seen below.
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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.
Photos George Herringshaw © 21st. August 2008.
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The race action photo above shows the athletes in the home
straight of the mens 400m final at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.
Wariner (3rd from the left), who was the clear pre-race favourite, was
forced to settle for the silver medal position as his compatriot LaShawn
Merritt (far right) stormed to victory in a time of 43.75. David
Neville (far left) took the bronze medal to make it an American 1, 2, 3.
The middle inset picture above shows Wariner congratulating Merritt
after his victory had seen him succeed Jeremy as Olympic 400m champion.
The left hand inset pictures show Wariner during the semi-finals.
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SILVER MEDAL IN 400m FOR THE 2004 OLYMPIC CHAMPION.
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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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