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. Leroy (lane 4) anchored the USA
to the gold medal in a world leading time for 2007 of 37.78 secs, with Jamaica (lane 5, Asafa Powell)
and Great Britain (lane 7, Mark Lewis-Francis) taking 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 100m and 200m
2013 10.27 +0.7 Los Angeles 04 MAY
2011 10.17 -0.7 Walnut, CA 16 APR
2010 10.13 +1.6 Maringá 30 MAY
2009 10.06 +0.2 Lapinlahti 25 JUL
2008 10.02 +1.6 Eugene, OR 28 JUN
2007 10.07 +0.7 Réthimno 18 JUL
2007 10.07 +1.9 Indianapolis, IN 21 JUN
2006 10.24 +1.0 Greensboro, NC 27 MAY
2005 10.19 +1.5 New York, NY 27 MAY
2013 20.81 -0.3 Los Angeles 12 MAY
2011 20.71 +0.9 Eugene, OR 26 JUN
2010 20.59 -2.4 Des Moines, IA 27 JUN
2008 20.91 -1.7 Carson 18 MAY
2006 20.44 +0.3 Indianapolis 25 JUN
2005 20.58 -0.1 New York, NY 27 MAY