1998 4x400m Mens World Record
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1998 4x400m Mens World Record
May 22, 20091. United States 2:54.20 Uniondale 22.07.1998 Jerome Young (44.3) 14.08.76 USA Antonio Pettigrew (43.2) 03.11.67 USA Tyree Washington (43.5) 28.08.76 USA Michael Johnson (43.2) 13.09.67 USA********************************************************************************************************************performances annulled due to doping offense-------------------------------------------------------------The record time of 2min 54.20sec was set in Uniondale, New York on July 22, 1998 by Pettigrew alongside Michael Johnson, Tyree Washington and Jerome Young. However, the previous record of 2:54.29 – set by another American team of Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts, Butch Reynolds and Johnson at the 1993 world championships in Stuttgart, Germany – will now stand. Pettigrew admitted to using performance-enhancing drugs from 1997 and has had all of his times invalidated since then. His relay team-mate, Young, was also banned for life for a second drugs violation in 2004, though he was eligible to run when the record was set. Recently Young also confessed to taking part in doping as early as January 1999
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