Oh, no! SA drop baton in 4x400

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Athens - Oh, no!

South Africa's 4x400m relay team was eliminated in the first round in the most-embarrassing fashion when second-leg runner Hendrik Mokganyetsi dropped the baton.

Men's 4x400m relay 1st Round

(First three in each heat plus two next-fastest qualify for the final)

Heat 1

1. Britain 3:02.40 Q (Baldock, Benjamin, Davis, Elias), 2. Japan 3:02.71 Q (Itoh, Osakada, Sato, Yamaguchi), 3. Germany 3:02.77 Q (Faller, Gaba, Schultz, Swillims), 4. Australia 3:03.06 q (Dwyer, Hill, Ormrod, Steffensen), 5. Botswana 3:03.32 q (Calfornia, Kilego, Kubisa, Moseki), 6. Greece 3:04.27 (Dim?tsios, Gousis, Iakovakis, Sarris), 7. France 3:04.39 (Djhone, Douhou, El Haovzy, Wade), . Jamaica Disqualified

Heat 2

1. United States 2:59.30 Q (Brew, Rock, Williamson, Willie), 2. Nigeria 3:01.60 Q (Audu, James, Udo Obong, Weigopwa), 3. Bahamas 3:01.74 Q (Brown, Darling, Mc Kinney, Williams), 4. Russia 3:03.35 (Larin, Mishukov, Rudnitskiy, Mashchenko), 5. Poland 3:03.69 (Klimczak, Marciniszyn, Plawgo, Rysiukiewicz), 6. Ukraine 3:04.01 (Demchenko, Knysh, Tverdostup, Zyukov), 7. Spain 3:05.03 (Canal, Flores, Reina, Rodriguez), South Africa DNF