which nation placed above russia?
botswana
col : rank | heat | nation | competitors | time | notes row 1 : 1 | 2 | united states | kelly willie, derrick brew, andrew rock, darold | 2:59.30 | q row 2 : 2 | 2 | nigeria | james godday, musa audu, saul weigop | 3:01.60 | q, sb row 3 : 3 | 2 | bahamas | andrae williams, dennis darling, nathaniel mc | 3:01.74 | q, sb row 4 : 4 | 1 | great britain | timothy benjamin, sean baldock, malachi davis, matthew elia | 3:02.40 | q, sb row 5 : 5 | 1 | japan | yuki yamaguchi, jun osakada, tomo | 3:02.71 | q row 6 : 6 | 1 | germany | ingo schultz, kamghe gaba, ruwen | 3:02.77 | q row 7 : 7 | 1 | australia | john steffensen, clinton hill, patrick dwyer, mark | 3:03.06 | q row 8 : 8 | 1 | botswana | oganeditse moseki, johnson kubisa, california | 3:03.32 | q, sb row 9 : 9 | 2 | russia | aleksandr larin, andrey rudnitski | 3:03.35 |  row 10 : 10 | 2 | poland | piotr rysiukiewicz, pio | 3:03.69 |  row 11 : 11 | 2 | ukraine | volodymyr demchenko, yevgeniy zy | 3:04.01 |  row 12 : 12 | 1 | greece | stilianos dimotsios, anastasio | 3:04.27 | sb row 13 : 13 | 1 | france | ahmed douhou, ibrahima wade, abderrahim el haou | 3:04.39 |  row 14 : 14 | 2 | spain | eduardo ivan rodriguez, david canal, luis flores, | 3:05.03 | sb row 15 :  | 2 | south africa | marcus la grange, hendrick mokganyetsi | dnf |  row 16 :  | 1 | jamaica | michael campbell, michael blackwood, jermaine gonzales, da | dsq |
which nation placed above russia?
Rank Heat Nation Competitors Time Notes
1 2 United States Kelly Willie, Derrick Brew, Andrew Rock, Darold Williamson 2:59.30 Q
2 2 Nigeria James Godday, Musa Audu, Saul Weigopwa, Enefiok Udo-Obong 3:01.60 Q, SB
3 2 Bahamas Andrae Williams, Dennis Darling, Nathaniel McKinney, Christopher Brown 3:01.74 Q, SB
4 1 Great Britain Timothy Benjamin, Sean Baldock, Malachi Davis, Matthew Elias 3:02.40 Q, SB
5 1 Japan Yuki Yamaguchi, Jun Osakada, Tomohiro Ito, Mitsuhiro Sato 3:02.71 Q
6 1 Germany Ingo Schultz, Kamghe Gaba, Ruwen Faller, Bastian Swillims 3:02.77 Q
7 1 Australia John Steffensen, Clinton Hill, Patrick Dwyer, Mark Ormrod 3:03.06 q
8 1 Botswana Oganeditse Moseki, Johnson Kubisa, California Molefe, Kagiso Kilego 3:03.32 q, SB
9 2 Russia Aleksandr Larin, Andrey Rudnitskiy, Oleg Mishukov, Ruslan Mashchenko 3:03.35
10 2 Poland Piotr Rysiukiewicz, Piotr Klimczak, Marcin Marciniszyn, Marek Plawgo 3:03.69
11 2 Ukraine Volodymyr Demchenko, Yevgeniy Zyukov, Myhaylo Knysh, Andriy Tverdostup 3:04.01
12 1 Greece Stilianos Dimotsios, Anastasios Gousis, Panagiotis Sarris, Periklis Iakovakis 3:04.27 SB
13 1 France Ahmed Douhou, Ibrahima Wade, Abderrahim El Haouzy, Leslie Djhone 3:04.39
14 2 Spain Eduardo Ivan Rodriguez, David Canal, Luis Flores, Antonio Manuel Reina 3:05.03 SB
2 South Africa Marcus la Grange, Hendrick Mokganyetsi, Ockert Cilliers, Arnaud Malherbe DNF
1 Jamaica Michael Campbell, Michael Blackwood, Jermaine Gonzales, Davian Clarke DSQ
Botswana