The men's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 18 August.Start list
Out of the blocks USA took the lead, passing first and building a small lead. A small lead is not adequate when Jamaica has Usain Bolt on the anchor. During the third handoff, Justin Gatlin seemed to go wide while struggling to get the baton, still in the lead while Jamaica had a smoother handoff. Once free of the technicalities, the multi gold medalist easily pulled away for the win. Great Britain finished the race in third place but were disqualified after passing the baton outside the takeover zone on the second changeover. Canada then took the bronze.
Records Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:
World record(Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt)36.84 London, Great Britain11 August 2012Championship record(Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt)37.04 Daegu, South Korea4 September 2011World Leading Red(Charles Silmon, Michael Rodgers, Rakeem Salaam, Justin Gatlin)37.58 Monaco19 July 2013African record(Osmond Ezinwa, Olapade Adeniken, Francis Obikwelu, Davidson Ezinwa)37.94 Athens, Greece9 August 1997Asian record(Nobuharu Asahara, Shinji Takahira, Shingo Suetsugu, Naoki Tsukahara)38.03 Osaka, Japan1 September 2007North, Central American and Caribbean record(Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt)36.84 London, Great Britain11 August 2012South American record(Vicente de Lima, Édson Ribeiro, André da Silva, Claudinei da Silva)37.90 Sydney, Australia30 September 2000European record(Jason Gardener, Darren Campbell, Marlon Devonish, Dwain Chambers)37.73 Sevilla, Spain29 August 1999Oceanian record(Paul Henderson, Tim Jackson, Steve Brimacombe, Damien Marsh)38.17 Gothenburg, Sweden12 August 1995(Anthony Alozie, Isaac Ntiamoah, Andrew McCabe, Josh Ross) London, Great Britain10 August 2012
Qualification standards A timeB time39.20
Schedule Date Time Round18 August 2013 16:50 Heats18 August 2013 18:40 Final
Results KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best
Heats Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) advanced to the final.Heats Results
Rank Heat Lane Nation Athletes Time Notes 1 2 4 Charles Silmon, Mike Rodgers, Mookie Salaam, Justin Gatlin 38.06 Q 2 1 2 Richard Kilty, Harry Aikines-Aryeetey, James Ellington, Dwain Chambers 38.12 Q, SB 3 3 7 Lucas Jakubczyk, Sven Knipphals, Julian Reus, Martin Keller 38.13 Q, SB 4 1 3 Nesta Carter, Kemar Bailey-Cole, Warren Weir, Oshane Bailey 38.17 Q 5 2 2 Yoshihide Kiryu, Kenji Fujimitsu, Kei Takase, Shōta Iizuka 38.23 Q, SB 6 3 9 Gavin Smellie, Aaron Brown, Dontae Richards-Kwok, Justyn Warner 38.29 Q, SB 7 1 7 Jamol James, Keston Bledman, Rondel Sorrillo, Richard Thompson 38.38 q, SB 8 3 2 Brian Mariano, Churandy Martina, Liemarvin Bonevacia, Hensley Paulina 38.41 q, SB 9 1 6 Eduard Viles, Sergio Ruiz, Bruno Hortelano, Ángel David Rodríguez 38.46 NR 10 3 5 Michael Tumi, Matteo Galvan, Diego Marani, Delmas Obou 38.49 SB 11 1 9 Robert Kubaczyk, Grzegorz Zimniewicz, Karol Zalewski, Kamil Kryński 38.51 SB 12 2 3 Ruslan Perestyuk, Serhiy Smelyk, Ihor Bodrov, Vitaliy Korzh 38.57 13 3 8 Lestrod Roland, Jason Rogers, Antoine Adams, Allistar Clarke 38.58 SB 14 3 4 Adrian Griffith, Warren Fraser, Jamial Rolle, Shavez Hart 38.70 NR 15 2 8 Andrew Hinds, Levi Cadogan, Shane Brathwaite, Ramon Gittens 38.94 NR 16 2 7 Guo Fan, Liang Jiahong, Su Bingtian, Zhang Peimeng 38.95 SB 17 2 6 Emmanuel Biron, Mickaël-Meba Zézé, Arnaud Rémy, Jimmy Vicaut 38.97 18 1 8 Oh Kyong-Soo, Cho Kyu-Won, Yoo Min-Woo, Kim Kuk-Young 39.00 NR 19 1 4 Aleksandr Khyutte, Konstantin Petryashov, Roman Smirnov, Aleksandr Brednev 39.01 SB 20 2 5 Tang Yik Chun, Lai Chun Ho, Ng Ka Fung, Tsui Chi Ho 39.10 21 1 5 Jermaine Chirinos, Diego Rivas, Álvaro Luis Cassiani, Alberth Bravo 39.14 SB 22 3 6 Wang Wen-tang, Liu Yuan-kai, Pan Po-yu, Lo Yen-yao 39.72 3 3 Tim Leathart, Josh Ross, Andrew McCabe, Jarrod Geddes
Final The final was started at 18:40.Final Results
Rank Lane Nation Athletes Time Notes 5 Nesta Carter, Kemar Bailey-Cole, Nickel Ashmeade, Usain Bolt 37.36 WL 4 Charles Silmon, Mike Rodgers, Mookie Salaam, Justin Gatlin 37.66 7 Gavin Smellie, Aaron Brown, Dontae Richards-Kwok, Justyn Warner 37.92 SB 4 3 Lucas Jakubczyk, Sven Knipphals, Julian Reus, Martin Keller 38.04 SB 5 2 Brian Mariano, Churandy Martina, Liemarvin Bonevacia, Hensley Paulina 38.37 SB 6 8 Yoshihide Kiryu, Kenji Fujimitsu, Kei Takase, Shōta Iizuka 38.39 7 1 Ayodele Taffe, Keston Bledman, Rondel Sorrillo, Richard Thompson 38.57 6 Adam Gemili, Harry Aikines-Aryeetey, James Ellington, Dwain Chambers (37.80) 170.7Passing the baton outside the takeover zone
References
External links 4x 100 metres relay results at IAAF website