2022 World Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay

The men's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2022 World Athletics Championships was held at the Hayward Field in Eugene on 22 and 23 July 2022.[1]

Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
at the 2022 World Championships
Andre De Grasse shortly after anchoring his team to gold in the final.
VenueHayward Field
Dates22 July (heats)
23 July (final)
Competitors95 from 16 nations
Winning time37.48
Medalists
gold medal    Canada
silver medal    United States
bronze medal    Great Britain
← 2019
2023 →
Video on YouTube
Official Video

Records

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Before the competition records were as follows:[2]

Record Athlete & Nat. Perf. Location Date
World record   Jamaica
Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt
36.84 London, Great Britain 11 August 2012
Championship record   Jamaica
Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt
37.04 Daegu, South Korea 4 September 2011
World Leading   Germany
Kevin Kranz, Joshua Hartmann, Owen Ansah, Lucas Ansah-Peprah
37.99 Regensburg, Germany 3 June 2022
African Record   South Africa
Thando Dlodlo, Simon Magakwe, Clarence Munyai, Akani Simbine
37.65 Doha, Qatar 4 October 2019
Asian Record   Japan
Shuhei Tada, Kirara Shiraishi, Yoshihide Kiryu, Abdul Hakim Sani Brown
37.43 Doha, Qatar 5 October 2019
North, Central American and Caribbean record   Jamaica
Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt
36.84 London, Great Britain 11 August 2012
South American Record   Brazil
Rodrigo do Nascimento, Vitor Hugo dos Santos, Derick Silva, Paulo André Camilo
37.72 Doha, Qatar 5 October 2019
European Record   Great Britain
Adam Gemili, Zharnel Hughes, Richard Kilty, Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake
37.37 Doha, Qatar 5 October 2019
Oceanian record   Australia
Paul Henderson, Tim Jackson, Steve Brimacombe, Damien Marsh
38.17 Gothenburg, Sweden 12 August 1995
  Australia
Anthony Alozie, Isaac Ntiamoah, Andrew McCabe, Joshua Ross
London, Great Britain 10 August 2012

Qualification standard

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The standard to qualify automatically for entry was to finish in the first 10 at 2021 World Relays, completed by 6 2021-2022 top lists' teams.[3]

Participating teams

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South Africa, subsequently disqualified for doping after the 2021 World Athletics Relays, finally replaces qualified Ukraine (8th at World Relays) which had withdrawn, as per the 7th and last time of the South African U20 team in Nairobi.

2021 Top list
  1. 37.50   Italy 1 National Stadium, Tokyo (JPN) 6 August 2021
  2. 37.70   Canada 2 National Stadium, Tokyo (JPN) 6 August 2021
  3. 37.79   China 3 National Stadium, Tokyo (JPN) 6 August 2021
  4. 37.82   Jamaica 1h1 National Stadium, Tokyo (JPN) 5 August 2021
  5. 38.06   Germany 4h2 National Stadium, Tokyo (JPN) 5 August 2021
  6. 38.08   Ghana 5h2 National Stadium, Tokyo (JPN) 5 August 2021
  7. 38.10   United States 6h2 National Stadium, Tokyo (JPN) 5 August 2021
  8. 38.16   Japan 2h1 National Stadium, Tokyo (JPN) 5 August 2021
  9. 38.16   Denmark 7h2 National Stadium, Tokyo (JPN) 5 August 2021
  10. 38.18   France 3h1 National Stadium, Tokyo (JPN) 5 August 2021
  11. 38.27   Great Britain 1 International Stadium, Gateshead (GBR) 13 July 2021
  12. 38.34   Brazil 4h1 National Stadium, Tokyo (JPN) 5 August 2021
  13. 38.49   Netherlands 3 International Stadium, Gateshead (GBR) 13 July 2021
  14. 38.51   South Africa U20 1 Moi International Sports Centre, Kasarani, Nairobi (KEN) 22 August 2021
  15. 38.53   Nigeria 1 Yabatech Sport Complex, Lagos (NGR) 27 June 2021
  16. 38.63   Trinidad and Tobago 5h1 National Stadium, Tokyo (JPN) 5 August 2021

2022 Top list

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  1. 37.99   Germany 1f1 NR Universitätsstadion am Biopark, Regensburg (GER) 3 June 2022
  2. 38.09 Adidas team (USA) 1f1 Percy Beard Track, Gainesville, FL (USA) 16 April 2022
  3. 38.31   Canada 1 Alexander Stadium, Birmingham (GBR) 21 May 2022
  4. 38.35   Nigeria 1 Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin City (NGR) 25 June 2022
  5. 38.41   France 2 Alexander Stadium, Birmingham (GBR) 21 May 2022
  6. 38.43   Great Britain 1 Mestský Stadion, Ostrava (CZE) 31 May 2022
  7. 38.56   Thailand 1 NR Yecheon (KOR) 4 June 2022
  8. 38.63   South Africa 1 National Stadium, Gaborone (BOT) 30 April 2022
  9. 38.70   Netherlands 1 Olympiastadion, Stockholm (SWE) 30 June 2022
  10. 38.72   United States 1f3 Hilmer Lodge Stadium, Walnut, CA (USA) 16 April 2022
  11. 38.76   Liberia 1 Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port-of-Spain (TTO) 26 June 2022
  12. 38.89 Racers Track Club (JAM) 1f1 National Stadium, Kingston (JAM) 26 February 2022
  13. 38.89   Czech Republic 2f1 Centre sportif du Bout-du-Monde, Geneva (SUI) 11 June 2022
  14. 38.90 SESI - SP (BRA) 1f3 Rio de Janeiro (BRA) 23 June 2022
  15. 38.95   Italy 1 Stade Complexe Olympique, Oran (ALG) 1 July 2022
  16. 38.97   Spain 1 Estadio Iberoamericano, Huelva (ESP) 25 May 2022
  17. 38.98   Turkey 2 Stade Complexe Olympique, Oran (ALG) 1 July 2022

Preview

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Team rosters

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Each roster has 5 or 6 athletes:[4]

Schedule

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The event schedule, in local time (UTC-7), was as follows:

Date Time Round
22 July 18:05 Heats
23 July 19:50 Final

Results

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Heats

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The first three in each heat (Q) and the next two fastest (q) qualified for the final.[5][6]

Rank Heat Lane Nation Athletes Time Notes
1 1 7   United States (USA) Christian Coleman, Noah Lyles, Elijah Hall, Marvin Bracy 37.87 Q, WL
2 2 5   France (FRA) Méba-Mickaël Zeze, Pablo Matéo, Ryan Zeze, Jimmy Vicaut 38.09 Q, SB
3 2 7   Canada (CAN) Aaron Brown, Jerome Blake, Brendon Rodney, Andre De Grasse 38.10 Q, SB
4 2 2   South Africa (RSA) Henricho Bruintjies, Emile Erasmus, Clarence Munyai, Akani Simbine 38.31 Q, SB
5 2 8   Jamaica (JAM) Ackeem Blake, Kemar Bailey-Cole, Conroy Jones, Jelani Walker 38.33 q, SB
6 2 3   Brazil (BRA) Rodrigo do Nascimento, Felipe Bardi, Derick Silva, Erik Cardoso 38.41 q, SB
7 1 4   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) Adam Gemili, Zharnel Hughes, Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake, Reece Prescod 38.49 Q
8 1 8   Ghana (GHA) Sean Safo-Antwi, Benjamin Azamati, Joseph Oduro Manu, Joseph Amoah 38.58 Q, SB
9 2 6   Spain (ESP) Bernat Canet, Pol Retamal, Jésus Gómez [de], Sergio López [de] 38.70 SB
10 2 4   Italy (ITA) Lorenzo Patta, Filippo Tortu, Fausto Desalu, Chituru Ali 38.74 SB
11 1 1   Germany (GER) Kevin Kranz, Joshua Hartmann, Owen Ansah, Lucas Ansah-Peprah 38.83
12 1 5   China (CHN) Tang Xingqiang, Xie Zhenye, Su Bingtian, Chen Guanfeng 38.83 SB
13 1 6   Netherlands (NED) Hensley Paulina, Taymir Burnet, Joris van Gool, Raphael Bouju 39.07
2 1   Denmark (DEN) Simon Hansen, Frederik Schou-Nielsen, Tobias Larsen, Kojo Musah DNF
1 2   Nigeria (NGR) Raymond Ekevwo, Godson Oghenebrume, Udodi Onwuzurike, Favour Ashe DQ
1 3   Japan (JPN) Ryuichiro Sakai, Ryota Suzuki [de], Koki Ueyama, Hiroki Yanagita DQ

Final

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The final started on 23 July at 19:50.[7][8]

Rank Lane Nation Athletes Time Notes
  4   Canada (CAN) Aaron Brown, Jerome Blake, Brendon Rodney, Andre De Grasse 37.48 WL, NR
  3   United States (USA) Christian Coleman, Noah Lyles, Elijah Hall, Marvin Bracy 37.55 SB
  6   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) Jona Efoloko, Zharnel Hughes, Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake, Reece Prescod 37.83 SB
4 2   Jamaica (JAM) Ackeem Blake, Yohan Blake, Oblique Seville, Jelani Walker 38.06 SB
5 8   Ghana (GHA) Sean Safo-Antwi, Benjamin Azamati, Joseph Oduro Manu, Joseph Amoah 38.07 NR
6 7   South Africa (RSA) Emile Erasmus, Gift Leotlela, Clarence Munyai, Akani Simbine 38.10 SB
7 1   Brazil (BRA) Rodrigo do Nascimento, Felipe Bardi, Derick Silva, Erik Cardoso 38.25 SB
5   France (FRA) Méba-Mickaël Zeze, Pablo Matéo, Ryan Zeze, Jimmy Vicaut DQ

References

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  1. ^ Timetable
  2. ^ "4 × 100 Metres Relay Men − Records". IAAF. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Road to | World Athletics". iaaf.org. 9 July 2022.
  4. ^ "The XXXII Olympic Games (Athletics) | World Athletics". www.worldathletics.org. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  5. ^ STARTLIST 4 x 100 Metres Relay Men - Round 1
  6. ^ SUMMARY 4 x 100 Metres Relay Men - Round 1
  7. ^ STARTLIST 4 x 100 Metres Relay Men - Final
  8. ^ RESULTS 4 x 100 Metres Relay Men - Fina