2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay explained

These are the official results of the Men's 4 × 100 metres relay event at the 2001 IAAF World Championships in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Their final was held on Sunday 12 August 2001 at 17:10.

Records

Standing records prior to the 2001 World Athletics Championships
	(Michael Marsh, Leroy Burrell, Dennis Mitchell, Carl Lewis) (Jon Drummond, André Cason, Dennis Mitchell, Leroy Burrell)	37.40	August 8, 1992 August 21, 1993	Barcelona, Spain Stuttgart, Germany
	(Jon Drummond, André Cason, Dennis Mitchell, Leroy Burrell)	37.40	August 21, 1993	Stuttgart, Germany
	Hudson Smith International (Jon Drummond, Bernard Williams, Joshua J. Johnson, Maurice Greene)	37.81	April 7, 2001	Austin, United States

Final

Rank	Nation	Athletes	Time
			38.47 (NR)
			38.58 (NR)
			38.83
4.			38.96
5.			39.18
6.			39.71
-			DNF
-			DQ

Semifinals

• Held on Sunday 12 August 2001

Heat 1

Rank	Nation	Athletes	Time
1.			38.23
2.			38.54
3.			38.60 (NR)
4.			38.63
5.			38.71
6.			39.04 (NR)
7.			39.39
-			DQ

Heat 2

Rank	Nation	Athletes	Time
1.			38.76
2.			38.92
3.			38.97
4.			39.05
5.			39.16
6.			39.20
7.			39.25
-			DQ

Heats

• Held on Saturday 11 August 2001

Heat 1

Rank	Nation	Athletes	Time
1.			38.44
2.			38.60
3.			38.79
-			DQ
-			DQ
-			DNS

Heat 2

Rank	Nation	Athletes	Time
1.			38.35
2.			38.67
3.			38.97
4.			39.10
5.			39.22
-			DQ
-			DNF

Heat 3

Rank	Nation	Athletes	Time
1.			38.83
2.			38.96
3.			38.97
4.			39.15
5.			39.16
6.			40.05

Heat 4

Rank	Nation	Athletes	Time
1.			38.72
2.			38.74
3.			38.99 (NR)
4.			39.13
5.			39.29
-			DNF
-			DNF

References

• Results