2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay explained

The men's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics took place at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin on August 21 and August 22. The two main contenders for the event were the reigning World Champions, the United States, and the reigning Olympic Champions, Jamaica. Jamaica held the world record at 37.10 (which was later rescinded), which was established at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, while the United States entered with the 2009 overall season-best 37.85.

Medalists

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Steve Mullings
Michael Frater
Usain Bolt
Asafa Powell
Dwight Thomas

Lerone Clarke

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Darrel Brown
Marc Burns
Emmanuel Callander
Richard Thompson
Keston Bledman

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Simeon Williamson
Tyrone Edgar
Marlon Devonish
Harry Aikines-Aryeetey

* Runners who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Records

Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.

World record	Jon Drummond, Andre Cason, Dennis Mitchell, Leroy Burrell	37.40	Stuttgart, Germany	21 August 1993
Championship record	Jon Drummond, Andre Cason, Dennis Mitchell, Leroy Burrell	37.40	Stuttgart, Germany	21 August 1993
World Leading	Racers Track Club Daniel Bailey, Yohan Blake, Mario Forsythe, Usain Bolt	37.46	London, Great Britain	25 July 2009
African Record	Osmond Ezinwa, Olapade Adeniken, Francis Obikwelu, Davidson Ezinwa	37.94	Athens, Greece	9 August 1997
Asian Record	Naoki Tsukahara, Shingo Suetsugu, Shinji Takahira, Nobuharu Asahara	38.03	Osaka, Japan	1 September 2007
North American Record	Jon Drummond, Andre Cason, Dennis Mitchell, Leroy Burrell	37.40	Stuttgart, Germany	21 August 1993
South American record	André da Silva, Claudinei da Silva, Vicente de Lima, Édson Ribeiro	37.90	Sydney, Australia	30 September 2000
European Record	Dwain Chambers, Jason Gardener, Darren Campbell, Marlon Devonish	37.73	Seville, Spain	29 August 1999
Oceanian Record	Paul Henderson, Tim Jackson, Steve Brimacombe, Damien Marsh	38.17	Gothenburg, Sweden	12 August 1995

No new world or championship record was set during this competition.

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
August 21, 2009	19:30	Heats
August 22, 2009	20:50	Final

Results

Heats

The first 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) qualify.

Rank	Heat	Athletes	Time	Notes
	2		38.11	Q, SB
	1		38.47	Q
	3		38.52	Q, SB
	1		38.53	Q
	1		38.59	q, SB
	2		38.60	Q, SB
	3		38.60	Q
	1		38.72	q, SB
	3		38.93	SB
10	2		38.95	SB
11	2		39.25
12	1	Pascal Mancini, Marc Schneeberger, Reto Schenkel, Marco Cribari	39.47
13	2		39.61	SB
14	1		39.71
15	3		39.73
	2			Illegal handover
	3
	3

Key: DNF = Did not finish, DNS = Did not start, DQ = Disqualified, Q = qualification by place in heat, q = qualification by overall place, SB = Seasonal best

Final

Rank	Time	Notes
	37.31	WR
	37.62	NR
	38.02	SB
4	38.30	SB
5	38.39	SB
6	38.54
7	38.56	SB
8	39.21

Key: CR = Championship record, NR = National record, SB = Seasonal best

References

General

4×100 metres relay results. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-20.

Specific