2024 World Athletics Relays – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay explained

Event:	Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
Competition:	2024 World Athletics Relays
Venue:	Thomas Robinson Stadium, Nassau, Bahamas
Dates:	4 May (heats) & 5 May (final)
Nations:	32
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Brendon Rodney Andre De Grasse Aaron Brown Jerome Blake
Silvernoc:	CAN
Bronze:	Méba Mickaël Zeze Jeff Erius Aymeric Priam Pablo Matéo
Bronzenoc:	FRA
Prev:	2021
Next:	2025

The men's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2024 World Athletics Relays has been held at the Thomas Robinson Stadium on 4 and 5 May.

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:

World record	Jamaica (Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt)	36.84	London, Great Britain	11 August 2012
Championships record	United States (Mike Rodgers, Justin Gatlin, Tyson Gay, Ryan Bailey)	37.38	Nassau, Bahamas	2 May 2015
World Leading	Gainesville Elite	37.67	Gainesville, United States	30 March 2024

Program

Heats : Saturday 4 May 2024, 20:27
Final: Sunday 5 May 2024, 22:00

Results

KEY:	bgcolor=ccffcc align=center	Q	Qualified	bgcolor=ddffdd align=center	q	Qualified as fastest times	WL	World leading	NR	National record	SB	Seasonal best	OG	2024 Olympic Games qualification

Heats

Heats Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) advanced to the final.^[1]

Rank	Heat	Athletes	Time	Notes
1	1		37.49	Q, WL, *OG, SB
1	4		38.10	Q, *OG, SB
1	3		38.11	Q, *OG, SB
4	1		38.14	Q, *OG, SB
5	4		38.25	Q, *OG, SB
6	2		38.32	Q, *OG, SB
7	2		38.36	Q, *OG, SB
8	2		38.46	SB
9	2		38.47
10	3		38.50	Q, *OG, SB
11	3		38.50
12	2		38.55	SB
13	1		38.79	SB
14	1		38.83	SB
15	1		38.87
16	3		38.87
16	2		38.87	SB
18	4		39.00
19	1		39.07
20	4		39.08	=SB
21	4		39.18	=SB
22	4		39.20
23	1	, Kim Kuk-young, Lee Jae-seong,	39.25	SB
24	1		39.27
25	1		39.31	SB
26	2		39.35	SB
27	4		39.38
28	3		39.82
29	2		40.04	SB
	3		DNF
	3		DQ
	1		DQ

Repechage Olympic qualifying round

The repechage round consisted of all countries which did not qualify for the finals. The top two countries in each repechage heat qualified for the 2024 Olympics, however there was no path for the repechage teams to qualify for the World Relays finals later in the day.^[2] ^[3]

Men's 4x100 Metres Relay Olympic Qualifying Round 2 - Heat! Place !! Athlete !! Country !! Time !! Heat
1		38.08	3
2		38.29	2
3		38.46	3
4	Kevin Kranz Lucas Ansah-Peprah Robin Ganter	38.57	1
5		38.57	2
6		38.65	1
7		38.65	1
8		38.72	1
9		38.86	1
10		39.04	3
11		39.15	3
12		39.16	2
13		39.17	2
14		39.20	1
15		39.21	3
16		39.39	1
17		39.41	2
18	Guillem Crespi	39.51	3
19		39.58	2
20	Kayhan Özer Batuhan Altıntaş	39.76	2
		DNF	1
	Xavi Mo-Ajok Taymir Burnet Hensley Paulina	DQ	2
		DNF	3
	Jerod Elcock Kion Benjamin Eric Harrison Jr.	DNF	3

Final

^[4]

Rank	Athletes	Time	Notes
		37.40	WL
	Brendon Rodney, Andre De Grasse, Aaron Brown, Jerome Blake	37.89	SB
	Méba Mickaël Zeze, Jeff Erius, Aymeric Priam, Pablo Matéo	38.44
4	Shoma Yamamoto, Hiroki Yanagita, Koki Ueyama, Sota Miwa	38.45
5	Richard Kilty, Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake, Jona Efoloko, Zharnel Hughes	38.45
6	Wu Zhiqiang, Deng Zhijian, Yan Haibin, Chen Jiapeng	38.75
7	Bryan Levell, Kadrian Goldson, Ryiem Forde, Sandrey Davison	38.88
	Roberto Rigali, Marcell Jacobs, Lorenzo Patta, Filippo Tortu	DQ

Notes and References

Web site: 4 x 100 Metres Relay Men - Round 1. World Athletics. https://web.archive.org/web/20240505122945/https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7193343/AT-4X1-M-oq1----.RS4.pdf . 5 May 2024.
Web site: OLYMPIC-QUALIFYING-ROUND-2 4x100 Metres Relay Results Bahamas 24 World Athletics Relays . 2024-05-06 . worldathletics.org.
Web site: 4 x 100 Metres Relay Men - Olympic Qualifying Round 2 . World Athletics . 7 May 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240506124943/https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7193343/AT-4X1-M-oq2----.RS4.pdf . 6 May 2024.
Web site: 4 x 100 Metres Relay Men - World Athletics Relays Final . World Athletics . 8 May 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240506115505/https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7193343/AT-4X1-M-f----.RS6.pdf . 6 May 2024.