Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay explained

The 4 × 100 metres relay races at the 1984 Summer Olympics was contested as part of the athletics program.^[1]

Medalists

Ron Brown Sam Graddy Carl Lewis Calvin Smith

Al Lawrence Greg Meghoo Don Quarrie Ray Stewart Norman Edwards*

Sterling Hinds Ben Johnson Tony Sharpe Desai Williams

Abbreviations

Q	automatic qualification
q	qualification by rank
DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
OR	olympic record
WR	world record
AR	area record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1984 Summer Olympics.

World Record	37.86	Carl Lewis Calvin Smith Willie Gault Emmit King	Helsinki (FIN)	August 10, 1983
Olympic Record	38.19	Larry Black Robert Taylor Gerald Tinker Eddie Hart	Munich (FRG)	September 10, 1972

The United States set a new world record in the final.

Results

Final

Rank	Team	Name	Result	Notes
		Sam Graddy, Ron Brown, Calvin Smith, Carl Lewis	37.83
		Albert Lawrence, Greg Meghoo, Don Quarrie, Ray Stewart	38.62
			38.70
4			38.87
5			38.99
6		Antoine Richard, Jean-Jacques Boussemart, Marc Gasparoni, Bruno Marie-Rose	39.10
7			39.13
8		Arnaldo da Silva, Nelson Rocha Santos, Katsuiko Nakaia, Paulo Correia	39.40

Semi-final

Heat 1

Rank	Team	Name	Result	Notes
1		Sam Graddy, Ron Brown, Calvin Smith, Carl Lewis	38.44
2		Antonio Ullo, Giovanni Bongiorni, Stefano Tilli, Pietro Mennea	39.32
3		Ben Johnson, Tony Sharpe, Desai Williams, Sterling Hinds	39.39
4			39.52
5			40.19
6		Johannes Kardiono, Purnomo, Christian Nenepath, Ernawan Witarsa	40.37
7			40.63
8			40.83

Heat 2

Rank	Team	Name	Result	Notes
1		Albert Lawrence, Greg Meghoo, Don Quarrie, Ray Stewart	38.67
2			38.67
3		Jürgen Koffler, Peter Klein, Jürgen Evers, Ralf Lübke	38.70
4			38.91
5			38.98
6			40.14
7		John Mayers, Hamil Grimes, Clyde Edwards, Anthony Jones	40.18
8		Waheed Khamis Al-Salem, Faraj Abdulla, Jamal Al-Abdulla, Talal Mansour	40.43

Heats

Heat 1

Rank	Team	Name	Result	Notes
1		Sam Graddy, Ron Brown, Calvin Smith, Carl Lewis	38.89
2			39.04
3		Antoine Richard, Jean-Jacques Boussemart, Marc Gasparoni, Bruno Marie-Rose	40.04
4		Mamadou Sène, Hamidou Diawara, Saliou Seck, Charles-Louis Seck	40.15
5		Vichan Choocherd, Rangsam Intharachai, Prasit Boonprasert, Sumet Promna	40.58
6		Waheed Khamis Al-Salem, Faraj Abdulla, Jamal Al-Abdulla, Talal Mansour	40.60
7		Bakary Jarju, Dawda Jallow, Abdurahman Jallow, Omar Fye	40.73

Heat 2

Rank	Team	Name	Result	Notes
1		Ben Johnson, Tony Sharpe, Desai Williams, Sterling Hinds	39.20
2		Arnaldo da Silva, Robson da Silva, Katsuiko Nakaia, Paulo Correia	39.27
3		Antonio Ullo, Giovanni Bongiorni, Stefano Tilli, Pietro Mennea	39.87
4		Iziaq Adeyanju, Eseme Ikpoto, Lawrence Adegbeingbe, Chidi Imoh	39.94
5		Philip Attipoe, Makarios Djan, Collins Mensah, Rex Brobby	40.20
6		Abdul Mansaray, David Peter Sawyerr, Felix Sandy, Ivan Benjamin	40.77

Heat 3

Rank	Team	Name	Result	Notes
1			38.93
2		Daley Thompson, Donovan Reid, Mike McFarlane, Allan Wells	39.00
3		Johannes Kardiono, Mohamed Purnomo, Christian Nenepath, Ernawan Witarsa	40.43
4		John Mayers, Hamil Grimes, Clyde Edwards, Anthony Jones	40.47
5		Anthony Henry, Lester Benjamin, Alfred Browne, Larry Miller	40.70
6		Théophile Nkounkou, Henri Nding, Antoine Kiakouama, Jean-Didace Bemou	40.74
7		Wallace Obey, Hassan Tall, Oliver Daniels, Augustus Moulton	42.05

External links

• Results

Notes and References

1. Web site: Athletics at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417173811/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1984/ATH/mens-4-x-100-metres-relay.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 19 August 2017 . sports-reference.com.