Athletics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay explained

Event:	Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
Games:	2022
Venue:	Alexander Stadium
Dates:	6 August (first round) 7 August (final)
Competitors:	56
Nations:	13
Win Value:	38.35
Gold:	Jona Efoloko Zharnel Hughes Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake Ojie Edoburun Harry Aikines-Aryeetey
Goldcga:	ENG
Silver:	Jerod Elcock Eric Harrison Jr. Kion Benjamin Kyle Greaux Akanni Hislop
Silvercga:	TTO
Bronze:	Udodi Onwuzurike Favour Ashe Alaba Akintola Raymond Ekevwo Seye Ogunlewe
Bronzecga:	NGR
Prev:	2018
Next:	2026

The men's 4 × 100 metres relayat the 2022 Commonwealth Games, as part of the athletics programme, took place in the Alexander Stadium on 6 and 7 August 2022.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows:

World record	(Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt)	36.84	London, United Kingdom	11 August 2012
Commonwealth record	(Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt)	36.84	London, United Kingdom	11 August 2012
Games record	(Jason Livermore, Kemar Bailey-Cole, Nickel Ashmeade, Usain Bolt)	37.58	Glasgow, Scotland	2 August 2014

The schedule was as follows:^[1]

Date	Time	Round
Saturday 6 August 2022	12:47	First round
style=background:lemonchiffon	Sunday 7 August 2022	style=background:lemonchiffon	12:40	style=background:lemonchiffon	Final

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

The first three in each heat (Q) and the next two fastest (q) qualified for the final.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	1	8	38.48	Q,
2	1	5	38.84	Q,
3	2	3	38.85	Q
4	2	8	38.92	Q,
5	2	4	39.77	Q,
6	1	2	39.82	Q,
7	1	4	39.95	q
8	2	6	39.96	q,
9	1	7	40.60
10	2	7	41.17
11	1	2	41.47
	1	6
	2	5

The medals were determined in the final.^[3]