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


The men's 4 x 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 established at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, while the United States entered with the 2009 overall season-best 37.85.

Medalists

* 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		37.40Stuttgart, Germany21 August 1993
Championship record
Jon Drummond, Andre Cason, Dennis Mitchell, Leroy Burrell		37.40Stuttgart, Germany21 August 1993
World LeadingRacers Track Club
Daniel Bailey, Yohan Blake, Mario Forsythe, Usain Bolt		37.46London, Great Britain25 July 2009
African Record
Osmond Ezinwa, Olapade Adeniken, Francis Obikwelu, Davidson Ezinwa		37.94Athens, Greece9 August 1997
Asian Record
Naoki Tsukahara, Shingo Suetsugu, Shinji Takahira, Nobuharu Asahara		38.03Osaka, Japan1 September 2007
North American Record
Jon Drummond, Andre Cason, Dennis Mitchell, Leroy Burrell		37.40Stuttgart, Germany21 August 1993
South American record
André da Silva, Claudinei da Silva, Vicente de Lima, Édson Ribeiro		37.90Sydney, Australia30 September 2000
European Record
Dwain Chambers, Jason Gardener, Darren Campbell, Marlon Devonish		37.73Seville, Spain29 August 1999
Oceanian Record
Paul Henderson, Tim Jackson, Steve Brimacombe, Damien Marsh		38.17Gothenburg, Sweden12 August 1995

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

Qualification standard

Schedule

Results

Heats

The first 2 of each heat plus the 2 fastest times qualify.
RankHeatNationAthletesTimeNotes
2Simeon Williamson, Tyrone Edgar, Marlon Devonish, Harry Aikines-Aryeetey38.11Q, SB
1Darrel Brown, Marc Burns, Keston Bledman, Richard Thompson38.47Q
3Roberto Donati, Simone Collio, Emanuele Di Gregorio, Fabio Cerutti38.52Q, SB
1Masashi Eriguchi, Naoki Tsukahara, Shinji Takahira, Kenji Fujimitsu38.53Q
1Ronald Pognon, Martial Mbandjock, Pierre-Alexis Pessonneaux, Christophe Lemaitre38.59q, SB
2Hank Palmer, Oluseyi Smith, Jared Connaughton, Bryan Barnett38.60Q, SB
3Lerone Clarke, Michael Frater, Steve Mullings, Dwight Thomas38.60Q
1Vicente de Lima, Sandro Viana, Basílio de Moraes, José Carlos Moreira38.72q, SB
3Anthony Alozie, Josh Ross, Aaron Rouge-Serret, Matt Davies38.93SB
102Gregory Sedoc, Caimin Douglas, Guus Hoogmoed, Patrick van Luijk38.95SB
112Dany Gonçalves, Arnaldo Abrantes, Ricardo Monteiro, Francis Obikwelu39.25
121Pascal Mancini, Marc Schneeberger, Reto Schenkel, Marco Cribari39.47
132Nana Kofi Samm, Tanko Braimah, Seth Amoo, Aziz Zakari39.61SB
141Hannes Dreyer, Leigh Julius, Thuso Mpuang, L. J. van Zyl39.71
153Apinan Sukaphai, Wachara Sondee, Suppachai Chimdee, Sittichai Suwonprateep39.73
2Terrence Trammell, Michael Rodgers, Shawn Crawford, Darvis PattonIllegal handover
3Tobias Unger, Marius Broening, Alexander Kosenkow, Martin Keller
3Michał Bielczyk, Dariusz Kuć, Mikołaj Lewański, Robert Kubaczyk

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

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