2015 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay


The men's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 29 August.

Summary

Heats

Jamaica ran Rasheed Dwyer to rest Usain Bolt in the heats. The United States employed a rare strategy of running the main team and not resting any runners.
The US won the first heat with Great Britain second while resting Chijindu Ujah. Jamaica won the second heat. China set an Asian Continental Record in their heat.

Final race

The United States managed a clean handoff two times between Trayvon Bromell, Justin Gatlin and Tyson Gay, while Jamaica stiff between Nesta Carter and Asafa Powell.Around the final turn, Nickel Ashmeade made up ground on Gay. The final baton change between Mike Rodgers and Tyson Gay was completed outside the changeover zone and the American team was disqualified.
Jamaica won, with China second and Canada third. Britain did not finish after failing to complete the final baton change.

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:

Qualification standards

Schedule

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 3 of each heat plus the 2 fastest times advance to the final.
RankHeatLaneNationAthletesTimeNotes
124Nesta Carter, Asafa Powell, Rasheed Dwyer, Nickel Ashmeade37.41,
226Emmanuel Biron, Christophe Lemaitre, Guy-Elphège Anouman, Jimmy Vicaut37.88,
318Trayvon Bromell, Justin Gatlin, Tyson Gay, Mike Rodgers37.91
428Mo Youxue, Xie Zhenye, Su Bingtian, Zhang Peimeng37.92,
527Chavaughn Walsh, Daniel Bailey, Jared Jarvis, Miguel Francis38.01,
629Justyn Warner, Andre De Grasse, Brendon Rodney, Aaron Brown38.03,
719Richard Kilty, Harry Aikines-Aryeetey, James Ellington, Daniel Talbot38.20,
825Solomon Bockarie, Patrick van Luijk, Liemarvin Bonevacia, Hensley Paulina38.41
915Julian Reus, Sven Knipphals, Alexander Kosenkow, Aleixo-Platini Menga38.57
1017Kazuma Ōseto, Kenji Fujimitsu, Takuya Nagata, Kotaro Taniguchi38.60
1113Roman Kravtsov, Serhiy Smelyk, Volodymyr Suprun, Vitaliy Korzh38.79
1216Warren Fraser, Shavez Hart, Elroy McBride, Teray Smith38.96
14Gustavo dos Santos, Aldemir da Silva Junior, Bruno de Barros, José Carlos Moreira
23Henricho Bruintjies, Anaso Jobodwana, Antonio Alkana, Akani Simbine

Final

The final was started at 21:10.
RankLaneNationAthletesTimeNotes
4Nesta Carter, Asafa Powell, Nickel Ashmeade, Usain Bolt37.36
9Mo Youxue, Xie Zhenye, Su Bingtian, Zhang Peimeng38.01
3Aaron Brown, Andre De Grasse, Brendon Rodney, Justyn Warner38.13
48Julian Reus, Sven Knipphals, Alexander Kosenkow, Aleixo-Platini Menga38.15
55Emmanuel Biron, Christophe Lemaitre, Guy-Elphège Anouman, Jimmy Vicaut38.23
62Chavaughn Walsh, Daniel Bailey, Jared Jarvis, Miguel Francis38.61
7Richard Kilty, Daniel Talbot, James Ellington, Chijindu Ujah
6Trayvon Bromell, Justin Gatlin, Tyson Gay, Mike RodgersR170.7