2017 IAAF World Relays – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay


The men's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2017 IAAF World Relays was held at the Thomas Robinson Stadium on 2 May.
From the gun in the [|final], American Leshon Collins got some separation from Canada's Akeem Haynes. Also gaining an advantage on the stagger was Chijindu Ujah, the British leadoff as the gap to China's Tang Xingqiang and Barbados' Mario Burke shrunk. Down the backstretch, Britain's Zharnel Hughes and American Mike Rodgers didn't gain against China's Xie Zhenye, who gained a step on Ramon Gittens to his outside. The second Canadian exchange between Aaron Brown and Brendon Rodney was an adventure, with Rodney hopping up and down leaving the zone without the baton. Through the second turn, American Ronnie Baker gained a little on Britain's Daniel Talbot and China's sub-10 star, Su Bingtian to take a slight lead into the final handoff. Britain's Ojie Edoburun reached back for the baton first but came up empty handed. The American handoff was more awkward as Justin Gatlin slowed and grabbed twice to finally get the baton in hand. China's final exchange was also awkward as Su ran up on Liang Jinsheng, finally getting a successful handoff but behind a step, as USA came out with the baton in first. With the advantage, the Olympic silver medalist sped away to a huge victory. Farther behind, Netherlands also failed to get the handoff between Solomon Bockarie and Hensley Paulina. Two steps behind China, Barbados made a clean exchange between Nicholas Deshong and Burkheart Ellis. As expected, Liang was losing ground to Gatlin, behind him, reminiscent of Bob Hayes in Tokyo, a gangly running Ellis was gaining on every step, Barbados overtaking China a step out, accentuated by a dip finish.

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:
World record
36.84 London, Great Britain11 August 2012
Championship record
37.38 Nassau, Bahamas2 May 2015
World Leading38.15 Gainesville, United States1 April 2017
African Record
37.94 Athens, Greece9 August 1997
Asian Record
37.60 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil19 August 2016
North, Central American and Caribbean record
36.84 London, Great Britain11 August 2012
South American Record
37.90 Sydney, Australia30 September 2000
European Record
37.73 Seville, Spain29 August 1999
Oceanian record
38.17 Gothenburg, Sweden12 August 1995
Oceanian record
38.17 London, Great Britain10 August 2012

Schedule

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 2 of each heat plus the 2 fastest times advanced to the final. The next 8 fastest times qualified for the [|final B].
RankHeatNationAthletesTimeNotes
12Akeem Haynes, Aaron Brown, Brendon Rodney, Andre De Grasse38.21Q
22Marvin Bracy, Mike Rodgers, Ronnie Baker, Justin Gatlin38.22Q
33Chijindu Ujah, Zharnel Hughes, Adam Gemili, Daniel Talbot38.32Q, SB
41Giovanni Codrington, Churandy Martina, Solomon Bockarie, Hensley Paulina38.71Q, SB
51Mo Youxue, Xie Zhenye, Su Bingtian, Zhang Peimeng38.97Q, SB
61Trae Williams, Tom Gamble, Alexander Hartmann, Nicholas Andrews39.09q, SB
72Marvin René, Stuart Dutamby, Mickael-Meba Zeze, Jimmy Vicaut39.10q, SB
82Julian Reus, Robin Erewa, Alexander Kosenkow, Sven Knipphals39.11SB
93Mario Burke, Ramon Gittens, Nicholas Deshong, Burkheart Ellis Jr39.26Q, SB
101Warren Fraser, Shavez Hart, Cliff Resias, Adrian Griffith39.36SB
111Keston Bledman, Kyle Greaux, Emmanuel Callender, Dan-Neil Telesford39.44SB
123Takumi Masuda, Yuma Saito, Jun Yamashita, Kenta Oshima39.52SB
133Christopher Valdez, Yohandris Andújar, Mayobanex de Óleo, Juan Aroldi Santos39.56SB
143Harlyn Pérez, Yordan O'Farrill, Yoan Medina, Reynier Mena39.67SB
152Héctor Ruiz, Iván Moreno, Juan Carlos Alanis, César Ramírez39.71SB
163Hakeem Huggins, Lestrod Roland, Allistar Clarke, Brijesh Lawrence39.81SB
172Dominik Kopeć, Przemysław Słowikowski, Artur Zaczek, Grzegorz Zimniewicz39.84SB
2Fabio Cerutti, Eseosa Desalu, Federico Cattaneo, Filippo TortuR170.7
3António Cesar Rodrigues, Bruno de Barros, Derick Silva, Vítor Hugo dos SantosR163.3
1Chavaughn Walsh, Daniel Bailey, Jared Jarvis, Tahir Walsh
1Everton Clarke, Kemar Bailey-Cole, Jevaughn Minzie, Yohan Blake

Final B

RankLaneNationAthletesTimeNotes
15Moriba Morain, Emmanuel Callender, Kyle Greaux, Dan-Neil Telesford39.04SB, *WC
23Roy Schmidt, Robin Erewa, Julian Reus, Aleixo-Platini Menga39.15*WC
34Warren Fraser, Shavez Hart, Cliff Resias, Adrian Griffith39.18SB, *WC
47Christopher Valdez, Yohandris Andújar, Carlos Jorge, Juan Aroldi Santos39.57
58Harlyn Pérez, Yordan O'Farrill, Yoan Medina, Reynier Mena39.90
62Héctor Ruiz, Iván Moreno, Juan Carlos Alanis, César Ramírez39.98
76Takumi Masuda, Yuma Saito, Jun Yamashita, Takeshi Fujiwara40.31
81Hakeem Huggins, Lestrod Roland, Allistar Clarke, Brijesh Lawrence41.07

Final

RankLaneNationAthletesTimeNotes
5Leshon Collins, Mike Rodgers, Ronnie Baker, Justin Gatlin38.43*WC
8Mario Burke, Ramon Gittens, Nicholas Deshong, Burkheart Ellis Jr39.18, *WC
7Tang Xingqiang, Xie Zhenye, Su Bingtian, Liang Jinsheng39.22*WC
42Trae Williams, Tom Gamble, Alexander Hartmann, Nicholas Andrews39.73*WC
51Marvin René, Jimmy Vicaut, Mickael-Meba Zeze, Stuart Dutamby39.83*WC
4Akeem Haynes, Aaron Brown, Brendon Rodney, Andre De Grasse
3Giovanni Codrington, Churandy Martina, Solomon Bockarie, Hensley Paulina
6Chijindu Ujah, Zharnel Hughes, Daniel Talbot, Ojie Edoburun