2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay

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These are the official results of the Men's 4 × 100 metres relay event at the 2001 IAAF World Championships in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Their final was held on Sunday 12 August 2001 at 17:10.

Records[edit]

Standing records prior to the 2001 World Athletics Championships
World record  United States (Michael Marsh, Leroy Burrell, Dennis Mitchell, Carl Lewis)
 United States (Jon Drummond, André Cason, Dennis Mitchell, Leroy Burrell)
37.40 August 8, 1992
August 21, 1993
Spain Barcelona, Spain
Germany Stuttgart, Germany
Championships record  United States (Jon Drummond, André Cason, Dennis Mitchell, Leroy Burrell) 37.40 August 21, 1993 Germany Stuttgart, Germany
Season best United States Hudson Smith International (Jon Drummond, Bernard Williams, Joshua J. Johnson, Maurice Greene) 37.81 April 7, 2001 United States Austin, United States

Final[edit]

Rank Nation Athletes Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)  South Africa (RSA) Morné Nagel
Corné du Plessis
Lee-Roy Newton
Mathew Quinn
38.47
(NR)
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) Marc Burns
Ato Boldon
Jaycey Harper
Darrel Brown
38.58
(NR)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Australia (AUS) Adam Basil
Paul Di Bella
Steve Brimacombe
Matthew Shirvington
38.83
4.  Japan (JPN) Ryo Matsuda
Shingo Suetsugu
Toshiyuki Fujimoto
Nobuharu Asahara
38.96
5.  Ivory Coast (CIV) Jean-Marie Irie
Ahmed Douhou
Yves Sonan
Eric Pacome N'Dri
39.18
6.  Poland (POL) Ryszard Pilarczyk
Łukasz Chyła
Piotr Balcerzak
Marcin Jędrusiński
39.71
 Brazil (BRA) Cláudio Sousa
Edson Ribeiro
André da Silva
Claudinei da Silva
DNF
 United States (USA) Mickey Grimes
Bernard Williams
Dennis Mitchell
Tim Montgomery
DQ

Semifinals[edit]

  • Held on Sunday 12 August 2001

Heat 1[edit]

Rank Nation Athletes Time
1.  Brazil (BRA) Cláudio Sousa
Edson Ribeiro
André da Silva
Claudinei da Silva
38.23
2.  Japan (JPN) Ryo Matsuda
Shingo Suetsugu
Toshiyuki Fujimoto
Nobuharu Asahara
38.54
3.  Ivory Coast (CIV) Ibrahim Meité
Ahmed Douhou
Yves Sonan
Eric Pacome N'Dri
38.60
(NR)
4.  South Africa (RSA) Morne Nagel
Corne du Plessis
Lee-Roy Newton
Mathew Quinn
38.63
5.  Italy (ITA) Francesco Scuderi
Marco Torrieri
Maurizio Checcucci
Andrea Colombo
38.71
6.  Saudi Arabia (KSA) Yahya Al-Gahes
Mubarak Ata Mubarak
Salem Mubarak Al-Yami
Jamal Abd. Al-Saffar
39.04
(NR)
7.  Israel (ISR) Kfir Golan
Tommy Kafri
Gideon Yablonka
Aleksandr Porkhomovskiy
39.39
 France (FRA) Fabrice Calligny
Frédéric Krantz
Christophe Cheval
David Patros
DQ

Heat 2[edit]

Rank Nation Athletes Time
1.  Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) Marc Burns
Ato Boldon
Jaycey Harper
Darrel Brown
38.76
2.  Poland (POL) Ryszard Pilarczyk
Łukasz Chyła
Piotr Balcerzak
Marcin Urbaś
38.92
3.  Australia (AUS) Matthew Shirvington
Paul Di Bella
Steve Brimacombe
Adam Basil
38.97
4.  Nigeria (NGR) Taiwo Bamidele
Chinedu Oriala
Tamunosiki Atorudibo
Uchenna Emedolu
39.05
5.  Canada (CAN) Nicolas Macrozonaris
Glenroy Gilbert
Jermaine Joseph
Anson Henry
39.16
6.  Bahamas (BAH) Renward Wells
Andrew Tynes
Iram Lewis
Dominic Demeritte
39.20
7.  Mauritius (MRI) Arnaud Casquette
Eric Milazar
Fernando Augustin
Stéphane Buckland
39.25
 United States (USA) Mickey Grimes
Bernard Williams
Dennis Mitchell
Tim Montgomery
DQ

Heats[edit]

  • Held on Saturday 11 August 2001

Heat 1[edit]

Rank Nation Athletes Time
1.  Brazil (BRA) Cláudio Sousa
Edson Ribeiro
André da Silva
Claudinei da Silva
38.44
2.  Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) Marc Burns
Ato Boldon
Jaycey Harper
Darrel Brown
38.60
3.  Poland (POL) Ryszard Pilarczyk
Łukasz Chyła
Piotr Balcerzak
Marcin Urbaś
38.79
 Venezuela (VEN) Juan Morillo
William Hernández
José Carabalí
Hely Ollarves
DQ
 Thailand (THA) Kongdech Natenee
Vissanu Sophanich
Ekkachai Janthana
Reanchai Seehawong
DQ
 Benin (BEN) Anziz Itchaou
Pascal Dangbo
Arcadius Fanou
Souhalia Alamou
DNS

Heat 2[edit]

Rank Nation Athletes Time
1.  United States (USA) Jon Drummond
Mickey Grimes
Dennis Mitchell
Joshua J. Johnson
38.35
2.  Japan (JPN) Ryo Matsuda
Shingo Suetsugu
Toshiyuki Fujimoto
Nobuharu Asahara
38.67
3.  France (FRA) Fabrice Calligny
Frédéric Krantz
David Patros
Needy Guims
38.97
4.  Nigeria (NGR) Taiwo Bamidele
Chinedu Oriala
Sunday Emmanuel
Uchenna Emedolu
39.10
5.  Belgium (BEL) Bongelemba Bongelo
Anthony Ferro
Kevin Rans
Erik Wijmeersch
39.22
 Germany (GER) Rasgawa Pinnock
Steffen Otto
Alexander Kosenkow
Tim Goebel
DQ
 Liberia (LBR) Kouty Mawenh
Sayon Cooper
Sultan Tucker
Koiyan Morlu
DNF

Heat 3[edit]

Rank Nation Athletes Time
1.  Canada (CAN) Okiki Akinremi
Glenroy Gilbert
Jermaine Joseph
Nicolas Macrozonaris
38.83
2.  Australia (AUS) Matthew Shirvington
Paul Di Bella
Steve Brimacombe
Adam Basil
38.96
3.  Italy (ITA) Francesco Scuderi
Marco Torrieri
Maurizio Checcucci
Andrea Colombo
38.97
4.  Saudi Arabia (KSA) Mohamed Al-Yami
Mubarak Ata Mubarak
Salem Mubarak Al-Yami
Jamal Abd. Al-Saffar
39.15
5.  Bahamas (BAH) Renward Wells
Andrew Tynes
Iram Lewis
Dominic Demeritte
39.16
6.  Jamaica (JAM) Julien Dunkley
Dwight Thomas
Christopher Williams
Ricardo Williams
40.05

Heat 4[edit]

Rank Nation Athletes Time
1.  South Africa (RSA) Morne Nagel
Corne Du Plessis
Lee-Roy Newton
Mathew Quinn
38.72
2.  Ivory Coast (CIV) Ibrahim Meité
Ahmed Douhou
Yves Sonan
Eric Pacome N'Dri
38.74
3.  Mauritius (MRI) Arnaud Casquette
Eric Milazar
Fernando Augustin
Stéphane Buckland
38.99 (NR)
4.  Israel (ISR) Kfir Golan
Tommy Kafri
Gideon Yablonka
Aleksandr Porkhomovskiy
39.13
5.  Cameroon (CMR) Alfred Moussambani
Serge Bengono
Joseph Batangdon
Claude Toukene
39.29
 Cuba (CUB) José A. César
Luis Alberto Pérez-Rionda
Iván García
Freddy Mayola
DNF
 Great Britain (GBR) Dwain Chambers
Marlon Devonish
Christian Malcolm
Jonathan Barbour
DNF

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