The men's 4 × 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 Jamaica held the world record at 37.10 (which was later rescinded), which was established at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing , while the United States entered with the 2009 overall season-best 37.85.
Medalists [ edit ] * Runners who participated in the heats only and received medals.
Records [ edit ] Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.
World record United States (USA) Jon Drummond , Andre Cason , Dennis Mitchell , Leroy Burrell 37.40 Stuttgart , Germany 21 August 1993 Championship record United States (USA) Jon Drummond , Andre Cason , Dennis Mitchell , Leroy Burrell 37.40 Stuttgart , Germany 21 August 1993 World Leading Racers Track Club Daniel Bailey , Yohan Blake , Mario Forsythe , Usain Bolt 37.46 London , Great Britain 25 July 2009 African Record Nigeria (NGR) Osmond Ezinwa , Olapade Adeniken , Francis Obikwelu , Davidson Ezinwa 37.94 Athens , Greece 9 August 1997 Asian Record Japan (JPN) Naoki Tsukahara , Shingo Suetsugu , Shinji Takahira , Nobuharu Asahara 38.03 Osaka , Japan 1 September 2007 North American Record United States (USA) Jon Drummond , Andre Cason , Dennis Mitchell , Leroy Burrell 37.40 Stuttgart , Germany 21 August 1993 South American record Brazil (BRA) André da Silva , Claudinei da Silva , Vicente de Lima , Édson Ribeiro 37.90 Sydney , Australia 30 September 2000 European Record Great Britain (GBR) Dwain Chambers , Jason Gardener , Darren Campbell , Marlon Devonish 37.73 Seville , Spain 29 August 1999 Oceanian Record Australia (AUS) Paul Henderson , Tim Jackson , Steve Brimacombe , Damien Marsh 38.17 Gothenburg , Sweden 12 August 1995
No new world or championship record was set during this competition.
Qualification standard [ edit ] Schedule [ edit ] Date Time Round August 21, 2009 19:30 Heats August 22, 2009 20:50 Final
Results [ edit ] The first 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) qualify.
Rank Heat Nation Athletes Time Notes 1 2 Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) Simeon Williamson , Tyrone Edgar , Marlon Devonish , Harry Aikines-Aryeetey 38.11 Q, SB 2 1 Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) Darrel Brown , Marc Burns , Keston Bledman , Richard Thompson 38.47 Q 3 3 Italy (ITA) Roberto Donati , Simone Collio , Emanuele Di Gregorio , Fabio Cerutti 38.52 Q, SB 4 1 Japan (JPN) Masashi Eriguchi , Naoki Tsukahara , Shinji Takahira , Kenji Fujimitsu 38.53 Q 5 1 France (FRA) Ronald Pognon , Martial Mbandjock , Pierre-Alexis Pessonneaux , Christophe Lemaitre 38.59 q, SB 6 2 Canada (CAN) Hank Palmer , Oluseyi Smith , Jared Connaughton , Bryan Barnett 38.60 Q, SB 6 3 Jamaica (JAM) Lerone Clarke , Michael Frater , Steve Mullings , Dwight Thomas 38.60 Q 8 1 Brazil (BRA) Vicente de Lima , Sandro Viana , Basílio de Moraes , José Carlos Moreira 38.72 q, SB 9 3 Australia (AUS) Anthony Alozie , Josh Ross , Aaron Rouge-Serret , Matt Davies 38.93 SB 10 2 Netherlands (NED) Gregory Sedoc , Caimin Douglas , Guus Hoogmoed , Patrick van Luijk 38.95 SB 11 2 Portugal (POR) Dany Gonçalves , Arnaldo Abrantes , Ricardo Monteiro , Francis Obikwelu 39.25 12 1 Switzerland (SUI) Pascal Mancini , Marc Schneeberger , Reto Schenkel , Marco Cribari 39.47 13 2 Ghana (GHA) Nana Kofi Samm , Tanko Braimah , Seth Amoo , Aziz Zakari 39.61 SB 14 1 South Africa (RSA) Hannes Dreyer , Leigh Julius , Thuso Mpuang , L. J. van Zyl 39.71 15 3 Thailand (THA) Apinan Sukaphai , Wachara Sondee , Suppachai Chimdee , Sittichai Suwonprateep 39.73 2 United States (USA) Terrence Trammell , Michael Rodgers , Shawn Crawford , Darvis Patton DQ Illegal handover[1] 3 Germany (GER) Tobias Unger , Marius Broening , Alexander Kosenkow , Martin Keller DNF 3 Poland (POL) Michał Bielczyk , Dariusz Kuć , Mikołaj Lewański , Robert Kubaczyk DNS
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
Rank Nation Athletes Time Notes Jamaica (JAM) Steve Mullings , Michael Frater , Usain Bolt , Asafa Powell 37.31 WR Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) Darrel Brown , Marc Burns , Emmanuel Callander , Richard Thompson 37.62 NR Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) Simeon Williamson , Tyrone Edgar , Marlon Devonish , Harry Aikines-Aryeetey 38.02 SB 4 Japan (JPN) Masashi Eriguchi , Naoki Tsukahara , Shinji Takahira , Kenji Fujimitsu 38.30 SB 5 Canada (CAN) Sam Effah , Oluseyi Smith , Jared Connaughton , Bryan Barnett 38.39 SB 6 Italy (ITA) Roberto Donati , Simone Collio , Emanuele Di Gregorio , Fabio Cerutti 38.54 7 Brazil (BRA) Vicente de Lima , Sandro Viana , Basílio de Moraes , José Carlos Moreira 38.56 SB 8 France (FRA) Ronald Pognon , Martial Mbandjock , Eddy De Lepine , Christophe Lemaitre 39.21
Key : CR = Championship record, NR = National record, SB = Seasonal best
References [ edit ] General Specific