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

Events at the
2001 World Championships
Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
5000 m men women
10,000 m men women
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men women
3000 m
steeplechase
men
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men women
Road events
Marathon men women
20 km walk men women
50 km walk men
Field events
Long jump men women
Triple jump men women
High jump men women
Pole vault men women
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Hammer throw men women
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men
 

These are the official results of the Men's 4x100 metres event at the 2001 IAAF World Championships in Edmonton, Canada. Their final was held on Sunday 12 August 2001 at 17:10h.

Contents

Records

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
Barcelona, Spain
Stuttgart, Germany
Event Record  United States (Jon Drummond, André Cason, Dennis Mitchell, Leroy Burrell) 37.40 August 21, 1993 Stuttgart, Germany
Season Best Hudson Smith International (Jon Drummond, Bernard Williams, Joshua J. Johnson, Maurice Greene) 37.81 April 7, 2001 Austin, United States

Final

RANK NATION ATHLETES TIME
 South Africa (RSA) Morne Nagel
Corne du Plessis
Lee-Roy Newton
Mathew Quinn
38.47
(NR)
 Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) Marc Burns
Ato Boldon
Jaycey Harper
Darrel Brown
38.58
(NR)
 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.  Côte d'Ivoire (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 Domingos da Silva
Claudinei da Silva
DNF
 United States (USA) Mickey Grimes
Bernard Williams
Dennis Mitchell
Tim Montgomery
DQ

Semifinals

Heat 1

RANK NATION ATHLETES TIME
1.  Brazil (BRA) • Cláudio Sousa
Edson Ribeiro
André Domingos da Silva
Claudinei da Silva
38.23
2.  Japan (JPN) • Ryo Matsuda
Shingo Suetsugu
• Toshiyuki Fujimoto
Nobuharu Asahara
38.54
3.  Côte d'Ivoire (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

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

Heat 1

RANK NATION ATHLETES TIME
1.  Brazil (BRA) • Cláudio Sousa
Edson Ribeiro
André Domingos 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

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
40.24
 Germany (GER) • Rasgawa Pinnock
• Steffen Otto
Alexander Kosenkow
• Tim Goebel
DQ
 Liberia (LBR) • Kouty Mawenh
Sayon Cooper
Sultan Tucker
Koiyan Morlu
DNF

Heat 3

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) • Mohammed 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

RANK NATION ATHLETES TIME
1.  South Africa (RSA) Morne Nagel
Corne Du Plessis
Lee-Roy Newton
Mathew Quinn
38.72
2.  Côte d'Ivoire (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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