| Events at the 2007 World Championships |
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| 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 | women | ||
| 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 | |||
The men's 4 x 100 metre relay at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Nagai Stadium on 31 August and 1 September.
Contents |
* Runners who participated in the heats only and received medals.
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 |
| Date | Time | Round |
|---|---|---|
| August 31, 2007 | 20:40 | Heats |
| September 1, 2007 | 22:20 | Final |
The first 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) qualify.
| Rank | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | Darvis Patton, Wallace Spearmon, Tyson Gay, Leroy Dixon | 37.78 | WL | |
| Jamaica | Marvin Anderson, Usain Bolt, Nesta Carter, Asafa Powell | 37.89 | NR | |
| United Kingdom | Christian Malcolm, Craig Pickering, Marlon Devonish, Mark Lewis-Francis | 37.90 | SB | |
| 4 | Brazil | Vicente de Lima, Rafael Ribeiro, Basílio de Moraes, Sandro Viana | 37.99 | SB |
| 5 | Japan | Naoki Tsukahara, Shingo Suetsugu, Shinji Takahira, Nobuharu Asahara | 38.03 | AR |
| 6 | Germany | Ronny Ostwald, Tobias Unger, Alexander Kosenkow, Julian Reus | 38.62 | |
| Poland | Michał Bielczyk, Łukasz Chyła, Marcin Jędrusiński, Dariusz Kuć | DNF | ||
| Nigeria | Obinna Metu, Chukwu Uche Isaac, Chinedu Oriala, Olusoji Fasuba | DNF |
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