The men's 4 × 100 metres relay races at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program were held on Friday 29 September and Saturday 30 September.[1]
The top two teams in each of the initial five heats automatically qualified for the semi-final. The next six fastest team from across the heats also qualified. The top three teams in each of the semi-finals automatically qualified for the final. The next two fastest team from the semi-finals also qualified.
As of 2028, this is the last time the U.S. team won the men's 4 x 100 meters relay in track & field.
Records
editThese were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 2000 Summer Olympics.
| World Record | 37.40 |  Michael Marsh Leroy Burrell Dennis Mitchell Carl Lewis
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Barcelona (ESP) | 8 August 1992 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37.40 | Jon Drummond Andre Cason Dennis Mitchell Leroy Burrell
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Stuttgart (GER) | 21 August 1993 | |
| Olympic Record | 37.40 | Michael Marsh Leroy Burrell Dennis Mitchell Carl Lewis
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Barcelona (ESP) | 8 August 1992 |
Medalists
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* Athletes who participated in the heats only and received medals.
Results
editAll times shown are in seconds.
- Q denotes qualification by place in heat.
- q denotes qualification by overall place.
- DNS denotes did not start.
- DNF denotes did not finish.
- DQ denotes disqualification.
- NR denotes national record.
- AR denotes area/continental record.
- OR denotes Olympic record.
- WR denotes world record.
- PB denotes personal best.
- SB denotes season best.
Heats
edit| Heat 1 of 5 Date: Friday 29 September 2000 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Nation | Athletes | Lane | Reaction | Time | Qual. | Record | |
| Heat | Overall | |||||||
| 1 | 11 |  Ivory Coast
|
Eric Pacôme N'Dri, Ahmed Douhou, Yves Sonan, Ibrahim Meité |
7 | 0.342 s | 39.06 s | Q | |
| 2 | 13 |  Thailand
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Kongdech Natenee, Vissanu Sophanich, Boonyarit Phuksachat, Sittichai Suwonprateep |
3 | 0.196 s | 39.13 s | Q | |
| 3 | 19 |  Guatemala
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Rolando Blanco, Oscar Meneses, José Meneses, José Tinoco |
6 | 0.181 s | 39.34 s | ||
| 4 | 23 |  Bahamas
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Renward Wells, Dominic Demeritte, Iram Lewis, Wellington Saunders Whymms |
2 | 0.139 s | 39.57 s | ||
| 5 | 25 |  Cyprus
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Anthimos Rotos, Anninos Marcoullides, Prodromos Katsantonis, Yiannakis Zisimides |
4 | 0.460 s | 39.75 s | ||
| 6 | 31 |  FR Yugoslavia
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Slobodan Spasić, Predrag Momirović, Miloš Šakić, Milan Petaković |
8 | 0.245 s | 39.99 s | ||
| 7 | 35 |  India
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Thirugnan Durai, Rajeev Bala Krishnan, Ajay Raj Singh, Anil Kumar Prakash |
5 | 0.151 s | 40.23 s | ||
| 8 |  Great Britain
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Allyn Condon, Jason Gardener, Marlon Devonish, Dwain Chambers |
1 | 0.175 s | DQ | |||
| Heat 2 of 5 Date: Friday 29 September 2000 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Nation | Athletes | Lane | Reaction | Time | Qual. | Record | |
| Heat | Overall | |||||||
| 1 | 2 |  Brazil
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Vicente de Lima, Édson Ribeiro, André da Silva, Cláudio Roberto Souza |
8 | 0.153 s | 38.32 s | Q | |
| 2 | 7 |  Italy
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Francesco Scuderi, Alessandro Cavallaro, Maurizio Checcucci, Andrea Colombo |
5 | 0.429 s | 38.84 s | Q | SB |
| 3 | 8 |  Nigeria
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Uchenna Emedolu, Nnamdi Anusim, Sunday Emmanuel, Deji Aliu |
4 | 0.175 s | 38.85 s | q | SB |
| 4 | 9 |  Jamaica
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Donovan Powell, Dwight Thomas, Lindel Frater, Llewellyn Bredwood |
3 | 0.220 s | 38.97 s | q | |
| 5 | 15 |  Slovenia
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Matic Šušteršič, Matic Osovnikar, Boštjan Fridrih, Urban Acman |
6 | 0.146 s | 39.25 s | q | NR |
| 6 | 27 |  Liberia
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Kouty Mawenh, Sayon Cooper, Andrew Reyes, Koiyan Morlu |
7 | 0.175 s | 39.77 s | NR | |
| 7 | 33 |  Hong Kong
|
William To, Ho Kwan Lung, Tang Hon Sing, Chiang Wai Hung |
2 | 0.182 s | 40.15 s | ||
| 8 | 34 |  Chile
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Diego Valdés, Ricardo Roach, Rodrigo Roach, Juan Pablo Faúndez |
1 | 0.161 s | 40.20 s | ||
| Heat 3 of 5 Date: Friday 29 September 2000 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Nation | Athletes | Lane | Reaction | Time | Qual. | Record | |
| Heat | Overall | |||||||
| 1 | 10 |  France
|
Frédéric Krantz, David Patros, Christophe Cheval, Jérôme Eyana |
5 | 0.163 s | 39.00 s | Q | |
| 2 | 14 |  Greece
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Georgios Theodoridis, Konstadinos Kederis, Alexios Alexopoulos, Aggelos Pavlakakis |
2 | 0.236 s | 39.21 s | Q | |
| 3 | 16T |  Canada
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Bradley McCuaig, Glenroy Gilbert, Pierre Browne, Nicolas Macrozonaris |
6 | 0.458 s | 39.26 s | q | SB |
| 3 | 16T |  Ireland
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John McAdorey, Gary Ryan, Tom Comyns, Paul Brizzell |
4 | 0.226 s | 39.26 s | NR | |
| 5 | 22 |  Mauritius
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Jonathan Chimier, Eric Milazar, Stéphan Buckland, Fernando Augustin |
8 | 0.419 s | 39.55 s | ||
| 6 | 26 |  Israel
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Kfir Golan, Gidon Yablonka, Tommy Kafri, Aleksandr Porkhomovskiy |
7 | 0.237 s | 39.76 s | ||
| 7 | 30 |  Saudi Arabia
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Mohamed Al-Yami, Mubarak Ata Mubarak, Salem Mubarak Al-Yami, Jamal Al-Saffar |
7 | 0.193 s | 39.94 s | ||
 Ghana
|
Christian Nsiah, Kenneth Andam, Aziz Zakari, Leonard Myles-Mills |
1 | 0.250 s | DNF | ||||
| Heat 4 of 5 Date: Friday 29 September 2000 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Nation | Athletes | Lane | Reaction | Time | Qual. | Record | |
| Heat | Overall | |||||||
| 1 | 4T |  Cuba
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José Ángel César, Luis Alberto Pérez-Rionda, Iván García, Freddy Mayola |
8 | 0.414 s | 38.74 s | Q | |
| 2 | 6 |  Australia
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Matt Shirvington, Paul Di Bella, Darryl Wohlsen, Patrick Johnson |
2 | 0.167 s | 38.76 s | Q | |
| 3 | 12 |  Trinidad and Tobago
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Niconnor Alexander, Julieon Raeburn, Jacey Harper, Marc Burns |
7 | 0.176 s | 39.12 s | q | SB |
| 4 | 21 |  Hungary
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Viktor Kovács, Géza Pauer, László Babály, Miklós Gyulai |
6 | 0.474 s | 39.52 s | ||
| 5 | 24 |  Cameroon
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Alfred Moussambani, Serge Bengono, Joseph Batangdon, Benjamin Sirimou |
5 | 0.165 s | 39.62 s | ||
| 6 | 28 |  Oman
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Mohamed Said Al-Maskary, Hamoud Abdallah Al-Dalhami, Mohamed Al-Houti, Jahad Abdullah Al-Sheikh |
1 | 0.125 s | 39.82 s | SB | |
| 7 | 32 |  Puerto Rico
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Osvaldo Nieves, Rogelio Pizarro, Jorge Richardson, Félix Omar Fernández |
3 | 0.233 s | 40.12 s | ||
| 8 | 38 |  Uzbekistan
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Oleg Juravlyov, Konstantin Zhuravlyov, Anvar Kuchmuradov, Nikolay Yeroshenko |
4 | 0.423 s | 41.20 s | ||
| Heat 5 of 5 Date: Friday 29 September 2000 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Nation | Athletes | Lane | Reaction | Time | Qual. | Record | |
| Heat | Overall | |||||||
| 1 | 1 |  United States
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Kenneth Brokenburr, Tim Montgomery, Brian Lewis, Maurice Greene |
6 | 0.216 s | 38.15 s | Q | |
| 2 | 3 |  Japan
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Shingo Kawabata, Koji Ito, Shingo Suetsugu, Nobuharu Asahara |
3 | 0.222 s | 38.52 s | Q | SB |
| 3 | 4T |  Poland
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Marcin Nowak, Marcin Urbaś, Piotr Balcerzak, Ryszard Pilarczyk |
7 | 0.215 s | 38.74 s | q | SB |
| 4 | 18 |  Russia
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Dmitri Vasilyev, Aleksandr Ryabov, Aleksandr Smirnov, Sergey Bychkov |
4 | 0.152 s | 39.29 s | SB | |
| 5 | 20 |  Venezuela
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Juan Morillo, José Peña, José Carabalí, Hely Ollarves |
2 | 0.214 s | 39.45 s | NR | |
| 6 | 29 |  Croatia
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Slaven Krajacic, Dejan Vojnovic, Siniša Ergotic, Tihomir Buinjac |
5 | 0.129 s | 39.87 s | ||
| 7 | 36 |  Indonesia
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Sukari, Erwin Heru Susanto, Yanes Raubaba, John Muray |
1 | 0.232 s | 40.35 s | ||
| 8 | 37 |  Barbados
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Wilan Louis, Victor Houston, Gabriel Burnett, Fabian Rollins |
8 | 40.38 s | |||
Round 1- Overall
Semi-finals
edit| Heat 1 of 2 Date: Friday 29 September 2000 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Nation | Athletes | Lane | Reaction | Time | Qual. | Record | |
| Heat | Overall | |||||||
| 1 | 1 | United States
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Jon Drummond, Bernard Williams, Brian Lewis, Maurice Greene |
6 | 0.142 s | 37.82 s | Q | |
| 2 | 3T | Jamaica
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Lindel Frater, Dwight Thomas, Christopher Williams, Llewellyn Bredwood |
1 | 0.154 s | 38.27 s | Q | NR |
| 3 | 7 | France
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Frédéric Krantz, David Patros, Christophe Cheval, Needy Guims |
5 | 0.158 s | 38.64 s | Q | |
| 4 | 8 | Italy
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Francesco Scuderi, Alessandro Cavallaro, Maurizio Checcucci, Andrea Colombo |
3 | 0.146 s | 38.67 s | q | SB |
| 5 | 10 | Ivory Coast
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Eric Pacôme N'Dri, Ahmed Douhou, Yves Sonan, Ibrahim Meité |
4 | 0.435 s | 38.82 s | SB | |
| 6 | 11T | Canada
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Bradley McCuaig, Glenroy Gilbert, Pierre Browne, Adrian Woodley |
2 | 0.172 s | 38.92 s | SB | |
| 7 | 13 | Thailand
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Kongdech Natenee, Vissanu Sophanich, Boonyarit Phuksachat, Sittichai Suwonprateep |
7 | 0.150 s | 39.05 s | ||
| 8 | Nigeria
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Uchenna Emedolu, Nnamdi Anusim, Sunday Emmanuel, Deji Aliu |
8 | 0.194 s | DNF | |||
| Heat 2 of 2 Date: Friday 29 September 2000 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Nation | Athletes | Lane | Reaction | Time | Qual. | Record | |
| Heat | Overall | |||||||
| 1 | 2 | Cuba
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José Ángel César, Luis Alberto Pérez-Rionda, Iván García, Freddy Mayola |
5 | 0.481 s | 38.16 s | Q | |
| 2 | 3T | Brazil
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Vicente de Lima, Édson Ribeiro, André da Silva, Claudinei da Silva |
4 | 0.394 s | 38.27 s | Q | |
| 3 | 5 | Japan
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Shingo Kawabata, Koji Ito, Shingo Suetsugu, Nobuharu Asahara |
6 | 0.481 s | 38.31 s | Q | =AR |
| 4 | 6 | Poland
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Marcin Nowak, Marcin Urbaś, Piotr Balcerzak, Ryszard Pilarczyk |
7 | 0.224 s | 38.60 s | q | SB |
| 5 | 9 | Greece
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Georgios Theodoridis, Konstadinos Kederis, Alexios Alexopoulos, Aggelos Pavlakakis |
2 | 0.211 s | 38.80 s | ||
| 6 | 11T | Trinidad and Tobago
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Niconnor Alexander, Julieon Raeburn, Marc Burns, Ato Boldon |
8 | 0.210 s | 38.92 s | NR | |
| Australia
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Matt Shirvington, Paul Di Bella, Darryl Wohlsen, Patrick Johnson |
3 | 0.215 s | DQ | ||||
| Slovenia
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Matic Šušteršic, Matic Osovnikar, Bostjan Fridrih, Urban Acman |
1 | 0.165 s | DQ | ||||
Semi-Finals overall
Final
edit| Final | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Nation | Athletes | Lane | Reaction | Time | Record | ||
| 1 | United States
|
Jon Drummond, Bernard Williams, Brian Lewis, Maurice Greene |
5 | 0.126 s | 37.61 s | SB | ||
| 2 | Brazil
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Vicente de Lima, Édson Ribeiro, André da Silva, Claudinei da Silva |
4 | 0.188 s | 37.90 s | NR | ||
| 3 | Cuba
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José Ángel César, Luis Alberto Pérez-Rionda, Iván García, Freddy Mayola |
3 | 0.238 s | 38.04 s | SB | ||
| 4 | Jamaica
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Lindel Frater, Dwight Thomas, Christopher Williams, Llewellyn Bredwood |
6 | 0.315 s | 38.20 s | NR | ||
| 5 | France
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Frédéric Krantz, David Patros, Christophe Cheval, Needy Guims |
7 | 0.153s | 38.49 s | SB | ||
| 6 | Japan
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Shigeyuki Kojima, Koji Ito, Shingo Suetsugu, Nobuharu Asahara |
2 | 0.221 s | 38.66 s | |||
| 7 | Italy
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Francesco Scuderi, Alessandro Cavallaro, Maurizio Checcucci, Andrea Colombo |
8 | 0.146s | 38.67 s | |||
| 8 | Poland
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Marcin Nowak, Marcin Urbaś, Piotr Balcerzak, Ryszard Pilarczyk |
1 | 0.196 s | 38.96 s | |||
References
edit- ^ "Athletics at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2017.