Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay

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

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These 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
Barcelona (ESP) 8 August 1992
37.40   Jon Drummond
  Andre Cason
  Dennis Mitchell
  Leroy Burrell
Stuttgart (GER) 21 August 1993
Olympic Record 37.40   Michael Marsh
  Leroy Burrell
  Dennis Mitchell
  Carl Lewis
Barcelona (ESP) 8 August 1992

Medalists

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Gold:   Silver:   Bronze:  
  United States
Kenneth Brokenburr*
Jon Drummond
Maurice Greene
Brian Lewis
Tim Montgomery*
Bernard Williams
  Brazil
André da Silva
Claudinei da Silva
Vicente de Lima
Édson Ribeiro
Cláudio Roberto Souza*
  Cuba (CUB)
José Ángel César
Iván García
Freddy Mayola
Luis Alberto Pérez-Rionda

* Athletes who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Results

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All 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

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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 Kongdech Natenee, Vissanu Sophanich,
Boonyarit Phuksachat, Sittichai Suwonprateep
3 0.196 s 39.13 s Q
3 19   Guatemala Rolando Blanco, Oscar Meneses,
José Meneses, José Tinoco
6 0.181 s 39.34 s
4 23   Bahamas Renward Wells, Dominic Demeritte,
Iram Lewis, Wellington Saunders Whymms
2 0.139 s 39.57 s
5 25   Cyprus Anthimos Rotos, Anninos Marcoullides,
Prodromos Katsantonis, Yiannakis Zisimides
4 0.460 s 39.75 s
6 31   FR Yugoslavia Slobodan Spasić, Predrag Momirović,
Miloš Šakić, Milan Petaković
8 0.245 s 39.99 s
7 35   India Thirugnan Durai, Rajeev Bala Krishnan,
Ajay Raj Singh, Anil Kumar Prakash
5 0.151 s 40.23 s
8   Great Britain 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 Vicente de Lima, Édson Ribeiro,
André da Silva, Cláudio Roberto Souza
8 0.153 s 38.32 s Q
2 7   Italy Francesco Scuderi, Alessandro Cavallaro,
Maurizio Checcucci, Andrea Colombo
5 0.429 s 38.84 s Q SB
3 8   Nigeria Uchenna Emedolu, Nnamdi Anusim,
Sunday Emmanuel, Deji Aliu
4 0.175 s 38.85 s q SB
4 9   Jamaica Donovan Powell, Dwight Thomas,
Lindel Frater, Llewellyn Bredwood
3 0.220 s 38.97 s q
5 15   Slovenia Matic Šušteršič, Matic Osovnikar,
Boštjan Fridrih, Urban Acman
6 0.146 s 39.25 s q NR
6 27   Liberia 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 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 Georgios Theodoridis, Konstadinos Kederis,
Alexios Alexopoulos, Aggelos Pavlakakis
2 0.236 s 39.21 s Q
3 16T   Canada Bradley McCuaig, Glenroy Gilbert,
Pierre Browne, Nicolas Macrozonaris
6 0.458 s 39.26 s q SB
3 16T   Ireland John McAdorey, Gary Ryan,
Tom Comyns, Paul Brizzell
4 0.226 s 39.26 s NR
5 22   Mauritius Jonathan Chimier, Eric Milazar,
Stéphan Buckland, Fernando Augustin
8 0.419 s 39.55 s
6 26   Israel Kfir Golan, Gidon Yablonka,
Tommy Kafri, Aleksandr Porkhomovskiy
7 0.237 s 39.76 s
7 30   Saudi Arabia 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 José Ángel César, Luis Alberto Pérez-Rionda,
Iván García, Freddy Mayola
8 0.414 s 38.74 s Q
2 6   Australia Matt Shirvington, Paul Di Bella,
Darryl Wohlsen, Patrick Johnson
2 0.167 s 38.76 s Q
3 12   Trinidad and Tobago Niconnor Alexander, Julieon Raeburn,
Jacey Harper, Marc Burns
7 0.176 s 39.12 s q SB
4 21   Hungary Viktor Kovács, Géza Pauer,
László Babály, Miklós Gyulai
6 0.474 s 39.52 s
5 24   Cameroon Alfred Moussambani, Serge Bengono,
Joseph Batangdon, Benjamin Sirimou
5 0.165 s 39.62 s
6 28   Oman 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 Osvaldo Nieves, Rogelio Pizarro,
Jorge Richardson, Félix Omar Fernández
3 0.233 s 40.12 s
8 38   Uzbekistan 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 Kenneth Brokenburr, Tim Montgomery,
Brian Lewis, Maurice Greene
6 0.216 s 38.15 s Q
2 3   Japan Shingo Kawabata, Koji Ito,
Shingo Suetsugu, Nobuharu Asahara
3 0.222 s 38.52 s Q SB
3 4T   Poland Marcin Nowak, Marcin Urbaś,
Piotr Balcerzak, Ryszard Pilarczyk
7 0.215 s 38.74 s q SB
4 18   Russia Dmitri Vasilyev, Aleksandr Ryabov,
Aleksandr Smirnov, Sergey Bychkov
4 0.152 s 39.29 s SB
5 20   Venezuela Juan Morillo, José Peña,
José Carabalí, Hely Ollarves
2 0.214 s 39.45 s NR
6 29   Croatia Slaven Krajacic, Dejan Vojnovic,
Siniša Ergotic, Tihomir Buinjac
5 0.129 s 39.87 s
7 36   Indonesia Sukari, Erwin Heru Susanto,
Yanes Raubaba, John Muray
1 0.232 s 40.35 s
8 37   Barbados Wilan Louis, Victor Houston,
Gabriel Burnett, Fabian Rollins
8 40.38 s

Round 1- Overall

Round 1
Overall Results
Place Nation Athletes Heat Lane Place Time Qual. Record
1   United States Kenneth Brokenburr, Tim Montgomery,
Brian Lewis, Maurice Greene
5 6 1 38.15 s Q
2   Brazil Vicente de Lima, Édson Ribeiro,
André da Silva, Cláudio Roberto Souza
2 8 1 38.32 s Q
3   Japan Shingo Kawabata, Koji Ito,
Shingo Suetsugu, Nobuharu Asahara
5 3 2 38.52 s Q SB
4   Cuba José Ángel César, Luis Alberto Pérez-Rionda,
Iván García, Freddy Mayola
4 8 1 38.74 s Q
  Poland Marcin Nowak, Marcin Urbaś,
Piotr Balcerzak, Ryszard Pilarczyk
5 7 3 38.74 s q SB
6   Australia Matt Shirvington, Paul Di Bella,
Darryl Wohlsen, Patrick Johnson
4 2 2 38.76 s Q
7   Italy Francesco Scuderi, Alessandro Cavallaro,
Maurizio Checcucci, Andrea Colombo
2 5 2 38.84 s Q SB
8   Nigeria Uchenna Emedolu, Nnamdi Anusim,
Sunday Emmanuel, Deji Aliu
2 4 3 38.97 s q SB
9   Jamaica Donovan Powell, Dwight Thomas,
Lindel Frater, Llewellyn Bredwood
2 3 4 38.97 s q
10   France Frédéric Krantz, David Patros,
Christophe Cheval, Jérôme Eyana
3 5 1 39.00 s Q
11   Ivory Coast Eric Pacôme N'Dri, Ahmed Douhou,
Yves Sonan, Ibrahim Meité
1 7 1 39.06 s Q
12   Trinidad and Tobago Niconnor Alexander, Julieon Raeburn,
Jacey Harper, Marc Burns
4 7 3 39.12 s q SB
13   Thailand Kongdech Natenee, Vissanu Sophanich,
Boonyarit Phuksachat, Sittichai Suwonprateep
1 3 2 39.13 s Q
14   Greece Georgios Theodoridis, Konstadinos Kederis,
Alexios Alexopoulos, Aggelos Pavlakakis
3 2 2 39.21 s Q
15   Slovenia Matic Šušteršic, Matic Osovnikar,
Bostjan Fridrih, Urban Acman
2 6 5 39.25 s q NR
16   Canada Bradley McCuaig, Glenroy Gilbert,
Pierre Browne, Nicolas Macrozonaris
3 6 3 39.26 s q SB
  Ireland John McAdorey, Gary Ryan,
Tom Comyns, Paul Brizzell
3 4 4 39.26 s NR
18   Russia Dmitri Vasilyev, Aleksandr Ryabov,
Aleksandr Smirnov, Sergey Bychkov
5 4 4 39.29 s SB
19   Guatemala Rolando Blanco, Oscar Meneses,
José Meneses, Jose Tinoco
1 6 3 39.34 s NR
20   Venezuela Juan Morillo, José Peña,
José Carabalí, Hely Ollarves
5 2 5 39.45 s NR
21   Hungary Viktor Kovács, Géza Pauer,
László Babály, Miklós Gyulai
4 6 4 39.52 s
22   Mauritius Jonathan Chimier, Eric Milazar,
Stéphan Buckland, Fernando Augustin
3 8 5 39.55 s
23   Bahamas Renward Wells, Dominic Demeritte,
Iram Lewis, Wellington Saunders Whymms
1 2 4 39.57 s
24   Cameroon Alfred Moussambani, Serge Bengono,
Joseph Batangdon, Benjamin Sirimou
4 5 5 39.62 s
25   Cyprus Anthimos Rotos, Anninos Marcoullides,
Prodromos Katsantonis, Yiannakis Zisimides
1 4 5 39.75 s
26   Israel Kfir Golan, Gidon Yablonka,
Tommy Kafri, Aleksandr Porkhomovskiy
3 3 6 39.76 s
27   Liberia Kouty Mawenh, Sayon Cooper,
Andrew Reyes, Koiyan Morlu
2 7 6 39.77 s NR
28   Oman Mohammed Said Al Maskari, Hamoud Al-Dalhami,
Mohamed Said Al-Maskary, Jihad Al Sheikh
4 1 6 39.82 s SB
29   Croatia Slaven Krajacic, Dejan Vojnovic,
Siniša Ergotic, Tihomir Buinjac
5 5 6 39.87 s
30   Saudi Arabia Mohammed M M Alyami, Mubarak Ata Mubarak,
Salem Mubarak Al-Yami, Jamal Al-Saffar
3 7 7 39.94 s
31   FR Yugoslavia Slobodan Spasić, Predrag Momirović,
Milos Sakić, Milan Petaković
1 8 6 39.99 s
32   Puerto Rico Osvaldo Nieves, Rogelio Pizarro,
Jorge Richardson, Félix Omar Fernández
4 3 7 40.12 s
33   Hong Kong Wai Lok To, Kwan Lung Ho,
Hon Sing Tang, Wai Hung Chiang
2 2 7 40.15 s
34   Chile Diego Valdés, Ricardo Roach,
Rodrigo Roach, Juan Pablo Faúndez
2 1 8 40.20 s
35   India Thirugnan Durai, Rajeev Balakrishnan,
Ajay Raj Singh, Anil Kumar Prakash
1 5 7 40.23 s
36   Indonesia Sukari, Erwin Heru Susanto,
Janis Roubaba, John Muray
5 1 7 40.35 s
37   Barbados Wilan Louis, Victor Houston,
Gabriel Burnett, Fabian Rollins
5 8 8 40.38 s
38   Uzbekistan Oleg Juravlyov, Konstantin Zhuravlyov,
Anvar Kuchmuradov, Nikolay Eroshenko
4 4 8 41.20 s
  Great Britain Allyn Condon, Jason Gardener,
Marlon Devonish, Dwain Chambers
1 1 DQ
  Ghana Christian Nsiah, Kenneth Andam,
Aziz Zakari, Leonard Myles-Mills
3 1 DNF

Semi-finals

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Heat 1 of 2
Date: Friday 29 September 2000
Place Nation Athletes Lane Reaction Time Qual. Record
Heat Overall
1 1   United States Jon Drummond, Bernard Williams,
Brian Lewis, Maurice Greene
6 0.142 s 37.82 s Q
2 3T   Jamaica Lindel Frater, Dwight Thomas,
Christopher Williams, Llewellyn Bredwood
1 0.154 s 38.27 s Q NR
3 7   France Frédéric Krantz, David Patros,
Christophe Cheval, Needy Guims
5 0.158 s 38.64 s Q
4 8   Italy Francesco Scuderi, Alessandro Cavallaro,
Maurizio Checcucci, Andrea Colombo
3 0.146 s 38.67 s q SB
5 10   Ivory Coast Eric Pacôme N'Dri, Ahmed Douhou,
Yves Sonan, Ibrahim Meité
4 0.435 s 38.82 s SB
6 11T   Canada Bradley McCuaig, Glenroy Gilbert,
Pierre Browne, Adrian Woodley
2 0.172 s 38.92 s SB
7 13   Thailand Kongdech Natenee, Vissanu Sophanich,
Boonyarit Phuksachat, Sittichai Suwonprateep
7 0.150 s 39.05 s
8   Nigeria 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 José Ángel César, Luis Alberto Pérez-Rionda,
Iván García, Freddy Mayola
5 0.481 s 38.16 s Q
2 3T   Brazil Vicente de Lima, Édson Ribeiro,
André da Silva, Claudinei da Silva
4 0.394 s 38.27 s Q
3 5   Japan Shingo Kawabata, Koji Ito,
Shingo Suetsugu, Nobuharu Asahara
6 0.481 s 38.31 s Q =AR
4 6   Poland Marcin Nowak, Marcin Urbaś,
Piotr Balcerzak, Ryszard Pilarczyk
7 0.224 s 38.60 s q SB
5 9   Greece Georgios Theodoridis, Konstadinos Kederis,
Alexios Alexopoulos, Aggelos Pavlakakis
2 0.211 s 38.80 s
6 11T   Trinidad and Tobago Niconnor Alexander, Julieon Raeburn,
Marc Burns, Ato Boldon
8 0.210 s 38.92 s NR
  Australia Matt Shirvington, Paul Di Bella,
Darryl Wohlsen, Patrick Johnson
3 0.215 s DQ
  Slovenia Matic Šušteršic, Matic Osovnikar,
Bostjan Fridrih, Urban Acman
1 0.165 s DQ

Semi-Finals overall

Semi-finals
Overall Results
Place Nation Athletes Heat Lane Place Time Qual. Record
1   United States Jon Drummond, Bernard Williams,
Brian Lewis, Maurice Greene
1 6 1 37.82 s Q
2   Cuba José Ángel César, Luis Alberto Pérez-Rionda,
Iván García, Freddy Mayola
2 5 1 38.16 s Q
3   Brazil Vicente de Lima, Édson Ribeiro,
André da Silva, Claudinei da Silva
2 4 2 38.27 s Q
  Jamaica Lindel Frater, Dwight Thomas,
Christopher Williams, Llewellyn Bredwood
1 1 2 38.27 s Q NR
5   Japan Shingo Kawabata, Koji Ito,
Shingo Suetsugu, Nobuharu Asahara
2 6 3 38.31 s Q =AR
6   Poland Marcin Nowak, Marcin Urbaś,
Piotr Balcerzak, Ryszard Pilarczyk
2 7 4 38.60 s q SB
7   France Frédéric Krantz, David Patros,
Christophe Cheval, Needy Guims
1 5 3 38.64 s Q
8   Italy Francesco Scuderi, Alessandro Cavallaro,
Maurizio Checcucci, Andrea Colombo
1 3 4 38.67 s q SB
9   Greece Georgios Theodoridis, Konstadinos Kederis,
Alexios Alexopoulos, Aggelos Pavlakakis
2 2 5 38.80 s
10   Ivory Coast Eric Pacôme N'Dri, Ahmed Douhou,
Yves Sonan, Ibrahim Meité
1 4 5 38.82 s SB
11   Canada Bradley McCuaig, Glenroy Gilbert,
Pierre Browne, Adrian Woodley
1 2 6 38.92 s SB
  Trinidad and Tobago Niconnor Alexander, Julieon Raeburn,
Marc Burns, Ato Boldon
2 8 6 38.92 s NR
13   Thailand Kongdech Natenee, Vissanu Sophanich,
Boonyarit Phuksachat, Sittichai Suwonprateep
1 7 7 39.05 s
  Australia Matt Shirvington, Paul Di Bella,
Darryl Wohlsen, Patrick Johnson
2 3 DQ
  Slovenia Matic Šušteršic, Matic Osovnikar,
Bostjan Fridrih, Urban Acman
2 1 DQ
  Nigeria Uchenna Emedolu, Nnamdi Anusim,
Sunday Emmanuel, Deji Aliu
1 8 DNF

Final

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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 Vicente de Lima, Édson Ribeiro,
André da Silva, Claudinei da Silva
4 0.188 s 37.90 s NR
3   Cuba José Ángel César, Luis Alberto Pérez-Rionda,
Iván García, Freddy Mayola
3 0.238 s 38.04 s SB
4   Jamaica Lindel Frater, Dwight Thomas,
Christopher Williams, Llewellyn Bredwood
6 0.315 s 38.20 s NR
5   France Frédéric Krantz, David Patros,
Christophe Cheval, Needy Guims
7 0.153s 38.49 s SB
6   Japan Shigeyuki Kojima, Koji Ito,
Shingo Suetsugu, Nobuharu Asahara
2 0.221 s 38.66 s
7   Italy Francesco Scuderi, Alessandro Cavallaro,
Maurizio Checcucci, Andrea Colombo
8 0.146s 38.67 s
8   Poland Marcin Nowak, Marcin Urbaś,
Piotr Balcerzak, Ryszard Pilarczyk
1 0.196 s 38.96 s

References

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  1. ^ "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.
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