2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay

The men's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 18 August.^[1]

Men's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2013 World Championships
Venue	Luzhniki Stadium
Dates	18 August (heats & final)
Competitors	92 from 23 nations
Winning time	37.36
Medalists
Nesta Carter Kemar Bailey-Cole Nickel Ashmeade Usain Bolt Warren Weir* Oshane Bailey*    Jamaica   Charles Silmon Mike Rodgers Mookie Salaam Justin Gatlin    United States   Gavin Smellie Aaron Brown Dontae Richards-Kwok Justyn Warner    Canada
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Official Video

Out of the blocks USA took the lead, passing first and building a small lead. A small lead is not adequate when Jamaica has Usain Bolt on the anchor. During the third handoff, Justin Gatlin seemed to go wide while struggling to get the baton, still in the lead while Jamaica had a smoother handoff. Once free of the technicalities, the multi gold medalist easily pulled away for the win. Great Britain finished the race in third place but were disqualified after passing the baton outside the takeover zone on the second changeover.^[2] Canada then took the bronze.

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:

World record	Jamaica (Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt)	36.84	London, Great Britain	11 August 2012
Championship record	Jamaica (Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt)	37.04	Daegu, South Korea	4 September 2011
World Leading	United States Red (Charles Silmon, Michael Rodgers, Rakeem Salaam, Justin Gatlin)	37.58	Monaco	19 July 2013
African record	Nigeria (Osmond Ezinwa, Olapade Adeniken, Francis Obikwelu, Davidson Ezinwa)	37.94	Athens, Greece	9 August 1997
Asian record	Japan (Nobuharu Asahara, Shinji Takahira, Shingo Suetsugu, Naoki Tsukahara)	38.03	Osaka, Japan	1 September 2007
North, Central American and Caribbean record	Jamaica (Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt)	36.84	London, Great Britain	11 August 2012
South American record	Brazil (Vicente de Lima, Édson Ribeiro, André da Silva, Claudinei da Silva)	37.90	Sydney, Australia	30 September 2000
European record	Great Britain (Jason Gardener, Darren Campbell, Marlon Devonish, Dwain Chambers)	37.73	Sevilla, Spain	29 August 1999
Oceanian record	Australia (Paul Henderson, Tim Jackson, Steve Brimacombe, Damien Marsh)	38.17	Gothenburg, Sweden	12 August 1995
	Australia (Anthony Alozie, Isaac Ntiamoah, Andrew McCabe, Josh Ross)		London, Great Britain	10 August 2012

Qualification standards

A time	B time
39.20

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
18 August 2013	16:50	Heats
18 August 2013	18:40	Final

All times are local times (UTC+4)

Results

KEY:

q

Fastest non-qualifiers

Q

Qualified

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

Heats

Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) advanced to the final.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
1	2	4	United States (USA)	Charles Silmon, Mike Rodgers, Mookie Salaam, Justin Gatlin	38.06	Q
2	1	2	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	Richard Kilty, Harry Aikines-Aryeetey, James Ellington, Dwain Chambers	38.12	Q, SB
3	3	7	Germany (GER)	Lucas Jakubczyk, Sven Knipphals, Julian Reus, Martin Keller	38.13	Q, SB
4	1	3	Jamaica (JAM)	Nesta Carter, Kemar Bailey-Cole, Warren Weir, Oshane Bailey	38.17	Q
5	2	2	Japan (JPN)	Yoshihide Kiryu, Kenji Fujimitsu, Kei Takase, Shōta Iizuka	38.23	Q, SB
6	3	9	Canada (CAN)	Gavin Smellie, Aaron Brown, Dontae Richards-Kwok, Justyn Warner	38.29	Q, SB
7	1	7	Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)	Jamol James, Keston Bledman, Rondel Sorrillo, Richard Thompson	38.38	q, SB
8	3	2	Netherlands (NED)	Brian Mariano, Churandy Martina, Liemarvin Bonevacia, Hensley Paulina	38.41	q, SB
9	1	6	Spain (ESP)	Eduard Viles, Sergio Ruiz, Bruno Hortelano, Ángel David Rodríguez	38.46	NR
10	3	5	Italy (ITA)	Michael Tumi, Matteo Galvan, Diego Marani, Delmas Obou	38.49	SB
11	1	9	Poland (POL)	Robert Kubaczyk, Grzegorz Zimniewicz, Karol Zalewski, Kamil Kryński	38.51	SB
12	2	3	Ukraine (UKR)	Ruslan Perestyuk, Serhiy Smelyk, Ihor Bodrov, Vitaliy Korzh	38.57
13	3	8	Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN)	Lestrod Roland, Jason Rogers, Antoine Adams, Allistar Clarke	38.58	SB
14	3	4	Bahamas (BAH)	Adrian Griffith, Warren Fraser, Jamial Rolle, Shavez Hart	38.70	NR
15	2	8	Barbados (BAR)	Andrew Hinds, Levi Cadogan, Shane Brathwaite, Ramon Gittens	38.94	NR
16	2	7	China (CHN)	Guo Fan, Liang Jiahong, Su Bingtian, Zhang Peimeng	38.95	SB
17	2	6	France (FRA)	Emmanuel Biron, Mickaël-Meba Zézé, Arnaud Rémy, Jimmy Vicaut	38.97
18	1	8	South Korea (KOR)	Oh Kyong-Soo, Cho Kyu-Won, Yoo Min-Woo, Kim Kuk-Young	39.00	NR
19	1	4	Russia (RUS)	Aleksandr Khyutte, Konstantin Petryashov, Roman Smirnov, Aleksandr Brednev	39.01	SB
20	2	5	Hong Kong (HKG)	Tang Yik Chun, Lai Chun Ho, Ng Ka Fung, Tsui Chi Ho	39.10
21	1	5	Venezuela (VEN)	Jermaine Chirinos, Diego Rivas, Álvaro Luis Cassiani, Alberth Bravo	39.14	SB
22	3	6	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	Wang Wen-tang, Liu Yuan-kai, Pan Po-yu, Lo Yen-yao	39.72
	3	3	Australia (AUS)	Tim Leathart, Josh Ross, Andrew McCabe, Jarrod Geddes	DNF

Final

The final was started at 18:40.^[4]

Rank	Lane	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
	5	Jamaica (JAM)	Nesta Carter, Kemar Bailey-Cole, Nickel Ashmeade, Usain Bolt	37.36	WL
	4	United States (USA)	Charles Silmon, Mike Rodgers, Mookie Salaam, Justin Gatlin	37.66
	7	Canada (CAN)	Gavin Smellie, Aaron Brown, Dontae Richards-Kwok, Justyn Warner	37.92	SB
4	3	Germany (GER)	Lucas Jakubczyk, Sven Knipphals, Julian Reus, Martin Keller	38.04	SB
5	2	Netherlands (NED)	Brian Mariano, Churandy Martina, Liemarvin Bonevacia, Hensley Paulina	38.37	SB
6	8	Japan (JPN)	Yoshihide Kiryu, Kenji Fujimitsu, Kei Takase, Shōta Iizuka	38.39
7	1	Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)	Ayodele Taffe, Keston Bledman, Rondel Sorrillo, Richard Thompson	38.57
	6	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	Adam Gemili, Harry Aikines-Aryeetey, James Ellington, Dwain Chambers	DQ (37.80)	170.7[5]