2023 World Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay

Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
at the 2023 World Championships
VenueNational Athletics Centre
Dates25 August (heats)
26 August (final)
Winning time37.38
Medalists
gold medal Christian Coleman
Fred Kerley
Brandon Carnes
Noah Lyles		   United States
silver medal Roberto Rigali
Lamont Marcell Jacobs
Lorenzo Patta
Filippo Tortu		   Italy
bronze medal Ackeem Blake
Oblique Seville
Ryiem Forde
Rohan Watson		   Jamaica
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The men's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2023 World Athletics Championships was held at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest on 25 and 26 August 2023.[1][2] It was the 19th edition of this relay at the World Athletics Championships since 1983.

Summary

After procedure modifications, the fastest qualifiers were assigned outside lanes, thus more favorable, wider turns. With one of the fastest starters in history, 2019 100m champion Christian Coleman out of the blocks, USA was making up the stagger on Japan, the only team to its outside. A couple of lanes inside, Jamaica's Ackeem Blake was gaining on South Africa between them. USA clearly passed first to 2022 100m champion Fred Kerley, Jamaica passed late in the zone to Oblique Seville but the same time as GBR passed to Zharnel Hughes. USA made the second pass from Kerley to Brandon Carnes ahead, but they were slowed by two attempts to transfer the baton. Jamaica to Ryiem Forde and GBR to Adam Gemili passed about even, and Italy's quick pass from Olympic Champion Marcell Jacobs to Lorenzo Patta put them into contention. Through the turn, Jamaica and Italy gained ground. Jamaica passed to their surprise National Champion Rohan Watson less than a metre behind USA. But USA had the double sprint winner Noah Lyles on anchor. Lyles opened up a 4 metre gap on his leg for a clear American victory. Italy passed to Filippo Tortu a metre down to Jamaica, but Tortu reversed that and gained a couple of metres for a clear second. Watson was able to hold off GBR's Eugene Amo-Dadzie and Japan's fast closing Abdul Hakim Sani Brown to retain bronze. It was Jamaica's first 4x100 medal since the retirement of Usain Bolt. Upon crossing the finish line, Lyles held up 3 fingers for the cameras to celebrate his third gold medal at these championships.

Records

Before the competition, records were as follows:[3]

Record Athlete & Nat. Perf. Location Date
World record  Jamaica
Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt 		36.84 London, Great Britain 11 August 2012
Championships record  Jamaica
Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt 		37.04 Daegu, South Korea 4 September 2011
World Leading[4]  Canada
Aaron Brown, Jerome Blake, Brendon Rodney, Andre De Grasse 		37.80 Gainesville, Florida, United States 1 April 2023
African Record  South Africa
Thando Dlodlo, Simon Magakwe, Clarence Munyai, Akani Simbine 		37.65 Doha, Qatar 4 October 2019
Asian Record  Japan
Shuhei Tada, Kirara Shiraishi, Yoshihide Kiryu, Abdul Hakim Sani Brown 		37.43 Doha, Qatar 5 October 2019
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
Rodrigo do Nascimento, Vitor Hugo dos Santos, Derick Silva, Paulo André Camilo 		37.72 Doha, Qatar 5 October 2019
European Record  Great Britain
Adam Gemili, Zharnel Hughes, Richard Kilty, Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake 		37.37 Doha, Qatar 5 October 2019
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 system

After the postponement for COVID-19 pandemic reasons of the 2023 World Relays to 2024 Nassau, the modified system to qualify automatically is to have finished in the first eight (finalists) at 2022 World Championships, in Eugene, completed by eight more 2022-2023 top lists' teams.[5]

Participating teams

Top list before the 30 July 2023:[7]

2022 Top list

The qualification period has started on 31 July 2022 and closes on 30 July 2023. Here are the marks made before the starting of the qualification period.

  1. 37.99  Germany 1f1 NR Universitätsstadion am Biopark, Regensburg (GER) 3 June 2022
  2. 38.09 Adidas team (USA) 1f1 Percy Beard Track, Gainesville, FL (USA) 16 April 2022
  3. 38.31  Canada 1 Alexander Stadium, Birmingham (GBR) 21 May 2022
  4. 38.35  Nigeria 1 Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin City (NGR) 25 June 2022
  5. 38.41  France 2 Alexander Stadium, Birmingham (GBR) 21 May 2022
  6. 38.43  Great Britain 1 Mestský Stadion, Ostrava (CZE) 31 May 2022
  7. 38.56  Thailand 1 NR Yecheon (KOR) 4 June 2022
  8. 38.63  South Africa 1 National Stadium, Gaborone (BOT) 30 April 2022
  9. 38.70  Netherlands 1 Olympiastadion, Stockholm (SWE) 30 June 2022
  10. 38.72  United States 1f3 Hilmer Lodge Stadium, Walnut, CA (USA) 16 April 2022
  11. 38.76  Liberia 1 Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port-of-Spain (TTO) 26 June 2022
  12. 38.89 Racers Track Club (JAM) 1f1 National Stadium, Kingston (JAM) 26 February 2022
  13. 38.89  Czech Republic 2f1 Centre sportif du Bout-du-Monde, Geneva (SUI) 11 June 2022
  14. 38.90 SESI - SP (BRA) 1f3 Rio de Janeiro (BRA) 23 June 2022
  15. 38.95  Italy 1 Stade Complexe Olympique, Oran (ALG) 1 July 2022
  16. 38.97  Spain 1 Estadio Iberoamericano [es], Huelva (ESP) 25 May 2022
  17. 38.98  Turkey 2 Stade Complexe Olympique, Oran (ALG) 1 July 2022

2022 Qualification period top list

The qualification period has started on 31 July 2022 and closes on 30 July 2023.

  1. 37.67Q  Great Britain 1 Olympiastadion, Munich (GER) 21 August 2022
  2. 37.94Q  France 2 Olympiastadion, Munich (GER) 21 August 2022
  3. 37.97 NR  Germany 1h2 Olympiastadion, Munich (GER) 19 August 2022
  4. 38.15 NR  Poland 3 Olympiastadion, Munich (GER) 21 August 2022
  5. 38.25  Netherlands 4 Olympiastadion, Munich (GER) 21 August 2022
  6. 38.36 NR  Switzerland 5 Olympiastadion, Munich (GER) 21 August 2022
  7. 38.70  Trinidad and Tobago 2 Alexander Stadium, Birmingham (GBR) 7 August 2022

2023 Top List

(updated on 6 June 2023)

  1. 37.80Q  Canada 1 Percy Beard Track, Gainesville, FL (USA) 1 April 2023
  2. 37.93Q "Florida" (USA) 2f2 LSU Bernie Moore Stadium, Baton Rouge, LA (USA) 13 May 2023
  3. 38.26 NR  Kenya 1 National Stadium, Gaborone (BOT) 29 April 2023
  4. 38.38  Italy 1 Stadio Luigi Ridolfi [it], Florence (ITA) 7 May 2023
  5. 38.50  Australia 1 SOPAC, Sydney (AUS) 11 March 2023
  6. 38.61Q "Empire Athletics" (JAM) 3 Percy Beard Track, Gainesville, FL (USA) 1 April 2023
  7. 38.79  Germany 1f1 Universitätsstadion am Biopark, Regensburg (GER) 3 June 2023
  8. 38.83Q  France 1f1 Roy P. Drachman Stadium, Tucson, AZ (USA) 29 April 2023
  9. 38.97 Fujian (CHN) 1 Zhaoqing Sports Center, Zhaoqing (CHN) 23 April 2023
  10. 39.04  Colombia 2f2 Estadio Iberoamericano [es], Huelva (ESP) 6 June 2023
  11. 39.10  Dominican Republic 1 La Vicentina, Quito (ECU) 4 March 2023
  12. 39.11  Indonesia 1 Morodok Techo National Stadium, Phnom Penh (CAM) 10 May 2023
  13. 39.12Q  Netherlands 1 Fanny Blankers-Koen Stadion, Hengelo (NED) 4 June 2023
Next best 2022–23

(teams not qualified):

Results

Heats

The first three in each heat (Q) and the next two fastest (q) qualified for the final.[8]

Rank Heat Nation Athletes Time Notes
1 2  Italy (ITA) Roberto Rigali, Marcell Jacobs, Lorenzo Patta, Filippo Tortu 37.65 Q, WL
2 1  United States (USA) Christian Coleman, Fred Kerley, Brandon Carnes, J.T. Smith 37.67 Q
3 1  Jamaica (JAM) Ackeem Blake, Oblique Seville, Ryiem Forde, Rohan Watson 37.68 Q, SB
4 1  Japan (JPN) Ryuichiro Sakai, Hiroki Yanagita, Yuki Koike, Abdul Hakim Sani Brown 37.71 Q, SB
5 2  South Africa (RSA) Shaun Maswanganyi, Benjamin Richardson, Clarence Munyai, Akani Simbine 37.72 Q, SB
6 1  France (FRA) Méba-Mickaël Zeze, Pablo Matéo, Ryan Zeze, Mouhamadou Fall 37.98 q, SB
7 2  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) Jeremiah Azu, Adam Gemili, Jona Efoloko, Eugene Amo-Dadzie 38.01 Q
8 2  Brazil (BRA) Paulo André Camilo, Felipe Bardi, Erik Cardoso, Rodrigo do Nascimento 38.19 q, SB
9 2  Nigeria (NGR) Favour Ashe, Usheoritse Itsekiri, Alaba Akintola, Seye Ogunlewe 38.20 SB
10 2  Canada (CAN) Aaron Brown, Jerome Blake, Brendon Rodney, Bolade Ajomale 38.25
11 2  Switzerland (SUI) Pascal Mancini, Bradley Lestrade, Felix Svensson, Enrico Güntert 38.65
12 1  Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) Omari Lewis, Jerod Elcock, Revell Webster, Devin Augustine 38.89
13 1  Hungary (HUN) Dominik Illovszky [de], Bence Boros [de], Dániel Szabò, Márk Pap 39.55 SB
– 1  Netherlands (NED) Nsikak Ekpo, Taymir Burnet, Hensley Paulina, Raphael Bouju DNF
– 1  Germany (GER) Kevin Kranz, Lucas Ansah-Peprah, Joshua Hartmann, Yannick Wolf DNF
– 2  Poland (POL) Adam Burda, Mateusz Siuda, Łukasz Żak, Dominik Kopeć DNF

Final

The final was started on 26 August at 21:42.[9]

Rank Lane Nation Athletes Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 8  United States (USA) Christian Coleman, Fred Kerley, Brandon Carnes, Noah Lyles 37.38 WL
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5  Italy (ITA) Roberto Rigali, Marcell Jacobs, Lorenzo Patta, Filippo Tortu 37.62 SB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6  Jamaica (JAM) Ackeem Blake, Oblique Seville, Ryiem Forde, Rohan Watson 37.76
4 4  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) Jeremiah Azu, Zharnel Hughes, Adam Gemili, Eugene Amo-Dadzie 37.80 SB
5 9  Japan (JPN) Ryuichiro Sakai, Hiroki Yanagita, Yuki Koike, Abdul Hakim Sani Brown 37.83
6 3  France (FRA) Méba-Mickaël Zeze, Pablo Matéo, Ryan Zeze, Mouhamadou Fall 38.06
7  South Africa (RSA) Shaun Maswanganyi, Benjamin Richardson, Clarence Munyai, Akani Simbine DNF
2  Brazil (BRA) Rodrigo do Nascimento, Jorge Vides, Erik Cardoso, Felipe Bardi DQ TR24.7

References

  1. ^ "Men's 4 x 100m Relay - Timetable". World Athletics.
  2. ^ "New qualification rules for the relays to Budapest 23". World Athletics. 9 November 2022. Archived from the original on 11 August 2023. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  3. ^ "4 × 100 Metres Relay Men − Records". World Athletics. Archived from the original on 28 July 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  4. ^ "2023 Men's 4 x 100m Relay Top Results". World Athletics. Archived from the original on 2023-06-06. Retrieved 2023-08-26.
  5. ^ "World Athletics Championships Budapest 23 Qualification System – Amended" (PDF). World Athletics. 7 June 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 June 2023. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  6. ^ Even if the French team was disqualified during the world's final, France is qualified for Budapest 2023.
  7. ^ "Men's 4 x 100m Relay - Road to Paris 24". World Athletics. Archived from the original on 2023-06-07. Retrieved 2023-08-26.
  8. ^ "Summary 4 x 100 Metres Relay Men - Round 1" (PDF). World Athletics. 25 August 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 August 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  9. ^ "Summary 4 x 100 Metres Relay Men - Final" (PDF). World Athletics. 26 August 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 August 2023. Retrieved 26 August 2023.