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.
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 These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 2000 Summer Olympics.
World Record37.40 Michael Marsh Leroy Burrell Dennis Mitchell Carl LewisBarcelona (ESP)8 August 199237.40 Jon Drummond Andre Cason Dennis Mitchell Leroy BurrellStuttgart (GER)21 August 1993 Olympic Record37.40 Michael Marsh Leroy Burrell Dennis Mitchell Carl LewisBarcelona (ESP)8 August 1992
Medalists
Gold: Silver: Bronze: Kenneth Brokenburr*Jon DrummondMaurice GreeneBrian LewisTim Montgomery*Bernard Williams André da SilvaClaudinei da SilvaVicente de LimaÉdson RibeiroCláudio Roberto Souza* José Ángel CésarIván GarcíaFreddy MayolaLuis Alberto Pérez-Rionda * Athletes who participated in the heats only and received medals.
Results 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 Heat 1 of 5 Date: Friday 29 September 2000 Place Nation Athletes Lane Reaction Time Qual. Record Heat Overall 1 11 Eric Pacôme N'Dri, Ahmed Douhou, Yves Sonan, Ibrahim Meité 7 0.342 s 39.06 s Q 2 13 Kongdech Natenee, Vissanu Sophanich, Boonyarit Phuksachat, Sittichai Suwonprateep 3 0.196 s 39.13 s Q 3 19 Rolando Blanco, Oscar Meneses, José Meneses, José Tinoco 6 0.181 s 39.34 s 4 23 Renward Wells, Dominic Demeritte, Iram Lewis, Wellington Saunders Whymms 2 0.139 s 39.57 s 5 25 Anthimos Rotos, Anninos Marcoullides, Prodromos Katsantonis, Yiannakis Zisimides 4 0.460 s 39.75 s 6 31 Slobodan Spasić, Predrag Momirović, Miloš Šakić, Milan Petaković 8 0.245 s 39.99 s 7 35 Thirugnan Durai, Rajeev Bala Krishnan, Ajay Raj Singh, Anil Kumar Prakash 5 0.151 s 40.23 s 8 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 Vicente de Lima, Édson Ribeiro, André da Silva, Cláudio Roberto Souza 8 0.153 s 38.32 s Q 2 7 Francesco Scuderi, Alessandro Cavallaro, Maurizio Checcucci, Andrea Colombo 5 0.429 s 38.84 s Q SB 3 8 Uchenna Emedolu, Nnamdi Anusim, Sunday Emmanuel, Deji Aliu 4 0.175 s 38.85 s q SB 4 9 Donovan Powell, Dwight Thomas, Lindel Frater, Llewellyn Bredwood 3 0.220 s 38.97 s q 5 15 Matic Šušteršič, Matic Osovnikar, Boštjan Fridrih, Urban Acman 6 0.146 s 39.25 s q NR 6 27 Kouty Mawenh, Sayon Cooper, Andrew Reyes, Koiyan Morlu 7 0.175 s 39.77 s NR 7 33 William To, Ho Kwan Lung, Tang Hon Sing, Chiang Wai Hung 2 0.182 s 40.15 s 8 34 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 Frédéric Krantz, David Patros, Christophe Cheval, Jérôme Eyana 5 0.163 s 39.00 s Q 2 14 Georgios Theodoridis, Konstadinos Kederis, Alexios Alexopoulos, Aggelos Pavlakakis 2 0.236 s 39.21 s Q 3 16T Bradley McCuaig, Glenroy Gilbert, Pierre Browne, Nicolas Macrozonaris 6 0.458 s 39.26 s q SB 3 16T John McAdorey, Gary Ryan, Tom Comyns, Paul Brizzell 4 0.226 s 39.26 s NR 5 22 Jonathan Chimier, Eric Milazar, Stéphan Buckland, Fernando Augustin 8 0.419 s 39.55 s 6 26 Kfir Golan, Gidon Yablonka, Tommy Kafri, Aleksandr Porkhomovskiy 7 0.237 s 39.76 s 7 30 Mohamed Al-Yami, Mubarak Ata Mubarak, Salem Mubarak Al-Yami, Jamal Al-Saffar 7 0.193 s 39.94 s 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 José Ángel César, Luis Alberto Pérez-Rionda, Iván García, Freddy Mayola 8 0.414 s 38.74 s Q 2 6 Matt Shirvington, Paul Di Bella, Darryl Wohlsen, Patrick Johnson 2 0.167 s 38.76 s Q 3 12 Niconnor Alexander, Julieon Raeburn, Jacey Harper, Marc Burns 7 0.176 s 39.12 s q SB 4 21 Viktor Kovács, Géza Pauer, László Babály, Miklós Gyulai 6 0.474 s 39.52 s 5 24 Alfred Moussambani, Serge Bengono, Joseph Batangdon, Benjamin Sirimou 5 0.165 s 39.62 s 6 28 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 Osvaldo Nieves, Rogelio Pizarro, Jorge Richardson, Félix Omar Fernández 3 0.233 s 40.12 s 8 38 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 Kenneth Brokenburr, Tim Montgomery, Brian Lewis, Maurice Greene 6 0.216 s 38.15 s Q 2 3 Shingo Kawabata, Koji Ito, Shingo Suetsugu, Nobuharu Asahara 3 0.222 s 38.52 s Q SB 3 4T Marcin Nowak, Marcin Urbaś, Piotr Balcerzak, Ryszard Pilarczyk 7 0.215 s 38.74 s q SB 4 18 Dmitri Vasilyev, Aleksandr Ryabov, Aleksandr Smirnov, Sergey Bychkov 4 0.152 s 39.29 s SB 5 20 Juan Morillo, José Peña, José Carabalí, Hely Ollarves 2 0.214 s 39.45 s NR 6 29 Slaven Krajacic, Dejan Vojnovic, Siniša Ergotic, Tihomir Buinjac 5 0.129 s 39.87 s 7 36 Sukari, Erwin Heru Susanto, Yanes Raubaba, John Muray 1 0.232 s 40.35 s 8 37 Wilan Louis, Victor Houston, Gabriel Burnett, Fabian Rollins 8 40.38 s
Round 1- Overall
Round 1 Overall ResultsPlace NationAthletesHeatLanePlaceTimeQual.Record 1 Kenneth Brokenburr, Tim Montgomery, Brian Lewis, Maurice Greene 5 6 1 38.15 s Q 2 Vicente de Lima, Édson Ribeiro, André da Silva, Cláudio Roberto Souza 2 8 1 38.32 s Q 3 Shingo Kawabata, Koji Ito, Shingo Suetsugu, Nobuharu Asahara 5 3 2 38.52 s Q SB 4 José Ángel César, Luis Alberto Pérez-Rionda, Iván García, Freddy Mayola 4 8 1 38.74 s Q Marcin Nowak, Marcin Urbaś, Piotr Balcerzak, Ryszard Pilarczyk 5 7 3 38.74 s q SB 6 Matt Shirvington, Paul Di Bella, Darryl Wohlsen, Patrick Johnson 4 2 2 38.76 s Q 7 Francesco Scuderi, Alessandro Cavallaro, Maurizio Checcucci, Andrea Colombo 2 5 2 38.84 s Q SB 8 Uchenna Emedolu, Nnamdi Anusim, Sunday Emmanuel, Deji Aliu 2 4 3 38.97 s q SB 9 Donovan Powell, Dwight Thomas, Lindel Frater, Llewellyn Bredwood 2 3 4 38.97 s q 10 Frédéric Krantz, David Patros, Christophe Cheval, Jérôme Eyana 3 5 1 39.00 s Q 11 Eric Pacôme N'Dri, Ahmed Douhou, Yves Sonan, Ibrahim Meité 1 7 1 39.06 s Q 12 Niconnor Alexander, Julieon Raeburn, Jacey Harper, Marc Burns 4 7 3 39.12 s q SB 13 Kongdech Natenee, Vissanu Sophanich, Boonyarit Phuksachat, Sittichai Suwonprateep 1 3 2 39.13 s Q 14 Georgios Theodoridis, Konstadinos Kederis, Alexios Alexopoulos, Aggelos Pavlakakis 3 2 2 39.21 s Q 15 Matic Šušteršic, Matic Osovnikar, Bostjan Fridrih, Urban Acman 2 6 5 39.25 s q NR 16 Bradley McCuaig, Glenroy Gilbert, Pierre Browne, Nicolas Macrozonaris 3 6 3 39.26 s q SB John McAdorey, Gary Ryan, Tom Comyns, Paul Brizzell 3 4 4 39.26 s NR 18 Dmitri Vasilyev, Aleksandr Ryabov, Aleksandr Smirnov, Sergey Bychkov 5 4 4 39.29 s SB 19 Rolando Blanco, Oscar Meneses, José Meneses, Jose Tinoco 1 6 3 39.34 s NR 20 Juan Morillo, José Peña, José Carabalí, Hely Ollarves 5 2 5 39.45 s NR 21 Viktor Kovács, Géza Pauer, László Babály, Miklós Gyulai 4 6 4 39.52 s 22 Jonathan Chimier, Eric Milazar, Stéphan Buckland, Fernando Augustin 3 8 5 39.55 s 23 Renward Wells, Dominic Demeritte, Iram Lewis, Wellington Saunders Whymms 1 2 4 39.57 s 24 Alfred Moussambani, Serge Bengono, Joseph Batangdon, Benjamin Sirimou 4 5 5 39.62 s 25 Anthimos Rotos, Anninos Marcoullides, Prodromos Katsantonis, Yiannakis Zisimides 1 4 5 39.75 s 26 Kfir Golan, Gidon Yablonka, Tommy Kafri, Aleksandr Porkhomovskiy 3 3 6 39.76 s 27 Kouty Mawenh, Sayon Cooper, Andrew Reyes, Koiyan Morlu 2 7 6 39.77 s NR 28 Mohammed Said Al Maskari, Hamoud Al-Dalhami, Mohamed Said Al-Maskary, Jihad Al Sheikh 4 1 6 39.82 s SB 29 Slaven Krajacic, Dejan Vojnovic, Siniša Ergotic, Tihomir Buinjac 5 5 6 39.87 s 30 Mohammed M M Alyami, Mubarak Ata Mubarak, Salem Mubarak Al-Yami, Jamal Al-Saffar 3 7 7 39.94 s 31 Slobodan Spasić, Predrag Momirović, Milos Sakić, Milan Petaković 1 8 6 39.99 s 32 Osvaldo Nieves, Rogelio Pizarro, Jorge Richardson, Félix Omar Fernández 4 3 7 40.12 s 33 Wai Lok To, Kwan Lung Ho, Hon Sing Tang, Wai Hung Chiang 2 2 7 40.15 s 34 Diego Valdés, Ricardo Roach, Rodrigo Roach, Juan Pablo Faúndez 2 1 8 40.20 s 35 Thirugnan Durai, Rajeev Balakrishnan, Ajay Raj Singh, Anil Kumar Prakash 1 5 7 40.23 s 36 Sukari, Erwin Heru Susanto, Janis Roubaba, John Muray 5 1 7 40.35 s 37 Wilan Louis, Victor Houston, Gabriel Burnett, Fabian Rollins 5 8 8 40.38 s 38 Oleg Juravlyov, Konstantin Zhuravlyov, Anvar Kuchmuradov, Nikolay Eroshenko 4 4 8 41.20 s Allyn Condon, Jason Gardener, Marlon Devonish, Dwain Chambers 1 1 DQ Christian Nsiah, Kenneth Andam, Aziz Zakari, Leonard Myles-Mills 3 1 DNF
Semi-finals Heat 1 of 2 Date: Friday 29 September 2000 Place Nation Athletes Lane Reaction Time Qual. Record Heat Overall 1 1 Jon Drummond, Bernard Williams, Brian Lewis, Maurice Greene 6 0.142 s 37.82 s Q 2 3T Lindel Frater, Dwight Thomas, Christopher Williams, Llewellyn Bredwood 1 0.154 s 38.27 s Q NR 3 7 Frédéric Krantz, David Patros, Christophe Cheval, Needy Guims 5 0.158 s 38.64 s Q 4 8 Francesco Scuderi, Alessandro Cavallaro, Maurizio Checcucci, Andrea Colombo 3 0.146 s 38.67 s q SB 5 10 Eric Pacôme N'Dri, Ahmed Douhou, Yves Sonan, Ibrahim Meité 4 0.435 s 38.82 s SB 6 11T Bradley McCuaig, Glenroy Gilbert, Pierre Browne, Adrian Woodley 2 0.172 s 38.92 s SB 7 13 Kongdech Natenee, Vissanu Sophanich, Boonyarit Phuksachat, Sittichai Suwonprateep 7 0.150 s 39.05 s 8 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 José Ángel César, Luis Alberto Pérez-Rionda, Iván García, Freddy Mayola 5 0.481 s 38.16 s Q 2 3T Vicente de Lima, Édson Ribeiro, André da Silva, Claudinei da Silva 4 0.394 s 38.27 s Q 3 5 Shingo Kawabata, Koji Ito, Shingo Suetsugu, Nobuharu Asahara 6 0.481 s 38.31 s Q =AR 4 6 Marcin Nowak, Marcin Urbaś, Piotr Balcerzak, Ryszard Pilarczyk 7 0.224 s 38.60 s q SB 5 9 Georgios Theodoridis, Konstadinos Kederis, Alexios Alexopoulos, Aggelos Pavlakakis 2 0.211 s 38.80 s 6 11T Niconnor Alexander, Julieon Raeburn, Marc Burns, Ato Boldon 8 0.210 s 38.92 s NR Matt Shirvington, Paul Di Bella, Darryl Wohlsen, Patrick Johnson 3 0.215 s DQ Matic Šušteršic, Matic Osovnikar, Bostjan Fridrih, Urban Acman 1 0.165 s DQ
Semi-Finals overall