The 4 × 100 metres relay races at the 1984 Summer Olympics was contested as part of the athletics program.
Medalists
Ron BrownSam GraddyCarl LewisCalvin Smith Al LawrenceGreg MeghooDon QuarrieRay Stewart Norman Edwards* Sterling HindsBen JohnsonTony SharpeDesai Williams
Abbreviations Q automatic qualification q qualification by rankDNS did not startNM no markOR olympic recordWR world recordAR area recordNR national recordPB personal bestSB season best
Records These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1984 Summer Olympics.
World record 37.86 Carl Lewis Calvin Smith Willie Gault Emmit KingHelsinki (FIN)August 10, 1983 Olympic record 38.19 Larry Black Robert Taylor Gerald Tinker Eddie HartMunich (FRG)September 10, 1972
The United States set a new world record in the final.
Results Final RankLaneTeamNameResultNotes5 Sam Graddy, Ron Brown, Calvin Smith, Carl Lewis37.83 1 Albert Lawrence, Greg Meghoo, Don Quarrie, Ray Stewart38.626 Ben Johnson, Tony Sharpe, Desai Williams, Sterling Hinds 38.7043 Antonio Ullo, Giovanni Bongiorni, Stefano Tilli, Pietro Mennea 38.8752 Jürgen Koffler, Peter Klein, Jürgen Evers, Ralf Lübke 38.9967 Antoine Richard, Jean-Jacques Boussemart, Marc Gasparoni, Bruno Marie-Rose39.1074 Daley Thompson, Donovan Reid, Mike McFarlane, Allan Wells 39.1388 Arnaldo da Silva, Nelson Rocha Santos, Katsuiko Nakaia, Paulo Correia39.40
Semi-final Heat 1 RankTeamNameResultNotes1 Sam Graddy, Ron Brown, Calvin Smith, Carl Lewis38.442 Antonio Ullo, Giovanni Bongiorni, Stefano Tilli, Pietro Mennea39.323 Ben Johnson, Tony Sharpe, Desai Williams, Sterling Hinds39.394 Arnaldo da Silva, Nelson Rocha Santos, Katsuiko Nakaia, Paulo Correia 39.525 Philip Attipoe, Makarios Djan, Collins Mensah, Rex Brobby 40.196 Johannes Kardiono, Purnomo, Christian Nenepath, Ernawan Witarsa40.377 Mamadou Sene, Hamidou Diawara, Ibrahima Fall, Charles-Louis Seck 40.638 Vichan Choocherd, Rangsam Intharachai, Prasit Boonprasert, Sumet Promna 40.83
Heat 2 RankTeamNameResultNotes1 Albert Lawrence, Greg Meghoo, Don Quarrie, Ray Stewart38.672 Daley Thompson, Donovan Reid, Mike McFarlane, Allan Wells 38.673 Jürgen Koffler, Peter Klein, Jürgen Evers, Ralf Lübke38.704 Antoine Richard, Jean-Jacques Boussemart, Marc Gasparoni, Bruno Marie-Rose 38.915 Iziaq Adeyanju, Eseme Ikpoto, Samson Oyeledun, Chidi Imoh 38.986 Anthony Henry, Lester Benjamin, Alfred Browne, Larry Miller 40.147 John Mayers, Hamil Grimes, Clyde Edwards, Anthony Jones40.188 Waheed Khamis Al-Salem, Faraj Abdulla, Jamal Al-Abdulla, Talal Mansour40.43
Heats Heat 1 RankTeamNameResultNotes1 Sam Graddy, Ron Brown, Calvin Smith, Carl Lewis38.892 Christian Zirkelbach, Peter Klein, Jürgen Evers, Ralf Lübke 39.043 Antoine Richard, Jean-Jacques Boussemart, Marc Gasparoni, Bruno Marie-Rose40.044 Mamadou Sène, Hamidou Diawara, Saliou Seck, Charles-Louis Seck40.155 Vichan Choocherd, Rangsam Intharachai, Prasit Boonprasert, Sumet Promna40.586 Waheed Khamis Al-Salem, Faraj Abdulla, Jamal Al-Abdulla, Talal Mansour40.607 Bakary Jarju, Dawda Jallow, Abdurahman Jallow, Omar Fye40.73
Heat 2 RankTeamNameResultNotes1 Ben Johnson, Tony Sharpe, Desai Williams, Sterling Hinds39.20 2 Arnaldo da Silva, Robson da Silva, Katsuiko Nakaia, Paulo Correia39.273 Antonio Ullo, Giovanni Bongiorni, Stefano Tilli, Pietro Mennea39.874 Iziaq Adeyanju, Eseme Ikpoto, Lawrence Adegbeingbe, Chidi Imoh39.945 Philip Attipoe, Makarios Djan, Collins Mensah, Rex Brobby40.206 Abdul Mansaray, David Peter Sawyerr, Felix Sandy, Ivan Benjamin40.77
Heat 3 RankTeamNameResultNotes1 Norman Edwards, Greg Meghoo, Don Quarrie, Al Lawrence 38.932 Daley Thompson, Donovan Reid, Mike McFarlane, Allan Wells39.00 3 Johannes Kardiono, Mohamed Purnomo, Christian Nenepath, Ernawan Witarsa40.434 John Mayers, Hamil Grimes, Clyde Edwards, Anthony Jones40.475 Anthony Henry, Lester Benjamin, Alfred Browne, Larry Miller40.706 Théophile Nkounkou, Henri Nding, Antoine Kiakouama, Jean-Didace Bemou40.747 Wallace Obey, Hassan Tall, Oliver Daniels, Augustus Moulton42.05
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