The men's 4 × 100 metres relay sprint competition of the athletics events at the 2015 Pan American Games took place on July 24 and 25, 2015 at CIBC Pan Am and Parapan Am Athletics Stadium. The United States team, consisting of Sean McLean, Wallace Spearmon, Kendal Williams, and Remontay McClain were awarded the gold medal following the disqualification of Team Canada. Canada clearly won the race in lane 8, but before the final exchange, Aaron Brown began his acceleration by running in lane 7 before correcting and receiving the baton within the lane 8 exchange zone.

Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows: World record37.04Daegu, South KoreaSeptember 4, 2011Pan American Games record38.18Guadalajara, MexicoOctober 28, 2011

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) ranked in the world's top 16 was able to enter one team.

Schedule Date Time RoundJuly 24, 2015 20:15 SemifinalsJuly 25, 2015 20:05 Final

Results All times shown are in seconds.

KEY:qQQualifiedNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal bestDQDisqualified

Semifinals

Rank Heat Nation Name Time Notes 1 1 Chavaughn Walsh, Daniel Bailey, Cejhae Greene, Miguel Francis 38.14 Q, PR, NR 2 1 Sean McLean, Wallace Spearmon, Kendal Williams, Remontay McClain 38.29 Q 3 1 Gavin Smellie, Aaron Brown, Dontae Richards-Kwok, Brendon Rodney 38.39 Q, SB 4 2 Mikel Thomas, Rondel Sorrillo, Emmanuel Callender, Dan-Neil Telesford 38.52 Q 5 2 Shane Brathwaite, Levi Cadogan, Nicholas Deshong, Burkheart Ellis 38.65 Q, NR 6 2 Stanly del Carmen, Yoandry Andujar, Deidy Montas, Yancarlos Martínez 38.67 Q, NR 7 1 Bernardo Brady, Dexter Lee, Oshane Bailey, Sheldon Mitchell 38.75 q 8 2 Gustavo dos Santos, Vitor Hugo dos Santos, Aldemir da Silva Junior, Bruno de Barros 38.76 q 9 1 Jason Rogers, Brijesh Lawrence, Lestrod Roland, Allistar Clarke 39.10 10 2 Johnathan Farquharson, Teray Smith, Warren Fraser, Elroy McBride 39.53 11 2 Yaniel Carrero, Roberto Skyers, Reynier Mena, Reidis Ramos 39.61 12 1 Franco Boccardo, Cristián Reyes, Enrique Polanco, Sebastián Valdivia 40.14

Final Rank Nation Name Time Notes BeeJay Lee, Wallace Spearmon, Kendal Williams, Remontay McClain 38.27 Gustavo dos Santos, Vitor Hugo dos Santos, Bruno de Barros, Aldemir da Silva Junior 38.68 Rondel Sorrillo, Keston Bledman, Emmanuel Callender, Dan-Neil Telesford 38.69 4 Nicholas Deshong, Levi Cadogan, Burkheart Ellis, Ramon Gittens 38.79 5 Stanly del Carmen, Yoandry Andujar, Deidy Montas, Yancarlos Martínez 38.86 Jason Livermore, Dexter Lee, Bernardo Brady, Sheldon Mitchell Chavaughn Walsh, Daniel Bailey, Cejhae Greene, Miguel Francis Gavin Smellie, Andre De Grasse, Brendon Rodney, Aaron Brown

Canada won the race with a time of 38.06. However, the team was disqualified for leaving their lane, Rule 163.3; the team had faced similar incidents at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and the 2015 IAAF World Relays.

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