The men's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 29 August.
Summary Heats Jamaica ran Rasheed Dwyer to rest Usain Bolt in the heats. The United States employed a rare strategy of running the main team and not resting any runners.
The US won the first heat with Great Britain second while resting Chijindu Ujah. Jamaica won the second heat. China set an Asian Continental Record in their heat.
Final race The United States managed a clean handoff two times between Trayvon Bromell, Justin Gatlin and Tyson Gay, while Jamaica stiff between Nesta Carter and Asafa Powell. Around the final turn, Nickel Ashmeade made up ground on Gay. The final baton change between Mike Rodgers and Tyson Gay was completed outside the changeover zone and the American team was disqualified.
Jamaica won, with China second and Canada third. Britain did not finish after failing to complete the final baton change.
Records Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:
World record(Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt)36.84 London, Great Britain11 August 2012Championship record(Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt)37.04Daegu, South Korea4 September 2011World Leading(Mike Rodgers, Justin Gatlin, Tyson Gay, Ryan Bailey)37.38 Nassau, Bahamas2 May 2015African Record(Osmond Ezinwa, Olapade Adeniken, Francis Obikwelu, Davidson Ezinwa)37.94 Athens, Greece9 August 1997Asian Record(Chen Shiwei, Xie Zhenye, Su Bingtian, Zhang Peimeng)37.99Incheon, South Korea29 August 2014North, Central American and Caribbean record(Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt)36.84 London, Great Britain11 August 2012South American Record(Vicente de Lima, Édson Ribeiro, André da Silva, Claudinei da Silva)37.90 Sydney, Australia30 September 2000European Record(Jason Gardener, Darren Campbell, Marlon Devonish, Dwain Chambers)37.73 Sevilla, Spain29 August 1999Oceanian record(Paul Henderson, Tim Jackson, Steve Brimacombe, Damien Marsh)38.17 Gothenburg, Sweden12 August 1995(Anthony Alozie, Isaac Ntiamoah, Andrew McCabe, Josh Ross) London, Great Britain10 August 2012The following records were established during the competition:Asian Record(Mo Youxue, Xie Zhenye, Su Bingtian, Zhang Peimeng)37.92Beijing, China29 August 2015World Leading(Nesta Carter, Asafa Powell, Nickel Ashmeade, Usain Bolt)37.36Beijing, China29 August 2015
Qualification standards Entry standards Top 8 at IWR+ 8 from Top Lists
Schedule Date Time Round29 August 2015 12:20 Heats29 August 2015 21:10 Final
Results Heats Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) advance to the final.Heats results
Rank Heat Lane Nation Athletes Time Notes 1 2 4 Nesta Carter, Asafa Powell, Rasheed Dwyer, Nickel Ashmeade 37.41 , 2 2 6 Emmanuel Biron, Christophe Lemaitre, Guy-Elphège Anouman, Jimmy Vicaut 37.88 , 3 1 8 Trayvon Bromell, Justin Gatlin, Tyson Gay, Mike Rodgers 37.91 4 2 8 Mo Youxue, Xie Zhenye, Su Bingtian, Zhang Peimeng 37.92 , 5 2 7 Chavaughn Walsh, Daniel Bailey, Jared Jarvis, Miguel Francis 38.01 , 6 2 9 Justyn Warner, Andre De Grasse, Brendon Rodney, Aaron Brown 38.03 , 7 1 9 Richard Kilty, Harry Aikines-Aryeetey, James Ellington, Daniel Talbot 38.20 , 8 2 5 Solomon Bockarie, Patrick van Luijk, Liemarvin Bonevacia, Hensley Paulina 38.41 9 1 5 Julian Reus, Sven Knipphals, Alexander Kosenkow, Aleixo-Platini Menga 38.57 10 1 7 Kazuma Ōseto, Kenji Fujimitsu, Takuya Nagata, Kotaro Taniguchi 38.60 11 1 3 Roman Kravtsov, Serhiy Smelyk, Volodymyr Suprun, Vitaliy Korzh 38.79 12 1 6 Warren Fraser, Shavez Hart, Elroy McBride, Teray Smith 38.96 1 4 Gustavo dos Santos, Aldemir da Silva Junior, Bruno de Barros, José Carlos Moreira 2 3 Henricho Bruintjies, Anaso Jobodwana, Antonio Alkana, Akani Simbine
Final The final was started at 21:10.Final results
Rank Lane Nation Athletes Time Notes 4 Nesta Carter, Asafa Powell, Nickel Ashmeade, Usain Bolt 37.36 9 Mo Youxue, Xie Zhenye, Su Bingtian, Zhang Peimeng 38.01 3 Aaron Brown, Andre De Grasse, Brendon Rodney, Justyn Warner 38.13 4 8 Julian Reus, Sven Knipphals, Alexander Kosenkow, Aleixo-Platini Menga 38.15 5 5 Emmanuel Biron, Christophe Lemaitre, Guy-Elphège Anouman, Jimmy Vicaut 38.23 6 2 Chavaughn Walsh, Daniel Bailey, Jared Jarvis, Miguel Francis 38.61 7 Richard Kilty, Daniel Talbot, James Ellington, Chijindu Ujah 6 Trayvon Bromell, Justin Gatlin, Tyson Gay, Mike Rodgers R170.7Passing the baton outside the takeover zone
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