The men's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2017 IAAF World Relays was held at the Thomas Robinson Stadium on 2 May.
From the gun in the final, American Leshon Collins got some separation from Canada's Akeem Haynes. Also gaining an advantage on the stagger was Chijindu Ujah, the British leadoff as the gap to China's Tang Xingqiang and Barbados' Mario Burke shrank. Down the backstretch, Britain's Zharnel Hughes and American Mike Rodgers didn't gain against China's Xie Zhenye, who gained a step on Ramon Gittens to his outside. The second Canadian exchange between Aaron Brown and Brendon Rodney was an adventure, with Rodney hopping up and down leaving the zone without the baton. Through the second turn, American Ronnie Baker gained a little on Britain's Daniel Talbot and China's sub-10 star, Su Bingtian to take a slight lead into the final handoff. Britain's Ojie Edoburun reached back for the baton first but came up empty handed. The American handoff was more awkward as Justin Gatlin slowed and grabbed twice to finally get the baton in hand. China's final exchange was also awkward as Su ran up on Liang Jinsheng, finally getting a successful handoff but behind a step, as USA came out with the baton in first. With the advantage, the Olympic silver medalist sped away to a huge victory. Farther behind, Netherlands also failed to get the handoff between Solomon Bockarie and Hensley Paulina. Two steps behind China, Barbados made a clean exchange between Nicholas Deshong and Burkheart Ellis. As expected, Liang was losing ground to Gatlin, behind him, reminiscent of Bob Hayes in Tokyo, a gangly running Ellis was gaining on every step, Barbados overtaking China a step out, accentuated by a dip finish.
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(Mike RodgersJustin GatlinTyson GayRyan Bailey)37.38 Nassau, Bahamas2 May 2015World Leading 38.15 Gainesville, United States1 April 2017African Record(Osmond Ezinwa, Olapade Adeniken, Francis Obikwelu, Davidson Ezinwa)37.94 Athens, Greece9 August 1997Asian Record(Ryota Yamagata, Shōta Iizuka, Yoshihide Kiryu, Aska Cambridge)37.60 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil19 August 2016North, 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 Seville, 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 2012
Schedule Date Time Round22 April 2017 19:59 Heats22 April 2017 22:12 Final B22 April 2017 22:36 Final
Results KEY:QQualifiedqFastest non-qualifiersWLWorld leadingCRChampionship recordNRNational recordSBSeasonal bestWC2017 World Championships qualification
Heats Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) advanced to the final.Heats ResultsHeats Summary The next 8 fastest times qualified for the final B.
Rank Heat Nation Athletes Time Notes 1 2 Akeem Haynes, Aaron Brown, Brendon Rodney, Andre De Grasse 38.21 Q 2 2 Marvin Bracy, Mike Rodgers, Ronnie Baker, Justin Gatlin 38.22 Q 3 3 Chijindu Ujah, Zharnel Hughes, Adam Gemili, Daniel Talbot 38.32 Q, SB 4 1 Giovanni Codrington, Churandy Martina, Solomon Bockarie, Hensley Paulina 38.71 Q, SB 5 1 Mo Youxue, Xie Zhenye, Su Bingtian, Zhang Peimeng 38.97 Q, SB 6 1 Trae Williams, Tom Gamble, Alexander Hartmann, Nicholas Andrews 39.09 q, SB 7 2 Marvin René, Stuart Dutamby, Mickael-Meba Zeze, Jimmy Vicaut 39.10 q, SB 8 2 Julian Reus, Robin Erewa, Alexander Kosenkow, Sven Knipphals 39.11 SB 9 3 Mario Burke, Ramon Gittens, Nicholas Deshong, Burkheart Ellis Jr 39.26 Q, SB 10 1 Warren Fraser, Shavez Hart, Cliff Resias, Adrian Griffith 39.36 SB 11 1 Keston Bledman, Kyle Greaux, Emmanuel Callender, Dan-Neil Telesford 39.44 SB 12 3 Takumi Masuda, Yuma Saito, Jun Yamashita, Kenta Oshima 39.52 SB 13 3 Christopher Valdez, Yohandris Andújar, Mayobanex de Óleo, Juan Aroldi Santos 39.56 SB 14 3 Harlyn Pérez, Yordan O'Farrill, Yoan Medina, Reynier Mena 39.67 SB 15 2 Héctor Ruiz, Iván Moreno, Juan Carlos Alanis, César Ramírez 39.71 SB 16 3 Hakeem Huggins, Lestrod Roland, Allistar Clarke, Brijesh Lawrence 39.81 SB 17 2 Dominik Kopeć, Przemysław Słowikowski, Artur Zaczek, Grzegorz Zimniewicz 39.84 SB 2 Fabio Cerutti, Eseosa Desalu, Federico Cattaneo, Filippo Tortu R170.7Passing the baton outside the takeover zone 3 António Cesar Rodrigues, Bruno de Barros, Derick Silva, Vítor Hugo dos Santos R163.3(A)Lane infringement 1 Chavaughn Walsh, Daniel Bailey, Jared Jarvis, Tahir Walsh 1 Everton Clarke, Kemar Bailey-Cole, Jevaughn Minzie, Yohan Blake
Final B Final B Results Rank Lane Nation Athletes Time Notes 1 5 Moriba Morain, Emmanuel Callender, Kyle Greaux, Dan-Neil Telesford 39.04 SB, *WC 2 3 Roy Schmidt, Robin Erewa, Julian Reus, Aleixo-Platini Menga 39.15 *WC 3 4 Warren Fraser, Shavez Hart, Cliff Resias, Adrian Griffith 39.18 SB, *WC 4 7 Christopher Valdez, Yohandris Andújar, Carlos Jorge, Juan Aroldi Santos 39.57 5 8 Harlyn Pérez, Yordan O'Farrill, Yoan Medina, Reynier Mena 39.90 6 2 Héctor Ruiz, Iván Moreno, Juan Carlos Alanis, César Ramírez 39.98 7 6 Takumi Masuda, Yuma Saito, Jun Yamashita, Takeshi Fujiwara 40.31 8 1 Hakeem Huggins, Lestrod Roland, Allistar Clarke, Brijesh Lawrence 41.07
Final Final Results Rank Lane Nation Athletes Time Notes 5 Leshon Collins, Mike Rodgers, Ronnie Baker, Justin Gatlin 38.43 *WC 8 Mario Burke, Ramon Gittens, Nicholas Deshong, Burkheart Ellis Jr 39.18 , *WC 7 Tang Xingqiang, Xie Zhenye, Su Bingtian, Liang Jinsheng 39.22 *WC 4 2 Trae Williams, Tom Gamble, Alexander Hartmann, Nicholas Andrews 39.73 *WC 5 1 Marvin René, Jimmy Vicaut, Mickael-Meba Zeze, Stuart Dutamby 39.83 *WC 4 Akeem Haynes, Aaron Brown, Brendon Rodney, Andre De Grasse 3 Giovanni Codrington, Churandy Martina, Solomon Bockarie, Hensley Paulina 6 Chijindu Ujah, Zharnel Hughes, Daniel Talbot, Ojie Edoburun
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