The men's 4 x 100 metres relay competition of the athletics events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on the 27 and 28 October at the Telmex Athletics Stadium. The defending Pan American Games champion were Vicente de Lima, Rafael Ribeiro, Basílio de Moraes Júnior and Sandro Viana of Brazil.

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 record38.18Winnipeg, CanadaJuly 30, 1999

Qualification Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter one team.

Schedule Date Time RoundOctober 27, 2011 14:45 SemifinalsOctober 28, 2011 18:00 Final

Results All times shown are in seconds.

KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal bestDQDisqualified

Semifinals The semifinals were held on October 27. Qualification: First 3 teams of each heat (Q) plus the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank Heat Nation Athletes Time Notes 1 1 Jeremy Dodson, Perrisan White, Rubin Williams, Monzavous Edwards 39.19 Q 2 1 Jason Rogers, Antoine Adams, Delwayne Delaney, Brijesh Lawrence 39.31 Q 3 1 Carlos Moraes Junior, Ailson Feitosa, Nilson André, Matheus Facho Inocêncio 39.44 Q 4 2 Ignacio Rojas, Cristián Reyes, Kael Becerra, Daniel Pineda 39.68 Q, NR 5 2 David Lescay, Michael Herrera, Víctor González, Roberto Skyers 39.79 Q 6 1 Chris Brown, Jamial Rolle, Rodney Green, Wesley Neymour 40.05 q 7 2 Luis Morán, Franklin Nazareno, Álex Quiñónez, Hugo Chila 40.23 Q, SB 8 2 Miguel Hernández, Jorge Alonzo, Juan Jose Reyes, José Luis Ceballos 40.74 q 1 Kenneth Medwood, Jayson Jones, Linford Avila, Kenneth Brackett 1 Isidro Montoya, Daniel Grueso, Geiner Mosquera, Álvaro Gómez 1 Marcos Amalbert, Carlos Rodríguez, Marquis Holston, Miguel López 2 Helson Pitillo, Ronald Bennett, Josef Norales, Rolando Palacios 2 Jamol James, Moriba Morain, Joel Dillon, Emmanuel Callander 2 Jermaine Hamilton, Jason Livermore, Hannukkah Wallace, Oshane Bailey

Final Held on October 28.

Rank Nation Athletes Time Notes Ailson Feitosa, Sandro Viana, Nilson André, Bruno de Barros 38.18 =PR Jason Rogers, Antoine Adams, Delwayne Delaney, Brijesh Lawrence 38.81 Calesio Newman, Jeremy Dodson, Rubin Williams, Monzavous Edwards 39.17 David Lescay, Michael Herrera, Víctor González, Roberto Skyers 39.75 Jhon Tamayo, Franklin Nazareno, Álex Quiñónez, Hugo Chila 39.76 SB Miguel Hernández, Jorge Alonzo, Juan Jose Reyes, José Luis Ceballos 41.08 Ignacio Rojas, Cristián Reyes, Kael Becerra, Daniel Pineda

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