The men's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2023 World Athletics Championships was held at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest on 25 and 26 August 2023. It was the 19th edition of this relay at the World Athletics Championships since 1983.
Summary
After procedure modifications, the fastest qualifiers were assigned outside lanes, thus more favorable, wider turns. With one of the fastest starters in history, 2019 100m champion Christian Coleman out of the blocks, USA was making up the stagger on Japan, the only team to its outside. A couple of lanes inside, Jamaica's Ackeem Blake was gaining on South Africa between them. USA clearly passed first to 2022 100m champion Fred Kerley, Jamaica passed late in the zone to Oblique Seville but the same time as GBR passed to Zharnel Hughes. USA made the second pass from Kerley to Brandon Carnes ahead, but they were slowed by two attempts to transfer the baton. Jamaica to Ryiem Forde and GBR to Adam Gemili passed about even, and Italy's quick pass from Olympic Champion Marcell Jacobs to Lorenzo Patta put them into contention. Through the turn, Jamaica and Italy gained ground. Jamaica passed to their surprise National Champion Rohan Watson less than a metre behind USA. But USA had the double sprint winner Noah Lyles on anchor. Lyles opened up a 4 metre gap on his leg for a clear American victory. Italy passed to Filippo Tortu a metre down to Jamaica, but Tortu reversed that and gained a couple of metres for a clear second. Watson was able to hold off GBR's Eugene Amo-Dadzie and Japan's fast closing Abdul Hakim Sani Brown to retain bronze. It was Jamaica's first 4x100 medal since the retirement of Usain Bolt. Upon crossing the finish line, Lyles held up 3 fingers for the cameras to celebrate his third gold medal at these championships.
Records Before the competition, records were as follows:
Record Athlete & Location Date World recordNesta Carter, Michael Frater, Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt36.84London, United Kingdom11 August 2012Championships recordNesta Carter, Michael Frater, Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt37.04Daegu, South Korea4 September 2011World LeadingAaron Brown, Jerome Blake, Brendon Rodney, Andre De Grasse37.80Gainesville, Florida, United States1 April 2023African RecordThando Dlodlo, Simon Magakwe, Clarence Munyai, Akani Simbine37.65Doha, Qatar4 October 2019Asian RecordShuhei Tada, Kirara Shiraishi, Yoshihide Kiryu, Abdul Hakim Sani Brown37.43Doha, Qatar5 October 2019North, Central American and Caribbean recordNesta Carter, Michael Frater, Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt36.84London, United Kingdom11 August 2012South American RecordRodrigo do Nascimento, Vitor Hugo dos Santos, Derick Silva, Paulo André Camilo37.72Doha, Qatar5 October 2019European RecordAdam Gemili, Zharnel Hughes, Richard Kilty, Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake37.37Doha, Qatar5 October 2019Oceanian recordPaul Henderson, Tim Jackson, Steve Brimacombe, Damien Marsh38.17Gothenburg, Sweden12 August 1995Anthony Alozie, Isaac Ntiamoah, Andrew McCabe, Josh RossLondon, United Kingdom10 August 2012
Qualification system After the postponement for COVID-19 pandemic reasons of the 2023 World Relays to 2024 Nassau, the modified system to qualify automatically is to have finished in the first eight (finalists) at 2022 World Championships, in Eugene, completed by eight more 2022-2023 top lists' teams.
Participating teams
(1st) (2nd) (3rd) (4th) (5th) (6th) (7th) (–, )Even if the French team was disqualified during the world's final, France is qualified for Budapest 2023.
Top list before the 30 July 2023:
2022 Top list The qualification period has started on 31 July 2022 and closes on 30 July 2023. Here are the marks made before the starting of the qualification period.
37.99 1f1 NR Universitätsstadion am Biopark, Regensburg (GER) 3 June 2022 38.09 Adidas team (USA) 1f1 Percy Beard Track, Gainesville, FL (USA) 16 April 2022 38.31 1 Alexander Stadium, Birmingham (GBR) 21 May 2022 38.35 1 Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin City (NGR) 25 June 2022 38.41 2 Alexander Stadium, Birmingham (GBR) 21 May 2022 38.43 1 Mestský Stadion, Ostrava (CZE) 31 May 2022 38.56 1 NR Yecheon (KOR) 4 June 2022 38.63 1 National Stadium, Gaborone (BOT) 30 April 2022 38.70 1 Olympiastadion, Stockholm (SWE) 30 June 2022 38.72 1f3 Hilmer Lodge Stadium, Walnut, CA (USA) 16 April 2022 38.76 1 Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port-of-Spain (TTO) 26 June 2022 38.89 Racers Track Club (JAM) 1f1 National Stadium, Kingston (JAM) 26 February 2022 38.89 2f1 Centre sportif du Bout-du-Monde, Geneva (SUI) 11 June 2022 38.90 SESI - SP (BRA) 1f3 Rio de Janeiro (BRA) 23 June 2022 38.95 1 Stade Complexe Olympique, Oran (ALG) 1 July 2022 38.97 1 , Huelva (ESP) 25 May 2022 38.98 2 Stade Complexe Olympique, Oran (ALG) 1 July 2022
2022 Qualification period top list
The qualification period has started on 31 July 2022 and closes on 30 July 2023.
37.67Q 1 Olympiastadion, Munich (GER) 21 August 2022 37.94Q 2 Olympiastadion, Munich (GER) 21 August 2022 37.97 1h2 Olympiastadion, Munich (GER) 19 August 2022 38.15 3 Olympiastadion, Munich (GER) 21 August 2022 38.25 4 Olympiastadion, Munich (GER) 21 August 2022 38.36 5 Olympiastadion, Munich (GER) 21 August 2022 38.70 2 Alexander Stadium, Birmingham (GBR) 7 August 2022
2023 Top List (updated on 6 June 2023)
37.80Q 1 Percy Beard Track, Gainesville, FL (USA) 1 April 2023 37.93Q "Florida" (USA) 2f2 LSU Bernie Moore Stadium, Baton Rouge, LA (USA) 13 May 2023 38.26 NR 1 National Stadium, Gaborone (BOT) 29 April 2023 38.38 1 , Florence (ITA) 7 May 2023 38.50 1 SOPAC, Sydney (AUS) 11 March 2023 38.61Q "Empire Athletics" (JAM) 3 Percy Beard Track, Gainesville, FL (USA) 1 April 2023 38.79 1f1 Universitätsstadion am Biopark, Regensburg (GER) 3 June 2023 38.83Q 1f1 Roy P. Drachman Stadium, Tucson, AZ (USA) 29 April 2023 38.97 Fujian (CHN) 1 Zhaoqing Sports Center, Zhaoqing (CHN) 23 April 2023 39.04 2f2 , Huelva (ESP) 6 June 2023 39.10 1 La Vicentina, Quito (ECU) 4 March 2023 39.11 1 Morodok Techo National Stadium, Phnom Penh (CAM) 10 May 2023 39.12Q 1 Fanny Blankers-Koen Stadion, Hengelo (NED) 4 June 2023
Next best 2022–23 (teams not qualified): 38.73 - Olympiastadion, Munich (GER) - 19 August 2022 38.74 - Athletics Stadium, Konya (TUR) - 12 August 2022 38.81 - Alexander Stadium, Birmingham (GBR) - 07 August 2022 38.93 - Stadion Śląski, Chorzów (POL) - 4 June 2023
Results
Heats The first three in each heat (Q) and the next two fastest (q) qualified for the final.
Rank Heat Nation Athletes Time Notes 1 2 Roberto Rigali, Marcell Jacobs, Lorenzo Patta, Filippo Tortu 37.65 Q, 2 1 Christian Coleman, Fred Kerley, Brandon Carnes, J.T. Smith 37.67 Q 3 1 Ackeem Blake, Oblique Seville, Ryiem Forde, Rohan Watson 37.68 Q, 4 1 Ryuichiro Sakai, Hiroki Yanagita, Yuki Koike, Abdul Hakim Sani Brown 37.71 Q, 5 2 Shaun Maswanganyi, Benjamin Richardson, Clarence Munyai, Akani Simbine 37.72 Q, 6 1 Méba-Mickaël Zeze, Pablo Matéo, Ryan Zeze, Mouhamadou Fall 37.98 q, 7 2 Jeremiah Azu, Adam Gemili, Jona Efoloko, Eugene Amo-Dadzie 38.01 Q 8 2 Paulo André Camilo, Felipe Bardi, Erik Cardoso, Rodrigo do Nascimento 38.19 q, 9 2 Favour Ashe, Usheoritse Itsekiri, Alaba Akintola, Seye Ogunlewe 38.20 10 2 Aaron Brown, Jerome Blake, Brendon Rodney, Bolade Ajomale 38.25 11 2 Pascal Mancini, Bradley Lestrade, Felix Svensson, Enrico Güntert 38.65 12 1 Omari Lewis, Jerod Elcock, Revell Webster, Devin Augustine 38.89 13 1 Dominik Illovszky, , Dániel Szabò, Márk Pap 39.55 – 1 Nsikak Ekpo, Taymir Burnet, Hensley Paulina, Raphael Bouju – 1 Kevin Kranz, Lucas Ansah-Peprah, Joshua Hartmann, Yannick Wolf – 2 Adam Burda, Mateusz Siuda, Łukasz Żak, Dominik Kopeć
Final The final was started on 26 August at 21:42.
Rank Lane Nation Athletes Time Notes 8 Christian Coleman, Fred Kerley, Brandon Carnes, Noah Lyles 37.38 5 Roberto Rigali, Marcell Jacobs, Lorenzo Patta, Filippo Tortu 37.62 6 Ackeem Blake, Oblique Seville, Ryiem Forde, Rohan Watson 37.76 4 4 Jeremiah Azu, Zharnel Hughes, Adam Gemili, Eugene Amo-Dadzie 37.80 5 9 Ryuichiro Sakai, Hiroki Yanagita, Yuki Koike, Abdul Hakim Sani Brown 37.83 6 3 Méba-Mickaël Zeze, Pablo Matéo, Ryan Zeze, Mouhamadou Fall 38.06 7 Shaun Maswanganyi, Benjamin Richardson, Clarence Munyai, Akani Simbine 2 Rodrigo do Nascimento, Jorge Vides, Erik Cardoso, Felipe Bardi
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