The men's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2026 World Athletics Relays was held at the Botswana National Stadium in Gaborone, Botswana on 2 and 3 May 2026.
The event will serve as a qualifying event for the 2027 World Athletics Championships in Beijing. In this context, the top 12 teams in each event will qualify for the World Championships.World Athletics unveils new entry rules Inside the Games
Records Prior to the competition, the records were as follows: RecordTeamLocationDateWorld record(Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt)36.84 London, United Kingdom11 August 2012Championships record(Mike Rodgers, Justin Gatlin, Tyson Gay, Ryan Bailey)37.38 Nassau, Bahamas2 May 20152026 World LeadingGainesville Elite B(Jordan Anthony, Trayvon Bromell, Jake Odey-Jordan, Noah Lyles)37.78 Gainesville, United States18 April 2026
Qualification The top 8 teams in each event at the 2025 World Athletics Championships automatically qualify for entry to the championships. The remaining teams (up to 24 in total per event ) will be determined through the top lists in the qualification period from 1 January 2025 to 5 April 2026. Host country Botswana can enter with one team in each event, regardless of any entry conditions.
Program All times are local (UTC+2). DateTimeRound2 May 202615:30Heats3 May 202615:47Repechage round3 May 202616:32Final
Results
Heats (World Championships Qualifying Round 1) The heats were held on 2 May 2026, starting at 15:30 in the afternoon. Qualification: the first 2 of each heat () plus 2 fastest times () qualify to World Athletics Championships and World Athletics Relays Final.
Heat 1 RankLaneNationCompetitorsTimeNotes17Ronnie Baker, Max Thomas, Lance Lang, Pjai Austin37.77, 26Jayson Game Mandoze, Prince Phaezel Selepe, Godiraone Lobatlamang, Letsile Tebogo37.96, 38Nsikak Ekpo, Taymir Burnet, Xavi Mo-Ajok, Elvis Afrifa38.00, 45Hiroki Yanagita, Shōta Iizuka, Yoshihide Kiryū, Yuhi Mori38.0154Samuele Ceccarelli, Filippo Randazzo, Fausto Desalu, Chituru Ali38.7463Mohammed Badru, Ylann Bizasene, Théo Schaub, Aymeric Priam38.9772Neiker Abello, Enoc Moreno, Pedro Agualimpia, Carlos Palacios40.86
Heat 2 RankLaneNationCompetitorsTimeNotes15Aaron Brown, Jerome Blake, Brendon Rodney, Andre De Grasse37.56, 26Kevin Kranz, Marvin Schulte, Owen Ansah, Lucas Ansah-Peprah37.67, 38Lachlan Kennedy, Joshua Azzopardi, Christopher Ius, Rohan Browning37.87, =47Rohan Watson, Odaine McPherson, Adrian Kerr, Rasheed Foster38.0852Mark Odhiambo, Ronald Koech, Meshack Babu, Ferdinand Omanyala38.5064Alberto Calero, Juan Carlos Castillo, Jaime Sancho, Jorge Hernandez38.803Kobe Vleminckx, Emiel Botterman, Antoine Snyders, Cédric Verschueren
Heat 3 RankLaneNationCompetitorsTimeNotes15Myuyo Moss, Cheswill Johnson, Bradley Nkoana, Akani Simbine37.68, 28Jeremiah Azu, Zharnel Hughes, Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake, Romell Glave38.01, 34Shi Junhao, Zeng Keli, Wang Shengjie, He Jinxian38.0247Abdul-Rasheed Saminu, Benjamin Azamati, Joseph Amoah, Edwin Gadayi38.1956Favour Ashe, James Taiwo Emmanuel, Tejiri Godwin, Chidera Ezeakor38.3163Gabriel Aparecido dos Santos, Felipe Bardi, Erik Cardoso, Jorge Vides38.6172Patryk Krupa, Mateusz Siuda, Łukasz Żok, Dominik Kopeć38.9181Harsh Santosh Raut, Ragul Kumar, Animesh Kujur, Gurindervir Singh39.07
Repechage Round (World Championships Qualifying Round 2) The repechage round was held on 3 May 2026, starting at 15:47 in the afternoon. Qualification: the first 2 of each heat () qualify to World Athletics Championships.
Heat 1 RankLaneNationCompetitorsTimeNotes18Shi Junhao, Zeng Keli, Wang Shengjie, He Jinxian37.85, 27Edwin Gadayi, Benjamin Azamati, Joseph Amoah, Abdul-Rasheed Saminu38.09, 35Mark Odhiambo, Ronald Koech, Meshack Babu, Ferdinand Omanyala38.2746Eduardo Longobardi, Filippo Randazzo, Fausto Desalu, Chituru Ali38.4754Deiner Guaitoto, Carlos Palacios, Pedro Agualimpia, Neiker Abello39.163Gabriel Aparecido dos Santos, Felipe Bardi, Erik Cardoso, Paulo André Camilo2Andoni Calbano, Guillem Crespí, Jaime Sancho, Jorge Hernández
Heat 2 RankLaneNationCompetitorsTimeNotes14Rohan Watson, Odaine McPherson, Adrian Kerr, Rasheed Foster38.14, 28Robin Vanderbemden, Emiel Botterman, Antoine Snyders, Kobe Vleminckx38.40, 35Favour Ashe, James Taiwo Emmanuel, Tejiri Godwin, Chidera Ezeakor38.5046Lenny Chanteur, Ylann Bizasene, Théo Schaub, Aymeric Priam38.8357Yuhi Mori, Shōta Iizuka, Yoshihide Kiryū, Naoki Inoue51.572Harsh Santosh Raut, Animesh Kujur, Ragul Kumar, Gurindervir Singh3Jakub Lempach, Mateusz Siuda, Patryk Krupa, Dominik Kopeć
Final The final was held on 3 May 2026, starting at 16:32 in the afternoon. RankLaneNationCompetitorsTimeNotes6Ronnie Baker, Max Thomas, Lance Lang, Pjai Austin37.437Myuyo Moss, Cheswill Johnson, Bradley Nkoana, Akani Simbine37.495Kevin Kranz, Marvin Schulte, Owen Ansah, Lucas Ansah-Peprah37.7641Lachlan Kennedy, Joshua Azzopardi, Christopher Ius, Rohan Browning38.0052Jaimie Omalla, Taymir Burnet, Onyema Adigida, Elvis Afrifa38.1768Jayson Game Mandoze, Prince Phaezel Selepe, Godiraone Lobatlamang, Calvin Bogosi Omphile38.3574Aaron Brown, Jerome Blake, Brendon Rodney, Andre De Grasse40.063Jeremiah Azu, Zharnel Hughes, Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake, Romell Glave
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