World Athletics Championships 1993/4 × 100 m men

4th World Athletics Championships
discipline	4 × 100 m relay
gender	Men
Attendees	17 relays with 75 athletes
venue	Stuttgart
Competition location	Gottlieb Daimler Stadium
Competition phase	August 21 (preliminary / semi-finals) August 22 (final)
Medalist  United States  Great Britain  Canada

The Gottlieb Daimler Stadium in Stuttgart in 2007

The men's 4 x 100 meter relay at the 1993 World Athletics Championships was held on August 21 and 22, 1993 in the Gottlieb Daimler Stadium in Stuttgart .

World champions were the United States in the line-up of Jon Drummond , Andre Cason , Dennis Mitchell (semifinals / finals) and Leroy Burrell, as well as Calvin Smith, who was also used in the preliminary / semifinals .
Second place went to Great Britain with Colin Jackson (final), Tony Jarrett , John Regis (final) and Linford Christie as well as Jason John and Darren Braithwaite, who were also used in the preliminary / semi-finals .
Bronze went to Canada ( Robert Esmie , Glenroy Gilbert , Bruny Surin , Atlee Mahorn ).

The runners only used in the run-up were given corresponding precious metal. The records, however, were only available to the athletes who actually ran.

Records

Existing records

World record	37.40 s	USA ( Carl Lewis , Dennis Mitchell , Leroy Burrell , Michael Marsh )	OS in Barcelona , Spain	August 8, 1992
World championship record	37.50 s	USA ( Andre Cason , Leroy Burrell , Dennis Mitchell , Carl Lewis )	1991 World Cup in Tokyo , Japan	September 1, 1991

Record improvement

The USA's world championship relay improved the existing World Cup record in the semi-finals on August 21, with Jon Drummond , Andre Cason , Dennis Mitchell and Leroy Burrell by exactly one tenth of a second to 38.40 s. The line-up was identical to that in the final on the following day.

At the same time, the US team equalized the existing world record with this time.

In the final there was also a European record and a national record:

• Great Britain ( Colin Jackson , Tony Jarrett , John Regis , Linford Christie ), 2nd place - European record in 39.77 s
• Canada ( Robert Esmie , Glenroy Gilbert , Bruny Surin , Atlee Mahorn ), 3rd place - national record in 39.83 s

Preliminary round

The preliminary round was held in four runs. The first three relays per run - highlighted in light blue - as well as the four fastest teams - highlighted in light green - qualified for the semi-finals.

Forward 1

August 21, 1993, 11:00 a.m.

space	Season	occupation	Time (s)
1	Ivory Coast	Ouattara Lagazane Jean-Olivier Zirignon Frank Waota Ibrahim Meité (preliminary / final)	38.77
2	Great Britain	Jason John (preliminary / semi-finals) Tony Jarrett Darren Braithwaite (preliminary / semi-finals) Linford Christie	38.80
3	Sweden	Torbjörn Mårtensson Torbjörn Eriksson Lars Hedner (preliminary / semifinals) Thomas Leandersson	39.32
4th	Japan	Hideki Onohara Hisatsugu Suzuki (preliminary) Hideyaki Miyata (preliminary) Satoru Inoue	39.40
5	Switzerland	Kevin Widmer Olivier Bettex Alain Reimann David Dollé	39.46
6th	New Zealand	Todd Blythe Mark Keddell Chris Donaldson Augustine Nketia	39.77

Forward 2

August 21, 1993, 11:10 a.m.

space	Season	occupation	Time (s)
1	Canada	Robert Esmie Glenroy Gilbert Bruny Surin Atlee Mahorn	38.36
2	France	Olivier Theophile Daniel Sangouma Jean-Charles Trouabal Éric Perrot	38.94
3	Ghana	Salaam Gariba Nelson Boateng Solomon Amegatcher Emmanuel Tuffour	39.01
4th	Spain	Juan Jesús Trapero Pedro Nolet Jordi Mayoral Enrique Talavera	39.44
5	Trinidad and Tobago	Wendell Williams Patrick Delice Neil de Silva Ato Boldon	40.24
DSQ	Russia	Pawel Galkin Oleg Fatun Andrei Fedoriw Alexandr Porchomowski	IAAF Rule 170.7: AC fault

Forward 3

August 21, 1993, 11:20 a.m.

space	Season	occupation	Time (s)
1	United States	Jon Drummond Andre Cason Calvin Smith (preliminary) Leroy Burrell	38.12
2	Australia	Paul Henderson Damien Marsh Dean Capobianco Tim Jackson	39.04
3	Greece	Alexandros Genovelis Georgios Panagiotopoulos Ioannis Nafpliotis Alexandros Terzian	39.91
4th	Sierra Leone	Francis Keyta Foday Sillah Haroun Korjie Sanusi Turay	40.69
5	Netherlands Antilles	Manuel Ellsworth Junior De Lain Pierre Monte Edleberg Martinus	42.20
DNS	Senegal	No naming of the squadron cast
	Jamaica

Forward 4

August 21, 1993, 11:30 a.m.

space	Season	occupation	Time (s)
1	Cuba	Andres Simón Iván García Joel Isasi Jorge Aguilera	38.66
2	Germany	Marc Blume Robert Kurnicki Michael Huke Steffen Görmer	38.90
3	Italy	Giorgio Marras Carlo Occhiena Andrea Amici Ezio Madonia	39.37
4th	Mexico	Jaime López Alejandro Cardeñas Hermán Adam Miguel Maranda	39.79
5	Thailand	Worasit Vachaprutti Visut Watanasin Niti Piyapan Vissanu Sophanich	40.12
6th	Barbados	Edsel Chase Roger Jordan Henrico Atkins Kirk Cummins	40.24

Semifinals

In each of the two semi-finals, the first four seasons - highlighted in light blue - qualified for the final.

Semi-final run 1

August 21, 1993, 6:30 p.m.

space	Season	occupation	Time (s)
1	United States	Jon Drummond Andre Cason Dennis Mitchell Leroy Burrell	37.40 WR
2	Canada	Robert Esmie Glenroy Gilbert Bruny Surin Atlee Mahorn	37.99
3	Great Britain	Jason John (preliminary / semi-finals) Tony Jarrett Darren Braithwaite (preliminary / semi-finals) Linford Christie	38.05
4th	Australia	Paul Henderson Damien Marsh Dean Capobianco Tim Jackson	38.46
5	Ghana	Salaam Gariba Nelson Boateng Solomon Amegatcher Emmanuel Tuffour	38.61
6th	Greece	Alexandros Genovelis Georgios Panagiotopoulos Ioannis Nafpliotis Alexandros Terzian	39.00
7th	Japan	Hideki Onohara Tatsuo Sugimoto (semifinals) Satoru Inoue Kōji Itō (semifinals) in the preliminary also: Hisatsugu Suzuki Hideyaki Miyata	39.01
8th	New Zealand	Todd Blythe Mark Keddell Chris Donaldson Augustine Nketia	39.93

Semi-final run 2

August 21, 1993, 6:40 p.m.

space	Season	occupation	Time (s)
1	Germany	Marc Blume Robert Kurnicki Michael Huke Steffen Görmer	38.58
2	Cuba	Andres Simón Iván García Joel Isasi Jorge Aguilera	38.73
3	Sweden	Torbjörn Mårtensson Torbjörn Eriksson Lars Hedner (preliminary / semifinals) Thomas Leandersson	38.96
4th	Ivory Coast	Ouattara Lagazane Jean-Olivier Zirignon Frank Waota Frank Ibrahim (semifinals)	38.97
5	Spain	Juan Jesús Trapero Pedro Nolet Jordi Mayoral Enrique Talavera	39.17
DSQ	France	Olivier Theophile Daniel Sangouma Jean-Charles Trouabal Éric Perrot	IAAF Rule 163.3: Crossing the rail
	Italy	Giorgio Marras Carlo Occhiena Andrea Amici Ezio Madonia
	Switzerland	Kevin Widmer Olivier Bettex Alain Reimann David Dollé

final

August 22, 1993, 4:40 pm

space	Season	occupation	Time (s)
1	United States	Jon Drummond Andre Cason Dennis Mitchell (semifinals / finals) Leroy Burrell in the preliminary run also: Calvin Smith	37.48
2	Great Britain	Colin Jackson (final) Tony Jarrett John Regis (final) Linford Christie in the preliminary / semifinals also: Jason John Darren Braithwaite	37.77 ER
3	Canada	Robert Esmie Glenroy Gilbert Bruny Surin Atlee Mahorn	37.83 NO
4th	Cuba	Andres Simón Iván García Joel Isasi Jorge Aguilera	38.39
5	Australia	Paul Henderson Damien Marsh Dean Capobianco Tim Jackson	38.69
6th	Germany	Marc Blume Robert Kurnicki Michael Huke Steffen Görmer	38.78
7th	Ivory Coast	Ouattara Lagazane Jean-Olivier Zirignon Frank Waota Ibrahim Meité (preliminary / final) in the semifinals also: Frank Ibrahim	38.82
8th	Sweden	Torbjörn Mårtensson Mattias Sunneborn (final) Torbjörn Eriksson Thomas Leandersson in the preliminary / semifinals also: Lars Hedner	39.22

Video

• Uncut - 4x100 Men Final Stuttgart 1993 on youtube.com, accessed on May 10, 2020

Web links

• 4th IAAF World Championships in Athletics , accessed on May 10, 2020
• Men 4x100m Relay Athletics IV World Championship 1993 Stuttgart (GER) on todor66.com (English), accessed on May 10, 2020
• Results in the IAAF Statistics Handbook for the 2019 World Cup in Doha, Men 4x100m Relay, Stuttgart 1993 (PDF 10.3 MB, p. 227f), English, accessed on May 10, 2020

References and comments

1. ↑ IAAF world records. 4 × 100 m men , accessed on May 10, 2020
2. ↑ IAAF competition rules, page 120 (PDF; 4364 kB), accessed on May 10, 2020
3. ↑ IAAF competition rules, page 91 (PDF; 4364 kB), accessed on May 10, 2020