World Athletics Championships 1995/4 × 100 m men

5th World Athletics Championships
discipline	4 × 100 m relay
gender	Men
Attendees	28 relays with 115 athletes
venue	Gothenburg
Competition location	Ullevi Stadium
Competition phase	August 12th (preliminary / semi-finals) August 13th (final)
Medalist  Canada  Australia  Italy

The men's 4 x 100 meter relay at the 1995 World Athletics Championships was held on August 12 and 13, 1995 in Gothenburg's Ullevi Stadium .

Canada became world champions with the line-up of Robert Esmie , Glenroy Gilbert , Bruny Surin and Donovan Bailey .
Second place went to Australia with Paul Henderson , Tim Jackson , Steve Brimacombe and Damien Marsh .
Bronze went to Italy ( Giovanni Puggioni , Ezio Madonia , Angelo Cipolloni , Sandro Floris ).

Existing records

World record	37.40 s	USA ( Carl Lewis , Dennis Mitchell , Leroy Burrell , Michael Marsh )	OS in Barcelona , Spain	August 8, 1992
		USA ( Jon Drummond , Andre Cason , Dennis Mitchell and Leroy Burrell )	World Cup 1993 in Stuttgart , Germany	August 21, 1993
World Cup record		USA ( Jon Drummond , Andre Cason , Dennis Mitchell and Leroy Burrell )	World Cup 1993 in Stuttgart , Germany	August 21, 1993

The existing world championship record was not set and not improved at these world championships.

Five seasons set three continental records:

• Oceania record in 38.28 s - Australia ( Paul Henderson , Tim Jackson , Steve Brimacombe , Damien Marsh ), 3rd advance, August 12th
• Oceania record in 38.17 s - Australia (Paul Henderson, Tim Jackson, Steve Brimacombe, Damien Marsh), 2nd semi-final run, August 12
• South American record in 38.85 s - Brazil ( André da Silva , Sidnei Telles De Souza , Édson Ribeiro , Robson da Silva ), 1st heat, August 12th
• South American record in 38.48 s - Brazil (André da Silva, Sidnei Telles De Souza, Édson Ribeiro, Robson da Silva), 2nd semi-final run, August 12
• Asian record in 38.67 s - Japan ( Hisatsugu Suzuki , Kôji Itô , Satoru Inoue , Yoshitaka Itô ), 2nd semi-final, August 12th

The Gothenburg Ullevi Stadium in 2006

Preliminary round

The preliminary round was carried out in three runs. The first four 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 12, 1995, 5:05 p.m.

space	Season	occupation	Time (s)
1	Canada	Robert Esmie Glenroy Gilbert Bruny Surin Donovan Bailey	38.38
2	Japan	Hisatsugu Suzuki Kôji Itô Satoru Inoue Yoshitaka Itô	38.79
3	Brazil	André da Silva Sidnei Telles De Souza Édson Ribeiro Robson da Silva	38.85 SR
4th	Russia	Pawel Galkin (preliminary) Alexander Sokolow Andrei Grigoryev Andrei Fedoriw	39.03
5	Germany	Marc Blume (preliminary) Robert Kurnicki Christian Konieczny Michael Huke	39.06
6th	Togo	Teko Folligan Boévi Lawson Franck Amegnigan Kossi Akoto	39.45
7th	Cameroon	Issa Nteppe Benjamin Sirimou Samuel Nchinda Pierre Makon	40.72

Forward 2

August 12, 1995, 5:15 p.m.

space	Season	occupation	Time (s)
1	Sweden	Peter Karlsson Matias Ghansah Lars Hedner Tobias Karlsson	38.74
2	France	Olivier Théophile Sébastien Carrat Jean-Charles Trouabal Pascal Théophile	38.82
3	Spain	Frutos Feo Javier Navarro Jordi Mayoral Pedro Nolet	39.35
4th	Bahamas	Renward Wells Brian Babbs (forward) Iram Lewis Alfred Stubbs	39.37
5	Ghana	Duah Abu Abdul Zakari Eric Nkansah Emmanuel Tuffuor	39.83
DSQ	Cuba	Leonardo Prevot Joel Lamela Joel Isasi Jorge Aguilera	IAAF Rule 170.7: AC fault
	Saudi Arabia	Mohammed Al-Bishy Mohammed Al-Masoud Mohammad Saif Jamal Al-Saffar	IAAF Rule 163.3: Crossing the rail

Forward 3

August 12, 1995, 5:25 p.m.

space	Season	occupation	Time (s)
1	Australia	Paul Henderson Tim Jackson Steve Brimacombe Damien Marsh	38.28 OZ
2	People's Republic of China	Li Xiaoping Lin Wei Huang Danwei Chen Wenzhong	38.81
3	Jamaica	Leon Gordon Michael Green Warren Johnson (preliminary) Raymond Stewart	38.92
4th	Ivory Coast	Ahmed Doohou Jean-Olivier Zirignon Eric Pacôme Ibrahim Meité	39.29
5	Barbados	Garfield Gill Jason St Hill Achebe Hope Obadele Thompson	39.68
6th	Trinidad and Tobago	Alvin Daniel Patrick Delice Neil de Silva Hayden Stephens	40.09
DNF	United States	Maurice Greene Jon Drummond Tony McCall Michael Marsh

Forward 4

August 12, 1995, 5:35 p.m.

space	Season	occupation	Time (s)
1	Italy	Giovanni Puggioni Ezio Madonia Angelo Cipolloni Sandro Floris	39.00
2	Great Britain	Jason Gardener Darren Braithwaite John Regis Solomon Wariso	39.07
3	Ukraine	Oleksij Tschychatschow Dmytro Vanjajikin Oleh Kramarenko Serhiy Ossovych	39.31
4th	Mexico	Carlos Villaseñor Alejandro Cárdenas Genaro Rojas Jaime Barragan	39.66
5	New Zealand	Laud Codjoe Mark Keddell Chris Donaldson Gus Nketia	39.70
6th	St. Kitts and Nevis	Ricaldo Liddie Eric Haynes Kim Collins Kurvin Wallace	40.12
DSQ	Greece	Alexandros Yenovelis Alexander Alexópoulos Yiorgos Panayiotopoulos Alex Terzian	IAAF Rule 170.7: AC fault

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 12, 1995, 7:20 pm

space	Season	occupation	Time (s)
1	Canada	Robert Esmie Glenroy Gilbert Bruny Surin Donovan Bailey	38.16
2	Jamaica	Robert Foster (semifinals) Michael Green Leon Gordon Raymond Stewart	38.64
3	Ukraine	Oleksij Tschychatschow Dmytro Vanjajikin Oleh Kramarenko Serhiy Ossovych	38.76
4th	Sweden	Peter Karlsson Matias Ghansah Lars Hedner Tobias Karlsson	38.78
5	People's Republic of China	Li Xiaoping Lin Wei Huang Danwei Chen Wenzhong	38.93
6th	Ivory Coast	Ahmed Doohou Jean-Olivier Zirignon Eric Pacôme Ibrahim Meité	39.50
7th	Bahamas	Renward Wells Andrew Tynes (semifinals) Iram Lewis Alfred Stubbs in the preliminary also: Brian Babbs	39.65
DNF	France	Olivier Théophile Sébastien Carrat Jean-Charles Trouabal Pascal Théophile

Semi-final run 2

August 12, 1995, 7:29 pm

space	Season	occupation	Time (s)
1	Australia	Paul Henderson Tim Jackson Steve Brimacombe Damien Marsh	38.17 OZ
2	Italy	Giovanni Puggioni Ezio Madonia Angelo Cipolloni Sandro Floris	38.41
3	Brazil	André da Silva Sidnei Telles De Souza Édson Ribeiro Robson da Silva	38.48 SR
4th	Japan	Hisatsugu Suzuki Kôji Itô Satoru Inoue Yoshitaka Itô	38.67 AS
5	Great Britain	Jason Gardener Darren Braithwaite John Regis Solomon Wariso	38.75
6th	Russia	Alexandr Porchomowski (semifinals) Alexander Sokolow Andrei Grigorjew Andrei Fedoriw in the preliminary also: Pavel Galkin	38.78
7th	Germany	Holger Blume (semifinals) Robert Kurnicki Christian Konieczny Michael Huke in the preliminary run also: Marc Blume	38.90
8th	Spain	Frutos Feo Javier Navarro Jordi Mayoral Pedro Nolet	39.16

final

August 13, 1995, 4:35 pm

space	Season	occupation	Time (s)
1	Canada	Robert Esmie Glenroy Gilbert Bruny Surin Donovan Bailey	38.31
2	Australia	Paul Henderson Tim Jackson Steve Brimacombe Damien Marsh	38.50
3	Italy	Giovanni Puggioni Ezio Madonia Angelo Cipolloni Sandro Floris	39.07
4th	Jamaica	James Beckford (final) Michael Green Leon Gordon Raymond Stewart in the semifinals also: Robert Foster in the preliminary also: Warren Johnson	39.10
5	Japan	Hisatsugu Suzuki Kôji Itô Satoru Inoue Yoshitaka Itô	39.33
6th	Brazil	André da Silva Sidnei Telles De Souza Édson Ribeiro Robson da Silva	39.35
7th	Ukraine	Oleksij Tschychatschow Dmytro Vanjajikin Oleh Kramarenko Serhiy Ossovych	39.39
DSQ	Sweden	Peter Karlsson Matias Ghansah Lars Hedner Tobias Karlsson	IAAF Rule 170.7: AC fault

Video

• Men's 4x100m Relay Final - 1995 IAAF World Athletics Championships on youtube.com, accessed May 27, 2020

Web links

• 5th IAAF World Championships in Athletics , accessed on May 18, 2020
• Men 4x100m Relay Athletics V World Championship 1995 Goteborg (SWE) on todor66.com (English), accessed on May 27, 2020
• Results in the IAAF Statistics Handbook for the 2019 World Cup in Doha, Men 4x100m Relay, Gothenborg 1995, p. 228 (PDF 10.3 MB), English, accessed on May 27, 2020

References and comments

1. ↑ IAAF world records. 4 × 100 m men , accessed on May 27, 2020
2. ↑ ^{a b c} IAAF competition rules, page 120 (PDF; 4364 kB), accessed on May 27, 2020
3. ↑ IAAF competition rules, page 91 (PDF; 4364 kB), accessed on May 27, 2020