World Athletics Championships 2001/4 × 100 m men

8th World Athletics Championships
discipline	4 × 100 m relay
gender	Men
Attendees	25 relays with 108 athletes
venue	Edmonton
Competition location	Commonwealth Stadium
Competition phase	August 11th (preliminary) August 12th (semi-finals) August 12th (final)
Medalist  South Africa  Trinidad and Tobago  Australia

The Commonwealth Stadium by Edmonton in 2005

The men's 4 x 100 meter relay at the 2001 World Athletics Championships was held on August 11 and 12, 2001 in the Commonwealth Stadium in the Canadian city ​​of Edmonton .

World champion South Africa in the cast Morne Nagel , Corné du Plessis , Lee-Roy Newton and Mathew Quinn .
Second place went to Trinidad and Tobago with Marc Burns , Ato Boldon , Jacey Harper and Darrel Brown .
Bronze went to Australia ( Matt Shirvington , Paul Di Bella , Steve Brimacombe , Adam Basil ).

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 Olympic Stadium of Seville in 2011

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

Five seasons set seven national records:

• 38.60 s - Trinidad and Tobago ( Marc Burns , Ato Boldon , Jacey Harper , Darrel Brown ), 1st lead, August 11th
• 38.58s - Trinidad and Tobago (Marc Burns, Ato Boldon, Jacey Harper, Darrel Brown), final, August 12
• 39.15 s - Saudi Arabia ( Mohammed Al Yami , Mubarak Ata Mubarak , Salem Mubarak Al-Yami , Jamal Al-Saffar ), 3rd lead, August 11th
• 39.04s - Saudi Arabia ( Yahya Al-Gahes , Mubarak Ata Mubarak, Salem Mubarak Al-Yami, Jamal Al-Saffar), 1st semi-final, August 12
• 38.99 s - Mauritius ( Arnaud Casquette , Éric Milazar , Fernando Augustin , Stéphan Buckland ), 4th lead, August 11th
• 38.60 s - Ivory Coast ( Ibrahim Meite , Ahmed Douhou , Yves Sonan , Eric Pacome N'Dri ), 1st semifinals, August 12
• 38.47s - South Africa ( Morne Nagel , Corné du Plessis , Lee-Roy Newton , Mathew Quinn ), final, August 12

doping

This competition was affected by two doping cases.

• The USA team was stripped of the gold medal for proven doping by Tim Montgomery. In 2008 he admitted to taking banned substances while in prison. Montgomery's second place in the 100-meter run was also canceled .
• The French relay team that had been eliminated in the preliminary stages was disqualified because the doped Christophe Cheval , whose result was also canceled over 200 meters , was involved. The athlete tested positive for nandrolone twice and was banned for two years.

Four seasons in particular suffered:

• Australia - The team received its bronze medals a long time late and the runners could not take part in the award ceremony.
• Nigeria - The team could have entered the final because of their semi-final placement.
• Belgium - The relay would have been eligible to start in the semi-finals due to its pre-run position.
• Cameroon - The team had qualified for the semi-finals due to their lead time.

Preliminary round

August 6, 2001, 5:35 p.m.

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 11, 2001, 3:00 p.m.

space	Season	occupation	Time (s)
1	Brazil	Cláudio Roberto Souza Édson Ribeiro André da Silva Claudinei da Silva	38.44
2	Trinidad and Tobago	Marc Burns Ato Boldon Jacey Harper Darrel Brown	38.60 NO
3	Poland	Ryszard Pilarczyk Łukasz Chyła Piotr Balcerzak Marcin Urbaś (preliminary / semi-finals)	38.79
DSQ	Thailand	Kongdech Natenee Visanu Sophanich Ekkachai Janthana Reanchai Seehawong	IAAF Rule 163.3 railway trespassing
	Venezuela	Juan Morillo William Hernández José Carabali Helly Ollarves
DNS	Benin	Anziz Itchaou Pascal Dangbo Arcadius Fanou Souhalia Alamou

Forward 2

August 11, 2001, 3:10 p.m.

space	Season	occupation	Time (s)
1	Japan	Ryo Matsuda Shingo Suetsugu Toshiyuki Fujimoto Nobuharu Asahara	38.67
2	Nigeria	Taiwo Bamidele Chinedu Orialla Sunday Emmanuel (preliminary) Uchenna Emedolu	39.10
3	Belgium	Nathan Bongelo Anthony Ferro Kevin Rans Erik Wijmeersch	39.22 actually qualified for the semi-finals
DNF	Liberia	Kouty Mawenh Sayon Cooper Sultan Tucker Abe Morlu
DSQ	Germany	Rasgawa Pinnock Steffen Otto Alexander Kosenkow Tim Goebel	IAAF Rule 170.7 faulty substitution
DOP	United States	Jon Drummond (preliminary) Mickey Grimes Dennis Mitchell Joshua J. Johnson (preliminary)	admitted to the semifinals
	France	Fabrice Calligny Frédéric Krantz David Patros Needy Guims (preliminary)	admitted to the semifinals

Forward 3

August 11, 2001, 3:20 pm

space	Season	occupation	Time (s)
1	Canada	Okiki Akinremi (preliminary) Glenroy Gilbert Jermaine Joseph Nick Macrozonaris	38.83
2	Australia	Matt Shirvington Paul Di Bella Steve Brimacombe Adam Basil	38.96
3	Italy	Francesco Scuderi Marco Torrieri Maurizio Checcucci Andrea Colombo	38.97
4th	Saudi Arabia	Mohammed Al Yami (preliminary) Mubarak Ata Mubarak Salem Mubarak Al-Yami Jamal Al-Saffar	39.15 NO
5	Bahamas	Renward Wells Andrew Tynes Iram Lewis Dominic Demeritte	39.16
6th	Jamaica	Julien Dunkley Dwight Thomas Christopher Williams Ricardo Williams	40.05

Forward 4

August 11, 2001, 3:30 p.m.

space	Season	occupation	Time (s)
1	South Africa	Morne Nagel Corné du Plessis Lee-Roy Newton Mathew Quinn	38.72
2	Ivory Coast	Ibrahim Meite (preliminary / semifinals) Ahmed Douhou Yves Sonan Eric Pacome N'Dri	38.74
3	Mauritius	Arnaud Casquette Éric Milazar Fernando Augustin Stéphan Buckland	38.99 NO
4th	Israel	Kfir Golan Tommy Kafri Gideon Jablonka Alexandr Porchomowski	39.13
5	Cameroon	Alfred Moussambani Serge Bengono Joseph Batangdon Claude Toukene	39.29 actually qualified for the semifinals
DNF	Cuba	José César Luis Alberto Pérez Rionda Iván García Freddy Mayola
	Great Britain	Dwain Chambers Marlon Devonish Christian Malcolm Jonathan Barbour

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, 2001, 3:15 p.m.

space	Season	occupation	Time (s)
1	Brazil	Cláudio Roberto Souza Édson Ribeiro André da Silva Claudinei da Silva	38.23
2	Japan	Ryo Matsuda Shingo Suetsugu Toshiyuki Fujimoto Nobuharu Asahara	38.54
3	Ivory Coast	Ibrahim Meite (preliminary / semifinals) Ahmed Douhou Yves Sonan Eric Pacome N'Dri	38.60 NO
4th	South Africa	Morne Nagel Corné du Plessis Lee-Roy Newton Mathew Quinn	38.63
5	Italy	Francesco Scuderi Marco Torrieri Maurizio Checcucci Andrea Colombo	38.71
6th	Saudi Arabia	Yahya Al-Gahes (semifinals) Mubarak Ata Mubarak Salem Mubarak Al-Yami Jamal Al-Saffar in the preliminary also: Mohammed Al Yami	39.04 NO
7th	Israel	Kfir Golan Tommy Kafri Gideon Jablonka Alexandr Porchomowski	39.39
DOP	France	Fabrice Calligny Frédéric Krantz Christoph Cheval (semifinals) David Patros in the preliminary also: Needy Guims

Semi-final run 2

August 12, 2001, 3:25 p.m.

space	Season	occupation	Time (s)
1	Trinidad and Tobago	Marc Burns Ato Boldon Jacey Harper Darrel Brown	38.76
2	Poland	Ryszard Pilarczyk Łukasz Chyła Piotr Balcerzak Marcin Urbaś (preliminary / semi-finals)	38.92
3	Australia	Matt Shirvington Paul Di Bella Steve Brimacombe Adam Basil	38.97
4th	Nigeria	Taiwo Bamidele Chinedu Orialla Tamunosiki Aforudibo (semifinals) Uchenna Emedolu in the preliminary run also: Sunday Emmanuel	39.05 actually qualified for the final
5	Canada	Nick Macrozonaris Glenroy Gilbert Jermaine Joseph Anson Henry (final) in the preliminary also: Okiki Akinremi	39.16
6th	Bahamas	Renward Wells Andrew Tynes Iram Lewis Dominic Demeritte	39.20
7th	Mauritius	Arnaud Casquette Éric Milazar Fernando Augustin Stéphan Buckland	39.25
DOP	United States	Mickey Grimes Bernard Williams (semifinals / finals) Dennis Mitchell Tim Montgomery (semifinals / finals) in the preliminary run also: Jon Drummond Joshua J. Johnson	admitted to the finals

final

August 12, 2001, 5:10 p.m.

space	Season	occupation	Time (s)
1	South Africa	Morne Nagel Corné du Plessis Lee-Roy Newton Mathew Quinn	38.47 NO
2	Trinidad and Tobago	Marc Burns Ato Boldon Jacey Harper Darrel Brown	38.58 NO
3	Australia	Matt Shirvington Paul Di Bella Steve Brimacombe Adam Basil	39.83
4th	Japan	Ryo Matsuda Shingo Suetsugu Toshiyuki Fujimoto Nobuharu Asahara	39.96
5	Ivory Coast	Jean-Marie Irie (final) Ahmed Douhou Yves Sonan Eric Pacome N'Dri in the preliminary / semi-final also: Ibrahim Meite	39.18
6th	Poland	Ryszard Pilarczyk Łukasz Chyła Piotr Balcerzak Marcin Jędrusiński (final) in the preliminary / semi-final also: Marcin Urbaś	39.91
DNF	Brazil	Cláudio Roberto Souza Édson Ribeiro André da Silva Claudinei da Silva
DOP	United States	Mickey Grimes Bernard Williams (semifinals / finals) Dennis Mitchell Tim Montgomery (semifinals / finals) in the preliminary run also: Jon Drummond Joshua J. Johnson

Web links

• 8th IAAF World Championships In Athletics , accessed August 11, 2020
• Men 4x100m Relay Athletics VIII World Championship 2001 Edmonton (CAN) on todor66.com, accessed August 11, 2020
• Results in the IAAF Statistics Handbook for the 2019 World Cup in Doha, Men 4x100m Relay, Edmonton 2001, p. 229f (PDF; 10.3 MB), English, accessed on August 11, 2020

References and comments

1. ↑ IAAF world records. 4 × 100 m men , accessed on August 11, 2020
2. ↑ Olympic champion Tim Montgomery admits doping , Die Welt / n24, November 24, 2008 on welt.de, accessed on August 11, 2020
3. ↑ Sprinter Cheval Tests Positive on apnews.com (English), January 11, 2002, accessed on August 11, 2020
4. ↑ IAAF competition rules, page 91 (PDF; 4364 kB), accessed on August 11, 2020
5. ↑ IAAF competition rules, page 120 (PDF; 4364 kB), accessed on August 11, 2020