2000 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 4 × 100 m (men)

sport	athletics
discipline	4 x 100 meter relay
gender	Men
Attendees	166 athletes from 40 countries
Competition location	Stadium Australia
Competition phase	September 29, 2000 (preliminary round / semi-finals) September 30, 2000 (final)
Medalist  United States  Brazil  Cuba

The men's 4-by-100-meter relay at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney was played on September 29 and 30, 2000 at Stadium Australia . 166 athletes took part in forty teams.

Olympic champion was the US relay ( Jon Drummond , Bernard Williams , Brian Lewis , Maurice Greene , in the heats also: Kenny Brokenburr and Tim Montgomery ). Brazil won silver with Vicente de Lima , Édson Ribeiro , André da Silva and Cláudio Roberto Souza , bronze went to Cuba with José Ángel César , Luis Alberto Pérez-Rionda , Iván García and Freddy Mayola .

The runners used in the heats for the medal winners also received corresponding precious metal.

Relays from Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein did not take part.

Current title holders

Olympic champion 1996	Canada	37.69 s	Atlanta 1996
World Champion 1999	United States	37.59 s	Seville 1999
European champion 1998	Great Britain	38.52 s	Budapest 1998
Pan American Champion 1999	Brazil	38.18 s	Winnipeg 1999
Central America and Caribbean champions 1999	Barbados	39.75 s	Bridgetown 1999
South American Champion 1999	Brazil	38.46 s	Bogotá 1999
Asian champion 2000	Thailand	38.80 s	Jakarta 2000
African Champion 2000	Ghana	39.90 s	Algiers 2000
Oceania Champion 2000	Papua New Guinea	41.96 s	Adelaide 2000

Existing records

World record	37.40 s	USA ( Michael Marsh , Leroy Burrell , Dennis Mitchell , Carl Lewis )	Barcelona , Spain	August 8, 1992
Olympic record			Final of Barcelona , Spain

Note: All times are local Sydney time ( UTC + 10 ).

Preliminary round

A total of five preliminary runs were completed. The first two seasons of each run qualified for the semi-finals. In addition, the six fastest drivers, the so-called lucky losers , made it through. The directly qualified teams are highlighted in light blue, the lucky losers in light green.

Forward 1

September 29, 2000, 10:00 a.m.

space	Season	occupation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Ivory Coast	Éric Pacôme N'Dri Ahmed Douhou Yves Sonan Ibrahim Meité	39.06
2	Thailand	Kongdech Natenee Vissanu Sophanich Boonyarit Phuksachat Sittichai Suwonprateep	39.13
3	Guatemala	Rolando Blanco Oscar Meneses José Meneses José Tinoco	39.34
4th	Bahamas	Renward Wells Dominic Demeritte Iram Lewis Wellington Saunders Whymms	39.57
5	Cyprus	Anthimos Rotos Anninos Markoullidis Prodromos Katsantonis Yannis Zisimides	39.75
6th	Yugoslavia	Slobodan Spasić Predrag Momirović Milos Sakić Milan Petaković	39.99
7th	India	Anna Durai Rajeev Balakrishnan Ajay Raj Singh Anil Kumar Prakash	40.23
DSQ	Great Britain	Allyn Condon Jason Gardener Marlon Devonish Dwain Chambers

Forward 2

September 29, 2000, 10:08 am

space	Season	occupation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Brazil	Vicente de Lima Édson Ribeiro André da Silva Cláudio Roberto Souza	38.32
2	Italy	Francesco Scuderi Alessandro Cavallaro Maurizio Checcucci Andrea Colombo	38.84
3	Nigeria	Uchenna Emedolu Nnamdi Anusim Sunday Emmanuel Deji Aliu	38.85
4th	Jamaica	Donovan Powell Dwight Thomas Lindel Frater Llewellyn Bredwood	38.97
5	Slovenia	Matic Šušteršic Matic Osovnikar Boštjan Fridrih Urban Acman	39.25	NO
6th	Liberia	Kouty Mawenh Sayon Cooper Andrew Reyes Abraham Morlu	39.77	NO
7th	Hong Kong	Wai Lok To Ho Kwan Lung Tang Hon Sing Chiang Wai Hung	40.15
8th	Chile	Diego Valdés Ricardo Roach Rodrigo Roach Juan Pablo Faúndez	40.20

Forward 3

September 29, 2000, 10:16 am

space	Season	occupation	Time (s)	annotation
1	France	Frédéric Krantz David Patros Christophe Cheval Jérôme Éyana	39.00
2	Greece	Georgios Theodoridis Konstantinos Kenteris Alexios Alexopoulos Angelos Pavlakakis	39.21
3	Canada	Bradley McCuaig Glenroy Gilbert Pierre Browne Nicolas Macrozonaris	39.26
4th	Ireland	John McAdorey Gary Ryan Thomas Comyns Paul Brizzell	39.26	NO
5	Mauritius	Jonathan Chimier Éric Milazar Stéphan Buckland Fernando Augustin	39.55
6th	Israel	Kfir Golan Gideon Jablonka Tommy Kafri Alexandr Porchomowski	39.76
7th	Saudi Arabia	Mohamed Al-Yami Ata Mubarak Salem Mubarak Al-Yami Jamal Al-Saffar	39.94
DNF	Ghana	Christian Nsiah Kenneth Andam Aziz Zakari Leonard Myles-Mills

Forward 4

September 29, 2000, 10:24 am

space	Season	occupation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Cuba	José Ángel César Luis Alberto Pérez-Rionda Iván García Freddy Mayola	38.74
2	Australia	Patrick Johnson Paul Di Bella Darryl Wohlsen Matthew Shirvington	38.76
3	Trinidad and Tobago	Niconnor Alexander Julieon Raeburn Jacey Harper Marc Burns	39.12
4th	Hungary	Viktor Kovács Géza Pauer László Babály Miklós Gyulai	39.52
5	Cameroon	Samuel Nchinda Serge Bengono Joseph Batangdon Benjamin Sirimou	39.62	Named as a starting runner at SportsReference : Alfred Moussambani
6th	Oman	Mohamed Al-Maskary Hamoud Al-Dalhami Mohamed Amer Al-Malky Jahad Al-Sheikh	39.82
7th	Puerto Rico	Osvaldo Nieves Rogelio Pizarro Jorge Richardson Felix Omar Fernández Rodríguez	40.12
8th	Uzbekistan	Oleg Jurawliow Konstantin Schuravliow Anvar Ko'chmurodov Nikolaj Eroschenko	41.20

Forward 5

September 29, 2000, 10:32 am

space	Season	occupation	Time (s)	annotation
1	United States	Kenny Brokenburr Tim Montgomery Brian Lewis Maurice Greene	38.15
2	Japan	Shingo Kawabata Koji Ito Shingo Suetsugu Nobuharu Asahara	38.52
3	Poland	Marcin Nowak Marcin Urbaś Piotr Balcerzak Ryszard Pilarczyk	38.74
4th	Russia	Dmitri Wassiljew Alexander Ryabov Alexander Smirnow Sergei Bychkow	39.29
5	Venezuela	Juan Morillo José Peña José Carabalí Hely Ollarves	39.45	NO
6th	Croatia	Slaven Krajačić Dejan Vojnović Siniša Ergotić Tihomir Buinjac	39.87
7th	Indonesia	Sukari Erwin Heru Susanto Janis Roubaba John Muray	40.35
8th	Barbados	Wilan Lewis Victor Houston Gabriel Burnett Fabian Rollins	40.38

Semifinals

The first three seasons of each of the two races qualified for the final. In addition, the two fastest times, the so-called lucky losers , made it through. The directly qualified teams are highlighted in light blue, the lucky losers in light green.

The following changes were made to the cast:

• USA - Jon Drummond replaced Kenny Brokenburr and Bernard Williams ran for Tim Montgomery.
• Jamaica - Christopher Williams replaced Donovan Powell.
• France - Needy Guims ran for Jérôme Éyana.
• Canada - Adrian Woodley ran in place of Nicolas Macrozonaris.
• Trinidad and Tobagos - Ato Boldon came on for Jacey Harper.

Run 1

September 29, 2000, 8:50 pm

space	Season	occupation	Time (s)	annotation
1	United States	Jon Drummond Bernard Williams Brian Lewis Maurice Greene	37.82
2	Jamaica	Lindel Frater Dwight Thomas Christopher Williams Llewellyn Bredwood	38.27	NO
3	France	Frédéric Krantz David Patros Christophe Cheval Needy Guims	38.64
4th	Italy	Francesco Scuderi Alessandro Cavallaro Maurizio Checcucci Andrea Colombo	38.67
5	Ivory Coast	Éric Pacôme N'Dri Ahmed Douhou Yves Sonan Ibrahim Meité	38.82
6th	Canada	Bradley McCuaig Glenroy Gilbert Pierre Browne Adrian Woodley	38.92
7th	Thailand	Kongdech Natenee Vissanu Sophanich Boonyarit Phuksachat Sittichai Suwonprateep	39.05
DNF	Nigeria	Uchenna Emedolu Nnamdi Anusim Sunday Emmanuel Deji Aliu

Run 2

September 29, 2000, 8:58 pm

space	Season	occupation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Cuba	José Ángel César Luis Alberto Pérez-Rionda Iván García Freddy Mayola	38.16
2	Brazil	Vicente de Lima Édson Ribeiro André da Silva Cláudio Roberto Souza	38.27
3	Japan	Shingo Kawabata Koji Ito Shingo Suetsugu Nobuharu Asahara	38.31	AS
4th	Poland	Marcin Nowak Marcin Urbaś Piotr Balcerzak Ryszard Pilarczyk	38.60
5	Greece	Georgios Theodoridis Konstantinos Kenteris Alexios Alexopoulos Angelos Pavlakakis	38.80
6th	Trinidad and Tobago	Niconnor Alexander Julieon Raeburn Marc Burns Ato Boldon	38.92	NO
DSQ	Australia	Matthew Shirvington Paul Di Bella Darryl Wohlsen Patrick Johnson
	Slovenia	Matic Šušteršic Matic Osovnikar Boštjan Fridrih Urban Acman

final

space	Season	occupation	Time (s)	annotation
1	United States	Jon Drummond Bernard Williams Brian Lewis Maurice Greene in the heats also: Kenny Brokenburr Tim Montgomery	37.61
2	Brazil	Vicente de Lima Édson Ribeiro André da Silva Cláudio Roberto Souza	37.90	NO
3	Cuba	José Ángel César Luis Alberto Pérez-Rionda Iván García Freddy Mayola	38.04
4th	Jamaica	Lindel Frater Dwight Thomas Christopher Williams Llewellyn Bredwood in the heats also: Donovan Powell	38.20	NO
5	France	Frédéric Krantz David Patros Christophe Cheval Needy Guims in the heats as well: Jérôme Éyana	38.49
6th	Japan	Shingo Kawabata Koji Ito Shingo Suetsugu Nobuharu Asahara	38.66
7th	Italy	Francesco Scuderi Alessandro Cavallaro Maurizio Checcucci Andrea Colombo	38.67
8th	Poland	Marcin Nowak Marcin Urbaś Piotr Balcerzak Ryszard Pilarczyk	38.96

September 30, 2000, 8:05 pm

The US season was the clear favorite to win. The team was reigning world champion and had the 100-meter Olympic champion in Maurice Greene in its ranks. The Canadian team, Olympic champion in 1996 , was no longer as strong as in Atlanta . The most serious competitor was the British team, runner-up in 1999 and with strong individual runners. But the British failed in the run-up, they were disqualified. The other medal contenders remained above all the World Cup third Brazil and the World Cup fourth Cuba.

The Americans fully lived up to their claims. Right from the start of the race, the relay team was right at the front, at the last change Cuba was in second place ahead of Brazil, so the favorite teams were already in the lead here. Maurice Greene increased the lead of his team again, that was the Olympic victory for the Americans. The Brazilian final runner Cláudio Roberto Souza brought his relay to silver place with a gap of 29 hundredths of a second behind the winners, Freddy Mayola secured bronze for Cuba 14 hundredths of a second behind Brazil. Jamaica was fourth ahead of France and Japan.

In the twentieth Olympic final, the US relay won its fifteenth gold medal in the 4-by-100-meter relay .

Web links

• SportsReference 4 × 100 m , accessed on March 22, 2018
• Results on the IAAF website , accessed on March 22, 2018
• Official Report of the XXVIIth Olympiad, Results , English / French (PDF, 17,708 MB), accessed on March 22, 2018

Video

• A close look at 4x100 relay mens final Sydney 2000 , published May 17, 2007 on youtube.com, accessed March 22, 2018

Individual evidence

1. ↑ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Beijing 2015, page 683 , accessed on March 22, 2018
2. ↑ SportsReference 4 × 100 m , accessed on March 22, 2018