2021 World Athletics Relays – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay

The men's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2021 World Athletics Relays has been held at the Silesian Stadium on 1 and 2 May.

Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
at the 2021 World Athletics Relays
VenueSilesian Stadium, Chorzów
Dates1 May (heats) & 2 May (final)
Nations18
Winning time39.21
Medalists
gold medal    Italy
silver medal    Japan
bronze medal    Denmark
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Only 18 teams participated of 24 possible qualifiers, with the USA (CR), Jamaica (WR), Canada, Great Britain, Trinidad and Tobago, and China (WL) not entering. On the 19 teams qualified by entry standard (38.80), Thailand and Chinese Taipei also declined to participate, same as Australia, first of the following top list. The 10 best placed teams will qualify for the 2022 World Championships in Eugene.

5 nations which made the men’s 4x100m final at the 2019 IAAF World Athletics Championships in Doha are entered – Brazil, France, Japan, the Netherlands and South Africa – their qualification for Tokyo is also already secured.[1] The 8 finalist teams will join them if different ones.

Records

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Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:

World record   Jamaica
(Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt)
36.84   London, Great Britain 11 August 2012
Championships record   United States
(Mike Rodgers, Justin Gatlin, Tyson Gay, Ryan Bailey)
37.38   Nassau, Bahamas 2 May 2015
World Leading   China
(Su Bingtian, Xie Zhenye, Wu Zhiqiang, Wang Zhihong)
38.29   Shenzhen, China 20 March 2021

Program

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  • Heats : Saturday 1 May 2021, 20:39 (weather: 11 °C).
  • Final: Sunday 2 May 2021, 19:35 (weather: 7 °C).

Preview

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According to World Athletics,[2] there were 2 teams who were possible favorite winners:

There are 6 possible runners-up for the final:

6 more teams to complete the 10 World Championships qualifiers:

Results

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KEY: Q Qualified q Qualified as fastest times WL World leading NR National record SB Seasonal best OG 2020 Olympic Games qualification WC 2022 World Championships qualification

Heats

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Heats Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) advanced to the final.[3]

Rank Heat Nation Athletes Time Notes
1 3   Italy Fausto Desalu, Marcell Jacobs, Davide Manenti, Filippo Tortu 38.45 Q, EL, *OG, *WC
2 2   Brazil Rodrigo do Nascimento, Felipe dos Santos, Derick Silva, Paulo André de Oliveira 38.45 Q, SB, *WC
3 3   South Africa Thando Dlodlo, Gift Leotlela, Clarence Munyai, Akani Simbine 38.49DQ Q, SB, *WC
4 2   Germany Julian Reus, Joshua Hartmann, Deniz Almas, Marvin Schulte [no] 38.70 Q, SB, *OG, *WC
5 1   Netherlands Joris van Gool, Taymir Burnet, Chris Garia, Churandy Martina 38.79 Q, SB, *WC
6 1   Ghana Sean Safo-Antwi, Benjamin Azamati-Kwaku, Joseph Oduro Manu, Joseph Paul Amoah 38.79 Q, SB, *OG, *WC
7 2   Japan Ryuichiro Sakai, Ryota Suzuki, Daisuke Miyamoto [de], Hiroki Yanagita 38.98 q, SB, *WC
8 2   Denmark Simon Hansen, Tazana Kamanga-Dyrbak, Kojo Musah, Frederik Schou-Nielsen 39.06[4] q, NR, *OG, *WC
9 1   Ukraine Erik Kostrytsya [uk], Emil Ibrahimov, Stanislav Kovalenko, Serhiy Smelyk 39.06[5] SB, *WC
10 3   France Amaury Golitin, Marvin René, Méba-Mickaël Zeze, Mouhamadou Fall 39.08 SB, *WC
11 1   Spain José González, Pol Retamal, Jesús Gómez [es], Sergio López [de] 39.30 SB, *WC
12 2   Poland Mateusz Siuda, Dominik Kopeć, Adrian Brzeziński, Przemysław Słowikowski 39.34 SB
13 3   Botswana Thapelo Monaiwa, Letsile Tebogo, Karabo Mothibi, Thuto Masasa 39.55 SB
14 1   Turkey Emre Zafer Barnes, Jak Ali Harvey, Ertan Özkan, Ramil Guliyev 39.59 SB
15 3   Belarus Dzianis Bliznets, Stanislau Darahakupets, Siarhei Pustabayeu, Yury Zabalotny 40.01 SB
16 2   Zimbabwe Dickson Kamungeremu, Makanakaishe Charamba, Rodwell Leroy Ndlovu, Ngoni Makusha 40.54
1   Czech Republic Zdeněk Stromšík, Jiří Polák, Jan Jirka, Jan Veleba DNF
3   Portugal André Prazeres [de], Diogo Antunes, Frederico Curvelo [de], Delvis Santos [de] DQ

Final

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Rank Nation Athletes Time Notes
    Italy Fausto Desalu, Marcell Jacobs, Davide Manenti, Filippo Tortu 39.21
    Japan Ryuichiro Sakai, Ryota Suzuki, Daisuke Miyamoto, Hiroki Yanagita 39.42
    Denmark Simon Hansen, Tazana Kamanga-Dyrbak, Kojo Musah, Frederik Schou-Nielsen 39.56
  Netherlands Joris van Gool, Taymir Burnet, Hensley Paulina, Chris Garia DNF
  Germany Michael Pohl, Joshua Hartmann, Roy Schmidt, Marvin Schulte [no] DNF
  Brazil Rodrigo do Nascimento, Felipe dos Santos, Derick Silva, Paulo André de Oliveira DQ R17.3.1
  Ghana Sean Safo-Antwi, Benjamin Azamati-Kwaku, Joseph Oduro Manu, Joseph Paul Amoah DQ R24.7
  South Africa Thando Dlodlo, Gift Leotlela, Clarence Munyai, Akani Simbine DQ Doping offence[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Italy, Brazil and South Africa look to make a 4x100m statement in Silesia | PREVIEW | WRE 21 | World Athletics".
  2. ^ "Italy, Brazil and South Africa look to make a 4x100m statement in Silesia | PREVIEW | WRE 21 | World Athletics".
  3. ^ "4 x 100 Metres Relay Men - Round 1" (PDF). World Athletics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-05-02.
  4. ^ 39.058
  5. ^ 39.059
  6. ^ "4 x 100 Metres Relay Men - Final" (PDF). World Athletics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-05-03.
  7. ^ Christopher Kelsall (9 March 2022). "South Africa to lose relay World's gold due to doping ban to Thando Dlodlo". athleticsillustrated.com. Retrieved 23 March 2022.