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4 × 100 metres Relay, Men

Date29 – 30 September 2000
StatusOlympic
LocationOlympic Stadium, Olympic Park, Sydney, New South Wales
Participants168 from 40 countries

The US was a strong favorite led by 100 metre champion Maurice Greene, who would run the anchor. The final was a safe victory for the American who led throughout with solid passes. Greene received the baton in the lead and was not challenged, Brazil almost three metres back. Brazil’s silver was added to the bronze they had won in 1996. Cuba finished third, earning their third medal in the event, after silver in 1968 and bronze in 1992.

PosNumberCompetitorsNOCR1SFFinal
1United StatesUSA38.15 (1 h5)37.82 (1 h1)37.61 (1)Gold
Jon DrummondBernard Williams, IIIBrian LewisMaurice GreeneTim MontgomeryKenny Brokenburr
2BrazilBRA38.32 (1 h2)38.27 (2 h2)37.90 (2)Silver
Vicente LenílsonÉdson RibeiroAndré da SilvaClaudinei da SilvaCláudio de Souza
3CubaCUB38.74 (1 h4)38.16 (1 h2)38.04 (3)Bronze
José Ángel CésarLuis Alberto Pérez-RiondaIván GarcíaFreddy Mayola
4JamaicaJAM38.97 (4 h2)38.27 (2 h1)38.20 (4)
Lindel FraterDwight ThomasChris WilliamsLlewelyn BredwoodDonovan Powell
5FranceFRA39.00 (1 h3)38.64 (3 h1)38.49 (5)
Frédéric KrantzDavid PatrosChristophe ChevalNeedy GuimsJérôme Éyana
6JapanJPN38.52 (2 h5)38.31 (3 h2)38.66 (6)
Shigeyuki KojimaKoji ItoShingo SuetsuguNobuharu AsaharaShingo Kawabata
7ItalyITA38.84 (2 h2)38.67 (4 h1)38.67 (7)
Francesco ScuderiAlessandro CavallaroMaurizio CheccucciAndrea Colombo
8PolandPOL38.74 (3 h5)38.60 (4 h2)38.96 (8)
Marcin NowakMarcin UrbaśPiotr BalcerzakRyszard Pilarczyk
5 h1 r2/3Côte d'IvoireCIV39.06 (1 h1)38.82 (5 h1)
Éric Pacôme N'DriAhmed DouhouYves SonanIbrahim Méité
5 h2 r2/3GreeceGRE39.21 (2 h3)38.80 (5 h2)
Georgios TheodoridisKostas KenterisAlexios AlexopoulosAngelos Pavlakakis
6 h1 r2/3CanadaCAN39.26 (3 h3)38.92 (6 h1)
Brad McCuaigGlenroy GilbertPierre BrowneAdrian WoodleyNicolas Macrozonaris
6 h2 r2/3Trinidad and TobagoTTO39.12 (3 h4)38.92 (6 h2)
Nico AlexanderJulieon RaeburnMarc BurnsAto BoldonJacey Harper
7 h1 r2/3ThailandTHA39.13 (2 h1)39.05 (7 h1)
Kongdech NataneeVitsanu SophanichBoonyarit PhuksachatSittichai Suwonprateep
AC h1 r2/3NigeriaNGR38.85 (3 h2)– (DNF h1)
Uchenna EmedoluNnamdi Lucky AnusimSunday EmmanuelDeji Aliu
AC h2 r2/3AustraliaAUS38.76 (2 h4)[38.53] (DQ h2)
Matt ShirvingtonPaul Di BellaDarryl WohlsenPatrick Johnson
AC h2 r2/3SloveniaSLO39.25 (5 h2)– (DQ h2)
Matic ŠušteršičMatic OsovnikarBoštjan FridrihUrban Acman
3 h1 r1/3GuatemalaGUA39.34 (3 h1)
Mario Rolando BlancoÓscar MenesesJosé MenesesJosé Tinoco
4 h1 r1/3The BahamasBAH39.57 (4 h1)
Renward WellsDominic DemeritteIram LewisWellington Saunders-Whymms
4 h3 r1/3IrelandIRL39.26 (4 h3)
John McAdoreyGary RyanTom ComynsPaul Brizzel
4 h4 r1/3HungaryHUN39.52 (4 h4)
Viktor KovácsGéza PauerLászló Babály, Jr.Miklós Gyulai
4 h5 r1/3Russian FederationRUS39.29 (4 h5)
Dmitry VasilyevAleksandr RyabovAleksandr SmirnovSergey Bychkov
5 h1 r1/3CyprusCYP39.75 (5 h1)
Anthimos RotosAnninos MarkoullidisProdromos KatsantonisGiannis Zisimidis
5 h3 r1/3MauritiusMRI39.55 (5 h3)
Jonathan ChimierÉric MilazarStéphane BucklandFernando Augustin
5 h4 r1/3CameroonCMR39.62 (5 h4)
Alfred MoussambaniSerge Bengono, IIJoseph BatangdonBenjamin Sirimou
5 h5 r1/3VenezuelaVEN39.45 (5 h5)
Juan Alberto MorilloJosé PeñaJosé CarabalíEllis Ollarves
6 h1 r1/3YugoslaviaSCG39.99 (6 h1)
Slobodan SpasićPredrag MomirovićMiloš ŠakićMilan Petaković
6 h2 r1/3LiberiaLBR39.77 (6 h2)
Kouty MawenhSayon CooperAndrew ReyesKoiyan Morlu
6 h3 r1/3IsraelISR39.76 (6 h3)
Kfir GolanGideon YablonkaTommy KafriAlex Porkhomovskiy
6 h4 r1/3OmanOMA39.82 (6 h4)
Mohamed Said Al-MaskaryHamoud Abdallah Al-DalhamiMohamed Al-HoutiJahad Abdullah Al-Sheikh
6 h5 r1/3CroatiaCRO39.87 (6 h5)
Slaven KrajačićDejan VojnovićSiniša ErgotićTihomir Buinjac
7 h1 r1/3IndiaIND40.23 (7 h1)
Chinnain ThiruganaduraiRajeev Bala KrishnanAjay Raj SinghAnil Kumar Prakash
7 h2 r1/3Hong Kong, ChinaHKG40.15 (7 h2)
William ToHo Kwan LungTang Hon SingChiang Wai Hung
7 h3 r1/3Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaKSA39.94 (7 h3)
Mohamed Al-YamiAta MubarakSalem Mubarak Al-YamiJamal Al-Saffar
7 h4 r1/3Puerto RicoPUR40.12 (7 h4)
Osvaldo NievesRogelio PizarroJorge RichardsonFélix Fernández
7 h5 r1/3IndonesiaINA40.35 (7 h5)
SukariErwin Heru SusantoYanes RaubabaJohn Muray
8 h2 r1/3ChileCHI40.20 (8 h2)
Diego ValdésRicardo RoachRodrigo RoachJuan Pablo Faúndez
8 h4 r1/3UzbekistanUZB41.20 (8 h4)
Oleg ZhuravlyovKonstantin ZhuravlyovAnvar KuchmuradovNikolay Yeroshenko
8 h5 r1/3BarbadosBAR40.38 (8 h5)
Wilan LouisVictor HoustonGabriel BurnettFabian Rollins
AC h1 r1/3Great BritainGBR– (DQ h1)1
Allyn CondonJason GardenerMarlon DevonishDwain Chambers
AC h3 r1/3GhanaGHA– (DNF h3)
Christian NsiahKenneth AndamAbdul Aziz ZakariLeo Myles-Mills

Round One

Date29 September 2000
FormatTop 2 in each heat and next six fastest advanced to the semi-finals.
PosTeamNOCTime (automatic)Reaction Time
1United StatesUSA38.150.216Q
2BrazilBRA38.320.153Q
3JapanJPN38.520.222Q
=4CubaCUB38.740.414Q
=4PolandPOL38.740.215q
6AustraliaAUS38.760.167Q
7ItalyITA38.840.429Q
8NigeriaNGR38.850.175q
9JamaicaJAM38.970.220q
10FranceFRA39.000.163Q
11Côte d'IvoireCIV39.060.342Q
12Trinidad and TobagoTTO39.120.176q
13ThailandTHA39.130.196Q
14GreeceGRE39.210.236Q
15SloveniaSLO39.250.146q
16CanadaCAN39.260.458q
17IrelandIRL39.260.226
18Russian FederationRUS39.290.152
19GuatemalaGUA39.340.181
20VenezuelaVEN39.450.214
21HungaryHUN39.520.474
22MauritiusMRI39.550.419
23The BahamasBAH39.570.139
24CameroonCMR39.620.165
25CyprusCYP39.750.460
26IsraelISR39.760.237
27LiberiaLBR39.770.175
28OmanOMA39.820.125
29CroatiaCRO39.870.129
30Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaKSA39.940.193
31YugoslaviaSCG39.990.245
32Puerto RicoPUR40.120.233
33Hong Kong, ChinaHKG40.150.182
34ChileCHI40.200.161
35IndiaIND40.230.151
36IndonesiaINA40.350.232
37BarbadosBAR40.380.214
38UzbekistanUZB41.200.423
DNFGhanaGHA0.250
DQGreat BritainGBR[0.175]

Heat #1

Time10:00
PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime (Automatic)Reaction Time
17Côte d'IvoireCIV39.060.342Q
Lead-OffÉric Pacôme N'Dri
2nd Leg1394Ahmed Douhou
3rd LegYves Sonan
Anchor1396Ibrahim Méité
23ThailandTHA39.130.196Q
Lead-OffKongdech Natanee
2nd LegVitsanu Sophanich
3rd LegBoonyarit Phuksachat
AnchorSittichai Suwonprateep
36GuatemalaGUA39.340.181
Lead-OffMario Rolando Blanco
2nd Leg2019Óscar Meneses
3rd LegJosé Meneses
AnchorJosé Tinoco
42The BahamasBAH39.570.139
Lead-Off1171Renward Wells
2nd Leg1162Dominic Demeritte
3rd LegIram Lewis
AnchorWellington Saunders-Whymms
54CyprusCYP39.750.460
Lead-OffAnthimos Rotos
2nd Leg1505Anninos Markoullidis
3rd LegProdromos Katsantonis
AnchorGiannis Zisimidis
68YugoslaviaSCG39.990.245
Lead-OffSlobodan Spasić
2nd LegPredrag Momirović
3rd LegMiloš Šakić
AnchorMilan Petaković
75IndiaIND40.230.151
Lead-OffChinnain Thiruganadurai
2nd LegRajeev Bala Krishnan
3rd LegAjay Raj Singh
AnchorAnil Kumar Prakash
DQ1Great BritainGBR[0.175]
Lead-OffAllyn Condon
2nd Leg1793Jason Gardener
3rd Leg1790Marlon Devonish
Anchor1784Dwain Chambers

Heat #2

Time10:08
PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime (Automatic)Reaction Time
18BrazilBRA38.320.153Q
Lead-Off1264Vicente Lenílson
2nd Leg1267Édson Ribeiro
3rd Leg1269André da Silva
Anchor1272Cláudio de Souza
25ItalyITA38.840.429Q
Lead-Off2215Francesco Scuderi
2nd Leg2190Alessandro Cavallaro
3rd Leg2191Maurizio Checcucci
Anchor2192Andrea Colombo
34NigeriaNGR38.850.175q
Lead-Off2628Uchenna Emedolu
2nd LegNnamdi Lucky Anusim
3rd Leg2629Sunday Emmanuel
Anchor2627Deji Aliu
43JamaicaJAM38.970.220q
Lead-OffDonovan Powell
2nd Leg2267Dwight Thomas
3rd Leg2259Lindel Frater
Anchor2255Llewelyn Bredwood
56SloveniaSLO39.250.146q
Lead-OffMatic Šušteršič
2nd LegMatic Osovnikar
3rd LegBoštjan Fridrih
AnchorUrban Acman
67LiberiaLBR39.770.175
Lead-OffKouty Mawenh
2nd Leg2469Sayon Cooper
3rd LegAndrew Reyes
AnchorKoiyan Morlu
72Hong Kong, ChinaHKG40.150.182
Lead-OffWilliam To
2nd LegHo Kwan Lung
3rd LegTang Hon Sing
Anchor2033Chiang Wai Hung
81ChileCHI40.200.161
Lead-OffDiego Valdés
2nd Leg1364Ricardo Roach
3rd LegRodrigo Roach
AnchorJuan Pablo Faúndez

Heat #3

Time10:16
PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime (Automatic)Reaction Time
15FranceFRA39.000.163Q
Lead-Off1729Frédéric Krantz
2nd Leg1736David Patros
3rd Leg1713Christophe Cheval
AnchorJérôme Éyana
22GreeceGRE39.210.236Q
Lead-Off1985Georgios Theodoridis
2nd Leg1969Kostas Kenteris
3rd Leg1958Alexios Alexopoulos
Anchor1978Angelos Pavlakakis
36CanadaCAN39.260.458q
Lead-OffBrad McCuaig
2nd LegGlenroy Gilbert
3rd Leg1316Pierre Browne
Anchor1324Nicolas Macrozonaris
44IrelandIRL39.260.226
Lead-OffJohn McAdorey
2nd LegGary Ryan
3rd LegTom Comyns
Anchor2122Paul Brizzel
58MauritiusMRI39.550.419
Lead-OffJonathan Chimier
2nd Leg2597Éric Milazar
3rd Leg2591Stéphane Buckland
AnchorFernando Augustin
63IsraelISR39.760.237
Lead-OffKfir Golan
2nd Leg2172Gideon Yablonka
3rd Leg2173Tommy Kafri
AnchorAlex Porkhomovskiy
77Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaKSA39.940.193
Lead-OffMohamed Al-Yami
2nd Leg2442Ata Mubarak
3rd Leg2431Salem Mubarak Al-Yami
Anchor2430Jamal Al-Saffar
DNF1GhanaGHA0.250
Lead-Off1945Christian Nsiah
2nd LegKenneth Andam
3rd Leg1949Abdul Aziz Zakari
Anchor1943Leo Myles-Mills

Heat #4

Time10:24
PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime (Automatic)Reaction Time
18CubaCUB38.740.414Q
Lead-Off1467José Ángel César
2nd Leg1480Luis Alberto Pérez-Rionda
3rd Leg1471Iván García
Anchor1476Freddy Mayola
22AustraliaAUS38.760.167Q
Lead-Off1088Matt Shirvington
2nd Leg1097Paul Di Bella
3rd Leg1094Darryl Wohlsen
Anchor1072Patrick Johnson
37Trinidad and TobagoTTO39.120.176q
Lead-Off3152Nico Alexander
2nd Leg3164Julieon Raeburn
3rd LegJacey Harper
AnchorMarc Burns
46HungaryHUN39.520.474
Lead-OffViktor Kovács
2nd LegGéza Pauer
3rd LegLászló Babály, Jr.
AnchorMiklós Gyulai
55CameroonCMR39.620.165
Lead-OffAlfred Moussambani
2nd Leg1407Serge Bengono, II
3rd Leg1406Joseph Batangdon
AnchorBenjamin Sirimou
61OmanOMA39.820.125
Lead-OffMohamed Said Al-Maskary
2nd LegHamoud Abdallah Al-Dalhami
3rd Leg2685Mohamed Al-Houti
AnchorJahad Abdullah Al-Sheikh
73Puerto RicoPUR40.120.233
Lead-OffOsvaldo Nieves
2nd LegRogelio Pizarro
3rd LegJorge Richardson
AnchorFélix Fernández
84UzbekistanUZB41.200.423
Lead-OffOleg Zhuravlyov
2nd LegKonstantin Zhuravlyov
3rd LegAnvar Kuchmuradov
AnchorNikolay Yeroshenko

Heat #5

Time10:32
PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime (Automatic)Reaction Time
16United StatesUSA38.150.216Q
Lead-OffKenny Brokenburr
2nd LegTim Montgomery
3rd Leg3298Brian Lewis
Anchor3275Maurice Greene
23JapanJPN38.520.222Q
Lead-Off2308Shingo Kawabata
2nd Leg2306Koji Ito
3rd Leg2317Shingo Suetsugu
Anchor2301Nobuharu Asahara
37PolandPOL38.740.215q
Lead-Off2717Marcin Nowak
2nd Leg2725Marcin Urbaś
3rd Leg2704Piotr Balcerzak
Anchor2720Ryszard Pilarczyk
44Russian FederationRUS39.290.152
Lead-OffDmitry Vasilyev
2nd Leg2900Aleksandr Ryabov
3rd LegAleksandr Smirnov
Anchor2868Sergey Bychkov
52VenezuelaVEN39.450.214
Lead-OffJuan Alberto Morillo
2nd LegJosé Peña
3rd LegJosé Carabalí
AnchorEllis Ollarves
65CroatiaCRO39.870.129
Lead-OffSlaven Krajačić
2nd Leg1457Dejan Vojnović
3rd Leg1447Siniša Ergotić
AnchorTihomir Buinjac
71IndonesiaINA40.350.232
Lead-Off Sukari
2nd Leg2085Erwin Heru Susanto
3rd Leg2084Yanes Raubaba
Anchor2083John Muray
88BarbadosBAR40.380.214
Lead-OffWilan Louis
2nd Leg1186Victor Houston
3rd Leg1185Gabriel Burnett
Anchor1188Fabian Rollins

Semi-Finals

Date29 September 2000
FormatTop 3 in each heat and next two fastest advanced to the final.
PosTeamNOCTime (automatic)Reaction Time
1United StatesUSA37.820.142Q
2CubaCUB38.160.481Q
=3JamaicaJAM38.270.154Q
=3BrazilBRA38.270.394Q
5JapanJPN38.310.481Q
6PolandPOL38.600.224q
7FranceFRA38.640.158Q
8ItalyITA38.670.146q
9GreeceGRE38.800.211
10Côte d'IvoireCIV38.820.435
=11CanadaCAN38.920.172
=11Trinidad and TobagoTTO38.920.210
13ThailandTHA39.050.150
DNFNigeriaNGR0.194
DQAustraliaAUS[38.53][0.215]2
DQSloveniaSLO[0.165]3

Heat #1

Time20:50
PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime (Automatic)Reaction Time
16United StatesUSA37.820.142Q
Lead-Off3269Jon Drummond
2nd Leg3320Bernard Williams, III
3rd Leg3298Brian Lewis
Anchor3275Maurice Greene
21JamaicaJAM38.270.154Q
Lead-Off2259Lindel Frater
2nd Leg2267Dwight Thomas
3rd Leg2271Chris Williams
Anchor2255Llewelyn Bredwood
35FranceFRA38.640.158Q
Lead-Off1729Frédéric Krantz
2nd Leg1736David Patros
3rd Leg1713Christophe Cheval
Anchor1725Needy Guims
43ItalyITA38.670.146q
Lead-Off2215Francesco Scuderi
2nd Leg2190Alessandro Cavallaro
3rd Leg2191Maurizio Checcucci
Anchor2192Andrea Colombo
54Côte d'IvoireCIV38.820.435
Lead-OffÉric Pacôme N'Dri
2nd Leg1394Ahmed Douhou
3rd LegYves Sonan
Anchor1396Ibrahim Méité
62CanadaCAN38.920.172
Lead-OffBrad McCuaig
2nd LegGlenroy Gilbert
3rd Leg1316Pierre Browne
Anchor1332Adrian Woodley
77ThailandTHA39.050.150
Lead-OffKongdech Natanee
2nd LegVitsanu Sophanich
3rd LegBoonyarit Phuksachat
AnchorSittichai Suwonprateep
DNF8NigeriaNGR0.194
Lead-Off2628Uchenna Emedolu
2nd LegNnamdi Lucky Anusim
3rd Leg2629Sunday Emmanuel
Anchor2627Deji Aliu

Heat #2

Time20:58
PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime (Automatic)Reaction Time
15CubaCUB38.160.481Q
Lead-Off1467José Ángel César
2nd Leg1480Luis Alberto Pérez-Rionda
3rd Leg1471Iván García
Anchor1476Freddy Mayola
24BrazilBRA38.270.394Q
Lead-Off1264Vicente Lenílson
2nd Leg1267Édson Ribeiro
3rd Leg1269André da Silva
Anchor1270Claudinei da Silva
36JapanJPN38.310.481Q
Lead-Off2308Shingo Kawabata
2nd Leg2306Koji Ito
3rd Leg2317Shingo Suetsugu
Anchor2301Nobuharu Asahara
47PolandPOL38.600.224q
Lead-Off2717Marcin Nowak
2nd Leg2725Marcin Urbaś
3rd Leg2704Piotr Balcerzak
Anchor2720Ryszard Pilarczyk
52GreeceGRE38.800.211
Lead-Off1985Georgios Theodoridis
2nd Leg1969Kostas Kenteris
3rd Leg1958Alexios Alexopoulos
Anchor1978Angelos Pavlakakis
68Trinidad and TobagoTTO38.920.210
Lead-Off3152Nico Alexander
2nd Leg3164Julieon Raeburn
3rd LegMarc Burns
Anchor3154Ato Boldon
DQ3AustraliaAUS[38.53][0.215]4
Lead-Off1088Matt Shirvington
2nd Leg1097Paul Di Bella
3rd Leg1094Darryl Wohlsen
Anchor1072Patrick Johnson
DQ1SloveniaSLO[0.165]5
Lead-OffMatic Šušteršič
2nd LegMatic Osovnikar
3rd LegBoštjan Fridrih
AnchorUrban Acman

Final Round

Date30 September 2000 — 20:05
PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime (Automatic)Reaction Time
15United StatesUSA37.610.126
Lead-Off3269Jon Drummond
2nd Leg3320Bernard Williams, III
3rd Leg3298Brian Lewis
Anchor3275Maurice Greene
24BrazilBRA37.900.188
Lead-Off1264Vicente Lenílson
2nd Leg1267Édson Ribeiro
3rd Leg1269André da Silva
Anchor1270Claudinei da Silva
33CubaCUB38.040.238
Lead-Off1467José Ángel César
2nd Leg1480Luis Alberto Pérez-Rionda
3rd Leg1471Iván García
Anchor1476Freddy Mayola
46JamaicaJAM38.200.315
Lead-Off2259Lindel Frater
2nd Leg2267Dwight Thomas
3rd Leg2271Chris Williams
Anchor2255Llewelyn Bredwood
57FranceFRA38.490.153
Lead-Off1729Frédéric Krantz
2nd Leg1736David Patros
3rd Leg1713Christophe Cheval
Anchor1725Needy Guims
62JapanJPN38.660.221
Lead-Off2312Shigeyuki Kojima
2nd Leg2306Koji Ito
3rd Leg2317Shingo Suetsugu
Anchor2301Nobuharu Asahara
78ItalyITA38.670.146
Lead-Off2215Francesco Scuderi
2nd Leg2190Alessandro Cavallaro
3rd Leg2191Maurizio Checcucci
Anchor2192Andrea Colombo
81PolandPOL38.960.196
Lead-Off2717Marcin Nowak
2nd Leg2725Marcin Urbaś
3rd Leg2704Piotr Balcerzak
Anchor2720Ryszard Pilarczyk