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4 x 100 metres Relay, Men

Date	29 – 30 September 2000
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympic Stadium, Olympic Park, Sydney, New South Wales
Participants	168 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.

Pos	Nr	Team	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	–	United States	USA	38.15 (1 h5)	37.82 (1 h1)	37.61 (1)	Gold
		Jon Drummond • Bernard Williams, III • Brian Lewis • Maurice Greene • Tim Montgomery • Kenny Brokenburr
2	–	Brazil	BRA	38.32 (1 h2)	38.27 (2 h2)	37.90 (2)	Silver
		Vicente Lenílson • Édson Ribeiro • André da Silva • Claudinei da Silva • Cláudio de Souza
3	–	Cuba	CUB	38.74 (1 h4)	38.16 (1 h2)	38.04 (3)	Bronze
		José Ángel César • Luis Alberto Pérez-Rionda • Iván García • Freddy Mayola
4	–	Jamaica	JAM	38.97 (4 h2)	38.27 (2 h1)	38.20 (4)
		Lindel Frater • Dwight Thomas • Chris Williams • Llewelyn Bredwood • Donovan Powell
5	–	France	FRA	39.00 (1 h3)	38.64 (3 h1)	38.49 (5)
		Frédéric Krantz • David Patros • Christophe Cheval • Needy Guims • Jérôme Éyana
6	–	Japan	JPN	38.52 (2 h5)	38.31 (3 h2)	38.66 (6)
		Shigeyuki Kojima • Koji Ito • Shingo Suetsugu • Nobuharu Asahara • Shingo Kawabata
7	–	Italy	ITA	38.84 (2 h2)	38.67 (4 h1)	38.67 (7)
		Francesco Scuderi • Alessandro Cavallaro • Maurizio Checcucci • Andrea Colombo
8	–	Poland	POL	38.74 (3 h5)	38.60 (4 h2)	38.96 (8)
		Marcin Nowak • Marcin Urbaś • Piotr Balcerzak • Ryszard Pilarczyk
5 h1 r2/3	–	Côte d'Ivoire	CIV	39.06 (1 h1)	38.82 (5 h1)	–
		Éric Pacôme N'Dri • Ahmed Douhou • Yves Sonan • Ibrahim Méité
5 h2 r2/3	–	Greece	GRE	39.21 (2 h3)	38.80 (5 h2)	–
		Georgios Theodoridis • Kostas Kenteris • Alexios Alexopoulos • Angelos Pavlakakis
6 h1 r2/3	–	Canada	CAN	39.26 (3 h3)	38.92 (6 h1)	–
		Brad McCuaig • Glenroy Gilbert • Pierre Browne • Adrian Woodley • Nicolas Macrozonaris
6 h2 r2/3	–	Trinidad and Tobago	TTO	39.12 (3 h4)	38.92 (6 h2)	–
		Nico Alexander • Julieon Raeburn • Marc Burns • Ato Boldon • Jacey Harper
7 h1 r2/3	–	Thailand	THA	39.13 (2 h1)	39.05 (7 h1)	–
		Kongdech Natanee • Vitsanu Sophanich • Boonyarit Phuksachat • Sittichai Suwonprateep
AC h1 r2/3	–	Nigeria	NGR	38.85 (3 h2)	– (DNF h1)	–
		Uchenna Emedolu • Nnamdi Lucky Anusim • Sunday Emmanuel • Deji Aliu
AC h2 r2/3	–	Australia	AUS	38.76 (2 h4)	[38.53] (DQ h2)	–
		Matt Shirvington • Paul Di Bella • Darryl Wohlsen • Patrick Johnson
AC h2 r2/3	–	Slovenia	SLO	39.25 (5 h2)	– (DQ h2)	–
		Matic Šušteršič • Matic Osovnikar • Boštjan Fridrih • Urban Acman
3 h1 r1/3	–	Guatemala	GUA	39.34 (3 h1)	–	–
		Mario Rolando Blanco • Óscar Meneses • José Meneses • José Tinoco
4 h1 r1/3	–	The Bahamas	BAH	39.57 (4 h1)	–	–
		Renward Wells • Dominic Demeritte • Iram Lewis • Wellington Saunders-Whymms
4 h3 r1/3	–	Ireland	IRL	39.26 (4 h3)	–	–
		John McAdorey • Gary Ryan • Tom Comyns • Paul Brizzel
4 h4 r1/3	–	Hungary	HUN	39.52 (4 h4)	–	–
		Viktor Kovács • Géza Pauer • László Babály, Jr. • Miklós Gyulai
4 h5 r1/3	–	Russian Federation	RUS	39.29 (4 h5)	–	–
		Dmitry Vasilyev • Aleksandr Ryabov • Aleksandr Smirnov • Sergey Bychkov
5 h1 r1/3	–	Cyprus	CYP	39.75 (5 h1)	–	–
		Anthimos Rotos • Anninos Markoullidis • Prodromos Katsantonis • Giannis Zisimidis
5 h3 r1/3	–	Mauritius	MRI	39.55 (5 h3)	–	–
		Jonathan Chimier • Éric Milazar • Stéphane Buckland • Fernando Augustin
5 h4 r1/3	–	Cameroon	CMR	39.62 (5 h4)	–	–
		Alfred Moussambani • Serge Bengono, II • Joseph Batangdon • Benjamin Sirimou
5 h5 r1/3	–	Venezuela	VEN	39.45 (5 h5)	–	–
		Juan Alberto Morillo • José Peña • José Carabalí • Hely Ollarves
6 h1 r1/3	–	Yugoslavia	SCG	39.99 (6 h1)	–	–
		Slobodan Spasić • Predrag Momirović • Miloš Šakić • Milan Petaković
6 h2 r1/3	–	Liberia	LBR	39.77 (6 h2)	–	–
		Kouty Mawenh • Sayon Cooper • Andrew Reyes • Koiyan Morlu
6 h3 r1/3	–	Israel	ISR	39.76 (6 h3)	–	–
		Kfir Golan • Gideon Yablonka • Tommy Kafri • Alex Porkhomovskiy
6 h4 r1/3	–	Oman	OMA	39.82 (6 h4)	–	–
		Mohamed Said Al-Maskary • Hamoud Abdallah Al-Dalhami • Mohamed Al-Houti • Jahad Abdullah Al-Sheikh
6 h5 r1/3	–	Croatia	CRO	39.87 (6 h5)	–	–
		Slaven Krajačić • Dejan Vojnović • Siniša Ergotić • Tihomir Buinjac
7 h1 r1/3	–	India	IND	40.23 (7 h1)	–	–
		Chinnain Thiruganadurai • Rajeev Bala Krishnan • Ajay Raj Singh • Anil Kumar Prakash
7 h2 r1/3	–	Hong Kong, China	HKG	40.15 (7 h2)	–	–
		William To • Ho Kwan Lung • Tang Hon Sing • Chiang Wai Hung
7 h3 r1/3	–	Kingdom of Saudi Arabia	KSA	39.94 (7 h3)	–	–
		Mohamed Al-Yami • Ata Mubarak • Salem Mubarak Al-Yami • Jamal Al-Saffar
7 h4 r1/3	–	Puerto Rico	PUR	40.12 (7 h4)	–	–
		Osvaldo Nieves • Rogelio Pizarro • Jorge Richardson • Félix Fernández
7 h5 r1/3	–	Indonesia	INA	40.35 (7 h5)	–	–
		Sukari • Erwin Heru Susanto • Yanes Raubaba • John Muray
8 h2 r1/3	–	Chile	CHI	40.20 (8 h2)	–	–
		Diego Valdés • Ricardo Roach • Rodrigo Roach • Juan Pablo Faúndez
8 h4 r1/3	–	Uzbekistan	UZB	41.20 (8 h4)	–	–
		Oleg Zhuravlyov • Konstantin Zhuravlyov • Anvar Kuchmuradov • Nikolay Yeroshenko
8 h5 r1/3	–	Barbados	BAR	40.38 (8 h5)	–	–
		Wilan Louis • Victor Houston • Gabriel Burnett • Fabian Rollins
AC h1 r1/3	–	Great Britain	GBR	– (DQ h1)	–	–		1
		Allyn Condon • Jason Gardener • Marlon Devonish • Dwain Chambers
AC h3 r1/3	–	Ghana	GHA	– (DNF h3)	–	–
		Christian Nsiah • Kenneth Andam • Abdul Aziz Zakari • Leo Myles-Mills

Round One (29 September 2000)

Top two in each heat and next six fastest advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat One (10:00)

Pos	Nr	Team	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	–	Côte d'Ivoire	CIV	39.06	0.342	Q
		Éric Pacôme N'Dri • Ahmed Douhou • Yves Sonan • Ibrahim Méité
2	–	Thailand	THA	39.13	0.196	Q
		Kongdech Natanee • Vitsanu Sophanich • Boonyarit Phuksachat • Sittichai Suwonprateep
3	–	Guatemala	GUA	39.34	0.181
		Mario Rolando Blanco • Óscar Meneses • José Meneses • José Tinoco
4	–	The Bahamas	BAH	39.57	0.139
		Renward Wells • Dominic Demeritte • Iram Lewis • Wellington Saunders-Whymms
5	–	Cyprus	CYP	39.75	0.460
		Anthimos Rotos • Anninos Markoullidis • Prodromos Katsantonis • Giannis Zisimidis
6	–	Yugoslavia	SCG	39.99	0.245
		Slobodan Spasić • Predrag Momirović • Miloš Šakić • Milan Petaković
7	–	India	IND	40.23	0.151
		Chinnain Thiruganadurai • Rajeev Bala Krishnan • Ajay Raj Singh • Anil Kumar Prakash
DQ	–	Great Britain	GBR	–	[0.175]
		Allyn Condon • Jason Gardener • Marlon Devonish • Dwain Chambers

Heat Two (10:08)

Pos	Nr	Team	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	–	Brazil	BRA	38.32	0.153	Q
		Vicente Lenílson • Édson Ribeiro • André da Silva • Cláudio de Souza
2	–	Italy	ITA	38.84	0.429	Q
		Francesco Scuderi • Alessandro Cavallaro • Maurizio Checcucci • Andrea Colombo
3	–	Nigeria	NGR	38.85	0.175	q
		Uchenna Emedolu • Nnamdi Lucky Anusim • Sunday Emmanuel • Deji Aliu
4	–	Jamaica	JAM	38.97	0.220	q
		Donovan Powell • Dwight Thomas • Lindel Frater • Llewelyn Bredwood
5	–	Slovenia	SLO	39.25	0.146	q
		Matic Šušteršič • Matic Osovnikar • Boštjan Fridrih • Urban Acman
6	–	Liberia	LBR	39.77	0.175
		Kouty Mawenh • Sayon Cooper • Andrew Reyes • Koiyan Morlu
7	–	Hong Kong, China	HKG	40.15	0.182
		William To • Ho Kwan Lung • Tang Hon Sing • Chiang Wai Hung
8	–	Chile	CHI	40.20	0.161
		Diego Valdés • Ricardo Roach • Rodrigo Roach • Juan Pablo Faúndez

Heat Three (10:16)

Pos	Nr	Team	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	–	France	FRA	39.00	0.163	Q
		Frédéric Krantz • David Patros • Christophe Cheval • Jérôme Éyana
2	–	Greece	GRE	39.21	0.236	Q
		Georgios Theodoridis • Kostas Kenteris • Alexios Alexopoulos • Angelos Pavlakakis
3	–	Canada	CAN	39.26	0.458	q
		Brad McCuaig • Glenroy Gilbert • Pierre Browne • Nicolas Macrozonaris
4	–	Ireland	IRL	39.26	0.226
		John McAdorey • Gary Ryan • Tom Comyns • Paul Brizzel
5	–	Mauritius	MRI	39.55	0.419
		Jonathan Chimier • Éric Milazar • Stéphane Buckland • Fernando Augustin
6	–	Israel	ISR	39.76	0.237
		Kfir Golan • Gideon Yablonka • Tommy Kafri • Alex Porkhomovskiy
7	–	Kingdom of Saudi Arabia	KSA	39.94	0.193
		Mohamed Al-Yami • Ata Mubarak • Salem Mubarak Al-Yami • Jamal Al-Saffar
DNF	–	Ghana	GHA	–	0.250
		Christian Nsiah • Kenneth Andam • Abdul Aziz Zakari • Leo Myles-Mills

Heat Four (10:24)

Pos	Nr	Team	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	–	Cuba	CUB	38.74	0.414	Q
		José Ángel César • Luis Alberto Pérez-Rionda • Iván García • Freddy Mayola
2	–	Australia	AUS	38.76	0.167	Q
		Matt Shirvington • Paul Di Bella • Darryl Wohlsen • Patrick Johnson
3	–	Trinidad and Tobago	TTO	39.12	0.176	q
		Nico Alexander • Julieon Raeburn • Jacey Harper • Marc Burns
4	–	Hungary	HUN	39.52	0.474
		Viktor Kovács • Géza Pauer • László Babály, Jr. • Miklós Gyulai
5	–	Cameroon	CMR	39.62	0.165
		Alfred Moussambani • Serge Bengono, II • Joseph Batangdon • Benjamin Sirimou
6	–	Oman	OMA	39.82	0.125
		Mohamed Said Al-Maskary • Hamoud Abdallah Al-Dalhami • Mohamed Al-Houti • Jahad Abdullah Al-Sheikh
7	–	Puerto Rico	PUR	40.12	0.233
		Osvaldo Nieves • Rogelio Pizarro • Jorge Richardson • Félix Fernández
8	–	Uzbekistan	UZB	41.20	0.423
		Oleg Zhuravlyov • Konstantin Zhuravlyov • Anvar Kuchmuradov • Nikolay Yeroshenko

Heat Five (10:32)

Pos	Nr	Team	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	–	United States	USA	38.15	0.216	Q
		Kenny Brokenburr • Tim Montgomery • Brian Lewis • Maurice Greene
2	–	Japan	JPN	38.52	0.222	Q
		Shingo Kawabata • Koji Ito • Shingo Suetsugu • Nobuharu Asahara
3	–	Poland	POL	38.74	0.215	q
		Marcin Nowak • Marcin Urbaś • Piotr Balcerzak • Ryszard Pilarczyk
4	–	Russian Federation	RUS	39.29	0.152
		Dmitry Vasilyev • Aleksandr Ryabov • Aleksandr Smirnov • Sergey Bychkov
5	–	Venezuela	VEN	39.45	0.214
		Juan Alberto Morillo • José Peña • José Carabalí • Hely Ollarves
6	–	Croatia	CRO	39.87	0.129
		Slaven Krajačić • Dejan Vojnović • Siniša Ergotić • Tihomir Buinjac
7	–	Indonesia	INA	40.35	0.232
		Sukari • Erwin Heru Susanto • Yanes Raubaba • John Muray
8	–	Barbados	BAR	40.38	0.214
		Wilan Louis • Victor Houston • Gabriel Burnett • Fabian Rollins

Semi-Finals (29 September 2000)

Top three in each heat and next two fastest advanced to the final.

Heat One (20:50)

Pos	Nr	Team	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	–	United States	USA	37.82	0.142	Q
		Jon Drummond • Bernard Williams, III • Brian Lewis • Maurice Greene
2	–	Jamaica	JAM	38.27	0.154	Q
		Lindel Frater • Dwight Thomas • Chris Williams • Llewelyn Bredwood
3	–	France	FRA	38.64	0.158	Q
		Frédéric Krantz • David Patros • Christophe Cheval • Needy Guims
4	–	Italy	ITA	38.67	0.146	q
		Francesco Scuderi • Alessandro Cavallaro • Maurizio Checcucci • Andrea Colombo
5	–	Côte d'Ivoire	CIV	38.82	0.435
		Éric Pacôme N'Dri • Ahmed Douhou • Yves Sonan • Ibrahim Méité
6	–	Canada	CAN	38.92	0.172
		Brad McCuaig • Glenroy Gilbert • Pierre Browne • Adrian Woodley
7	–	Thailand	THA	39.05	0.150
		Kongdech Natanee • Vitsanu Sophanich • Boonyarit Phuksachat • Sittichai Suwonprateep
DNF	–	Nigeria	NGR	–	0.194
		Uchenna Emedolu • Nnamdi Lucky Anusim • Sunday Emmanuel • Deji Aliu

Heat Two (20:58)

Pos	Nr	Team	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	–	Cuba	CUB	38.16	0.481	Q
		José Ángel César • Luis Alberto Pérez-Rionda • Iván García • Freddy Mayola
2	–	Brazil	BRA	38.27	0.394	Q
		Vicente Lenílson • Édson Ribeiro • André da Silva • Claudinei da Silva
3	–	Japan	JPN	38.31	0.481	Q
		Shingo Kawabata • Koji Ito • Shingo Suetsugu • Nobuharu Asahara
4	–	Poland	POL	38.60	0.224	q
		Marcin Nowak • Marcin Urbaś • Piotr Balcerzak • Ryszard Pilarczyk
5	–	Greece	GRE	38.80	0.211
		Georgios Theodoridis • Kostas Kenteris • Alexios Alexopoulos • Angelos Pavlakakis
6	–	Trinidad and Tobago	TTO	38.92	0.210
		Nico Alexander • Julieon Raeburn • Marc Burns • Ato Boldon
DQ	–	Australia	AUS	[38.53]	[0.215]		2
		Matt Shirvington • Paul Di Bella • Darryl Wohlsen • Patrick Johnson
DQ	–	Slovenia	SLO	–	[0.165]		3
		Matic Šušteršič • Matic Osovnikar • Boštjan Fridrih • Urban Acman

Final (30 September 2000 — 20:05)

Pos	Nr	Team	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	–	United States	USA	37.61	0.126
		Jon Drummond • Bernard Williams, III • Brian Lewis • Maurice Greene
2	–	Brazil	BRA	37.90	0.188
		Vicente Lenílson • Édson Ribeiro • André da Silva • Claudinei da Silva
3	–	Cuba	CUB	38.04	0.238
		José Ángel César • Luis Alberto Pérez-Rionda • Iván García • Freddy Mayola
4	–	Jamaica	JAM	38.20	0.315
		Lindel Frater • Dwight Thomas • Chris Williams • Llewelyn Bredwood
5	–	France	FRA	38.49	0.153
		Frédéric Krantz • David Patros • Christophe Cheval • Needy Guims
6	–	Japan	JPN	38.66	0.221
		Shigeyuki Kojima • Koji Ito • Shingo Suetsugu • Nobuharu Asahara
7	–	Italy	ITA	38.67	0.146
		Francesco Scuderi • Alessandro Cavallaro • Maurizio Checcucci • Andrea Colombo
8	–	Poland	POL	38.96	0.196
		Marcin Nowak • Marcin Urbaś • Piotr Balcerzak • Ryszard Pilarczyk