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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.

PosCompetitorsNOCR1SFFinal
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
PosCompetitorsNOCTime (Automatic)Reaction Time
1Côte d'IvoireCIV39.060.342Q
Lead-OffÉric Pacôme N'Dri
2nd LegAhmed Douhou
3rd LegYves Sonan
AnchorIbrahim Méité
2ThailandTHA39.130.196Q
Lead-OffKongdech Natanee
2nd LegVitsanu Sophanich
3rd LegBoonyarit Phuksachat
AnchorSittichai Suwonprateep
3GuatemalaGUA39.340.181
Lead-OffMario Rolando Blanco
2nd LegÓscar Meneses
3rd LegJosé Meneses
AnchorJosé Tinoco
4The BahamasBAH39.570.139
Lead-OffRenward Wells
2nd LegDominic Demeritte
3rd LegIram Lewis
AnchorWellington Saunders-Whymms
5CyprusCYP39.750.460
Lead-OffAnthimos Rotos
2nd LegAnninos Markoullidis
3rd LegProdromos Katsantonis
AnchorGiannis Zisimidis
6YugoslaviaSCG39.990.245
Lead-OffSlobodan Spasić
2nd LegPredrag Momirović
3rd LegMiloš Šakić
AnchorMilan Petaković
7IndiaIND40.230.151
Lead-OffChinnain Thiruganadurai
2nd LegRajeev Bala Krishnan
3rd LegAjay Raj Singh
AnchorAnil Kumar Prakash
DQGreat BritainGBR[0.175]
Lead-OffAllyn Condon
2nd LegJason Gardener
3rd LegMarlon Devonish
AnchorDwain Chambers

Heat #2

Time10:08
PosCompetitorsNOCTime (Automatic)Reaction Time
1BrazilBRA38.320.153Q
Lead-OffVicente Lenílson
2nd LegÉdson Ribeiro
3rd LegAndré da Silva
AnchorCláudio de Souza
2ItalyITA38.840.429Q
Lead-OffFrancesco Scuderi
2nd LegAlessandro Cavallaro
3rd LegMaurizio Checcucci
AnchorAndrea Colombo
3NigeriaNGR38.850.175q
Lead-OffUchenna Emedolu
2nd LegNnamdi Lucky Anusim
3rd LegSunday Emmanuel
AnchorDeji Aliu
4JamaicaJAM38.970.220q
Lead-OffDonovan Powell
2nd LegDwight Thomas
3rd LegLindel Frater
AnchorLlewelyn Bredwood
5SloveniaSLO39.250.146q
Lead-OffMatic Šušteršič
2nd LegMatic Osovnikar
3rd LegBoštjan Fridrih
AnchorUrban Acman
6LiberiaLBR39.770.175
Lead-OffKouty Mawenh
2nd LegSayon Cooper
3rd LegAndrew Reyes
AnchorKoiyan Morlu
7Hong Kong, ChinaHKG40.150.182
Lead-OffWilliam To
2nd LegHo Kwan Lung
3rd LegTang Hon Sing
AnchorChiang Wai Hung
8ChileCHI40.200.161
Lead-OffDiego Valdés
2nd LegRicardo Roach
3rd LegRodrigo Roach
AnchorJuan Pablo Faúndez

Heat #3

Time10:16
PosCompetitorsNOCTime (Automatic)Reaction Time
1FranceFRA39.000.163Q
Lead-OffFrédéric Krantz
2nd LegDavid Patros
3rd LegChristophe Cheval
AnchorJérôme Éyana
2GreeceGRE39.210.236Q
Lead-OffGeorgios Theodoridis
2nd LegKostas Kenteris
3rd LegAlexios Alexopoulos
AnchorAngelos Pavlakakis
3CanadaCAN39.260.458q
Lead-OffBrad McCuaig
2nd LegGlenroy Gilbert
3rd LegPierre Browne
AnchorNicolas Macrozonaris
4IrelandIRL39.260.226
Lead-OffJohn McAdorey
2nd LegGary Ryan
3rd LegTom Comyns
AnchorPaul Brizzel
5MauritiusMRI39.550.419
Lead-OffJonathan Chimier
2nd LegÉric Milazar
3rd LegStéphane Buckland
AnchorFernando Augustin
6IsraelISR39.760.237
Lead-OffKfir Golan
2nd LegGideon Yablonka
3rd LegTommy Kafri
AnchorAlex Porkhomovskiy
7Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaKSA39.940.193
Lead-OffMohamed Al-Yami
2nd LegAta Mubarak
3rd LegSalem Mubarak Al-Yami
AnchorJamal Al-Saffar
DNFGhanaGHA0.250
Lead-OffChristian Nsiah
2nd LegKenneth Andam
3rd LegAbdul Aziz Zakari
AnchorLeo Myles-Mills

Heat #4

Time10:24
PosCompetitorsNOCTime (Automatic)Reaction Time
1CubaCUB38.740.414Q
Lead-OffJosé Ángel César
2nd LegLuis Alberto Pérez-Rionda
3rd LegIván García
AnchorFreddy Mayola
2AustraliaAUS38.760.167Q
Lead-OffMatt Shirvington
2nd LegPaul Di Bella
3rd LegDarryl Wohlsen
AnchorPatrick Johnson
3Trinidad and TobagoTTO39.120.176q
Lead-OffNico Alexander
2nd LegJulieon Raeburn
3rd LegJacey Harper
AnchorMarc Burns
4HungaryHUN39.520.474
Lead-OffViktor Kovács
2nd LegGéza Pauer
3rd LegLászló Babály, Jr.
AnchorMiklós Gyulai
5CameroonCMR39.620.165
Lead-OffAlfred Moussambani
2nd LegSerge Bengono, II
3rd LegJoseph Batangdon
AnchorBenjamin Sirimou
6OmanOMA39.820.125
Lead-OffMohamed Said Al-Maskary
2nd LegHamoud Abdallah Al-Dalhami
3rd LegMohamed Al-Houti
AnchorJahad Abdullah Al-Sheikh
7Puerto RicoPUR40.120.233
Lead-OffOsvaldo Nieves
2nd LegRogelio Pizarro
3rd LegJorge Richardson
AnchorFélix Fernández
8UzbekistanUZB41.200.423
Lead-OffOleg Zhuravlyov
2nd LegKonstantin Zhuravlyov
3rd LegAnvar Kuchmuradov
AnchorNikolay Yeroshenko

Heat #5

Time10:32
PosCompetitorsNOCTime (Automatic)Reaction Time
1United StatesUSA38.150.216Q
Lead-OffKenny Brokenburr
2nd LegTim Montgomery
3rd LegBrian Lewis
AnchorMaurice Greene
2JapanJPN38.520.222Q
Lead-OffShingo Kawabata
2nd LegKoji Ito
3rd LegShingo Suetsugu
AnchorNobuharu Asahara
3PolandPOL38.740.215q
Lead-OffMarcin Nowak
2nd LegMarcin Urbaś
3rd LegPiotr Balcerzak
AnchorRyszard Pilarczyk
4Russian FederationRUS39.290.152
Lead-OffDmitry Vasilyev
2nd LegAleksandr Ryabov
3rd LegAleksandr Smirnov
AnchorSergey Bychkov
5VenezuelaVEN39.450.214
Lead-OffJuan Alberto Morillo
2nd LegJosé Peña
3rd LegJosé Carabalí
AnchorEllis Ollarves
6CroatiaCRO39.870.129
Lead-OffSlaven Krajačić
2nd LegDejan Vojnović
3rd LegSiniša Ergotić
AnchorTihomir Buinjac
7IndonesiaINA40.350.232
Lead-Off Sukari
2nd LegErwin Heru Susanto
3rd LegYanes Raubaba
AnchorJohn Muray
8BarbadosBAR40.380.214
Lead-OffWilan Louis
2nd LegVictor Houston
3rd LegGabriel Burnett
AnchorFabian 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
PosCompetitorsNOCTime (Automatic)Reaction Time
1United StatesUSA37.820.142Q
Lead-OffJon Drummond
2nd LegBernard Williams, III
3rd LegBrian Lewis
AnchorMaurice Greene
2JamaicaJAM38.270.154Q
Lead-OffLindel Frater
2nd LegDwight Thomas
3rd LegChris Williams
AnchorLlewelyn Bredwood
3FranceFRA38.640.158Q
Lead-OffFrédéric Krantz
2nd LegDavid Patros
3rd LegChristophe Cheval
AnchorNeedy Guims
4ItalyITA38.670.146q
Lead-OffFrancesco Scuderi
2nd LegAlessandro Cavallaro
3rd LegMaurizio Checcucci
AnchorAndrea Colombo
5Côte d'IvoireCIV38.820.435
Lead-OffÉric Pacôme N'Dri
2nd LegAhmed Douhou
3rd LegYves Sonan
AnchorIbrahim Méité
6CanadaCAN38.920.172
Lead-OffBrad McCuaig
2nd LegGlenroy Gilbert
3rd LegPierre Browne
AnchorAdrian Woodley
7ThailandTHA39.050.150
Lead-OffKongdech Natanee
2nd LegVitsanu Sophanich
3rd LegBoonyarit Phuksachat
AnchorSittichai Suwonprateep
DNFNigeriaNGR0.194
Lead-OffUchenna Emedolu
2nd LegNnamdi Lucky Anusim
3rd LegSunday Emmanuel
AnchorDeji Aliu

Heat #2

Time20:58
PosCompetitorsNOCTime (Automatic)Reaction Time
1CubaCUB38.160.481Q
Lead-OffJosé Ángel César
2nd LegLuis Alberto Pérez-Rionda
3rd LegIván García
AnchorFreddy Mayola
2BrazilBRA38.270.394Q
Lead-OffVicente Lenílson
2nd LegÉdson Ribeiro
3rd LegAndré da Silva
AnchorClaudinei da Silva
3JapanJPN38.310.481Q
Lead-OffShingo Kawabata
2nd LegKoji Ito
3rd LegShingo Suetsugu
AnchorNobuharu Asahara
4PolandPOL38.600.224q
Lead-OffMarcin Nowak
2nd LegMarcin Urbaś
3rd LegPiotr Balcerzak
AnchorRyszard Pilarczyk
5GreeceGRE38.800.211
Lead-OffGeorgios Theodoridis
2nd LegKostas Kenteris
3rd LegAlexios Alexopoulos
AnchorAngelos Pavlakakis
6Trinidad and TobagoTTO38.920.210
Lead-OffNico Alexander
2nd LegJulieon Raeburn
3rd LegMarc Burns
AnchorAto Boldon
DQAustraliaAUS[38.53][0.215]4
Lead-OffMatt Shirvington
2nd LegPaul Di Bella
3rd LegDarryl Wohlsen
AnchorPatrick Johnson
DQSloveniaSLO[0.165]5
Lead-OffMatic Šušteršič
2nd LegMatic Osovnikar
3rd LegBoštjan Fridrih
AnchorUrban Acman

Final Round

Date30 September 2000 — 20:05
PosCompetitorsNOCTime (Automatic)Reaction Time
1United StatesUSA37.610.126
Lead-OffJon Drummond
2nd LegBernard Williams, III
3rd LegBrian Lewis
AnchorMaurice Greene
2BrazilBRA37.900.188
Lead-OffVicente Lenílson
2nd LegÉdson Ribeiro
3rd LegAndré da Silva
AnchorClaudinei da Silva
3CubaCUB38.040.238
Lead-OffJosé Ángel César
2nd LegLuis Alberto Pérez-Rionda
3rd LegIván García
AnchorFreddy Mayola
4JamaicaJAM38.200.315
Lead-OffLindel Frater
2nd LegDwight Thomas
3rd LegChris Williams
AnchorLlewelyn Bredwood
5FranceFRA38.490.153
Lead-OffFrédéric Krantz
2nd LegDavid Patros
3rd LegChristophe Cheval
AnchorNeedy Guims
6JapanJPN38.660.221
Lead-OffShigeyuki Kojima
2nd LegKoji Ito
3rd LegShingo Suetsugu
AnchorNobuharu Asahara
7ItalyITA38.670.146
Lead-OffFrancesco Scuderi
2nd LegAlessandro Cavallaro
3rd LegMaurizio Checcucci
AnchorAndrea Colombo
8PolandPOL38.960.196
Lead-OffMarcin Nowak
2nd LegMarcin Urbaś
3rd LegPiotr Balcerzak
AnchorRyszard Pilarczyk