2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay

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The Men's 4 × 100 metres relay event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on 4 September 2011. The winning margin was 1.16 seconds which as of 2024 remains the only time the men's 4 x 100 metres relay has been won by more than a second at these championships. USA won the first semi-final with deliberate handoffs, setting the world leader. France followed them into the final. The second semi-final was won by Trinidad and Tobago, ahead of favored Jamaica. Saint Kitts and Nevis set their national record in making the time qualifier in third. The third semi-final was much closer as Great Britain led Poland, with Italy making the final time qualifier. In the final, Nesta Carter put Jamaica out into the lead, but Justin Gatlin ran down Michael Frater to put the USA even with Jamaica. On the third leg, Yohan Blake again edged Jamaica into the lead. Going into the final handoff, Darvis Patton of USA clipped Britain's Harry Aikines-Aryeetey and fell into a forward roll. American anchor Walter Dix never saw the baton and the British team also did not finish the race. In addition, Patton's fall seriously impeded Richard Thompson, Trinidad and Tobago's anchor, which caused his team to finish last. Meanwhile Usain Bolt took the baton and pulled away. Jamaica bettered their own World Record to finish in a time of 37.04. It was the only world record to be set at the championships. France finished second with Saint Kitts and Nevis third.

Medalists

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Usain Bolt wins the gold medal for Jamaica

Gold	Silver	Bronze
File:Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica (JAM) Nesta Carter Michael Frater Yohan Blake Usain Bolt Dexter Lee*	File:Flag of France.svg France (FRA) Teddy Tinmar Christophe Lemaitre Yannick Lesourd Jimmy Vicaut	File:Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis.svg Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN) Jason Rogers Kim Collins Antoine Adams Brijesh Lawrence

Records

Prior to the competition, the established records were as follows.

World record	Jamaica (Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Usain Bolt, Asafa Powell)	37.10	Beijing, PR China	22 August 2008
Championship record	Jamaica (Usain Bolt, Michael Frater, Steve Mullings, Asafa Powell)	37.31	Berlin, Germany	22 August 2009
World leading	United States (Trell Kimmons, Mike Rodgers, Justin Gatlin, Walter Dix)	37.90	Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italy	19 July 2011
African record	Nigeria (Osmond Ezinwa, Olapade Adeniken, Francis Obikwelu, Davidson Ezinwa)	37.94	Athens, Greece	9 August 1997
Asian record	Japan (Nobuharu Asahara, Shinji Takahira, Shingo Suetsugu, Naoki Tsukahara)	38.03	Osaka, Japan	1 September 2007
North, Central American and Caribbean record	Jamaica (Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Usain Bolt, Asafa Powell)	37.10	Beijing, PR China	22 August 2008
South American record	Brazil (Vicente de Lima, Édson Ribeiro, André da Silva, Claudinei da Silva)	37.90	Sydney, Australia	30 September 2000
European record	Great Britain (Jason Gardener, Darren Campbell, Marlon Devonish, Dwain Chambers)	37.73	Seville, Spain	29 August 1999
Oceanian record	Australia (Paul Henderson, Tim Jackson, Steve Brimacombe, Damien Marsh)	38.17	Gothenburg, Sweden	12 August 1995

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
4 September 2011	19:00	Heats
4 September 2011	21:00	Final

Results

KEY:

q

Fastest non-qualifiers

Q

Qualified

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

Heats

Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) advance to the final.

Rank	Heat	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
1	1	File:Flag of the United States.svg United States (USA)	Trell Kimmons, Justin Gatlin, Maurice Mitchell, Travis Padgett	37.79	Q, WL
2	2	File:Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)	Keston Bledman, Marc Burns, Aaron Armstrong, Richard Thompson	37.91	Q, SB
3	2	File:Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica (JAM)	Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Yohan Blake, Dexter Lee	38.07	Q, SB
4	3	File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	Christian Malcolm, Craig Pickering, Marlon Devonish, Harry Aikines-Aryeetey	38.29	Q, SB
5	3	File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland (POL)	Paweł Stempel, Dariusz Kuć, Robert Kubaczyk, Kamil Kryński	38.37	Q, SB
6	1	File:Flag of France.svg France (FRA)	Teddy Tinmar, Christophe Lemaitre, Yannick Lesourd, Jimmy Vicaut	38.38	Q, SB
7	3	File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy (ITA)	Michael Tumi, Simone Collio, Emanuele Di Gregorio, Fabio Cerutti	38.41	q, SB
8	2	File:Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis.svg Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN)	Jason Rogers, Kim Collins, Antoine Adams, Brijesh Lawrence	38.47	q, NR
9	2	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan (JPN)	Yuichi Kobayashi, Masashi Eriguchi, Shinji Takahira, Hitoshi Saito	38.66	SB
10	3	File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia (AUS)	Anthony Alozie, Matt Davies, Aaron Rouge-Serret, Isaac Ntiamoah	38.69	SB
11	2	File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa (RSA)	Hannes Dreyer, Ofentse Mogawane, Roscoe Engel, Thuso Mpuang	38.72	SB
12	2	File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China (CHN)	Chen Qiang, Liang Jiahong, Su Bingtian, Lao Yi	38.87	SB
13	2	File:Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Puerto Rico (PUR)	Marcos Amalbert, Carlos Rodríguez, Marquis Holston, Miguel López	39.04	NR
14	1	File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal (POR)	Ricardo Monteiro, João Ferreira, Arnaldo Abrantes, Yazaldes Nascimento	39.09	SB
15	1	File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana (GHA)	Emmanuel Kubi, Tim Abeyie, Ashhad Agyapong, Aziz Zakari	39.17
16	1	File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei (TPE)	Wang Wen-Tang, Liu Yuan-Kai, Tsai Meng-Lin, Yi Wei-Chen	39.30
17	3	File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada (CAN)	Sam Effah, Gavin Smellie, Jared Connaughton, Justyn Warner	39.28
18	3	File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand (THA)	Weerawat Pharueang, Suppachai Chimdee, Sompote Suwannarangsri, Jirapong Meenapra	39.54	SB
	1	File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil (BRA)	Diego Cavalcanti, Sandro Viana, Nilson André, Bruno de Barros	DSQ
	3	File:Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg South Korea (KOR)	Yeo Ho-Suah, Cho Kyu-won, Kim Kukyoung, Lim Hee-nam	DSQ
	3	File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands (NED)	Giovanni Codrington, Brian Mariano, Jerrel Feller, Patrick van Luijk	DSQ
	2	File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany (GER)	Tobias Unger, Marius Broening, Sebastian Ernst, Alex Schaf	DNF
	1	File:Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland (SUI)	Pascal Mancini, Reto Schenkel, Alex Wilson, Marc Schneeberger	DNF

Final

Rank	Lane	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)	6	File:Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica (JAM)	Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt	37.04	WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	8	File:Flag of France.svg France (FRA)	Teddy Tinmar, Christophe Lemaitre, Yannick Lesourd, Jimmy Vicaut	38.20	SB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	1	File:Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis.svg Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN)	Jason Rogers, Kim Collins, Antoine Adams, Brijesh Lawrence	38.49
4	7	File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland (POL)	Paweł Stempel, Dariusz Kuć, Robert Kubaczyk, Kamil Kryński	38.50
5	2	File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy (ITA)	Michael Tumi, Simone Collio, Emanuele Di Gregorio, Fabio Cerutti	38.96
6	5	File:Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)	Keston Bledman, Marc Burns, Aaron Armstrong, Richard Thompson	39.01 *
	4	File:Flag of the United States.svg United States (USA)	Trell Kimmons, Justin Gatlin, Darvis Patton, Walter Dix	DNF
	3	File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	Christian Malcolm, Craig Pickering, Marlon Devonish, Harry Aikines-Aryeetey	DNF

* Trinidad and Tobago's Aaron Armstrong tripped over USA's falling Darvis Patton, causing them to finish last.

External links

• Relay results at the IAAF website