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Official Video 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.[ 1] Richard Thompson , Trinidad and Tobago's anchor, which caused his team to finish last.[ 2] Usain Bolt took the baton and pulled away. Jamaica bettered their own World Record to finish in a time of 37.04.[ 3]
Usain Bolt wins the gold medal for Jamaica 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
Date
Time
Round
4 September 2011
19:00 Heats
4 September 2011
21:00 Final
KEY:
q
Fastest non-qualifiers
Q
Qualified
NR
National record
PB
Personal best
SB
Seasonal best
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
United States (USA)Trell Kimmons , Justin Gatlin , Maurice Mitchell , Travis Padgett 37.79
Q, WL
2
2
Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)Keston Bledman , Marc Burns , Aaron Armstrong , Richard Thompson 37.91
Q, SB
3
2
Jamaica (JAM)Nesta Carter , Michael Frater , Yohan Blake , Dexter Lee 38.07
Q, SB
4
3
Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)Christian Malcolm , Craig Pickering , Marlon Devonish , Harry Aikines-Aryeetey 38.29
Q, SB
5
3
Poland (POL)Paweł Stempel , Dariusz Kuć , Robert Kubaczyk , Kamil Kryński 38.37
Q, SB
6
1
France (FRA)Teddy Tinmar , Christophe Lemaitre , Yannick Lesourd , Jimmy Vicaut 38.38
Q, SB
7
3
Italy (ITA)Michael Tumi , Simone Collio , Emanuele Di Gregorio , Fabio Cerutti 38.41
q, SB
8
2
Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN)Jason Rogers , Kim Collins , Antoine Adams , Brijesh Lawrence 38.47
q, NR
9
2
Japan (JPN)Yuichi Kobayashi , Masashi Eriguchi , Shinji Takahira , Hitoshi Saito 38.66
SB
10
3
Australia (AUS)Anthony Alozie , Matt Davies , Aaron Rouge-Serret , Isaac Ntiamoah 38.69
SB
11
2
South Africa (RSA)Hannes Dreyer , Ofentse Mogawane , Roscoe Engel , Thuso Mpuang 38.72
SB
12
2
China (CHN)Chen Qiang , Liang Jiahong , Su Bingtian , Lao Yi 38.87
SB
13
2
Puerto Rico (PUR)Marcos Amalbert , Carlos Rodríguez , Marquis Holston , Miguel López 39.04
NR
14
1
Portugal (POR)Ricardo Monteiro , João Ferreira , Arnaldo Abrantes , Yazaldes Nascimento 39.09
SB
15
1
Ghana (GHA)Emmanuel Kubi , Tim Abeyie , Ashhad Agyapong , Aziz Zakari 39.17
16
1
Chinese Taipei (TPE)Wang Wen-Tang , Liu Yuan-Kai , Tsai Meng-Lin , Yi Wei-Chen 39.30
17
3
Canada (CAN)Sam Effah , Gavin Smellie , Jared Connaughton , Justyn Warner 39.28
18
3
Thailand (THA)Weerawat Pharueang , Suppachai Chimdee , Sompote Suwannarangsri , Jirapong Meenapra 39.54
SB
1
Brazil (BRA)Diego Cavalcanti , Sandro Viana , Nilson André , Bruno de Barros DSQ
3
South Korea (KOR)Yeo Ho-Suah , Cho Kyu-won , Kim Kukyoung , Lim Hee-nam DSQ
3
Netherlands (NED)Giovanni Codrington , Brian Mariano , Jerrel Feller , Patrick van Luijk DSQ
2
Germany (GER)Tobias Unger , Marius Broening , Sebastian Ernst , Alex Schaf DNF
1
Switzerland (SUI)Pascal Mancini , Reto Schenkel , Alex Wilson , Marc Schneeberger DNF
Rank
Lane
Nation
Athletes
Time
Notes
6
Jamaica (JAM)Nesta Carter , Michael Frater , Yohan Blake , Usain Bolt 37.04
WR
8
France (FRA)Teddy Tinmar , Christophe Lemaitre , Yannick Lesourd , Jimmy Vicaut 38.20
SB
1
Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN)Jason Rogers , Kim Collins , Antoine Adams , Brijesh Lawrence 38.49
4
7
Poland (POL)Paweł Stempel , Dariusz Kuć , Robert Kubaczyk , Kamil Kryński 38.50
5
2
Italy (ITA)Michael Tumi , Simone Collio , Emanuele Di Gregorio , Fabio Cerutti 38.96
6
5
Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)Keston Bledman , Marc Burns , Aaron Armstrong , Richard Thompson 39.01 *
4
United States (USA)Trell Kimmons , Justin Gatlin , Darvis Patton , Walter Dix DNF
3
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.
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Jamaica (JAM)
France (FRA)
Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN)
Poland (POL)
Italy (ITA)
Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)
United States (USA)
Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)
