| Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics | ||
|---|---|---|
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| Track events | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| 5000 m | men | women |
| 10,000 m | men | women |
| Sprint hurdles | men | women |
| 400 m hurdles | men | women |
| 3000 m steeplechase | men | |
| 4 × 100 m relay | men | women |
| 4 × 400 m relay | men | women |
| Road events | ||
| Marathon | men | women |
| 20 km walk | men | women |
| 50 km walk | men | |
| Field events | ||
| Long jump | men | women |
| Triple jump | men | women |
| High jump | men | women |
| Pole vault | men | women |
| Shot put | men | women |
| Discus throw | men | women |
| Javelin throw | men | women |
| Hammer throw | men | women |
| Combined events | ||
| Combined | men | women |
The men's 4 × 100 metres relay races at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program were held on Friday 29 September and Saturday 30 September.
The top two teams in each of the initial five heats automatically qualified for the semi-final. The next six fastest team from across the heats also qualified. The top three teams in each of the semi-finals automatically qualified for the final. The next two fastest team from the semi-finals also qualified.
As of 2028, this is the last time the U.S. team won the men's 4 x 100 meters relay in track & field.
Records
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 2000 Summer Olympics.
| World Record | 37.40 |  Michael Marsh Leroy Burrell Dennis Mitchell Carl Lewis
|
Barcelona (ESP) | 8 August 1992 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37.40 | Jon Drummond Andre Cason Dennis Mitchell Leroy Burrell
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Stuttgart (GER) | 21 August 1993 | |
| Olympic Record | 37.40 | Michael Marsh Leroy Burrell Dennis Mitchell Carl Lewis
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Barcelona (ESP) | 8 August 1992 |
Medalists
* Athletes who participated in the heats only and received medals.
Results
All times shown are in seconds.
- Q denotes qualification by place in heat.
- q denotes qualification by overall place.
- DNS denotes did not start.
- DNF denotes did not finish.
- DQ denotes disqualification.
- NR denotes national record.
- AR denotes area/continental record.
- OR denotes Olympic record.
- WR denotes world record.
- PB denotes personal best.
- SB denotes season best.
Heats
| Heat 1 of 5 Date: Friday 29 September 2000 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Nation | Athletes | Lane | Reaction | Time | Qual. | Record | |
| Heat | Overall | |||||||
| 1 | 11 |  Ivory Coast
|
Eric Pacôme N'Dri, Ahmed Douhou, Yves Sonan, Ibrahim Meité |
7 | 0.342 s | 39.06 s | Q | |
| 2 | 13 |  Thailand
|
Kongdech Natenee, Vissanu Sophanich, Boonyarit Phuksachat, Sittichai Suwonprateep |
3 | 0.196 s | 39.13 s | Q | |
| 3 | 19 |  Guatemala
|
Rolando Blanco, Oscar Meneses, José Meneses, José Tinoco |
6 | 0.181 s | 39.34 s | ||
| 4 | 23 |  Bahamas
|
Renward Wells, Dominic Demeritte, Iram Lewis, Wellington Saunders Whymms |
2 | 0.139 s | 39.57 s | ||
| 5 | 25 |  Cyprus
|
Anthimos Rotos, Anninos Marcoullides, Prodromos Katsantonis, Yiannakis Zisimides |
4 | 0.460 s | 39.75 s | ||
| 6 | 31 |  FR Yugoslavia
|
Slobodan Spasić, Predrag Momirović, Miloš Šakić, Milan Petaković |
8 | 0.245 s | 39.99 s | ||
| 7 | 35 |  India
|
Thirugnan Durai, Rajeev Bala Krishnan, Ajay Raj Singh, Anil Kumar Prakash |
5 | 0.151 s | 40.23 s | ||
| 8 |  Great Britain
|
Allyn Condon, Jason Gardener, Marlon Devonish, Dwain Chambers |
1 | 0.175 s | DQ | |||
| Heat 2 of 5 Date: Friday 29 September 2000 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Nation | Athletes | Lane | Reaction | Time | Qual. | Record | |
| Heat | Overall | |||||||
| 1 | 2 |  Brazil
|
Vicente de Lima, Édson Ribeiro, André da Silva, Cláudio Roberto Souza |
8 | 0.153 s | 38.32 s | Q | |
| 2 | 7 |  Italy
|
Francesco Scuderi, Alessandro Cavallaro, Maurizio Checcucci, Andrea Colombo |
5 | 0.429 s | 38.84 s | Q | SB |
| 3 | 8 |  Nigeria
|
Uchenna Emedolu, Nnamdi Anusim, Sunday Emmanuel, Deji Aliu |
4 | 0.175 s | 38.85 s | q | SB |
| 4 | 9 |  Jamaica
|
Donovan Powell, Dwight Thomas, Lindel Frater, Llewellyn Bredwood |
3 | 0.220 s | 38.97 s | q | |
| 5 | 15 |  Slovenia
|
Matic Šušteršič, Matic Osovnikar, Boštjan Fridrih, Urban Acman |
6 | 0.146 s | 39.25 s | q | NR |
| 6 | 27 |  Liberia
|
Kouty Mawenh, Sayon Cooper, Andrew Reyes, Koiyan Morlu |
7 | 0.175 s | 39.77 s | NR | |
| 7 | 33 |  Hong Kong
|
William To, Ho Kwan Lung, Tang Hon Sing, Chiang Wai Hung |
2 | 0.182 s | 40.15 s | ||
| 8 | 34 |  Chile
|
Diego Valdés, Ricardo Roach, Rodrigo Roach, Juan Pablo Faúndez |
1 | 0.161 s | 40.20 s | ||
| Heat 3 of 5 Date: Friday 29 September 2000 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Nation | Athletes | Lane | Reaction | Time | Qual. | Record | |
| Heat | Overall | |||||||
| 1 | 10 |  France
|
Frédéric Krantz, David Patros, Christophe Cheval, Jérôme Eyana |
5 | 0.163 s | 39.00 s | Q | |
| 2 | 14 |  Greece
|
Georgios Theodoridis, Konstadinos Kederis, Alexios Alexopoulos, Aggelos Pavlakakis |
2 | 0.236 s | 39.21 s | Q | |
| 3 | 16T |  Canada
|
Bradley McCuaig, Glenroy Gilbert, Pierre Browne, Nicolas Macrozonaris |
6 | 0.458 s | 39.26 s | q | SB |
| 3 | 16T |  Ireland
|
John McAdorey, Gary Ryan, Tom Comyns, Paul Brizzell |
4 | 0.226 s | 39.26 s | NR | |
| 5 | 22 |  Mauritius
|
Jonathan Chimier, Eric Milazar, Stéphan Buckland, Fernando Augustin |
8 | 0.419 s | 39.55 s | ||
| 6 | 26 |  Israel
|
Kfir Golan, Gidon Yablonka, Tommy Kafri, Aleksandr Porkhomovskiy |
7 | 0.237 s | 39.76 s | ||
| 7 | 30 |  Saudi Arabia
|
Mohamed Al-Yami, Mubarak Ata Mubarak, Salem Mubarak Al-Yami, Jamal Al-Saffar |
7 | 0.193 s | 39.94 s | ||
 Ghana
|
Christian Nsiah, Kenneth Andam, Aziz Zakari, Leonard Myles-Mills |
1 | 0.250 s | DNF | ||||
| Heat 4 of 5 Date: Friday 29 September 2000 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Nation | Athletes | Lane | Reaction | Time | Qual. | Record | |
| Heat | Overall | |||||||
| 1 | 4T |  Cuba
|
José Ángel César, Luis Alberto Pérez-Rionda, Iván García, Freddy Mayola |
8 | 0.414 s | 38.74 s | Q | |
| 2 | 6 |  Australia
|
Matt Shirvington, Paul Di Bella, Darryl Wohlsen, Patrick Johnson |
2 | 0.167 s | 38.76 s | Q | |
| 3 | 12 |  Trinidad and Tobago
|
Niconnor Alexander, Julieon Raeburn, Jacey Harper, Marc Burns |
7 | 0.176 s | 39.12 s | q | SB |
| 4 | 21 |  Hungary
|
Viktor Kovács, Géza Pauer, László Babály, Miklós Gyulai |
6 | 0.474 s | 39.52 s | ||
| 5 | 24 |  Cameroon
|
Alfred Moussambani, Serge Bengono, Joseph Batangdon, Benjamin Sirimou |
5 | 0.165 s | 39.62 s | ||
| 6 | 28 |  Oman
|
Mohamed Said Al-Maskary, Hamoud Abdallah Al-Dalhami, Mohamed Al-Houti, Jahad Abdullah Al-Sheikh |
1 | 0.125 s | 39.82 s | SB | |
| 7 | 32 |  Puerto Rico
|
Osvaldo Nieves, Rogelio Pizarro, Jorge Richardson, Félix Omar Fernández |
3 | 0.233 s | 40.12 s | ||
| 8 | 38 |  Uzbekistan
|
Oleg Juravlyov, Konstantin Zhuravlyov, Anvar Kuchmuradov, Nikolay Yeroshenko |
4 | 0.423 s | 41.20 s | ||
| Heat 5 of 5 Date: Friday 29 September 2000 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Nation | Athletes | Lane | Reaction | Time | Qual. | Record | |
| Heat | Overall | |||||||
| 1 | 1 |  United States
|
Kenneth Brokenburr, Tim Montgomery, Brian Lewis, Maurice Greene |
6 | 0.216 s | 38.15 s | Q | |
| 2 | 3 |  Japan
|
Shingo Kawabata, Koji Ito, Shingo Suetsugu, Nobuharu Asahara |
3 | 0.222 s | 38.52 s | Q | SB |
| 3 | 4T |  Poland
|
Marcin Nowak, Marcin Urbaś, Piotr Balcerzak, Ryszard Pilarczyk |
7 | 0.215 s | 38.74 s | q | SB |
| 4 | 18 |  Russia
|
Dmitri Vasilyev, Aleksandr Ryabov, Aleksandr Smirnov, Sergey Bychkov |
4 | 0.152 s | 39.29 s | SB | |
| 5 | 20 |  Venezuela
|
Juan Morillo, José Peña, José Carabalí, Hely Ollarves |
2 | 0.214 s | 39.45 s | NR | |
| 6 | 29 |  Croatia
|
Slaven Krajacic, Dejan Vojnovic, Siniša Ergotic, Tihomir Buinjac |
5 | 0.129 s | 39.87 s | ||
| 7 | 36 |  Indonesia
|
Sukari, Erwin Heru Susanto, Yanes Raubaba, John Muray |
1 | 0.232 s | 40.35 s | ||
| 8 | 37 |  Barbados
|
Wilan Louis, Victor Houston, Gabriel Burnett, Fabian Rollins |
8 | 40.38 s | |||
Round 1- Overall
Semi-finals
| Heat 1 of 2 Date: Friday 29 September 2000 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Nation | Athletes | Lane | Reaction | Time | Qual. | Record | |
| Heat | Overall | |||||||
| 1 | 1 | United States
|
Jon Drummond, Bernard Williams, Brian Lewis, Maurice Greene |
6 | 0.142 s | 37.82 s | Q | |
| 2 | 3T | Jamaica
|
Lindel Frater, Dwight Thomas, Christopher Williams, Llewellyn Bredwood |
1 | 0.154 s | 38.27 s | Q | NR |
| 3 | 7 | France
|
Frédéric Krantz, David Patros, Christophe Cheval, Needy Guims |
5 | 0.158 s | 38.64 s | Q | |
| 4 | 8 | Italy
|
Francesco Scuderi, Alessandro Cavallaro, Maurizio Checcucci, Andrea Colombo |
3 | 0.146 s | 38.67 s | q | SB |
| 5 | 10 | Ivory Coast
|
Eric Pacôme N'Dri, Ahmed Douhou, Yves Sonan, Ibrahim Meité |
4 | 0.435 s | 38.82 s | SB | |
| 6 | 11T | Canada
|
Bradley McCuaig, Glenroy Gilbert, Pierre Browne, Adrian Woodley |
2 | 0.172 s | 38.92 s | SB | |
| 7 | 13 | Thailand
|
Kongdech Natenee, Vissanu Sophanich, Boonyarit Phuksachat, Sittichai Suwonprateep |
7 | 0.150 s | 39.05 s | ||
| 8 | Nigeria
|
Uchenna Emedolu, Nnamdi Anusim, Sunday Emmanuel, Deji Aliu |
8 | 0.194 s | DNF | |||
| Heat 2 of 2 Date: Friday 29 September 2000 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Nation | Athletes | Lane | Reaction | Time | Qual. | Record | |
| Heat | Overall | |||||||
| 1 | 2 | Cuba
|
José Ángel César, Luis Alberto Pérez-Rionda, Iván García, Freddy Mayola |
5 | 0.481 s | 38.16 s | Q | |
| 2 | 3T | Brazil
|
Vicente de Lima, Édson Ribeiro, André da Silva, Claudinei da Silva |
4 | 0.394 s | 38.27 s | Q | |
| 3 | 5 | Japan
|
Shingo Kawabata, Koji Ito, Shingo Suetsugu, Nobuharu Asahara |
6 | 0.481 s | 38.31 s | Q | =AR |
| 4 | 6 | Poland
|
Marcin Nowak, Marcin Urbaś, Piotr Balcerzak, Ryszard Pilarczyk |
7 | 0.224 s | 38.60 s | q | SB |
| 5 | 9 | Greece
|
Georgios Theodoridis, Konstadinos Kederis, Alexios Alexopoulos, Aggelos Pavlakakis |
2 | 0.211 s | 38.80 s | ||
| 6 | 11T | Trinidad and Tobago
|
Niconnor Alexander, Julieon Raeburn, Marc Burns, Ato Boldon |
8 | 0.210 s | 38.92 s | NR | |
| Australia
|
Matt Shirvington, Paul Di Bella, Darryl Wohlsen, Patrick Johnson |
3 | 0.215 s | DQ | ||||
| Slovenia
|
Matic Šušteršic, Matic Osovnikar, Bostjan Fridrih, Urban Acman |
1 | 0.165 s | DQ | ||||
Semi-Finals overall
Final
| Final | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Nation | Athletes | Lane | Reaction | Time | Record | ||
| 1 | United States
|
Jon Drummond, Bernard Williams, Brian Lewis, Maurice Greene |
5 | 0.126 s | 37.61 s | SB | ||
| 2 | Brazil
|
Vicente de Lima, Édson Ribeiro, André da Silva, Claudinei da Silva |
4 | 0.188 s | 37.90 s | NR | ||
| 3 | Cuba
|
José Ángel César, Luis Alberto Pérez-Rionda, Iván García, Freddy Mayola |
3 | 0.238 s | 38.04 s | SB | ||
| 4 | Jamaica
|
Lindel Frater, Dwight Thomas, Christopher Williams, Llewellyn Bredwood |
6 | 0.315 s | 38.20 s | NR | ||
| 5 | France
|
Frédéric Krantz, David Patros, Christophe Cheval, Needy Guims |
7 | 0.153s | 38.49 s | SB | ||
| 6 | Japan
|
Shigeyuki Kojima, Koji Ito, Shingo Suetsugu, Nobuharu Asahara |
2 | 0.221 s | 38.66 s | |||
| 7 | Italy
|
Francesco Scuderi, Alessandro Cavallaro, Maurizio Checcucci, Andrea Colombo |
8 | 0.146s | 38.67 s | |||
| 8 | Poland
|
Marcin Nowak, Marcin Urbaś, Piotr Balcerzak, Ryszard Pilarczyk |
1 | 0.196 s | 38.96 s | |||
References
- "Athletics at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
External links
- Official Report of the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics
- Results, round 1 – IAAF
- Results, semi-final – IAAF
- Results, final – IAAF
| 4 × 100 metres relay at the Summer Olympics | |
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| Summary | |
| Men | |
| Women | |
