2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
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The men's 4 × 100 metre relay at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Nagai Stadium on 31 August and 1 September.
Medalists
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Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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![]() Darvis Patton Wallace Spearmon Tyson Gay Leroy Dixon Rodney Martin* | ![]() Marvin Anderson Usain Bolt Nesta Carter Asafa Powell Dwight Thomas* Steve Mullings* | ![]() Christian Malcolm Craig Pickering Marlon Devonish Mark Lewis-Francis |
* Runners who participated in the heats only and received medals.
Records
Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.
World record | ![]() Jon Drummond, Andre Cason, Dennis Mitchell, Leroy Burrell | 37.40 | Stuttgart, Germany | 21 August 1993 |
Championship record | ![]() Jon Drummond, Andre Cason, Dennis Mitchell, Leroy Burrell | 37.40 | Stuttgart, Germany | 21 August 1993 |
Schedule
Date | Time | Round |
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August 31, 2007 | 20:40 | Heats |
September 1, 2007 | 22:20 | Final |
Results
Heats
The first 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) qualify.
Final
Rank | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
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![]() | ![]() | Darvis Patton, Wallace Spearmon, Tyson Gay, Leroy Dixon | 37.78 | WL |
![]() | ![]() | Marvin Anderson, Usain Bolt, Nesta Carter, Asafa Powell | 37.89 | NR |
![]() | ![]() | Christian Malcolm, Craig Pickering, Marlon Devonish, Mark Lewis-Francis | 37.90 | SB |
4 | ![]() | Vicente de Lima, Rafael Ribeiro, Basílio de Moraes, Sandro Viana | 37.99 | SB |
5 | ![]() | Naoki Tsukahara, Shingo Suetsugu, Shinji Takahira, Nobuharu Asahara | 38.03 | AR |
6 | ![]() | Ronny Ostwald, Tobias Unger, Alexander Kosenkow, Julian Reus | 38.62 | |
![]() | Michał Bielczyk, Łukasz Chyła, Marcin Jędrusiński, Dariusz Kuć | DNF | ||
![]() | Obinna Metu, Chukwu Uche Isaac, Chinedu Oriala, Olusoji Fasuba | DNF |
References
- IAAF results, heats
- IAAF results, final