2015 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay

None May 2026 Men's 4 × 100 metres relay 2015 World Championships Beijing National Stadium 29 August (heats & final) 58 14 37.36 Nesta CarterAsafa PowellNickel AshmeadeUsain BoltRasheed Dwyer* JAM Mo YouxueXie ZhenyeSu BingtianZhang Peimeng CHN Aaron BrownAndre De GrasseBrendon RodneyJustyn Warner CAN 2013 2017 The men's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 29 August.http://www.iaafbeijing2015.com/special/iaaf_sch_en/ https://web.archive.org/web/20141201205133/http://www.iaafbeijing2015.com/special/iaaf_sch_en/ dead 1 December 2014 Beijing 2015: Timetable 11 August 2015 10 August 2015 Beijing 2015 http://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/4875/AT-4X1-M-h----.SL2.pdf Start list 29 August 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150928144754/http://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/4875/AT-4X1-M-h----.SL2.pdf 28 September 2015 dead Summary Heats Jamaica ran Rasheed Dwyer to rest Usain Bolt in the heats. The United States employed a rare strategy of running the main team and not resting any runners. The US won the first heat with Great Britain second while resting Chijindu Ujah. Jamaica won the second heat. China set an Asian Continental Record in their heat. Final race The United States managed a clean handoff two times between Trayvon Bromell, Justin Gatlin and Tyson Gay, while Jamaica stiff between Nesta Carter and Asafa Powell. https://www.independent.ie/sport/2015-world-athletic-championships-clean-sweep-for-usain-bolt-as-jamaica-win-gold-in-4x100m-relay-31487965.html 2015 World Athletic Championships: Clean sweep for Usain Bolt as Jamaica win gold in 4x100m relay 29 August 2015 Irish Independent 2 September 2015 Around the final turn, Nickel Ashmeade made up ground on Gay. The final baton change between Mike Rodgers and Tyson Gay was completed outside the changeover zone and the American team was disqualified.https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/30/sports/usain-bolt-wins-again-in-relay-bad-handoff-disqualifies-us-world-championships.html Ashton Eaton's Record Moment for U.S. Is Tempered by Error in 4x100 Relay The New York Times 29 August 2015 Clarey Christopher Jamaica won, with China second and Canada third. Britain did not finish after failing to complete the final baton change. https://edition.cnn.com/2015/08/29/sport/world-athletics-championships-bolt-4x100-meters/ 2015 World Athletics Championships: Bolt, Jamaica triumph in 4x100m final 29 August 2015 CNN 2 September 2015 http://www.iaaf.org/news/report/beijing-2015-men-4x100m-final1 REPORT: MEN'S 4X100M FINAL – IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, BEIJING 2015 29 August 2015 iaaf.org 2 September 2015 Records Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:http://www.iaaf.org/records/by-discipline/relays/4x100-metres-relay/outdoor/men Records & Lists – 4x100 metres relay IAAF 18 August 2015 World recordJamaica(Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt)36.84 London, Great Britain11 August 2012Championship recordJamaica(Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt)37.04Daegu, South Korea4 September 2011World LeadingUnited States(Mike Rodgers, Justin Gatlin, Tyson Gay, Ryan Bailey)37.38 Nassau, Bahamas2 May 2015African RecordNigeria(Osmond Ezinwa, Olapade Adeniken, Francis Obikwelu, Davidson Ezinwa)37.94 Athens, Greece9 August 1997Asian RecordChina(Chen Shiwei, Xie Zhenye, Su Bingtian, Zhang Peimeng)37.99Incheon, South Korea29 August 2014North, Central American and Caribbean recordJamaica(Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt)36.84 London, Great Britain11 August 2012South American RecordBrazil(Vicente de Lima, Édson Ribeiro, André da Silva, Claudinei da Silva)37.90 Sydney, Australia30 September 2000European RecordGreat Britain(Jason Gardener, Darren Campbell, Marlon Devonish, Dwain Chambers)37.73 Sevilla, Spain29 August 1999Oceanian recordAustralia(Paul Henderson, Tim Jackson, Steve Brimacombe, Damien Marsh)38.17 Gothenburg, Sweden12 August 1995Australia(Anthony Alozie, Isaac Ntiamoah, Andrew McCabe, Josh Ross) London, Great Britain10 August 2012The following records were established during the competition:Asian RecordChina(Mo Youxue, Xie Zhenye, Su Bingtian, Zhang Peimeng)37.92Beijing, China29 August 2015World LeadingJamaica(Nesta Carter, Asafa Powell, Nickel Ashmeade, Usain Bolt)37.36Beijing, China29 August 2015 Qualification standards Entry standards 2014 IAAF World Championships Beijing 2015 – Standards https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitioninfo/544c7d0a-0807-4226-a85b-79928c58a097.pdf IAAF 18 August 2015 Top 8 at IWR+ 8 from Top Lists Schedule Date Time Round29 August 2015 12:20 Heats29 August 2015 21:10 Final All times are local times (UTC+8) Results Heats Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) advance to the final.Heats results Rank Heat Lane Nation Athletes Time Notes 1 2 4 JAM 2015 World Nesta Carter, Asafa Powell, Rasheed Dwyer, Nickel Ashmeade 37.41 Q, SB 2 2 6 FRA 2015 World Emmanuel Biron, Christophe Lemaitre, Guy-Elphège Anouman, Jimmy Vicaut 37.88 Q, SB 3 1 8 USA 2015 World Trayvon Bromell, Justin Gatlin, Tyson Gay, Mike Rodgers 37.91 Q 4 2 8 CHN 2015 World Mo Youxue, Xie Zhenye, Su Bingtian, Zhang Peimeng 37.92 Q, AR Asian 5 2 7 ATG 2015 World Chavaughn Walsh, Daniel Bailey, Jared Jarvis, Miguel Francis 38.01 q, NR Antiguan and Barbudan 6 2 9 CAN 2015 World Justyn Warner, Andre De Grasse, Brendon Rodney, Aaron Brown 38.03 q, SB 7 1 9 GBR 2015 World Richard Kilty, Harry Aikines-Aryeetey, James Ellington, Daniel Talbot 38.20 Q, SB 8 2 5 NED 2015 World Solomon Bockarie, Patrick van Luijk, Liemarvin Bonevacia, Hensley Paulina 38.41 SB 9 1 5 GER 2015 World Julian Reus, Sven Knipphals, Alexander Kosenkow, Aleixo-Platini Menga 38.57 Q 10 1 7 JPN 2015 World Kazuma Ōseto, Kenji Fujimitsu, Takuya Nagata, Kotaro Taniguchi 38.60 11 1 3 UKR 2015 World Roman Kravtsov, Serhiy Smelyk, Volodymyr Suprun, Vitaliy Korzh 38.79 SB 12 1 6 BAH 2015 World Warren Fraser, Shavez Hart, Elroy McBride, Teray Smith 38.96 SB 13 1 4 BRA 2015 World Gustavo dos Santos, Aldemir da Silva Junior, Bruno de Barros, José Carlos Moreira 99.99 DNF 13 2 3 RSA 2015 World Henricho Bruintjies, Anaso Jobodwana, Antonio Alkana, Akani Simbine 99.99 DNF Final The final was started at 21:10.Final results Rank Lane Nation Athletes Time Notes 4 JAM 2015 World Nesta Carter, Asafa Powell, Nickel Ashmeade, Usain Bolt 37.36 WL 9 CHN 2015 World Mo Youxue, Xie Zhenye, Su Bingtian, Zhang Peimeng 38.01 3 CAN 2015 World Aaron Brown, Andre De Grasse, Brendon Rodney, Justyn Warner 38.13 4 8 GER 2015 World Julian Reus, Sven Knipphals, Alexander Kosenkow, Aleixo-Platini Menga 38.15 SB 5 5 FRA 2015 World Emmanuel Biron, Christophe Lemaitre, Guy-Elphège Anouman, Jimmy Vicaut 38.23 6 2 ATG 2015 World Chavaughn Walsh, Daniel Bailey, Jared Jarvis, Miguel Francis 38.61 7 7 GBR 2015 World Richard Kilty, Daniel Talbot, James Ellington, Chijindu Ujah 99.99 DNF 7 6 USA 2015 World Trayvon Bromell, Justin Gatlin, Tyson Gay, Mike Rodgers 99.99 DQ (37.77) R170.7Passing the baton outside the takeover zone References 4 x 100 metres relay Category:Relays at the World Athletics Championships