Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay

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The men's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program was held at the Athens Olympic Stadium from August 27 to 28.<ref name="SR">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The sixteen teams competed in a two-heat qualifying round in which the first three teams from each heat, together with the next two fastest teams, were given a place in the final race.

The Great Britain quartet of Jason Gardener, Darren Campbell, Mark Lewis-Francis, and Marlon Devonish produced superior exchanges to beat the United States team by 0.01 seconds in a time of 38.07 seconds.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The final also saw the U.S. team struggling with their relay duties, when Justin Gatlin and Coby Miller botched their baton handoff after the second leg, as Miller went too early and had to slow down to avoid disqualification from passing outside of the designated zone, leaving the British team to command their lead towards the final bend. By the time Greene received the baton from Miller on the anchor leg, he burst down the home stretch to chase Lewis-Francis at the finish line, but could not get ahead despite his lower leg and head having crossed the line first, as the Americans fell short by just a hundredth of a second.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Template:TOC limit

Records

Template:As of, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

No new records were set during the competition.

Qualification

The qualification period for athletics was 1 January 2003 to 9 August 2004. A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter one qualified relay team per relay event, with a maximum of six athletes. For this event, an NOC would be invited to participate with a relay team if the average of the team's two best times, obtained in IAAF-sanctioned meetings or tournaments, would be among the best sixteen, at the end of this period.

Schedule

All times are Greece Standard Time (UTC+2)

Date	Time	Round
Friday, 27 August 2004	20:10	Round 1
Saturday, 28 August 2004	21:45	Final

Results

Round 1

Qualification rule: The first three teams in each heat (Q) plus the next two fastest overall (q) moved on to the final.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	2	Template:FlagIOC	Olusoji Fasuba, Uchenna Emedolu, Aaron Egbele, Deji Aliu	38.27	Q, SB
2	1	Template:FlagIOC	Zbigniew Tulin, Łukasz Chyła, Marcin Jędrusiński, Marcin Urbaś	38.47	Q, SB
3	7	Template:FlagIOC	Adam Basil, Paul di Bella, Patrick Johnson, Josh Ross	38.49	Q, SB
4	3	Template:FlagIOC	Nicconnor Alexander, Marc Burns, Ato Boldon, Darrel Brown	38.53	q, =NR
5	4	Template:FlagIOC	Hiroyasu Tsuchie, Shingo Suetsugu, Shinji Takahira, Nobuharu Asahara	38.53	q
6	5	Template:FlagIOC	Ronny Ostwald, Tobias Unger, Alexander Kosenkow, Till Helmke	38.64
7	8	Template:FlagIOC	Nicolas Macrozonaris, Anson Henry, Charles Allen, Pierre Browne	38.64	SB
8	6	Template:FlagIOC	Aleksandr Ryabov, Oleg Sergeyev, Sergey Bychkov, Andrey Yepishin	39.19

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	6	Template:FlagIOC	Shawn Crawford, Darvis Patton, Coby Miller, Maurice Greene	38.02	Q
2	1	Template:FlagIOC	Jason Gardener, Darren Campbell, Marlon Devonish, Mark Lewis-Francis	38.53	Q, SB
3	8	Template:FlagIOC	Cláudio Roberto Souza, Édson Ribeiro, André da Silva, Vicente de Lima	38.64	Q
4	2	Template:FlagIOC	Dwight Thomas, Patrick Jarrett, Winston Smith, Michael Frater	38.71	SB
5	5	Template:FlagIOC	Marco Torrieri, Simone Collio, Massimiliano Donati, Maurizio Checcucci	38.79
6	7	Template:FlagIOC	Christian Nsiah, Tanko Braimah, Aziz Zakari, Leonard Myles-Mills	38.88	SB
7	4	Template:FlagIOC	Issa-Aimé Nthépé, Ronald Pognon, Frédéric Krantz, David Alerte	38.93
Template:Hs	3	Template:FlagIOC	Timothy Beck, Troy Douglas, Patrick van Balkom, Caimin Douglas	Template:Abbr

Final

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Rank	Lane	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
Template:Gold01	3	Template:FlagIOC	Jason Gardener, Darren Campbell, Marlon Devonish, Mark Lewis-Francis	38.07	SB
Template:Silver02	5	Template:FlagIOC	Shawn Crawford, Justin Gatlin, Coby Miller, Maurice Greene	38.08
Template:Bronze03	4	Template:FlagIOC	Olusoji Fasuba, Uchenna Emedolu, Aaron Egbele, Deji Aliu	38.23	SB
4	7	Template:FlagIOC	Hiroyasu Tsuchie, Shingo Suetsugu, Shinji Takahira, Nobuharu Asahara	38.49
5	6	Template:FlagIOC	Zbigniew Tulin, Łukasz Chyła, Marcin Jędrusiński, Marcin Urbaś	38.54
6	1	Template:FlagIOC	Adam Basil, Paul di Bella, Patrick Johnson, Josh Ross	38.56
7	8	Template:FlagIOC	Nicconnor Alexander, Marc Burns, Ato Boldon, Darrel Brown	38.60
8	2	Template:FlagIOC	Cláudio Roberto Souza, Édson Ribeiro, André da Silva, Vicente de Lima	38.67

External links

• IAAF Athens 2004 Olympic Coverage

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