Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay

Men's 4 x 100 metres relay at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
Venue	Stade de France, Paris, France[1]
Dates	8 August 2024 (round 1) 9 August 2024 (final)
Winning time	37.50
Medalists
Aaron Brown Jerome Blake Brendon Rodney Andre De Grasse  Canada Bayanda Walaza Shaun Maswanganyi Bradley Nkoana Akani Simbine  South Africa Jeremiah Azu Louie Hinchliffe Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake Zharnel Hughes Richard Kilty* *Indicates the athlete only competed in the preliminary heats.  Great Britain
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Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Qualification
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
100 m hurdles			women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men		women
3000 m steeplechase	men		women
4 × 100 m relay	men		women
4 × 400 m relay	men	mixed	women
Road events
Marathon	men		women
20 km walk	men		women
Marathon walk relay		mixed
Field events
High jump	men		women
Pole vault	men		women
Long jump	men		women
Triple jump	men		women
Shot put	men		women
Discus throw	men		women
Hammer throw	men		women
Javelin throw	men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon			women
Decathlon	men
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The men's 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held in two rounds at the Stade de France in Paris, France, on 8 and 9 August 2024. This was the 26th time that the men's 4 x 100 metres relay was contested at the Summer Olympics. A total of 16 teams were able to qualify for the event through the 2024 World Athletics Relays or the World Athletics top list.

The 4 × 100 metres relay at the Summer Olympics is the shortest track relay event held at the multi-sport event. The men's relay has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since 1912.

Global records before the 2024 Summer Olympics

Record	Athlete (Nation)	Time (s)	Location	Date
World record	Jamaica (Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt)	36.84[2]	London, United Kingdom	11 August 2012
Olympic record
World leading	United States (Courtney Lindsey, Kenneth Bednarek, Kyree King, Noah Lyles)	37.40[3]	Nassau, Bahamas	5 May 2024

Area records before the 2024 Summer Olympics^[4]

Area Record	Athlete (Nation)	Time (s)
Africa (records)	South Africa (Thando Dlodlo, Simon Magakwe, Clarence Munyai, Akani Simbine)	37.65
Asia (records)	Japan (Shuhei Tada, Kirara Shiraishi, Yoshihide Kiryu, Abdul Hakim Sani Brown)	37.43
Europe (records)	Great Britain (Adam Gemili, Zharnel Hughes, Richard Kilty, Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake)	37.36
North, Central America and Caribbean (records)	Jamaica (Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt)	36.84 WR
Oceania (records)	Australia (Paul Henderson, Tim Jackson, Steve Brimacombe, Damien Marsh)	38.17
South America (records)	Brazil (Rodrigo do Nascimento, Vitor Hugo dos Santos, Derick Silva, Paulo André de Oliveira)	37.72

For the men's 4 x 100 metres relay event, fourteen teams qualified through the 2024 World Athletics Relays. The remaining two spots were awarded to the teams with the highest ranking on the World Athletics Top List. The qualification period was between 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024.^[5]

Qualification event	No. of teams	Qualified teams
2024 World Athletics Relays	14	Australia  Canada  China  France  Germany  Ghana  Great Britain  Italy  Jamaica  Japan  Liberia  Nigeria  South Africa  United States
World Athletics Top List (as of June 30, 2024)	2	Brazil  Netherlands
Total	16

Round 1 was held on 8 August, starting at 11:35 (UTC+2) in the morning.^[1][6]

Rank	Lane	Nation	Competitors	Reaction	Time	Notes
1	6	United States	Christian Coleman, Fred Kerley, Kyree King, Courtney Lindsey	0.122	37.47	Q
2	4	South Africa	Bayanda Walaza, Shaun Maswanganyi, Bradley Nkoana, Akani Simbine	0.155	37.94	Q, SB
3	5	Great Britain	Jeremiah Azu, Louie Hinchliffe, Richard Kilty, Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake	0.133	38.04	Q, SB
4	7	Japan	Abdul Hakim Sani Brown, Hiroki Yanagita, Yoshihide Kiryu, Koki Ueyama	0.141	38.06	q, SB
5	8	Italy	Matteo Melluzzo, Marcell Jacobs, Fausto Desalu, Filippo Tortu	0.144	38.07	q
6	9	Australia	Lachlan Kennedy, Jacob Despard, Calab Law, Joshua Azzopardi	0.156	38.12	AR
7	2	Nigeria	Favour Ashe, Kayinsola Ajayi, Alaba Akintola, Usheoritse Itsekiri	0.169	38.20
8	3	Netherlands	Onyema Adigida, Taymir Burnet, Nsikak Ekpo, Elvis Afrifa	0.157	38.48

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Rank	Lane	Nation	Competitors	Reaction	Time	Notes
1	5	China	Deng Zhijian, Xie Zhenye, Yan Haibin, Chen Jiapeng	0.139	38.24	Q
2	7	France	Méba-Mickaël Zeze, Jeff Erius, Ryan Zeze, Pablo Matéo	0.157	38.34	Q
3	6	Canada	Aaron Brown, Jerome Blake, Brendon Rodney, Andre De Grasse	0.174	38.39	Q
4	8	Jamaica	Ackeem Blake, Jelani Walker, Jehlani Gordon, Kishane Thompson	0.155	38.45	SB
5	9	Germany	Kevin Kranz, Owen Ansah, Yannick Wolf, Lucas Ansah-Peprah	0.151	38.53
6	3	Brazil	Gabriel Garcia, Felipe Bardi, Erik Cardoso, Renan Correa	0.159	38.73
7	2	Liberia	Jabez Reeves, Emmanuel Matadi, John Sherman, Joseph Fahnbulleh	0.151	38.97
	4	Ghana	Abdul-Rasheed Saminu, Benjamin Azamati, Ibrahim Fuseini, Joseph Paul Amoah	0.214	DQ	TR 24.7

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The final was held on 9 August, starting at 19:45 (UTC+2) in the evening.^[1]

Rank	Lane	Nation	Competitors	Reaction	Time	Notes
	9	Canada	Aaron Brown, Jerome Blake, Brendon Rodney, Andre De Grasse	0.155	37.50	SB
	7	South Africa	Bayanda Walaza, Shaun Maswanganyi, Bradley Nkoana, Akani Simbine	0.153	37.57	AR
	4	Great Britain	Jeremiah Azu, Louie Hinchliffe, Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake, Zharnel Hughes	0.162	37.61	SB
4	2	Italy	Matteo Melluzzo, Marcell Jacobs, Lorenzo Patta, Filippo Tortu	0.142	37.68	SB
5	3	Japan	Ryuichiro Sakai, Abdul Hakim Sani Brown, Yoshihide Kiryū, Koki Ueyama	0.130	37.78	SB
6	6	France	Méba-Mickaël Zeze, Jeff Erius, Ryan Zeze, Pablo Matéo	0.153	37.81	SB
7	8	China	Deng Zhijian, Xie Zhenye, Yan Haibin, Chen Jiapeng	0.160	38.06	SB
-	5	United States	Christian Coleman, Kenny Bednarek, Kyree King, Fred Kerley	0.138	DQ	TR 24.7

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