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4 × 100 metres Relay, Men

Date	7 – 8 August 1992
Status	Olympic
Location	Estadio Olímpico de Montjuïc, Barcelona
Participants	104 from 25 countries
Olympic Record	37.83 WR / Sam Graddy • Ron Brown • Calvin Smith • Carl Lewis USA / 11 August 1984 / Details

The US was back as the favorite, although Carl Lewis had failed to make the US team for the 100 metres. However, in the 100 semi-finals, Mark Witherspoon had to retire with an Achilles’ injury and Lewis was brought back onto the relay squad. After the semi-finals, they were thought to be threatened by the surprising team from Nigeria, who had won their heat in an African record of 38.21.

In the final, Lewis received the baton with only a metre lead on the Nigerian anchor, Davidson Ezinwa. But his anchor leg is usually considered one of the fastest ever, challenging Bob Hayes anchor at Tokyo in 1964. Lewis was timed in 8.85 for his leg, and the US won by over five metres in a world record 37.40.

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	–	United States	USA	38.95 (2 h1)	38.14 (1 h1)	37.40 (1)	Gold	WR
		Mike Marsh • Leroy Burrell • Dennis Mitchell • Carl Lewis • James Jett
2	–	Nigeria	NGR	38.98 (1 h4)	38.21 (1 h2)	37.98 (2)	Silver
		Oluyemi Kayode • Chidi Imoh • Olapade Adeniken • Davidson Ezinwa • Osmond Ezinwa
3	–	Cuba	CUB	38.81 (1 h1)	38.49 (2 h1)	38.00 (3)	Bronze
		Andrés Simón • Joel Lamela • Joel Isasi • Jorge Aguilera
4	–	Great Britain	GBR	39.73 (2 h3)	38.64 (2 h2)	38.08 (4)
		Marcus Adam • Tony Jarrett • John Regis • Linford Christie • Jason John
5	–	Unified Team	EUN	40.07 (2 h2)	38.69 (3 h1)	38.17 (5)
		Pavel Galkin • Edvin Ivanov • Andrey Fedoriv • Vitaly Savin
6	–	Japan	JPN	39.16 (3 h1)	38.81 (4 h1)	38.77 (6)
		Shinji Aoto • Hisatsugu Suzuki • Satoru Inoue • Tatsuo Sugimoto
7	–	Austria	AUT	39.86 (3 h3)	39.34 (3 h2)	39.30 (7)
		Christoph Pöstinger • Thomas Renner • Andreas Berger • Franz Ratzenberger
8	–	Côte d'Ivoire	CIV	40.02 (6 h1)	39.46 (4 h2)	39.31 (8)
		Franck Waota • Jean-Olivier Zirignon • Gilles Bogui • Ouattara Lagazane
5 h1 r2/3	–	France	FRA	39.49 (1 h2)	39.02 (5 h1)	–
		Max Morinière • Daniel Sangouma • Gilles Quénéhervé • Bruno Marie-Rose
5 h2 r2/3	–	Spain	ESP	39.60 (2 h4)	39.62 (5 h2)	–
		Javier Arqués • Enrique Talavera • Juan Jesús Trapero • Sergio López
6 h1 r2/3	–	Ghana	GHA	40.11 (4 h3)	39.28 (6 h1)	–
		John Myles-Mills • Eric Akogyiram • Emmanuel Tuffour • Nelson Boateng
6 h2 r2/3	–	Thailand	THA	39.91 (3 h4)	39.73 (6 h2)	–
		Kriengkrai Narom • Seaksarn Boonrat • Niti Piyapan • Visut Watanasin
7 h1 r2/3	–	Sierra Leone	SLE	40.11 (3 h2)	40.46 (7 h1)	–
		Francis Keita • Denton Guy-Williams • Paul Parkinson • Sanusi Turay
7 h2 r2/3	–	Togo	TOG	39.77 (5 h1)	39.84 (7 h2)	–
		Kouame Aholou • Boevi Lawson • Koukou Franck Amégnigan • Kossi Akoto
AC h1 r2/3	–	Mexico	MEX	39.77 (4 h1)	– (DQ h1)	–
		Genaro Rojas • Eduardo Nava • Raymundo Escalante • Alejandro Cárdenas
AC h2 r2/3	–	Canada	CAN	39.34 (1 h3)	– (DNF h2)	–
		Ben Johnson • Glenroy Gilbert • Atlee Mahorn • Bruny Surin • Peter Ogilvie
4 h2 r1/3	–	Senegal	SEN	40.13 (4 h2)	–	–
		Charles-Louis Seck • Amadou M'Baye • Seydou Loum • Oumar Loum
4 h4 r1/3	–	San Marino	SMR	42.08 (4 h4)	–	–
		Nicola Selva • Manlio Molinari • Dominique Canti • Aldo Canti
5 h2 r1/3	–	Portugal	POR	40.30 (5 h2)	–	–
		Luís Cunha • Pedro Curvelo • Luís Barroso • Pedro Agostinho
5 h3 r1/3	–	United States Virgin Islands	ISV	40.48 (5 h3)	–	–
		Derry Pemberton • Neville Hodge • Mitch Peters • Wyndell Dickinson
5 h4 r1/3	–	Bangladesh	BAN	42.18 (5 h4)	–	–
		Golam Ambia • Mohamed Mehdi Hasan • Shahanuddin Choudhury • Mohamed Shah Jalal
6 h3 r1/3	–	The Gambia	GAM	40.98 (6 h3)	–	–
		Dawda Jallow • Momodou Sarr • Abdulieh Janneh • Lamin Marikong
AC h1 r1/3	–	Belize	BIZ	– (DQ h1)	–	–
		Emery Gill • Elston Shaw • Michael Joseph • John Palacio
AC h2 r1/3	–	Congo	CGO	[41.26] (DQ h2)	–	–
		Médard Makanga • Michael Dzong • Armand Biniakounou • David Nkoua
AC h4 r1/3	–	Jamaica	JAM	– (DNF h4)	–	–
		Michael Green • Rudolph Mighty • Anthony Wallace • Ray Stewart

Round One

Date	7 August 1992
Format	Top 3 in each heat and next 4 fastest advanced to the semi-finals.

Pos	Team	NOC	Time (automatic)
1	Cuba	CUB	38.81	Q
2	United States	USA	38.95	Q
3	Nigeria	NGR	38.98	Q
4	Japan	JPN	39.16	Q
5	Canada	CAN	39.34	Q
6	France	FRA	39.49	Q
7	Spain	ESP	39.60	Q
8	Great Britain	GBR	39.73	Q
9	Mexico	MEX	39.77	q
10	Togo	TOG	39.77	q
11	Austria	AUT	39.86	Q
12	Thailand	THA	39.91	Q
13	Côte d'Ivoire	CIV	40.02	q
14	Unified Team	EUN	40.07	Q
=15	Sierra Leone	SLE	40.11	Q
=15	Ghana	GHA	40.11	q
17	Senegal	SEN	40.13
18	Portugal	POR	40.30
19	United States Virgin Islands	ISV	40.48
20	The Gambia	GAM	40.98
21	San Marino	SMR	42.08
22	Bangladesh	BAN	42.18
DNF	Jamaica	JAM	–
DQ	Congo	CGO	[41.26]
DQ	Belize	BIZ	–

Heat #1

Time	9:30

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	3	Cuba	CUB	38.81	Q
Lead-Off	366	Andrés Simón		–
2nd Leg	350	Joel Lamela		–
3rd Leg	348	Joel Isasi		–
Anchor	336	Jorge Aguilera		–
2	5	United States	USA	38.95	Q
Lead-Off	1734	Mike Marsh		–
2nd Leg	1675	Leroy Burrell		–
3rd Leg	1738	Dennis Mitchell		–
Anchor	1718	James Jett		–
3	2	Japan	JPN	39.16	Q
Lead-Off	1074	Shinji Aoto		–
2nd Leg	1098	Hisatsugu Suzuki		–
3rd Leg	1078	Satoru Inoue		–
Anchor	1096	Tatsuo Sugimoto		–
4	6	Mexico	MEX	39.77	q
Lead-Off	1245	Genaro Rojas		–
2nd Leg	1241	Eduardo Nava		–
3rd Leg	1232	Raymundo Escalante		–
Anchor	1229	Alejandro Cárdenas		–
5	4	Togo	TOG	39.77	q
Lead-Off	1637	Kouame Aholou		–
2nd Leg	1640	Boevi Lawson		–
3rd Leg	1639	Koukou Franck Amégnigan		–
Anchor	1638	Kossi Akoto		–
6	7	Côte d'Ivoire	CIV	40.02	q
Lead-Off	309	Franck Waota		–
2nd Leg	311	Jean-Olivier Zirignon		–
3rd Leg	301	Gilles Bogui		–
Anchor	305	Ouattara Lagazane		–
DQ	8	Belize	BIZ	–
Lead-Off	118	Emery Gill		–
2nd Leg	122	Elston Shaw		–
3rd Leg	120	Michael Joseph		–
Anchor	121	John Palacio		–

Heat #2

Time	9:40

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	2	France	FRA	39.49	Q
Lead-Off	646	Max Morinière		–
2nd Leg	662	Daniel Sangouma		–
3rd Leg	657	Gilles Quénéhervé		–
Anchor	644	Bruno Marie-Rose		–
2	7	Unified Team	EUN	40.07	Q
Lead-Off	504	Pavel Galkin		–
2nd Leg	510	Edvin Ivanov		–
3rd Leg	503	Andrey Fedoriv		–
Anchor	557	Vitaly Savin		–
3	5	Sierra Leone	SLE	40.11	Q
Lead-Off	1850	Francis Keita		–
2nd Leg	1514	Denton Guy-Williams		–
3rd Leg	1517	Paul Parkinson		–
Anchor	1519	Sanusi Turay		–
4	4	Senegal	SEN	40.13
Lead-Off	1502	Charles-Louis Seck		–
2nd Leg	1498	Amadou M'Baye		–
3rd Leg	1497	Seydou Loum		–
Anchor	1496	Oumar Loum		–
5	3	Portugal	POR	40.30
Lead-Off	1394	Luís Cunha		–
2nd Leg	1395	Pedro Curvelo		–
3rd Leg	1388	Luís Barroso		–
Anchor	1386	Pedro Agostinho		–
DQ	6	Congo	CGO	[41.26]
Lead-Off	256	Médard Makanga		–
2nd Leg	255	Michael Dzong		–
3rd Leg	254	Armand Biniakounou		–
Anchor	257	David Nkoua		–

Heat #3

Time	9:50

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	5	Canada	CAN	39.34	Q
Lead-Off	226	Ben Johnson		–
2nd Leg	218	Glenroy Gilbert		–
3rd Leg	239	Peter Ogilvie		–
Anchor	247	Bruny Surin		–
2	4	Great Britain	GBR	39.73	Q
Lead-Off	726	Tony Jarrett		–
2nd Leg	728	Jason John		–
3rd Leg	681	Marcus Adam		–
Anchor	695	Linford Christie		–
3	6	Austria	AUT	39.86	Q
Lead-Off	77	Christoph Pöstinger		–
2nd Leg	79	Thomas Renner		–
3rd Leg	70	Andreas Berger		–
Anchor	78	Franz Ratzenberger		–
4	7	Ghana	GHA	40.11	q
Lead-Off	874	John Myles-Mills		–
2nd Leg	864	Eric Akogyiram		–
3rd Leg	876	Emmanuel Tuffour		–
Anchor	867	Nelson Boateng		–
5	3	United States Virgin Islands	ISV	40.48
Lead-Off	980	Derry Pemberton		–
2nd Leg	977	Neville Hodge		–
3rd Leg	981	Mitch Peters		–
Anchor	975	Wyndell Dickinson		–
6	2	The Gambia	GAM	40.98
Lead-Off	677	Dawda Jallow		–
2nd Leg	680	Momodou Sarr		–
3rd Leg	678	Abdulieh Janneh		–
Anchor	679	Lamin Marikong		–

Heat #4

Time	10:00

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	3	Nigeria	NGR	38.98	Q
Lead-Off	1300	Osmond Ezinwa		–
2nd Leg	1302	Chidi Imoh		–
3rd Leg	1294	Olapade Adeniken		–
Anchor	1299	Davidson Ezinwa		–
2	2	Spain	ESP	39.60	Q
Lead-Off	398	Javier Arqués		–
2nd Leg	453	Enrique Talavera		–
3rd Leg	454	Juan Jesús Trapero		–
Anchor	429	Sergio López		–
3	6	Thailand	THA	39.91	Q
Lead-Off	1622	Kriengkrai Narom		–
2nd Leg	1615	Seaksarn Boonrat		–
3rd Leg	1625	Niti Piyapan		–
Anchor	1636	Visut Watanasin		–
4	5	San Marino	SMR	42.08
Lead-Off	1528	Nicola Selva		–
2nd Leg	1527	Manlio Molinari		–
3rd Leg	1525	Dominique Canti		–
Anchor	1524	Aldo Canti		–
5	7	Bangladesh	BAN	42.18
Lead-Off	92	Golam Ambia		–
2nd Leg	94	Mohamed Mehdi Hasan		–
3rd Leg	93	Shahanuddin Choudhury		–
Anchor	95	Mohamed Shah Jalal		–
DNF	4	Jamaica	JAM	–
Lead-Off	1047	Michael Green		–
2nd Leg	1054	Rudolph Mighty		–
3rd Leg	1067	Anthony Wallace		–
Anchor	1064	Ray Stewart		–

Semi-Finals

Date	7 August 1992
Format	Top 4 in each heat advanced to the final round.

Pos	Team	NOC	Time (automatic)
1	United States	USA	38.14	Q
2	Nigeria	NGR	38.21	Q
3	Cuba	CUB	38.49	Q
4	Great Britain	GBR	38.64	Q
5	Unified Team	EUN	38.69	Q
6	Japan	JPN	38.81	Q
7	France	FRA	39.02
8	Ghana	GHA	39.28
9	Austria	AUT	39.34	Q
10	Côte d'Ivoire	CIV	39.46	Q
11	Spain	ESP	39.62
12	Thailand	THA	39.73
13	Togo	TOG	39.84
14	Sierra Leone	SLE	40.46
DNF	Canada	CAN	–
DQ	Mexico	MEX	–

Heat #1

Time	19:30

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	4	United States	USA	38.14	Q
Lead-Off	1734	Mike Marsh		–
2nd Leg	1675	Leroy Burrell		–
3rd Leg	1738	Dennis Mitchell		–
Anchor	1729	Carl Lewis		–
2	3	Cuba	CUB	38.49	Q
Lead-Off	366	Andrés Simón		–
2nd Leg	350	Joel Lamela		–
3rd Leg	348	Joel Isasi		–
Anchor	336	Jorge Aguilera		–
3	2	Unified Team	EUN	38.69	Q
Lead-Off	504	Pavel Galkin		–
2nd Leg	510	Edvin Ivanov		–
3rd Leg	503	Andrey Fedoriv		–
Anchor	557	Vitaly Savin		–
4	5	Japan	JPN	38.81	Q
Lead-Off	1074	Shinji Aoto		–
2nd Leg	1098	Hisatsugu Suzuki		–
3rd Leg	1078	Satoru Inoue		–
Anchor	1096	Tatsuo Sugimoto		–
5	6	France	FRA	39.02
Lead-Off	646	Max Morinière		–
2nd Leg	662	Daniel Sangouma		–
3rd Leg	657	Gilles Quénéhervé		–
Anchor	644	Bruno Marie-Rose		–
6	1	Ghana	GHA	39.28
Lead-Off	874	John Myles-Mills		–
2nd Leg	864	Eric Akogyiram		–
3rd Leg	876	Emmanuel Tuffour		–
Anchor	867	Nelson Boateng		–
7	7	Sierra Leone	SLE	40.46
Lead-Off	1850	Francis Keita		–
2nd Leg	1514	Denton Guy-Williams		–
3rd Leg	1517	Paul Parkinson		–
Anchor	1519	Sanusi Turay		–
DQ	8	Mexico	MEX	–
Lead-Off	1245	Genaro Rojas		–
2nd Leg	1241	Eduardo Nava		–
3rd Leg	1232	Raymundo Escalante		–
Anchor	1229	Alejandro Cárdenas		–

Heat #2

Time	19:40

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	4	Nigeria	NGR	38.21	Q
Lead-Off	1303	Oluyemi Kayode		–
2nd Leg	1302	Chidi Imoh		–
3rd Leg	1294	Olapade Adeniken		–
Anchor	1299	Davidson Ezinwa		–
2	3	Great Britain	GBR	38.64	Q
Lead-Off	726	Tony Jarrett		–
2nd Leg	750	John Regis		–
3rd Leg	681	Marcus Adam		–
Anchor	695	Linford Christie		–
3	7	Austria	AUT	39.34	Q
Lead-Off	77	Christoph Pöstinger		–
2nd Leg	79	Thomas Renner		–
3rd Leg	70	Andreas Berger		–
Anchor	78	Franz Ratzenberger		–
4	8	Côte d'Ivoire	CIV	39.46	Q
Lead-Off	309	Franck Waota		–
2nd Leg	311	Jean-Olivier Zirignon		–
3rd Leg	301	Gilles Bogui		–
Anchor	305	Ouattara Lagazane		–
5	6	Spain	ESP	39.62
Lead-Off	398	Javier Arqués		–
2nd Leg	453	Enrique Talavera		–
3rd Leg	454	Juan Jesús Trapero		–
Anchor	429	Sergio López		–
6	1	Thailand	THA	39.73
Lead-Off	1622	Kriengkrai Narom		–
2nd Leg	1615	Seaksarn Boonrat		–
3rd Leg	1625	Niti Piyapan		–
Anchor	1636	Visut Watanasin		–
7	2	Togo	TOG	39.84
Lead-Off	1637	Kouame Aholou		–
2nd Leg	1640	Boevi Lawson		–
3rd Leg	1639	Koukou Franck Amégnigan		–
Anchor	1638	Kossi Akoto		–
DNF	5	Canada	CAN	–
Lead-Off	226	Ben Johnson		–
2nd Leg	218	Glenroy Gilbert		–
3rd Leg	231	Atlee Mahorn		–
Anchor	247	Bruny Surin		–

Final Round

Date	8 August 1992 — 19:20

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Split Time
1	4	United States	USA	37.40	–	WR
Lead-Off	1734	Mike Marsh		–	–
2nd Leg	1675	Leroy Burrell		–	–
3rd Leg	1738	Dennis Mitchell		–	–
Anchor	1729	Carl Lewis		–	8.85
2	–	Nigeria	NGR	37.98	–
Lead-Off	1303	Oluyemi Kayode		–	–
2nd Leg	1302	Chidi Imoh		–	–
3rd Leg	1294	Olapade Adeniken		–	–
Anchor	1299	Davidson Ezinwa		–	–
3	–	Cuba	CUB	38.00	–
Lead-Off	366	Andrés Simón		–	–
2nd Leg	350	Joel Lamela		–	–
3rd Leg	348	Joel Isasi		–	–
Anchor	336	Jorge Aguilera		–	–
4	6	Great Britain	GBR	38.08	–
Lead-Off	681	Marcus Adam		–	–
2nd Leg	726	Tony Jarrett		–	–
3rd Leg	750	John Regis		–	–
Anchor	695	Linford Christie		–	–
5	8	Unified Team	EUN	38.17	–
Lead-Off	504	Pavel Galkin		–	–
2nd Leg	510	Edvin Ivanov		–	–
3rd Leg	503	Andrey Fedoriv		–	–
Anchor	557	Vitaly Savin		–	–
6	7	Japan	JPN	38.77	–
Lead-Off	1074	Shinji Aoto		–	–
2nd Leg	1098	Hisatsugu Suzuki		–	–
3rd Leg	1078	Satoru Inoue		–	–
Anchor	1096	Tatsuo Sugimoto		–	–
7	1	Austria	AUT	39.30	–
Lead-Off	77	Christoph Pöstinger		–	–
2nd Leg	79	Thomas Renner		–	–
3rd Leg	70	Andreas Berger		–	–
Anchor	78	Franz Ratzenberger		–	–
8	2	Côte d'Ivoire	CIV	39.31	–
Lead-Off	309	Franck Waota		–	–
2nd Leg	311	Jean-Olivier Zirignon		–	–
3rd Leg	301	Gilles Bogui		–	–
Anchor	305	Ouattara Lagazane		–	–