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4 × 400 metres Relay, Men

Date	2 – 3 August 1996
Status	Olympic
Location	Centennial Olympic Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia
Participants	151 from 35 countries

Going into the Olympics, the US was again considered dominant, led by Michael Johnson and Harry (Butch) Reynolds. But Johnson injured himself in winning the 200 and Reynolds slowed with an injury in his 400 semi and they would not run the relay. The US was still considered the favorite but the race was open, with Great Britain and Jamaica considered challengers. Kenya was also highly considered but injuries prevented them starting the final. In the final, the US was given a slight lead by LaMont Smith on the opener. The last three American runners, Alvin Harrison, Derek Mills, and Anthuan Maybank, all ran their splits under 44 seconds but the race remained close throughout, as Great Britain would not go away. Eventually the US won the gold medal by five metres as both Maybank and Britain’s Roger Black ran 43.87 on the anchor legs.

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	–	United States	USA	3:00.56 (1 h2)	2:57.86 (1 h2)	2:55.99 (1)	Gold
		LaMont Smith • Alvin Harrison • Derek Mills • Anthuan Maybank • Jason Rouser
2	–	Great Britain	GBR	3:01.79 (1 h1)	3:01.36 (1 h1)	2:56.60 (2)	Silver
		Iwan Thomas • Jamie Baulch • Mark Richardson • Roger Black • Mark Hylton • Du'aine Ladejo
3	–	Jamaica	JAM	3:02.81 (1 h4)	2:58.42 (2 h2)	2:59.42 (3)	Bronze
		Michael McDonald • Roxbert Martin • Greg Haughton • Davian Clarke • Dennis Blake • Garth Robinson
4	–	Senegal	SEN	3:02.61 (2 h3)	3:01.72 (2 h1)	3:00.64 (4)
		Tapha Diarra • Aboubakry Dia • Hachim N'Diaye • Ibou Faye
5	–	Japan	JPN	3:02.82 (1 h5)	3:01.92 (3 h2)	3:00.76 (5)
		Shunji Karube • Koji Ito • Jun Osakada • Shigekazu Omori • Kenji Tabata
6	–	Poland	POL	3:01.92 (2 h1)	3:02.29 (4 h1)	3:00.96 (6)
		Piotr Rysiukiewicz • Tomasz Jędrusik • Piotr Haczek • Robert Maćkowiak • Paweł Januszewski
7	–	The Bahamas	BAH	3:04.09 (2 h5)	3:02.17 (4 h2)	3:02.71 (7)
		Carl Oliver • Troy McIntosh • Dennis Darling • Tim Munnings • Theron Cooper
3 h1 r2/3	–	Kenya	KEN	3:02.52 (1 h3)	3:01.73 (3 h1)	– (DNS)
		Julius Chepkwony • Simon Kemboi • Samson Kitur • Kennedy Ochieng • Samson Yego
5 h1 r2/3	–	South Africa	RSA	3:03.79 (3 h4)	3:02.96 (5 h1)	–
		Alfred Visagie • Arnaud Malherbe • Hendrick Mokganyetsi • Bobang Phiri
5 h2 r2/3	–	Italy	ITA	3:03.60 (2 h4)	3:02.56 (5 h2)	–
		Fabrizio Mori • Alessandro Aimar • Andrea Nuti • Ashraf Saber • Marco Vaccari
6 h1 r2/3	–	Brazil	BRA	3:02.51 (3 h1)	3:03.46 (6 h1)	–
		Sanderlei Parrela • Valdinei da Silva • Éverson Teixeira • Eronildes Araújo • Osmar dos Santos
6 h2 r2/3	–	Switzerland	SUI	3:03.05 (4 h3)	3:05.36 (6 h2)	–
		Laurent Clerc • Kevin Widmer • Alain Rohr • Mathias Rusterholz
7 h1 r2/3	–	Australia	AUS	3:03.73 (4 h1)	3:04.55 (7 h1)	–
		Mark Ladbrook • Michael Joubert • Paul Greene • Cameron Mackenzie
7 h2 r2/3	–	Kingdom of Saudi Arabia	KSA	3:04.67 (3 h5)	3:07.18 (7 h2)	–
		Saleh Al-Saydan • Mohamed Hamed Al-Bishi • Hashim Al-Sharfa • Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily
8 h1 r2/3	–	Russian Federation	RUS	3:04.73 (2 h2)	3:05.63 (8 h1)	–
		Innokenty Zharov • Mikhail Vdovin • Ruslan Mashchenko • Dmitry Kosov
AC h2 r2/3	–	Nigeria	NGR	3:02.73 (3 h3)	[3:01.75] (DQ h2)	–
		Udeme Ekpenyong • Clement Chukwu • Ayuba Machem • Sunday Bada
3 h2 r1/3	–	Ghana	GHA	3:05.53 (3 h2)	–	–
		Solomon Amegatcher • Abu Duah • Julius Sedame • Ahmed Ali
4 h2 r1/3	–	Cuba	CUB	3:05.75 (4 h2)	–	–
		Omar Meña • Jorge Crusellas • Georkis Vera • Roberto Hernández
4 h4 r1/3	–	Mauritius	MRI	3:08.17 (4 h4)	–	–
		Gilbert Hashan • Désiré Pierre-Louis • Rudy Tirvengadum • Éric Milazar
4 h5 r1/3	–	Germany	GER	3:05.16 (4 h5)	–	–
		Rico Lieder • Andreas Hein • Kai Karsten • Thomas Schönlebe
5 h1 r1/3	–	Saint Lucia	LCA	3:10.51 (5 h1)	–	–
		Dominic Johnson • Ivan Jean-Marie • Maxime Charlemagne • Max Seales
5 h2 r1/3	–	Qatar	QAT	3:08.25 (5 h2)	–	–
		Mubarak Sultan Al-Nubi Faraj • Ali Ismail Doka • Sami Al-Abdullah • Hamad Al-Dosari
5 h3 r1/3	–	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	VIN	3:06.52 (5 h3)	–	–
		Eswort Coombs • Thomas Dickson • Eversley Linley • Kambon Sampson
5 h4 r1/3	–	Zimbabwe	ZIM	3:13.35 (5 h4)	–	–
		Julius Masvanhise • Tawanda Chiwira • Savieri Ngidhi • Ken Harnden
5 h5 r1/3	–	Botswana	BOT	3:06.62 (5 h5)	–	–
		Aggripa Matshameko • Keteng Baloseng • Rampa Mosweu • Johnson Kubisa
6 h1 r1/3	–	Fiji	FIJ	3:10.67 (6 h1)	–	–
		Soloveni Koroi Nakaunicina • Henry Rogo • Solomone Bole • Isireli Naikelekelevesi
6 h2 r1/3	–	Antigua and Barbuda	ANT	3:09.46 (6 h2)	–	–
		N'Kosie Barnes • Michael Terry • Mitchell Browne • Howard Lindsay
6 h3 r1/3	–	British Virgin Islands	IVB	3:17.30 (6 h3)	–	–
		Mario Todman • Steve Augustine • Greg Rhymer • Ralston Varlack
6 h4 r1/3	–	Maldives	MDV	3:24.88 (6 h4)	–	–
		Ahmed Shageef • Mohamed Amir • Naseer Ismail • Hussain Riyaz
7 h1 r1/3	–	Sierra Leone	SLE	3:11.65 (7 h1)	–	–
		Foday Sillah • Haroun Korjie • Frank Turay • Prince Amara
7 h2 r1/3	–	Lesotho	LES	3:15.67 (7 h2)	–	–
		Isaac Seatile • Motlatsi Maseela • Makoekoe Mahanetsa • Mpho Morobe
7 h3 r1/3	–	Papua New Guinea	PNG	3:19.92 (7 h3)	–	–
		Samuel Bai • Ivan Wakit • Amos Ali • Subul Babo
AC h4 r1/3	–	Grenada	GRN	[3:13.67] (DQ h4)	–	–
		Richard Britton • Rufus Jones • Alleyne Francique • Clint Williams
AC h5 r1/3	–	The Gambia	GAM	– (DNF h5)	–	–
		Dawda Jallow • Momodou Drammeh • Lamin Drammeh • Assan John
AC h5 r1/3	–	Guyana	GUY	[3:07.19] (DQ h5)	–	–
		Andrew Harry • Roger Gill • Lancelot Gittens • Richard Jones

Round One

Date	2 August 1996
Format	Top two in each heat and next six fastest advanced to the semi-finals.

Pos	Team	NOC	Time (automatic)	Reaction Time
1	United States	USA	3:00.56	0.369	Q
2	Great Britain	GBR	3:01.79	0.310	Q	1
3	Poland	POL	3:01.92	0.209	Q	2
4	Brazil	BRA	3:02.51	0.251	q
5	Kenya	KEN	3:02.52	0.401	Q
6	Senegal	SEN	3:02.61	0.314	Q
7	Nigeria	NGR	3:02.73	0.671	q	3
8	Jamaica	JAM	3:02.81	0.330	Q
9	Japan	JPN	3:02.82	0.492	Q
10	Switzerland	SUI	3:03.05	0.289	q
11	Italy	ITA	3:03.60	0.232	Q
12	Australia	AUS	3:03.73	0.404	q
13	South Africa	RSA	3:03.79	0.394	q
14	The Bahamas	BAH	3:04.09	0.270	Q
15	Kingdom of Saudi Arabia	KSA	3:04.67	0.275	q
16	Russian Federation	RUS	3:04.73	0.243	Q
17	Germany	GER	3:05.16	0.249
18	Ghana	GHA	3:05.53	0.216
19	Cuba	CUB	3:05.75	0.401
20	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	VIN	3:06.52	0.343
21	Botswana	BOT	3:06.62	0.274
22	Mauritius	MRI	3:08.17	0.385
23	Qatar	QAT	3:08.25	0.334
24	Antigua and Barbuda	ANT	3:09.46	0.424
25	Saint Lucia	LCA	3:10.51	0.330
26	Fiji	FIJ	3:10.67	0.272
27	Sierra Leone	SLE	3:11.65	0.434
28	Zimbabwe	ZIM	3:13.35	0.256
29	Lesotho	LES	3:15.67	0.265
30	British Virgin Islands	IVB	3:17.30	0.322
31	Papua New Guinea	PNG	3:19.92	0.241
32	Maldives	MDV	3:24.88	0.373
DNF	The Gambia	GAM	–	–
DQ	Guyana	GUY	[3:07.19]	[0.376]
DQ	Grenada	GRN	[3:13.67]	[0.443]

Heat #1

Time	10:30

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time	Split	Exchange
1	–	Great Britain	GBR	3:01.79	0.310	– (–)	– (–)	Q	4
Lead-Off	1494	Du'aine Ladejo		–	–	46.00 (2)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Jamie Baulch		–	–	45.36 (2)	1:31.36 (2)
3rd Leg	–	Mark Hylton		–	–	45.86 (=3)	2:17.22 (3)
Anchor	–	Mark Richardson		–	–	44.69 (1)	– (–)
2	–	Poland	POL	3:01.92	0.209	– (–)	– (–)	Q	5
Lead-Off	2056	Piotr Rysiukiewicz		–	–	46.26 (3)	– (–)
2nd Leg	2048	Paweł Januszewski		–	–	45.67 (5)	1:31.93 (3)
3rd Leg	2052	Robert Maćkowiak		–	–	44.82 (1)	2:16.75 (1)
Anchor	–	Piotr Haczek		–	–	45.14 (2)	– (–)
3	–	Brazil	BRA	3:02.51	0.251	– (–)	– (–)	q
Lead-Off	1178	Éverson Teixeira		–	–	45.70 (1)	– (–)
2nd Leg	1177	Valdinei da Silva		–	–	45.56 (4)	1:31.26 (1)
3rd Leg	1163	Osmar dos Santos		–	–	45.86 (=3)	2:17.12 (2)
Anchor	1170	Sanderlei Parrela		–	–	45.39 (3)	– (–)
4	–	Australia	AUS	3:03.73	0.404	– (–)	– (–)	q
Lead-Off	1051	Mark Ladbrook		–	–	46.62 (4)	– (–)
2nd Leg	1050	Michael Joubert		–	–	45.43 (3)	1:32.05 (4)
3rd Leg	1046	Paul Greene		–	–	45.85 (2)	2:17.90 (4)
Anchor	–	Cameron Mackenzie		–	–	45.83 (4)	– (–)
5	–	Saint Lucia	LCA	3:10.51	0.330	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-Off	1881	Dominic Johnson		–	–	48.76 (7)	– (–)
2nd Leg	1880	Ivan Jean-Marie		–	–	45.26 (1)	1:34.02 (5)
3rd Leg	–	Maxime Charlemagne		–	–	47.69 (7)	2:21.71 (6)
Anchor	–	Max Seales		–	–	48.80 (5)	– (–)
6	–	Fiji	FIJ	3:10.67	0.272	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-Off	–	Soloveni Koroi Nakaunicina		–	–	46.77 (5)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Henry Rogo		–	–	47.94 (7)	1:34.71 (6)
3rd Leg	–	Solomone Bole		–	–	46.60 (5)	2:21.31 (5)
Anchor	–	Isireli Naikelekelevesi		–	–	49.36 (6)	– (–)
7	–	Sierra Leone	SLE	3:11.65	0.434	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-Off	–	Foday Sillah		–	–	47.59 (6)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Haroun Korjie		–	–	47.48 (6)	1:35.07 (7)
3rd Leg	–	Frank Turay		–	–	47.15 (6)	2:22.22 (7)
Anchor	–	Prince Amara		–	–	49.43 (7)	– (–)

Heat #2

Time	10:40

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time	Split	Exchange
1	–	United States	USA	3:00.56	0.369	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Lead-Off	–	LaMont Smith		–	–	45.47 (1)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Jason Rouser		–	–	44.45 (1)	1:29.92 (1)
3rd Leg	–	Derek Mills		–	–	44.76 (1)	2:14.68 (1)
Anchor	–	Anthuan Maybank		–	–	45.88 (3)	– (–)
2	–	Russian Federation	RUS	3:04.73	0.243	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Lead-Off	–	Innokenty Zharov		–	–	47.40 (5)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Mikhail Vdovin		–	–	45.81 (2)	1:33.21 (3)
3rd Leg	2146	Ruslan Mashchenko		–	–	45.77 (2)	2:18.98 (2)
Anchor	–	Dmitry Kosov		–	–	45.75 (2)	– (–)
3	–	Ghana	GHA	3:05.53	0.216	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-Off	–	Solomon Amegatcher		–	–	46.46 (3)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Abu Duah		–	–	47.04 (6)	1:33.50 (4)
3rd Leg	–	Julius Sedame		–	–	46.80 (3)	2:20.30 (4)
Anchor	–	Ahmed Ali		–	–	45.23 (1)	– (–)
4	–	Cuba	CUB	3:05.75	0.401	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-Off	–	Omar Meña		–	–	46.06 (2)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Jorge Crusellas		–	–	46.91 (5)	1:32.97 (2)
3rd Leg	–	Georkis Vera		–	–	46.82 (4)	2:19.79 (3)
Anchor	–	Roberto Hernández		–	–	45.96 (4)	– (–)
5	–	Qatar	QAT	3:08.25	0.334	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-Off	2093	Mubarak Sultan Al-Nubi Faraj		–	–	46.76 (4)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Ali Ismail Doka		–	–	46.85 (3)	1:33.61 (5)
3rd Leg	–	Sami Al-Abdullah		–	–	47.12 (5)	2:20.73 (5)
Anchor	–	Hamad Al-Dosari		–	–	47.52 (7)	– (–)
6	–	Antigua and Barbuda	ANT	3:09.46	0.424	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-Off	–	N'Kosie Barnes		–	–	48.03 (6)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Michael Terry		–	–	46.87 (4)	1:34.90 (6)
3rd Leg	–	Mitchell Browne		–	–	47.29 (6)	2:22.19 (6)
Anchor	–	Howard Lindsay		–	–	47.27 (6)	– (–)
7	–	Lesotho	LES	3:15.67	0.265	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-Off	–	Isaac Seatile		–	–	48.91 (7)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Motlatsi Maseela		–	–	47.25 (7)	1:36.16 (7)
3rd Leg	–	Makoekoe Mahanetsa		–	–	52.38 (7)	2:28.54 (7)
Anchor	1885	Mpho Morobe		–	–	47.13 (5)	– (–)

Heat #3

Time	10:50

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time	Split	Exchange
1	–	Kenya	KEN	3:02.52	0.401	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Lead-Off	–	Samson Yego		–	–	46.14 (3)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Simon Kemboi		–	–	45.60 (2)	1:31.74 (2)
3rd Leg	1811	Kennedy Ochieng		–	–	45.84 (3)	2:17.58 (2)
Anchor	–	Julius Chepkwony		–	–	44.94 (=2)	– (–)
2	–	Senegal	SEN	3:02.61	0.314	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Lead-Off	–	Tapha Diarra		–	–	46.31 (4)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Aboubakry Dia		–	–	45.52 (1)	1:31.83 (3)
3rd Leg	–	Hachim N'Diaye		–	–	45.15 (1)	2:16.98 (1)
Anchor	2179	Ibou Faye		–	–	45.63 (4)	– (–)
3	–	Nigeria	NGR	3:02.73	0.671	– (–)	– (–)	q	6
Lead-Off	–	Udeme Ekpenyong		–	–	44.66 (1)	– (–)
2nd Leg	1985	Clement Chukwu		–	–	46.55 (4)	1:31.21 (1)
3rd Leg	–	Ayuba Machem		–	–	46.68 (4)	2:17.89 (3)
Anchor	1983	Sunday Bada		–	–	44.94 (=2)	– (–)
4	–	Switzerland	SUI	3:03.05	0.289	– (–)	– (–)	q
Lead-Off	2221	Laurent Clerc		–	–	46.62 (5)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Kevin Widmer		–	–	45.93 (3)	1:32.55 (5)
3rd Leg	–	Alain Rohr		–	–	45.80 (2)	2:18.35 (4)
Anchor	2229	Mathias Rusterholz		–	–	44.70 (1)	– (–)
5	–	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	VIN	3:06.52	0.343	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-Off	2429	Eswort Coombs		–	–	45.46 (2)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Thomas Dickson		–	–	46.79 (5)	1:32.25 (4)
3rd Leg	–	Eversley Linley		–	–	46.85 (5)	2:19.10 (5)
Anchor	–	Kambon Sampson		–	–	47.42 (5)	– (–)
6	–	British Virgin Islands	IVB	3:17.30	0.322	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-Off	–	Mario Todman		–	–	48.06 (6)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Steve Augustine		–	–	48.31 (6)	1:36.37 (6)
3rd Leg	1729	Greg Rhymer		–	–	49.72 (6)	2:26.09 (6)
Anchor	–	Ralston Varlack		–	–	51.21 (7)	– (–)
7	–	Papua New Guinea	PNG	3:19.92	0.241	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-Off	–	Samuel Bai		–	–	48.83 (7)	– (–)
2nd Leg	2043	Ivan Wakit		–	–	52.07 (7)	1:40.90 (7)
3rd Leg	2038	Amos Ali		–	–	51.32 (7)	2:32.22 (7)
Anchor	2039	Subul Babo		–	–	47.70 (6)	– (–)

Heat #4

Time	11:00

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time	Split	Exchange
1	–	Jamaica	JAM	3:02.81	0.330	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Lead-Off	–	Greg Haughton		–	–	46.02 (1)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Dennis Blake		–	–	45.05 (1)	1:31.07 (1)
3rd Leg	1745	Roxbert Martin		–	–	46.31 (3)	2:17.38 (1)
Anchor	–	Garth Robinson		–	–	45.43 (4)	– (–)
2	–	Italy	ITA	3:03.60	0.232	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Lead-Off	–	Marco Vaccari		–	–	47.20 (3)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Alessandro Aimar		–	–	45.18 (2)	1:32.38 (2)
3rd Leg	–	Andrea Nuti		–	–	45.94 (2)	2:18.32 (2)
Anchor	1722	Ashraf Saber		–	–	45.28 (3)	– (–)
3	–	South Africa	RSA	3:03.79	0.394	– (–)	– (–)	q
Lead-Off	2125	Alfred Visagie		–	–	47.53 (5)	– (–)
2nd Leg	2114	Arnaud Malherbe		–	–	45.46 (3)	1:32.99 (3)
3rd Leg	2116	Hendrick Mokganyetsi		–	–	45.68 (1)	2:18.67 (3)
Anchor	2119	Bobang Phiri		–	–	45.12 (2)	– (–)
4	–	Mauritius	MRI	3:08.17	0.385	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-Off	1948	Gilbert Hashan		–	–	47.06 (2)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Désiré Pierre-Louis		–	–	47.58 (4)	1:34.64 (4)
3rd Leg	–	Rudy Tirvengadum		–	–	46.46 (4)	2:21.10 (4)
Anchor	–	Éric Milazar		–	–	47.07 (5)	– (–)
5	–	Zimbabwe	ZIM	3:13.35	0.256	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-Off	2454	Julius Masvanhise		–	–	47.35 (4)	– (–)
2nd Leg	2452	Tawanda Chiwira		–	–	53.99 (7)	1:41.34 (5)
3rd Leg	2456	Savieri Ngidhi		–	–	46.99 (5)	2:28.33 (5)
Anchor	2453	Ken Harnden		–	–	45.02 (1)	– (–)
6	–	Maldives	MDV	3:24.88	0.373	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-Off	–	Ahmed Shageef		–	–	51.44 (6)	– (–)
2nd Leg	1924	Mohamed Amir		–	–	50.22 (6)	1:41.66 (6)
3rd Leg	1925	Naseer Ismail		–	–	50.48 (7)	2:32.14 (6)
Anchor	1926	Hussain Riyaz		–	–	52.74 (7)	– (–)
DQ	–	Grenada	GRN	[3:13.67]	[0.443]	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-Off	–	Richard Britton		–	–	[48.46] ([6])	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Rufus Jones		–	–	[49.75] ([5])	[1:38.21] ([5])
3rd Leg	–	Alleyne Francique		–	–	[47.31] ([6])	[2:25.52] ([5])
Anchor	–	Clint Williams		–	–	[48.15] ([6])	– (–)

Heat #5

Time	11:10

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time	Split	Exchange
1	–	Japan	JPN	3:02.82	0.492	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Lead-Off	1761	Shunji Karube		–	–	46.08 (1)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Jun Osakada		–	–	45.52 (2)	1:31.60 (1)
3rd Leg	1767	Shigekazu Omori		–	–	45.40 (1)	2:17.00 (1)
Anchor	–	Kenji Tabata		–	–	45.82 (5)	– (–)
2	–	The Bahamas	BAH	3:04.09	0.270	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Lead-Off	1087	Troy McIntosh		–	–	47.14 (3)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Tim Munnings		–	–	45.39 (1)	1:32.53 (2)
3rd Leg	–	Theron Cooper		–	–	45.85 (2)	2:18.38 (2)
Anchor	–	Dennis Darling		–	–	45.71 (4)	– (–)
3	–	Kingdom of Saudi Arabia	KSA	3:04.67	0.275	– (–)	– (–)	q
Lead-Off	1839	Mohamed Hamed Al-Bishi		–	–	47.25 (4)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Hashim Al-Sharfa		–	–	45.91 (4)	1:33.16 (4)
3rd Leg	–	Saleh Al-Saydan		–	–	46.34 (4)	2:19.50 (4)
Anchor	1851	Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily		–	–	45.17 (2)	– (–)
4	–	Germany	GER	3:05.16	0.249	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-Off	–	Rico Lieder		–	–	46.94 (2)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Andreas Hein		–	–	45.80 (3)	1:32.74 (3)
3rd Leg	–	Kai Karsten		–	–	46.02 (3)	2:18.76 (3)
Anchor	–	Thomas Schönlebe		–	–	46.40 (6)	– (–)
5	–	Botswana	BOT	3:06.62	0.274	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-Off	–	Aggripa Matshameko		–	–	48.56 (5)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Keteng Baloseng		–	–	46.14 (6)	1:34.70 (5)
3rd Leg	–	Rampa Mosweu		–	–	46.50 (5)	2:21.20 (5)
Anchor	–	Johnson Kubisa		–	–	45.42 (3)	– (–)
DNF	–	The Gambia	GAM	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-Off	1460	Dawda Jallow		–	–	– (–)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Momodou Drammeh		–	–	– (–)	– (–)
3rd Leg	–	Lamin Drammeh		–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Anchor	–	Assan John		–	–	– (–)	– (–)
DQ	–	Guyana	GUY	[3:07.19]	[0.376]	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-Off	–	Andrew Harry		–	–	[49.06] ([6])	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Roger Gill		–	–	[46.10] ([5])	[1:35.16] ([6])
3rd Leg	1631	Lancelot Gittens		–	–	[46.88] ([6])	[2:22.04] ([6])
Anchor	1633	Richard Jones		–	–	[45.15] ([1])	– (–)

Semi-Finals

Date	2 August 1996
Format	Top four in each heat advanced to the final.

Pos	Team	NOC	Time (automatic)	Reaction Time
1	United States	USA	2:57.86	0.402	Q
2	Jamaica	JAM	2:58.42	0.330	Q
3	Great Britain	GBR	3:01.36	0.238	Q
4	Senegal	SEN	3:01.72	0.327	Q
5	Kenya	KEN	3:01.73	0.242	Q
6	Japan	JPN	3:01.92	0.307	Q
7	The Bahamas	BAH	3:02.17	0.357	Q
8	Poland	POL	3:02.29	0.343	Q
9	Italy	ITA	3:02.56	0.249
10	South Africa	RSA	3:02.96	0.359
11	Brazil	BRA	3:03.46	0.439
12	Australia	AUS	3:04.55	0.223
13	Switzerland	SUI	3:05.36	0.249
14	Russian Federation	RUS	3:05.63	0.168
15	Kingdom of Saudi Arabia	KSA	3:07.18	0.284
DQ	Nigeria	NGR	[3:01.75]	[0.495]

Heat #1

Time	20:00

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time	Split	Exchange
1	–	Great Britain	GBR	3:01.36	0.238	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Lead-Off	1512	Iwan Thomas		–	–	45.78 (1)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Jamie Baulch		–	–	44.66 (1)	1:30.44 (1)
3rd Leg	1494	Du'aine Ladejo		–	–	45.58 (=6)	2:16.02 (2)
Anchor	–	Mark Richardson		–	–	45.34 (5)	– (–)
2	–	Senegal	SEN	3:01.72	0.327	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Lead-Off	–	Tapha Diarra		–	–	46.41 (5)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Aboubakry Dia		–	–	44.91 (2)	1:31.32 (3)
3rd Leg	–	Hachim N'Diaye		–	–	44.68 (1)	2:16.00 (1)
Anchor	2179	Ibou Faye		–	–	45.72 (6)	– (–)
3	–	Kenya	KEN	3:01.73	0.242	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Lead-Off	1805	Samson Kitur		–	–	46.18 (2)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Samson Yego		–	–	44.98 (3)	1:31.16 (2)
3rd Leg	–	Simon Kemboi		–	–	45.55 (4)	2:16.71 (3)
Anchor	–	Julius Chepkwony		–	–	45.02 (1)	– (–)
4	–	Poland	POL	3:02.29	0.343	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Lead-Off	2056	Piotr Rysiukiewicz		–	–	46.40 (4)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Tomasz Jędrusik		–	–	45.69 (6)	1:32.09 (4)
3rd Leg	2052	Robert Maćkowiak		–	–	45.02 (2)	2:17.11 (4)
Anchor	–	Piotr Haczek		–	–	45.18 (3)	– (–)
5	–	South Africa	RSA	3:02.96	0.359	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-Off	2125	Alfred Visagie		–	–	47.16 (7)	– (–)
2nd Leg	2114	Arnaud Malherbe		–	–	45.19 (4)	1:32.35 (6)
3rd Leg	2116	Hendrick Mokganyetsi		–	–	45.58 (=6)	2:17.93 (5)
Anchor	2119	Bobang Phiri		–	–	45.03 (2)	– (–)
6	–	Brazil	BRA	3:03.46	0.439	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-Off	1170	Sanderlei Parrela		–	–	46.23 (3)	– (–)
2nd Leg	1177	Valdinei da Silva		–	–	46.47 (8)	1:32.70 (7)
3rd Leg	1178	Éverson Teixeira		–	–	45.47 (3)	2:18.17 (7)
Anchor	1157	Eronildes Araújo		–	–	45.29 (4)	– (–)
7	–	Australia	AUS	3:04.55	0.223	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-Off	1051	Mark Ladbrook		–	–	46.55 (6)	– (–)
2nd Leg	1050	Michael Joubert		–	–	45.68 (5)	1:32.23 (5)
3rd Leg	1046	Paul Greene		–	–	45.83 (8)	2:18.06 (6)
Anchor	–	Cameron Mackenzie		–	–	46.49 (8)	– (–)
8	–	Russian Federation	RUS	3:05.63	0.168	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-Off	–	Innokenty Zharov		–	–	48.19 (8)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Mikhail Vdovin		–	–	45.89 (7)	1:34.08 (8)
3rd Leg	2146	Ruslan Mashchenko		–	–	45.56 (5)	2:19.64 (8)
Anchor	–	Dmitry Kosov		–	–	45.99 (7)	– (–)

Heat #2

Time	20:10

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time	Split	Exchange
1	–	United States	USA	2:57.86	0.402	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Lead-Off	–	LaMont Smith		–	–	44.59 (2)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Jason Rouser		–	–	44.33 (1)	1:28.92 (1)
3rd Leg	–	Derek Mills		–	–	44.32 (1)	2:13.24 (1)
Anchor	–	Anthuan Maybank		–	–	44.63 (3)	– (–)
2	–	Jamaica	JAM	2:58.42	0.330	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Lead-Off	1746	Michael McDonald		–	–	44.54 (1)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Dennis Blake		–	–	44.75 (2)	1:29.29 (2)
3rd Leg	–	Greg Haughton		–	–	44.60 (2)	2:13.89 (2)
Anchor	1745	Roxbert Martin		–	–	44.53 (2)	– (–)
3	–	Japan	JPN	3:01.92	0.307	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Lead-Off	1761	Shunji Karube		–	–	45.85 (3)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Jun Osakada		–	–	45.89 (8)	1:31.74 (4)
3rd Leg	1767	Shigekazu Omori		–	–	45.44 (4)	2:17.18 (5)
Anchor	1759	Koji Ito		–	–	44.74 (4)	– (–)
4	–	The Bahamas	BAH	3:02.17	0.357	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Lead-Off	1087	Troy McIntosh		–	–	45.91 (4)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Tim Munnings		–	–	45.36 (5)	1:31.27 (3)
3rd Leg	–	Theron Cooper		–	–	45.49 (5)	2:16.76 (3)
Anchor	–	Dennis Darling		–	–	45.41 (5)	– (–)
5	–	Italy	ITA	3:02.56	0.249	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-Off	1715	Fabrizio Mori		–	–	47.02 (6)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Alessandro Aimar		–	–	45.00 (3)	1:32.02 (5)
3rd Leg	–	Andrea Nuti		–	–	45.07 (3)	2:17.09 (4)
Anchor	1722	Ashraf Saber		–	–	45.47 (6)	– (–)
6	–	Switzerland	SUI	3:05.36	0.249	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-Off	2221	Laurent Clerc		–	–	46.85 (5)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Kevin Widmer		–	–	45.60 (6)	1:32.45 (6)
3rd Leg	–	Alain Rohr		–	–	46.26 (6)	2:18.71 (6)
Anchor	2229	Mathias Rusterholz		–	–	46.65 (7)	– (–)
7	–	Kingdom of Saudi Arabia	KSA	3:07.18	0.284	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-Off	–	Saleh Al-Saydan		–	–	48.06 (7)	– (–)
2nd Leg	1839	Mohamed Hamed Al-Bishi		–	–	45.69 (7)	1:33.75 (7)
3rd Leg	–	Hashim Al-Sharfa		–	–	46.67 (8)	2:20.42 (7)
Anchor	1851	Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily		–	–	46.76 (8)	– (–)
DQ	–	Nigeria	NGR	[3:01.75]	[0.495]	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-Off	–	Udeme Ekpenyong		–	–	[45.73] ([3])	– (–)
2nd Leg	1985	Clement Chukwu		–	–	[45.31] ([4])	[1:31.04] ([3])
3rd Leg	–	Ayuba Machem		–	–	[46.33] ([7])	[2:17.37] ([6])
Anchor	1983	Sunday Bada		–	–	[44.38] ([1])	– (–)

Final Round

Date	3 August 1996 — 21:40

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time	Split	Exchange
1	–	United States	USA	2:55.99	0.361	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-Off	–	LaMont Smith		–	–	44.62 (1)	– (–)
2nd Leg	2357	Alvin Harrison		–	–	43.84 (2)	1:28.46 (1)
3rd Leg	–	Derek Mills		–	–	43.66 (2)	2:12.12 (1)
Anchor	–	Anthuan Maybank		–	–	43.87 (=1)	– (–)
2	–	Great Britain	GBR	2:56.60	0.252	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-Off	1512	Iwan Thomas		–	–	44.92 (2)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Jamie Baulch		–	–	44.19 (3)	1:29.11 (3)
3rd Leg	–	Mark Richardson		–	–	43.62 (1)	2:12.73 (2)
Anchor	1469	Roger Black		–	–	43.87 (=1)	– (–)
3	–	Jamaica	JAM	2:59.42	0.328	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-Off	1746	Michael McDonald		–	–	45.05 (3)	– (–)
2nd Leg	1745	Roxbert Martin		–	–	43.81 (1)	1:28.86 (2)
3rd Leg	–	Greg Haughton		–	–	45.87 (7)	2:14.73 (3)
Anchor	1737	Davian Clarke		–	–	44.69 (5)	– (–)
4	–	Senegal	SEN	3:00.64	0.323	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-Off	–	Tapha Diarra		–	–	46.53 (6)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Aboubakry Dia		–	–	44.94 (6)	1:31.47 (6)
3rd Leg	–	Hachim N'Diaye		–	–	44.70 (3)	2:16.17 (5)
Anchor	2179	Ibou Faye		–	–	44.47 (3)	– (–)
5	–	Japan	JPN	3:00.76	0.404	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-Off	1761	Shunji Karube		–	–	45.88 (4)	– (–)
2nd Leg	1759	Koji Ito		–	–	44.86 (4)	1:30.74 (4)
3rd Leg	–	Jun Osakada		–	–	45.08 (5)	2:15.82 (4)
Anchor	1767	Shigekazu Omori		–	–	44.94 (6)	– (–)
6	–	Poland	POL	3:00.96	0.438	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-Off	2056	Piotr Rysiukiewicz		–	–	46.03 (5)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Tomasz Jędrusik		–	–	45.34 (7)	1:31.37 (5)
3rd Leg	–	Piotr Haczek		–	–	44.97 (4)	2:16.34 (6)
Anchor	2052	Robert Maćkowiak		–	–	44.62 (4)	– (–)
7	–	The Bahamas	BAH	3:02.71	0.276	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-Off	1089	Carl Oliver		–	–	47.28 (7)	– (–)
2nd Leg	1087	Troy McIntosh		–	–	44.90 (5)	1:32.18 (7)
3rd Leg	–	Dennis Darling		–	–	45.28 (6)	2:17.46 (7)
Anchor	–	Tim Munnings		–	–	45.25 (7)	– (–)
DNS	–	Kenya	KEN	–	–	– (–)	– (–)