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4 x 100 metres Relay, Men

Date	27 – 28 August 2004
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympiako Stadio, Olympiako Athletiko Kentro Athinon Spiros Loues, Maroussi
Participants	65 from 16 countries

The IAAF had changed the rules to allow only 16 teams into event, which shortened it to only two rounds. The US was favored with the 2004 100 champion in Justin Gatlin and the 2000 100 champion in Maurice Greene. They easily made it thru their heat, winning in 38.02. In the final, the Americans botched the first two baton passes, and Great Britain took the lead with crisp passes. Mark Lewis-Francis had two metres when he started his anchor leg but Maurice Greene closed very quickly. But he could not get ahead and Britain won by 1/100th of a second. Nigeria won bronze, their second medal in this event.

Pos	Nr	Team	NOC	R1	Final
1	–	Great Britain	GBR	38.53 (2 h2)	38.07 (1)	Gold
		Jason Gardener • Darren Campbell • Marlon Devonish • Mark Lewis-Francis • Dwayne Grant (DNS) • Nick Smith (DNS)
2	–	United States	USA	38.02 (1 h2)	38.08 (2)	Silver
		Shawn Crawford • Justin Gatlin • Coby Miller • Maurice Greene • Darvis Patton • John Capel, Jr. (DNS)
3	–	Nigeria	NGR	38.27 (1 h1)	38.23 (3)	Bronze
		Soji Fasuba • Uchenna Emedolu • Aaron Egbele • Deji Aliu • Tamunosiki Atorudibo (DNS) • Ambrose Ezenwa (DNS) • Chinedu Oriala (DNS)
4	–	Japan	JPN	38.53 (5 h1)	38.49 (4)
		Hiroyasu Tsuchie • Shingo Suetsugu • Shinji Takahira • Nobuharu Asahara • Ryo Matsuda (DNS) • Jun Osakada (DNS)
5	–	Poland	POL	38.47 (2 h1)	38.54 (5)
		Zbigniew Tulin • Łukasz Chyła • Marcin Jędrusiński • Marcin Urbaś • Michał Bielczyk (DNS) • Przemysław Rogowski (DNS)
6	–	Australia	AUS	38.49 (3 h1)	38.56 (6)
		Adam Basil • Paul Di Bella • Patrick Johnson • Joshua Ross • Andrew McManus (DNS) • Adam Miller (DNS)
7	–	Trinidad and Tobago	TTO	38.53 (4 h1)	38.60 (7)
		Nico Alexander • Marc Burns • Ato Boldon • Darrel Brown • Cleavon Dillon (DNS) • Melvin Nero (DNS)
8	–	Brazil	BRA	38.64 (3 h2)	38.67 (8)
		Cláudio de Souza • Édson Ribeiro • André da Silva • Vicente Lenílson • Basílio de Moraes Júnior (DNS) • Jarbas Mascarenhas Júnior (DNS)
4 h2 r1/2	–	Jamaica	JAM	38.71 (4 h2)	–
		Dwight Thomas • Pat Jarrett • Winston Smith • Michael Frater • Asafa Powell (DNS) • Ainsley Waugh (DNS)
5 h2 r1/2	–	Italy	ITA	38.79 (5 h2)	–
		Marco Torrieri • Simone Collio • Massimiliano Donati • Maurizio Checcucci • Koura Kaba Fantoni (DNS) • Luca Verdecchia (DNS)
6 h1 r1/2	–	Germany	GER	38.64 (6 h1)	–
		Ronny Ostwald • Tobias Unger • Alexander Kosenkow • Till Helmke • Marius Broening (DNS) • Sebastian Ernst (DNS)
6 h2 r1/2	–	Ghana	GHA	38.88 (6 h2)	–
		Christian Nsiah • Tanko Braimah • Abdul Aziz Zakari • Leo Myles-Mills • Samuel Adade (DNS) • Eric Nkansah (DNS)
7 h1 r1/2	–	Canada	CAN	38.64 (7 h1)	–
		Nicolas Macrozonaris • Anson Henry • Charles Allen • Pierre Browne • Richard Adu-Bobie (DNS) • Martin Grenier (DNS)
7 h2 r1/2	–	France	FRA	38.93 (7 h2)	–
		Aimé-Issa Nthépé • Ronald Pognon • Frédéric Krantz • David Alerte • Eddy de Lépine (DNS) • Lueyi Dovy (DNS)
8 h1 r1/2	–	Russian Federation	RUS	39.19 (8 h1)	–
		Aleksandr Ryabov • Oleg Sergeyev • Sergey Bychkov • Andrey Yepishin • Aleksandr Volkov (DNS)
AC h2 r1/2	–	Netherlands	NED	– (DNF h2)	–
		Timothy Beck • Troy Douglas • Patrick van Balkom • Caimin Douglas • Guus Hoogmoed (DNS) • Daniël Ward (DNS)

Round One (27 August 2004)

Top three in each heat and next two fastest advanced to the final.

Heat One (20:10)

Pos	Nr	Team	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	–	Nigeria	NGR	38.27	0.211	Q
		Soji Fasuba • Uchenna Emedolu • Aaron Egbele • Deji Aliu
2	–	Poland	POL	38.47	0.152	Q
		Zbigniew Tulin • Łukasz Chyła • Marcin Jędrusiński • Marcin Urbaś
3	–	Australia	AUS	38.49	0.199	Q
		Adam Basil • Paul Di Bella • Patrick Johnson • Joshua Ross
4	–	Trinidad and Tobago	TTO	38.53	0.156	q
		Nico Alexander • Marc Burns • Ato Boldon • Darrel Brown
5	–	Japan	JPN	38.53	0.149	q
		Hiroyasu Tsuchie • Shingo Suetsugu • Shinji Takahira • Nobuharu Asahara
6	–	Germany	GER	38.64	0.237
		Ronny Ostwald • Tobias Unger • Alexander Kosenkow • Till Helmke
7	–	Canada	CAN	38.64	0.252
		Nicolas Macrozonaris • Anson Henry • Charles Allen • Pierre Browne
8	–	Russian Federation	RUS	39.19	0.158
		Aleksandr Ryabov • Oleg Sergeyev • Sergey Bychkov • Andrey Yepishin

Heat Two (20:19)

Pos	Nr	Team	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	–	United States	USA	38.02	0.289	Q
		Shawn Crawford • Darvis Patton • Coby Miller • Maurice Greene
2	–	Great Britain	GBR	38.53	0.162	Q
		Jason Gardener • Darren Campbell • Marlon Devonish • Mark Lewis-Francis
3	–	Brazil	BRA	38.64	0.138	Q
		Cláudio de Souza • Édson Ribeiro • André da Silva • Vicente Lenílson
4	–	Jamaica	JAM	38.71	0.212
		Dwight Thomas • Pat Jarrett • Winston Smith • Michael Frater
5	–	Italy	ITA	38.79	0.153
		Marco Torrieri • Simone Collio • Massimiliano Donati • Maurizio Checcucci
6	–	Ghana	GHA	38.88	0.406
		Christian Nsiah • Tanko Braimah • Abdul Aziz Zakari • Leo Myles-Mills
7	–	France	FRA	38.93	0.206
		Aimé-Issa Nthépé • Ronald Pognon • Frédéric Krantz • David Alerte
DNF	–	Netherlands	NED	–	0.146
		Timothy Beck • Troy Douglas • Patrick van Balkom • Caimin Douglas

Final (28 August 2004 — 21:45)

Pos	Nr	Team	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	–	Great Britain	GBR	38.07	0.232
		Jason Gardener • Darren Campbell • Marlon Devonish • Mark Lewis-Francis
2	–	United States	USA	38.08	0.300
		Shawn Crawford • Justin Gatlin • Coby Miller • Maurice Greene
3	–	Nigeria	NGR	38.23	0.266
		Soji Fasuba • Uchenna Emedolu • Aaron Egbele • Deji Aliu
4	–	Japan	JPN	38.49	0.327
		Hiroyasu Tsuchie • Shingo Suetsugu • Shinji Takahira • Nobuharu Asahara
5	–	Poland	POL	38.54	0.295
		Zbigniew Tulin • Łukasz Chyła • Marcin Jędrusiński • Marcin Urbaś
6	–	Australia	AUS	38.56	0.199
		Adam Basil • Paul Di Bella • Patrick Johnson • Joshua Ross
7	–	Trinidad and Tobago	TTO	38.60	0.344
		Nico Alexander • Marc Burns • Ato Boldon • Darrel Brown
8	–	Brazil	BRA	38.67	0.159
		Cláudio de Souza • Édson Ribeiro • André da Silva • Vicente Lenílson