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4 × 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	Number	Competitors	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

Date	27 August 2004
Format	Top three in each heat and next two fastest advanced to the final.

Pos	Team	NOC	Time (automatic)	Reaction Time
1	United States	USA	38.02	0.289	Q
2	Nigeria	NGR	38.27	0.211	Q
3	Poland	POL	38.47	0.152	Q
4	Australia	AUS	38.49	0.199	Q
5	Trinidad and Tobago	TTO	38.53	0.156	q
6	Japan	JPN	38.53	0.149	q
7	Great Britain	GBR	38.53	0.162	Q
8	Germany	GER	38.64	0.237
9	Canada	CAN	38.64	0.252
10	Brazil	BRA	38.64	0.138	Q
11	Jamaica	JAM	38.71	0.212
12	Italy	ITA	38.79	0.153
13	Ghana	GHA	38.88	0.406
14	France	FRA	38.93	0.206
15	Russian Federation	RUS	39.19	0.158
DNF	Netherlands	NED	–	0.146

Heat #1

Time	20:10

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time
1	–	Nigeria	NGR	38.27	0.211	Q
Lead-Off	2609	Soji Fasuba		–	–
2nd Leg	2596	Uchenna Emedolu		–	–
3rd Leg	2594	Aaron Egbele		–	–
Anchor	2591	Deji Aliu		–	–
2	–	Poland	POL	38.47	0.152	Q
Lead-Off	2706	Zbigniew Tulin		–	–
2nd Leg	2665	Łukasz Chyła		–	–
3rd Leg	2673	Marcin Jędrusiński		–	–
Anchor	2707	Marcin Urbaś		–	–
3	–	Australia	AUS	38.49	0.199	Q
Lead-Off	1052	Adam Basil		–	–
2nd Leg	1057	Paul Di Bella		–	–
3rd Leg	1071	Patrick Johnson		–	–
Anchor	1087	Joshua Ross		–	–
4	–	Trinidad and Tobago	TTO	38.53	0.156	q
Lead-Off	3113	Nico Alexander		–	–
2nd Leg	3120	Marc Burns		–	–
3rd Leg	3117	Ato Boldon		–	–
Anchor	3119	Darrel Brown		–	–
5	–	Japan	JPN	38.53	0.149	q
Lead-Off	2300	Hiroyasu Tsuchie		–	–
2nd Leg	2288	Shingo Suetsugu		–	–
3rd Leg	2292	Shinji Takahira		–	–
Anchor	2264	Nobuharu Asahara		–	–
6	–	Germany	GER	38.64	0.237
Lead-Off	1920	Ronny Ostwald		–	–
2nd Leg	1941	Tobias Unger		–	–
3rd Leg	1903	Alexander Kosenkow		–	–
Anchor	1889	Till Helmke		–	–
7	–	Canada	CAN	38.64	0.252
Lead-Off	1317	Nicolas Macrozonaris		–	–
2nd Leg	1315	Anson Henry		–	–
3rd Leg	1304	Charles Allen		–	–
Anchor	1308	Pierre Browne		–	–
8	–	Russian Federation	RUS	39.19	0.158
Lead-Off	2932	Aleksandr Ryabov		–	–
2nd Leg	2936	Oleg Sergeyev		–	–
3rd Leg	2865	Sergey Bychkov		–	–
Anchor	2958	Andrey Yepishin		–	–

Heat #2

Time	20:19

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time
1	–	United States	USA	38.02	0.289	Q
Lead-Off	3246	Shawn Crawford		–	–
2nd Leg	3322	Darvis Patton		–	–
3rd Leg	3309	Coby Miller		–	–
Anchor	3268	Maurice Greene		–	–
2	–	Great Britain	GBR	38.53	0.162	Q
Lead-Off	1806	Jason Gardener		–	–
2nd Leg	1795	Darren Campbell		–	–
3rd Leg	1799	Marlon Devonish		–	–
Anchor	1815	Mark Lewis-Francis		–	–
3	–	Brazil	BRA	38.64	0.138	Q
Lead-Off	1260	Cláudio de Souza		–	–
2nd Leg	1258	Édson Ribeiro		–	–
3rd Leg	1240	André da Silva		–	–
Anchor	1235	Vicente Lenílson		–	–
4	–	Jamaica	JAM	38.71	0.212
Lead-Off	2251	Dwight Thomas		–	–
2nd Leg	2234	Pat Jarrett		–	–
3rd Leg	2248	Winston Smith		–	–
Anchor	2229	Michael Frater		–	–
5	–	Italy	ITA	38.79	0.153
Lead-Off	2203	Marco Torrieri		–	–
2nd Leg	2170	Simone Collio		–	–
3rd Leg	2175	Massimiliano Donati		–	–
Anchor	2167	Maurizio Checcucci		–	–
6	–	Ghana	GHA	38.88	0.406
Lead-Off	1961	Christian Nsiah		–	–
2nd Leg	1957	Tanko Braimah		–	–
3rd Leg	1965	Abdul Aziz Zakari		–	–
Anchor	1959	Leo Myles-Mills		–	–
7	–	France	FRA	38.93	0.206
Lead-Off	1761	Aimé-Issa Nthépé		–	–
2nd Leg	1763	Ronald Pognon		–	–
3rd Leg	1749	Frédéric Krantz		–	–
Anchor	1716	David Alerte		–	–
DNF	–	Netherlands	NED	–	0.146
Lead-Off	2561	Timothy Beck		–	–
2nd Leg	2564	Troy Douglas		–	–
3rd Leg	2580	Patrick van Balkom		–	–
Anchor	2563	Caimin Douglas		–	–

Final Round

Date	28 August 2004 — 21:45

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time
1	–	Great Britain	GBR	38.07	0.232
Lead-Off	1806	Jason Gardener		–	–
2nd Leg	1795	Darren Campbell		–	–
3rd Leg	1799	Marlon Devonish		–	–
Anchor	1815	Mark Lewis-Francis		–	–
2	–	United States	USA	38.08	0.300
Lead-Off	3246	Shawn Crawford		–	–
2nd Leg	3263	Justin Gatlin		–	–
3rd Leg	3309	Coby Miller		–	–
Anchor	3268	Maurice Greene		–	–
3	–	Nigeria	NGR	38.23	0.266
Lead-Off	2609	Soji Fasuba		–	–
2nd Leg	2596	Uchenna Emedolu		–	–
3rd Leg	2594	Aaron Egbele		–	–
Anchor	2591	Deji Aliu		–	–
4	–	Japan	JPN	38.49	0.327
Lead-Off	2300	Hiroyasu Tsuchie		–	–
2nd Leg	2288	Shingo Suetsugu		–	–
3rd Leg	2292	Shinji Takahira		–	–
Anchor	2264	Nobuharu Asahara		–	–
5	–	Poland	POL	38.54	0.295
Lead-Off	2706	Zbigniew Tulin		–	–
2nd Leg	2665	Łukasz Chyła		–	–
3rd Leg	2673	Marcin Jędrusiński		–	–
Anchor	2707	Marcin Urbaś		–	–
6	–	Australia	AUS	38.56	0.199
Lead-Off	1052	Adam Basil		–	–
2nd Leg	1057	Paul Di Bella		–	–
3rd Leg	1071	Patrick Johnson		–	–
Anchor	1087	Joshua Ross		–	–
7	–	Trinidad and Tobago	TTO	38.60	0.344
Lead-Off	3113	Nico Alexander		–	–
2nd Leg	3120	Marc Burns		–	–
3rd Leg	3117	Ato Boldon		–	–
Anchor	3119	Darrel Brown		–	–
8	–	Brazil	BRA	38.67	0.159
Lead-Off	1260	Cláudio de Souza		–	–
2nd Leg	1258	Édson Ribeiro		–	–
3rd Leg	1240	André da Silva		–	–
Anchor	1235	Vicente Lenílson		–	–