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2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay

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The Men's 4 × 100 metres relay event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on 4 September 2011.

The winning margin was 1.16 seconds which as of 2024 remains the only time the men's 4 x 100 metres relay has been won by more than a second at these championships.

USA won the first semi-final with deliberate handoffs, setting the world leader. France followed them into the final. The second semi-final was won by Trinidad and Tobago, ahead of favored Jamaica. Saint Kitts and Nevis set their national record in making the time qualifier in third. The third semi-final was much closer as Great Britain led Poland, with Italy making the final time qualifier.

In the final, Nesta Carter put Jamaica out into the lead, but Justin Gatlin ran down Michael Frater to put the USA even with Jamaica. On the third leg, Yohan Blake again edged Jamaica into the lead. Going into the final handoff, Darvis Patton of USA clipped Britain's Harry Aikines-Aryeetey and fell into a forward roll. American anchor Walter Dix never saw the baton and the British team also did not finish the race.{{cite news |access-date=12 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180917172516/http://content.usatoday.com/communities/gameon/post/2011/09/usain-bolt-goes-for-gold-in-4x100-relay/1 |archive-date=17 September 2018 |url-status=live Meanwhile Usain Bolt took the baton and pulled away. Jamaica bettered their own World Record to finish in a time of 37.04. It was the only world record to be set at the championships. France finished second with Saint Kitts and Nevis third.

Medalists

Usain Bolt wins the gold medal for Jamaica

Gold		width=200 style="background-color:silver"	Silver		width=200 style="background-color:#CC9966"	Bronze
Jamaica
Nesta Carter
Michael Frater
Yohan Blake
Usain Bolt
Dexter Lee*

Records

Prior to the competition, the established records were as follows.

Oceanian record	Australia
(Paul Henderson, Tim Jackson, Steve Brimacombe, Damien Marsh)	38.17	Gothenburg, Sweden	12 August 1995

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
4 September 2011	19:00	Heats
4 September 2011	21:00	Final

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) advance to the final.

Rank	Heat	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
1	1	United States	Trell Kimmons, Justin Gatlin, Maurice Mitchell, Travis Padgett	37.79	Q, WL
2	2	Trinidad and Tobago	Keston Bledman, Marc Burns, Aaron Armstrong, Richard Thompson	37.91	Q, SB
3	2	Jamaica	Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Yohan Blake, Dexter Lee	38.07	Q, SB
4	3	Great Britain	Christian Malcolm, Craig Pickering, Marlon Devonish, Harry Aikines-Aryeetey	38.29	Q, SB
5	3	Poland	Paweł Stempel, Dariusz Kuć, Robert Kubaczyk, Kamil Kryński	38.37	Q, SB
6	1	France	Teddy Tinmar, Christophe Lemaitre, Yannick Lesourd, Jimmy Vicaut	38.38	Q, SB
7	3	Italy	Michael Tumi, Simone Collio, Emanuele Di Gregorio, Fabio Cerutti	38.41	q, SB
8	2	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Jason Rogers, Kim Collins, Antoine Adams, Brijesh Lawrence	38.47	q, NR
9	2	Japan	Yuichi Kobayashi, Masashi Eriguchi, Shinji Takahira, Hitoshi Saito	38.66	SB
10	3	Australia	Anthony Alozie, Matt Davies, Aaron Rouge-Serret, Isaac Ntiamoah	38.69	SB
11	2	South Africa	Hannes Dreyer, Ofentse Mogawane, Roscoe Engel, Thuso Mpuang	38.72	SB
12	2	China	Chen Qiang, Liang Jiahong, Su Bingtian, Lao Yi	38.87	SB
13	2	Puerto Rico	Marcos Amalbert, Carlos Rodríguez, Marquis Holston, Miguel López	39.04	NR
14	1	Portugal	Ricardo Monteiro, João Ferreira, Arnaldo Abrantes, Yazaldes Nascimento	39.09	SB
15	1	Ghana	Emmanuel Kubi, Tim Abeyie, Ashhad Agyapong, Aziz Zakari	39.17
16	1	Chinese Taipei	Wang Wen-Tang, Liu Yuan-Kai, Tsai Meng-Lin, Yi Wei-Chen	39.30
17	3	Canada	Sam Effah, Gavin Smellie, Jared Connaughton, Justyn Warner	39.28
18	3	Thailand	Weerawat Pharueang, Suppachai Chimdee, Sompote Suwannarangsri, Jirapong Meenapra	39.54	SB
	1	Brazil	Diego Cavalcanti, Sandro Viana, Nilson André, Bruno de Barros
	3	South Korea	Yeo Ho-Suah, Cho Kyu-won, Kim Kukyoung, Lim Hee-nam
	3	Netherlands	Giovanni Codrington, Brian Mariano, Jerrel Feller, Patrick van Luijk
	2	Germany	Tobias Unger, Marius Broening, Sebastian Ernst, Alex Schaf
	1	Switzerland	Pascal Mancini, Reto Schenkel, Alex Wilson, Marc Schneeberger

Final

Rank	Lane	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
	6	Jamaica	Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt	37.04	WR
	8	France	Teddy Tinmar, Christophe Lemaitre, Yannick Lesourd, Jimmy Vicaut	38.20	SB
	1	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Jason Rogers, Kim Collins, Antoine Adams, Brijesh Lawrence	38.49
4	7	Poland	Paweł Stempel, Dariusz Kuć, Robert Kubaczyk, Kamil Kryński	38.50
5	2	Italy	Michael Tumi, Simone Collio, Emanuele Di Gregorio, Fabio Cerutti	38.96
6	5	Trinidad and Tobago	Keston Bledman, Marc Burns, Aaron Armstrong, Richard Thompson	39.01 *
	4	United States	Trell Kimmons, Justin Gatlin, Darvis Patton, Walter Dix
	3	Great Britain	Christian Malcolm, Craig Pickering, Marlon Devonish, Harry Aikines-Aryeetey

Trinidad and Tobago's Aaron Armstrong tripped over USA's falling Darvis Patton, causing them to finish last.

References

(4 September 2011). "In Final Event, Jamaica Sets a World Record in Relay". New York Times.

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