2022 World Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay



The men's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2022 World Athletics Championships was held at the Hayward Field in Eugene on 22 and 23 July 2022.

Records
Before the competition records were as follows:

Qualification standard
The standard to qualify automatically for entry was to finish in the first 10 at 2021 World Relays, completed by 6 2021-2022 top lists' teams.

Participating teams

 * 🇮🇹 (1st)
 * 🇯🇵 (2nd)
 * (3rd)
 * 🇧🇷 (4th)
 * 🇩🇪 (5th)
 * (6th)
 * 🇬🇭 (7th)
 * 🇫🇷 (9th)
 * 🇪🇸 (10th)

South Africa, subsequently disqualified for doping after the 2021 World Athletics Relays, finally replaces qualified Ukraine (8th at World Relays) which had withdrawn, as per the 7th and last time of the South African U20 team in Nairobi.


 * 2021 Top list
 * 1) 37.50	🇮🇹	1		National Stadium, Tokyo (JPN)	6 August 2021
 * 2) 37.70	🇨🇦	2		National Stadium, Tokyo (JPN)	6 August 2021
 * 3) 37.79	🇨🇳	3		National Stadium, Tokyo (JPN)	6 August 2021
 * 4) 37.82	🇯🇲	1h1		National Stadium, Tokyo (JPN)	5 August 2021
 * 5) 38.06	🇩🇪	4h2		National Stadium, Tokyo (JPN)	5 August 2021
 * 6) 38.08	🇬🇭	5h2		National Stadium, Tokyo (JPN)	5 August 2021
 * 7) 38.10	🇺🇸 6h2		National Stadium, Tokyo (JPN)	5 August 2021
 * 8) 38.16	🇯🇵	2h1		National Stadium, Tokyo (JPN)	5 August 2021
 * 9) 38.16		7h2		National Stadium, Tokyo (JPN)	5 August 2021
 * 10) 38.18	🇫🇷	3h1		National Stadium, Tokyo (JPN)	5 August 2021
 * 11) 38.27		1	International Stadium, Gateshead (GBR)	13 July 2021
 * 12) 38.34	🇧🇷	4h1		National Stadium, Tokyo (JPN)	5 August 2021
 * 13) 38.49	 	3	International Stadium, Gateshead (GBR)	13 July 2021
 * 14) 38.51	 U20	1	Moi International Sports Centre, Kasarani, Nairobi (KEN)	22 August 2021
 * 15) 38.53		1		Yabatech Sport Complex, Lagos (NGR)	27 June 2021
 * 16) 38.63	🇹🇹	5h1		National Stadium, Tokyo (JPN)	5 August 2021

2022 Top list

 * 1) 37.99	🇩🇪	1f1	NR	Universitätsstadion am Biopark, Regensburg (GER) 3 June 2022
 * 2) 38.09	Adidas team	(USA) 	1f1	Percy Beard Track, Gainesville, FL (USA)	16 April 2022
 * 3) 38.31	🇨🇦 1		Alexander Stadium, Birmingham (GBR)	21 May 2022
 * 4) 38.35	 1	Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin City (NGR)	25 June 2022
 * 5) 38.41	🇫🇷	2		Alexander Stadium, Birmingham (GBR)	21 May 2022
 * 6) 38.43		1	Mestský Stadion, Ostrava (CZE)	31 May 2022
 * 7) 38.56	🇹🇭 	1	NR	Yecheon (KOR)	4 June 2022
 * 8) 38.63	 	1	National Stadium, Gaborone (BOT)	30 April 2022
 * 9) 38.70	 	1	Olympiastadion, Stockholm (SWE)	30 June 2022
 * 10) 38.72	🇺🇸	1f3		Hilmer Lodge Stadium, Walnut, CA (USA)	16 April 2022
 * 11) 38.76	🇱🇷 1		Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port-of-Spain (TTO)	26 June 2022
 * 12) 38.89	Racers Track Club (JAM) 	1f1		National Stadium, Kingston (JAM)	26 February 2022
 * 13) 38.89	🇨🇿	2f1		Centre sportif du Bout-du-Monde, Geneva (SUI)	11 June 2022
 * 14) 38.90	SESI - SP	(BRA)	1f3		Rio de Janeiro (BRA)	23 June 2022
 * 15) 38.95	🇮🇹	1		Stade Complexe Olympique, Oran (ALG)	1 July 2022
 * 16) 38.97	🇪🇸	1		Estadio Iberoamericano, Huelva (ESP)	25 May 2022
 * 17) 38.98	🇹🇷	2		Stade Complexe Olympique, Oran (ALG)	1 July 2022

Preview

 * Workd Athletics preview (men and women)

Team rosters
Each roster has 5 or 6 athletes:

Heat 1

 * Germany:
 * Owen Ansah
 * Lucas Ansah-Peprah
 * Kevin Kranz
 * Joshua Hartmann
 * Milo Skupin-Alfa
 * Julian Wagner
 * Nigeria:
 * Favour Ashe
 * Raymond Ekevwo
 * Usheoritse Itsekiri
 * Godson Oghenebrume
 * Seye Ogunlewe
 * Udodi Onwuzurike
 * Japan:
 * Ryuichiro Sakai
 * Koki Ueyama
 * Yuki Koike
 * Abdul Hakim Sani Brown
 * Hiroki Yanagita
 * Ryota Suzuki (athlete)
 * Great Britain:
 * Harry Aikines-Aryeetey
 * Zharnel Hughes
 * Reece Prescod
 * Jeremiah Azu
 * Jona Efoloko
 * Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake
 * China:
 * Su Bingtian
 * Xie Zhenye
 * Wu Zhiqiang
 * Tang Xingqiang
 * Chen Guanfeng
 * Deng Zhijiang
 * the Netherlands:
 * Joris van Gool
 * Raphael Bouju
 * Xavi Mo-Ajok
 * Elvis Afrifa
 * Hensley Paulina
 * Taymir Burnet
 * United States:
 * Trayvon Bromell
 * Marvin Bracy
 * Fred Kerley (r)
 * Elijah Hall
 * Josephus Lyles
 * Kyree King
 * Ghana:
 * Benjamin Azamati
 * Sean Safo-Antwi
 * Joseph Oduro Manu
 * Joseph Amoah
 * Emmanuel Yeboah

Heat 2

 * Denmark:
 * Frederik Schou-Nielsen
 * Tazana Kamanga-Dyrbak
 * Kojo Musah
 * Simon Hansen
 * Tobias Larsen
 * Emil Kjær
 * South Africa:
 * Akani Simbine
 * Clarence Munyai
 * Shaun Maswanganyi
 * Gift Leotlela
 * Emile Erasmus
 * Henricho Bruintjies
 * Brazil:
 * Erik Cardoso
 * Lucas Rodrigues da Silva
 * Rodrigo do Nascimento
 * Derick Silva
 * Gabriel dos Santos Garcia
 * Felipe Bardi dos Santos
 * Italy:
 * Chituru Ali
 * Marcell Jacobs (r)
 * Matteo Melluzzo
 * Fausto Desalu
 * Lorenzo Patta
 * Diego Pettorossi
 * Hillary Wanderson Polanco Rijo
 * France:
 * Jimmy Vicaut
 * Mouhamadou Fall (DQ)
 * Pablo Matéo
 * Aymeric Priam
 * Méba-Mickaël Zeze
 * Ryan Zeze
 * Spain:
 * Alberto Calero
 * Bernat Canet
 * Jesús Gómez (sprinter)
 * Sergio López (sprinter, 1999)
 * Pablo Montalvo
 * Pol Retamal
 * Canada:
 * Aaron Brown
 * Malachi Murray
 * Andre De Grasse
 * Jerome Blake
 * Brendon Rodney
 * Benjamin Williams
 * Jamaica:
 * Kemar Bailey-Cole
 * Ackeem Blake
 * Yohan Blake
 * Oblique Seville
 * Conroy Jones
 * Jelani Walker

Schedule
The event schedule, in local time (UTC-7), was as follows:

Heats
The first three in each heat (Q) and the next two fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Final
The final started on 23 July at 19:50.