History of Olympic Results:
4 x 100 Relay – Men

2021
(Tokyo, August 6)
1. Italy 37.50
(Lorenzo Patta, Lamont Marcell Jacobs, Eseosa Desalu, Filippo Tortu)
2. Canada 37.70
(Aaron Brown, Jerome Blake, Brendon Rodney, Andre De Grasse)
3. China 37.79
(Xingqiang Tang, Zhenye Xie, Bingtian Su, Zhiqiang Wu)
4. Jamaica 37.84
(Jevaughn Minzie, Julian Forte, Yohan Blake, Oblique Seville);
5. Germany 38.12
(Julian Reus, Joshua Hartmann, Deniz Almas, Lucas Ansah-Peprah)
dnf. Japan
(Shuhei Tada, Ryota Yamagata, Yoshihide Kiryu, Yuki Koike)
dq. Ghana
(Sean Safo-Antwi, Benjamin Azamati, Emmanuel Yeboah, Joseph Amoah)
dq. Great Britain (37.51)
(CJ Ujah [positive doping test], Zharnel Hughes, Richard Kilty, Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake)
[United States 6th in heat]
2016
(Rio de Janeiro, August 19)
1 Jamaica 37.27
Asafa Powell, Yohan Blake, Nickel Ashmeade, Usain Bolt
2 Japan 37.60
Ryota Yamagata, Shota Iizuka, Yoshihide Kiryu, Asuka Cambridge
3 Canada 37.64
Akeem Haynes, Aaron Brown, Brendon Rodney, Andre De Grasse
4 China 37.90
Xingqiang Tang, Zhenye Xie, Bingtian Su, Peimeng Zhang
5 Great Britain 37.98 (lane 1 record)
Richard Kilty, Harry Aikines-Aryeetey, James Ellington, Adam Gemili
6 Brazil 38.41
Ricardo Mario de Souza, Vitor dos Santos, Bruno de Barros, Jorge Henri
dq[lane] Trinidad
Keston Bledman, Rondell Sorrillo, Emmanuel Callender, Richard Thompson
dq[zone] United States
Mike Rodgers [zone] Justin Gatlin, Tyson Gay, Trayvon Bromell
2012
(London, August 11)
1 Jamaica 36.84 WR, OR
Nesta Carter 10.1, Michael Frater 8.9, Yohan Blake 9.0, Usain Bolt 8.9
2 United States 37.04 AR
Trell Kimmons, Justin Gatlin, Tyson Gay, Ryan Bailey
3 Trinidad 38.12
Keston Bledman, Marc Burns, Emmanuel Callender, Richard Thompson
4 France 38.16
Jimmy Vicaut, Christophe Lemaitre, P. Pessonneaux, Ronald Pognon
5 Japan 38.35
Ryota Yamagata, Masashi Eriguchi, Shinji Takahira, Shota Iizuka
6 Holland 38.39
Brian Mariano, Churandy Martina, Giovanni Codrington, Pat. van Luijk
7 Australia 38.43
Anthony Alozie, Isaac Ntiamoah, Andrew McCabe, Joshua Ross
[lane DQ—(3) Canada (38.07)]
Gavin Smellie, Seyi Smith, Jarrod Connaughton [lane], Justyn Warner
2008
1 Jamaica 37.10
(Carter 10.4, Frater 9.0, Bolt 9.0, Powell 8.7)
2 Trinidad 38.06
(Bledman, Burns, Callander, Thompson)
3 Japan 38.15
(Tsukahara, Suetsugu, Takahira, Asahara)
4 Brazil 38.24
(de Lima, Viana, de Barros, Moreira)
5 Germany 38.58
(Unger, Helmke, Kosenkow, Keller)
6 Canada 38.66
(Palmer, Henry, Connaughton, Browne)
DQ—Holland [45.81]
(Heisen, Hoogmoed, van Luijk, Douglas)
DNF—China
(Wen, Zhang, Lu, Hu)
[USA team of Rodney Martin, Travis Padgett, Doc Patton &
Tyson Gay DNF in heat]
2004
1 Great Britain 38.07
(Gardener, Campbell, Devonish, Lewis-Francis)
2 United States 38.08
(Sean Crawford, Justin Gatlin, Coby Miller, Maurice Greene)
3 Nigeria 38.23
(Fasuba, Emedolu, Egbele, Aliu)
4 Japan 38.49
(Tsuchie, Suetsugu, Takahira, Asahara)
5 Poland 38.54
(Tulin, Chyla, Jadrusinski, Urbas)
6 Australia 38.56
(Basil, di Bella, Johnson, Ross)
7 Trinidad 38.60
(Alexander, Burns, Boldon, Brown)
8 Brazil 38.67
(Souza, Ribeiro, Domingos, de Lima)
2000
1 United States 37.61
(Jon Drummond, Bernard Williams, Brian Lewis, Maurice Greene)
2 Brazil 37.90
(de Lima, Ribeiro, A. da Silva, C. da Silva)
3 Cuba 38.04
(Cesar, Pérez Rionda, I. García, Mayola)
4 Jamaica 38.20
(Frater, Thomas, Williams, Bredwood)
5 France 38.49
(Krantz, Patros, Cheval, Guims)
6 Japan 38.66
(Kojima, Ito, Suetsugu, Asahara)
7 Italy 38.67
(Scuderi, Cavallaro, Checcucci, Colombo)
8 Poland 38.96
(Nowak, Urbas, Balcerzak, Pilarczyk)
1996
1 Canada 37.69
(Esmie 10.47, Gilbert 9.02, Surin 9.25, Bailey 8.95)
2 United States 38.05
(Jon Drummond 10.37, Tim Harden 9.36, Mike Marsh 9.27, Dennis
Mitchell 9.05)
3 Brazil 38.41
(Ar. Silva 10.56, R. da Silva 9.32, Ribeiro 9.34, An. Silva
9.19)
4 Ukraine 38.55
(Rurak 10.55, Osovich 9.25, Kramarenko 9.49, Dologodin 9.26)
5 Sweden 38.67
(Karlsson 10.43, Martensson 9.50, Hedner 9.30, Strenius 9.44)
6 Cuba 39.39
(Simon 10.84, Lamela 9.42, Isasi 9.59, Pérez 9.54)
DNF—France
(Lomba 10.90, Groisard 9.36, P. Théophile, Giums)
DQ—Ghana
(Aziz, Nsiah, Agyemang, Tuffour)
1992
1 United States 37.40
(Mike Marsh, Leroy Burrell, Dennis Mitchell, Carl Lewis 8.85)
2 Nigeria 37.98
(Kayode, Imoh, Adeniken, D. Ezinwa)
3 Cuba 38.00
(Simon, Lamela, Isasi, Aguilera)
4 Great Britain 38.08
(Adam, Jarrett, Regis, Christie)
5 CIS 38.17
(Galkin, Ivanov, Fedoriv, Savin)
6 Japan 38.77
(Aoto, Suzuki, Inoue, Sugimoto)
7 Austria 39.30
(Pöstinger, Renner, Berger, Ratzenberger)
8 Côte-d’Ivoire 39.31
(Waotta, Zirignon, Bogui, Lagazane)
[U.S. 37.40 WR, OR]
1988
1 Soviet Union 38.19
(Bryzgin, Krylov, Muravyov, Savin 9.12)
2 Great Britain 38.28
(Bunney, Regis, McFarlane, Christie 8.95)
3 France 38.40
(Marie‑Rose, Sangouma, Quénéhervé,
Morinière 92.6)
4 Jamaica 38.47
(Faulknor, Meghoo, Wright, Mair 9.10)
5 Italy 38.54
(Madonia, Floris, Pavoni, Tilli 9.16)
6 West Germany 38.55
(Heer, Haas, Klein, Schweisfurth 9.34)
7 Canada 38.93
(Williams, Mahorn, Enweani, Morrison 9.55)
8 Hungary 39.19
(Bakos, Karaffa, Tatár, Kovács 9.32)
[USA team of Dennis Mitchell, Albert Robinson, Joe DeLoach
& Lee McNeill DNF in heat]
1984
1 United States 37.83
(Sam Graddy 10.29, Ron Brown 9.19, Calvin Smith 9.41, Carl
Lewis 8.94)
2 Jamaica 38.62
(Lawrence, Meghoo, Quarrie, R.Stewart 9.28)
3 Canada 38.70
(Johnson, Sharpe, Williams, Hinds 9.47)
4 Italy 38.87
(Ullo, Bongiorni, Tilli, Mennea 9.25)
5 West Germany 38.99
(Koffler, Klein, Evers, Lübke 9.37)
6 France 39.10
(Richard, Boussemart, Gasparoni, Marie-Rose 9.40)
7 Great Britain 39.13
(Thompson, Reid, McFarlane, Wells 9.36)
8 Brazil 39.40
(A. da Silva, N. dos Santos, Nakaia, Correia)
[U.S. 37.83 WR, OR]
1980
1 Soviet Union 38.26
(Muravyov, Sidorov, Aksinin, Prokofyev)
2 Poland 38.33
(Zwoliński, Licznerski, Dunecki, Woronin)
3 France 38.53
(Richard, Pas. Barré, Pat. Barré, Panzo)
4 Great Britain 38.62
(McFarlane, Wells, Sharp, McMaster)
5 East Germany 38.73
(Schlegel, Ray, Hoff, Munkelt)
6 Bulgaria 38.99
(Pavlov, Ivanov, Karanyotov, Petrov)
7 Nigeria 39.12
(Adio, Elegbede, Oyeledun, Okodogbe)
8 Brazil 39.54
(de Castro, N. dos Santos, Nakaia, de Araújo)
1976
1 United States 38.33
(Harvey Glance, Johnny Jones, Millard Hampton, Steve Riddick)
2 East Germany 38.66
(Kokot, Pfeifer, Kurrat, Thieme)
3 Soviet Union 38.78
(Aksinin, Kolesnikov, Silovs, Borzov)
4 Poland 38.83
(Swierczynski, Woronin, Grzejzsczak, Licznerski)
5 Cuba 39.01
(Gomez, Casañas, Ramirez, Leonard)
6 Italy 39.08
(Guerini, Caravani, Benedetti, Mennea)
7 France 39.16
(Amoureux, Arame, Sainte-Rose, Chauvelot)
8 Canada 39.47
(Spooner, Nash, Dukowski, Fraser)
1972
1 United States 38.19
(Larry Black 10.3, Robert Taylor 9.3, Gerald Tinker 9.4, Eddie
Hart 9.25)
2 Soviet Union 38.50
(Kornelyuk 10.3, Lovetskiy 9.5, Silovs 9.6, Borzov 9.21)
3 West Germany 38.79
(Hirscht, Klotz, Wucherer, Ehl)
4 Czechoslovakia 38.82
(Matousek, Demec, Kynos, Bohman)
5 East Germany 38.90
(Kokot, Borth, Bombach, Schenke)
6 Poland 39.03
(Wagner, Cuch, Czerbniak, Nowosz)
7 France 39.14
(Bourbellion, Gres, Fenouil, Cherrier)
8 Italy 39.41
(Guerini, Preatoni, Benedetti, Mennea)
[U.S. 38.19 WR, OR]
1968
1 United States 38.2(A)
(Charlie Greene, Mel Pender, Ronnie Ray Smith, Jim Hines)
2 Cuba 38.3
(Ramírez, Morales, Montes, Figuerola)
3 France 38.4
(Fenouil, Delecour, Piquemal, Bambuck)
4 Jamaica 38.4
(E. Stewart, Fray, Forbes, Miller)
5 East Germany 38.6
(Erbstösser, Schelter, Haase, Eggers)
6 West Germany 38.7
(Schmidtke, Metz, Wucherer. Eigenherr)
7 Italy 39.2
(Ottolina, Preatoni, Squazzero, Berruti)
8 Poland 39.2
(Maniak, Romanowski, Nowosz, Dudziak)
[Cuba 38.7 (38.76) OR {heat}; Jamaica 38.6 (38.65)=WR, OR
{heat}, 38.3 (38.39) WR, OR {semi}; United States 38.2 WR, OR]
1964
1 United States 39.0 (39.06)
(Paul Drayton, Gerry Ashworth, Dick Stebbins, Bob Hayes)
2 Poland 39.3 (39.36)
(Zielinski, Maniak, Foik, Dudziak)
3 France 39.3
(Genevay, Laidebeur, Piquemal, Delecour)
4 Jamaica 39.4
(McNeil, Robinson, Headley, Johnson)
5 Soviet Union 39.4
(Ozolins, Zubov, Kosanov, Savchuk)
6 Venezuela 39.5
(A. Herrera, Murad, Romero, Fucil)
7 Italy 39.5
(Berruti, Preatoni, Ottolina, Giannattasio)
8 Great Britain 39.6
(Radford, R. Jones, Campbell, Davies)
[U.S. 39.5 =OR {semi}, 39.0 WR, OR]
1960
1 West Germany 39.5 (39.66)
(Cullmann, Hary, Mahlendorf, Lauer)
2 Soviet Union 40.1 (40.24)
(Kosanov, Bartneyev, Konovalov, Ozolins)
3 Great Britain 40.2 (40.32)
(Radford, D. Jones, Segal, Whitehead)
4 Italy 40.2 (40.33)
(Sardi, Cazzola, Giannone, Berruti)
5 Venezuela 40.7 (40.83)
(Bonas, Murad, E. Romero, R. Romero)
DQ—United States [39.4] [39.60]
(Frank Budd, Ray Norton, Stone Johnson, Dave Sime)
[West Germany 39.5 =WR, =OR {heat}, 39.5 =WR, =OR]
1956
1 United States 39.5 (39.60)
(Ira Murchison 10.8, Leamon King 9.2, Thane Baker 9.7, Bobby
Morrow 9.8)
2 Soviet Union 39.8 (39.93)
(Tokarev, Sukharyev, Bartenyev, Konovalov)
3 West Germany 40.3 (40.34)
(Knörzer, Pohl, Fütterer, Germar)
4 Italy 40.3 (40.43)
(Galbiati, Ghiselli, Gnocchi, Lombardo)
5 Great Britain 40.6 (40.74)
(Box, Sandstrom, Shenton, Segal)
6 Poland 40.6 (40.75)
(Foik, Jarzembowski, Schmidt, Baranowski)
[U.S. 39.5 WR, OR]
1952
1 United States 40.1 (40.26)
(Dean Smith, Harrison Dillard, Lindy Remigino, Andy Stanfield)
2 Soviet Union 40.3 (40.58)
(Tokarev, Kalyayev, Sanadze, Sukharyev)
3 Hungary 40.5 (40.83)
(Zarándi, Varasdi, Csányi, Goldoványi)
4 Great Britain 40.6 (40.85)
(Bailey, Jack, Gregory, Shenton)
5 France 40.9 (41.10)
(Porthault, Bally, Camus, Bonino)
6 Czechoslovakia 41.2 (41.41)
[Broz, David, Horcic, Pospisil)
1948
1 United States 40.6
(Barney Ewell, Lorenzo Wright, Harrison Dillard, Mel Patton)
2 Great Britain 41.3 (0.71 behind)
(Archer, Gregory, McCorquodale, K. Jones)
3 Italy 41.5 (1.01)
(Tito, Perucconi, Siddi, Monti)
4 Hungary 41.6 (1.20)
(Tima, Bartha, Csányi, Goldoványi)
5 Canada 41.9 (1.22)
(McFarlane, O’Brien, Pettie, Haggis)
6 Holland 41.9 (1.27)
(Lammers, Meyer, Scholten, Zwaan)
1936
1 United States 39.8
(Jesse Owens, Ralph Metcalfe, Foy Draper, Frank Wykoff)
2 Italy 41.1 (41.13)
(Mariani, Caldana, Ragni, Gonnelli)
3 Germany 41.2 (41.30)
(Leichum, Borchmeyer, Gillmeister, Hornberger)
4 Argentina 42.2
(Lavenas, Sande, Hofmeister, Beswick)
5 Canada 42.7
(Richardson, Humber, Orr, McPhee)
DQ—Holland [41.28]
(Boersma, van Beveren, Berger, Osendarp)
[U.S. 40.0 =WR, =OR {heat}, 39.8 WR, OR]
1932
1 United States 40.0 (40.10)
(Bob Kiesel, Emmett Toppino, Hec Dyer, Frank Wykoff)
2 Germany 40.9
(Körnig, Hendrix, Borchmeyer, Jonath)
3 Italy 41.2
(Castelli, Maregatti, Salviati, Toetti)
4 Canada 41.3
(Williams, Brown, Wright, Pearson)
5 Japan 41.3
(Yoshioka, Nambu, Anno, Nakajima)
6 Great Britain 41.4
(Finlay, Fuller, Englehart, Page)
[U.S. 40.6 (40.61) WR, OR {heat}, 40.0 WR, OR]
1928
1 United States 41.0
(Frank Wykoff, James Quinn, Charley Borah, Henry Russell)
2 Germany 41.2
(Lammers, Corts, Houben, Körnig)
3 Great Britain 41.8
(Gill, Smouha, Rangeley, London)
4 France 42.0
(Cerbonney, Auvergne, Dufau, A. Mourlon)
5 Switzerland 42.6
(Goldsmith, Weibel, Tschopp, Niggl)
DQ—Canada
(Adams, Fitzpatrick, Hester, Williams)
[U.S. 41.0 =WR, =OR]
1924
1 United States 41.0
(Frank Hussey, Louis Clarke, Loren Murchison, Al Leconey)
2 Great Britain 41.2
(Abrahams, Rangeley, Boyle, Nichol)
3 Holland 41.8
(Boot, Broos, de Vries, van den Berghe)
4 Hungary 42.0
(Gerö, Kurunczy, Muskat, Rózsahegyi)
5 France 42.2
(Degrelle, Heise, R. Mourlon, A. Mourlon)
DQ—Switzerland
(Borner, Hemmi, Imbach, Morlaud)
[Great Britain 42.0 WR, OR {heat}; Holland 42.0 =WR, =OR
{heat}; United States 41.2 WR, OR {heat}, 41.0 WR, OR {semi},
41.0 =WR, =OR]
1920
1 United States 42.2
(Charlie Paddock, Jackson Scholz, Loren Murchison, Morris
Kirksey)
2 France c42.6
(Tirard, Lorain, Mourlon, Ali Khan)
3 Sweden c42.9
(Holmström, Pettersson, Malm, Sandström)
4 Great Britain c43.1
(Hill, Abrahams, d’Arcy, Edward)
5 Denmark c43.5
(Thorsen, Norman-Andersen, A. Sørensen, M.
Sørensen)
6 Luxembourg c43.9
(Colbach, Hammer, Proess, Servais)
[U.S. 42.2 WR, OR]
1912
1 Great Britain 42.4
(Jacobs, Macintosh, d’Arcy, Applegarth)
2 Sweden 42.6
(Luther, Möller, Persson, Lindberg)
DQ—Germany (42.4)
(Röhr, Herrmann, Kern, Rau)
[U.S. teamof Ira Courtney, Frank Belote, Clement Wilson &
Carl Cooke DQ in semi {42.2 superior to WR}]
[Canada 46.2 OR {heat}; United States 43.7 WR, OR {heat} Sweden
43.6 WR, OR {heat}; Germany 43.6 =WR, =OR {heat}; Great Britain
43.0 WR, OR {semi}; Sweden 42.5 WR, OR {semi}; Germany 42.3 WR,
OR {semi}]
1908
(not contested before 1912)