2003 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay

These are the official results of the Men's 4 × 100 metres relay event at the 2003 IAAF World Championships in Paris, France. Their final was held on 31 August 2003 at 17:50h.

Final

RANK	NATION	ATHLETES	TIME
	United States (USA)	• John Capel • Bernard Williams • Darvis Patton • Joshua J. Johnson	38.06
	Brazil (BRA)	• Vicente de Lima • Édson Luciano Ribeiro • André da Silva • Cláudio Roberto Souza	38.26
	Netherlands (NED)	• Timothy Beck • Troy Douglas • Patrick van Balkom • Caimin Douglas	38.87
4.	Nigeria (NGR)	• Olusoji Fasuba • Uchenna Emedolu • Musa Deji • Deji Aliu	38.89
5.	Poland (POL)	• Piotr Balcerzak • Łukasz Chyła • Marcin Nowak • Marcin Urbaś	38.96
6.	Japan (JPN)	• Hiroyasu Tsuchie • Hisashi Miyazaki • Ryo Matsuda • Nobuharu Asahara	39.05
—	Great Britain (GBR)	• Christian Malcolm • Darren Campbell • Marlon Devonish • Dwain Chambers	DQ
—	Jamaica (JAM)	• Ricardo Williams • Dwight Thomas • Michael Frater • Asafa Powell	DNF

RANK	NATION	ATHLETES	TIME
1.	United States (USA)	• John Capel • Bernard Williams • Darvis Patton • Joshua J. Johnson	37.99
2.	Jamaica (JAM)	• Ricardo Williams • Dwight Thomas • Michael Frater • Asafa Powell	38.45
3.	Poland (POL)	• Marcin Krzywański • Łukasz Chyła • Marcin Nowak • Marcin Jędrusiński	38.50
4.	Japan (JPN)	• Hiroyasu Tsuchie • Hisashi Miyazaki • Ryo Matsuda • Nobuharu Asahara	38.58
5.	Netherlands (NED)	• Timothy Beck • Troy Douglas • Patrick van Balkom • Caimin Douglas	38.63
6.	Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)	• Marc Burns • Ato Boldon • Jaycey Harper • Niconnor Alexander	38.84
7.	Ghana (GHA)	• Christian Nsiah • Eric Nkansah • Aziz Zakari • Leonard Myles-Mills	38.88
8.	Italy (ITA)	• Francesco Scuderi • Simone Collio • Massimiliano Donati • Alessandro Cavallaro	38.93

RANK	NATION	ATHLETES	TIME
1.	Brazil (BRA)	• Vicente de Lima • Édson Luciano Ribeiro • André da Silva • Cláudio Roberto Souza	38.50
2.	Nigeria (NGR)	• Musa Deji • Uchenna Emedolu • Olusoji Fasuba • Deji Aliu	38.58
3.	Canada (CAN)	• Charles Allen • Anson Henry • Jermaine Joseph • Pierre Browne	38.66
4.	France (FRA)	• Ronald Pognon • Issa-Aimé Nthépé • Frédéric Krantz • Jérôme Éyana	38.79
5.	Australia (AUS)	• Matthew Shirvington • Patrick Johnson • Paul Di Bella • Adam Basil	38.90
—	Great Britain (GBR)	• Christian Malcolm • Darren Campbell • Marlon Devonish • Dwain Chambers	DQ
—	Germany (GER)	• Tobias Unger • Marc Blume • Alexander Kosenkow • Ronny Ostwald	DNF
—	Dominican Republic (DOM)	• Juan Encarnación • Luis Morillo • Juan Sainfleur • Yoel Baez	DNF

RANK	NATION	ATHLETES	TIME
1.	United States (USA)	• John Capel • Bernard Williams • Darvis Patton • Joshua J. Johnson	38.28
2.	France (FRA)	• Ronald Pognon • Issa-Aimé Nthépé • Frédéric Krantz • Jérôme Éyana	38.61
3.	Germany (GER)	• Tobias Unger • Marc Blume • Alexander Kosenkow • Ronny Ostwald	38.91
4.	Ghana (GHA)	• Christian Nsiah • Eric Nkansah • Aziz Zakari • Leonard Myles-Mills	38.94
5.	Dominican Republic (DOM)	• Juan Encarnación • Luis Morillo • Juan Sainfleur • Yoel Baez	39.01
6.	China (CHN)	• Shen Yunbao • He Jun • Yang Yaozu • Chen Haijian	39.28
—	Hungary (HUN)	• Zsolt Szeglet • Géza Pauer • Gábor Dobos • Miklós Gyulai	DQ

RANK	NATION	ATHLETES	TIME
1.	Brazil (BRA)	• Vicente de Lima • Édson Luciano Ribeiro • André da Silva • Cláudio Roberto Souza	38.53
2.	Nigeria (NGR)	• Musa Deji • Tamunosiki Atorudibo • Olusoji Fasuba • Deji Aliu	38.76
3.	Japan (JPN)	• Hiroyasu Tsuchie • Hisashi Miyazaki • Ryo Matsuda • Nobuharu Asahara	38.77
4.	Belgium (BEL)	• Nathan Bongelo • Anthony Ferro • Kristof Beyens • Xavier de Baerdemaeker	39.05 NR
—	Cameroon (CMR)	• Alfred Moussambani • Serge Bengono • Jean-Francis Ngapout • Joseph Batangdon	DQ
—	Cyprus (CYP)	• Constantinos Kokkinos • Anthimos Rotos • Neophytos Michael-Kyriacou • Prodromos Katsantonis	DQ
—	Ukraine (UKR)	• Kostyantyn Vasyukov • Kostyantyn Rurak • Oleksandr Kaydash • Dmytro Hlushchenko	DQ

RANK	NATION	ATHLETES	TIME
1.	Poland (POL)	• Marcin Krzywański • Łukasz Chyła • Marcin Nowak • Marcin Jędrusiński	38.52
2.	Netherlands (NED)	• Timothy Beck • Troy Douglas • Patrick van Balkom • Guus Hoogmoed	38.72
3.	Jamaica (JAM)	• Julien Dunkley • Dwight Thomas • Michael Frater • Ricardo Williams	38.84
4.	Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)	• Marc Burns • Ato Boldon • Jaycey Harper • Niconnor Alexander	38.89
5.	New Zealand (NZL)	• Dallas Roberts • Chris Donaldson • James Dolphin • Donald MacDonald	39.25
6.	Oman (OMA)	• Fahad Khamis Said Al Jabri • Hamoud Abdallah Al-Dalhami • Mohamed Al-Shikeili • Juma Mubarak Al-Jabri	40.65

RANK	NATION	ATHLETES	TIME
1.	Italy (ITA)	• Francesco Scuderi • Simone Collio • Massimiliano Donati • Alessandro Cavallaro	38.63
2.	Canada (CAN)	• Rhoan Sterling • Anson Henry • Charles Allen • Pierre Browne	38.72
3.	Australia (AUS)	• Matthew Shirvington • Patrick Johnson • Paul Di Bella • Adam Basil	38.76
4.	Ivory Coast (CIV)	• Marius Loua • Ibrahim Meité • Yves Sonan • Eric Pacome N'Dri	39.34
5.	Liberia (LBR)	• Sayon Cooper • Kouty Mawenh • Joseph Brent • Abraham Koiyan Morlu	40.08
—	Great Britain (GBR)	• Christian Malcolm • Dwain Chambers • Marlon Devonish • Mark Lewis-Francis	DQ
—	Saudi Arabia (KSA)	• Kalifa Al-Saker • Yahya Al-Gahes • Salem Mubarak Al-Yami • Mubarak Ata Mubarak	DNF

Events at the 2003 World Championships

Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
20 km walk	men	women
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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