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Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay

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Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
VenueCarrara Stadium
Dates13 April (heats)
14 April (final)
Nations15
Winning time38.13
Medalists
gold medal    England
silver medal    South Africa
bronze medal    Jamaica
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The men's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, as part of the athletics programme, took place in the Carrara Stadium on 13 and 14 April 2018.[1]

Records

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Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows:[2]

World record  Jamaica
(Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt)
36.84 London, United Kingdom 11 August 2012
Games record  Jamaica
(Jason Livermore, Kemar Bailey-Cole, Nickel Ashmeade, Usain Bolt)
37.58 Glasgow, Scotland 2 August 2014

Schedule

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The schedule was as follows:[1]

Date Time Round
Friday 13 April 2018 11:05 First round
Saturday 14 April 2018 14:40 Final

All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

Results

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First round

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The first round consisted of two heats. The three fastest teams per heat (plus two fastest losers) advanced to the final.[3][4][5]

Heat 1
Rank Nation Athletes Result Notes Qual.
1  South Africa Henricho Bruintjies
Emile Erasmus
Anaso Jobodwana
Akani Simbine
38.71 Q
2  Australia Trae Williams
Rohan Browning
Jack Hale
Josh Clarke
38.78 SB Q
3  Sri Lanka Himasha Eashan
Shehan Ambepitiya
Mohamed Ashrafu
Vinoj De Silva
39.47 Q
4  The Gambia Ebrahima Camara
Abdoulie Asim
Assan Faye
Adama Jammeh
40.57
 Trinidad and Tobago Keston Bledman
Marc Burns
Nathan Farinha
Emmanuel Callender
DQ R 170.6c
 Antigua and Barbuda DNS
 Ghana DNS
 Kenya DNS
Heat 2
Rank Nation Athletes Result Notes Qual.
1  England Reuben Arthur
Zharnel Hughes
Richard Kilty
Harry Aikines-Aryeetey
38.15 Q
2  Jamaica Everton Clarke
Nigel Ellis
Oshane Bailey
Yohan Blake
38.44 Q
3  Nigeria Enoch Olaoluwa Adegoke
Usheoritse Itsekiri
Ogho-Oghene Egwero
Seye Ogunlewe
38.52 Q
4  Barbados Shane Brathwaite
Ramon Gittens
Nicholas Deshong
Burkheart Ellis Jr
38.95 SB q
5  Malaysia Nixson Anak Kennedy
Jonathan Nyepa
Badrul Hisham Abdul Manap
Khairul Hafiz Jantan
39.39 q
6  Fiji Samuela Railoa
Aaron Powell
Eugene Vollmer
Petero Veitaqomaki
42.09
 Canada Sam Effah
Bismark Boateng
Oluwasegun Makinde
Gavin Smellie
DQ R 170.7

Final

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The medals were determined in the final.[2]

Rank Lane Nation Athletes Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 6  England Reuben Arthur
Zharnel Hughes
Richard Kilty
Harry Aikines-Aryeetey
38.13 SB
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5  South Africa Henricho Bruintjies
Emile Erasmus
Anaso Jobodwana
Akani Simbine
38.24 NR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3  Jamaica Everton Clarke
Oshane Bailey
Warren Weir
Yohan Blake
38.35 SB
4 4  Australia Trae Williams
Rohan Browning
Jack Hale
Josh Clarke
38.58 SB
5 1  Barbados Shane Brathwaite
Ramon Gittens
Nicholas Deshong
Burkheart Ellis Jr
39.04
6 8  Sri Lanka Himasha Eashan
Shehan Ambepitiya
Mohamed Ashrafu
Vinoj De Silva
39.08 NR
7 2  Malaysia Nixson Anak Kennedy
Jonathan Nyepa
Badrul Hisham Abdul Manap
Khairul Hafiz Jantan
39.37
7  Nigeria Ogho-Oghene Egwero
Usheoritse Itsekiri
Emmanuel Arowolo
Seye Ogunlewe
DQ R 170.6c

References

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  1. ^ a b "Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games: Event Schedule - Men's 4 x 100m relay". Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  2. ^ a b Athletics | Men's 4 × 100m Relay - Final (PDF). Gold Coast 2018. p. 111. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 April 2018. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  3. ^ Athletics | Men's 4 × 100m Relay - Round 1 Results Summary (PDF). Gold Coast 2018. p. 114. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 April 2018. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  4. ^ Athletics | Men's 4 × 100m Relay - Round 1 Heat 1/2 (PDF). Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  5. ^ Athletics | Men's 4 × 100m Relay - Round 1 Heat 2/2 (PDF). Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 23 April 2018.