2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
Records
Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows. No new world or championship record was set during this competition.

2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay

Section Title: Records
Table Section Text: Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows. No new world or championship record was set during this competition.

World record	Jamaica (JAM) Asafa Powell, Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Usain Bolt	37.10	Beijing, China	22 August 2008

Championship record	United States (USA) Jon Drummond, Andre Cason, Dennis Mitchell, Leroy Burrell	37.40	Stuttgart, Germany	21 August 1993

World Leading	Racers Track Club Daniel Bailey, Yohan Blake, Mario Forsythe, Usain Bolt	37.46	London, Great Britain	25 July 2009

African Record	Nigeria (NGR) Osmond Ezinwa, Olapade Adeniken, Francis Obikwelu, Davidson Ezinwa	37.94	Athens, Greece	9 August 1997

Asian Record	Japan (JPN) Naoki Tsukahara, Shingo Suetsugu, Shinji Takahira, Nobuharu Asahara	38.03	Osaka, Japan	1 September 2007

North American Record	Jamaica (JAM) Asafa Powell, Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Usain Bolt	37.10	Beijing, China	22 August 2008

South American record	Brazil (BRA) André da Silva, Claudinei da Silva, Vicente de Lima, Édson Ribeiro	37.90	Sydney, Australia	30 September 2000

European Record	Great Britain (GBR) Dwain Chambers, Jason Gardener, Darren Campbell, Marlon Devonish	37.73	Seville, Spain	29 August 1999

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

Sentence(s)

Jamaica held the world record of 37.10 in 2008 at Beijing.

final_sentence: Jamaica held the world record of 37.10 in 2008 at Beijing.