# Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay

The 4 × 100 metres relay races at the 1984 Summer Olympics was contested as part of the athletics program.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| United States (USA) Ron Brown Sam Graddy Carl Lewis Calvin Smith | Jamaica (JAM) Al Lawrence Greg Meghoo Don Quarrie Ray Stewart Norman Edwards* | Canada (CAN) Sterling Hinds Ben Johnson Tony Sharpe Desai Williams |

## Abbreviations

| Q | automatic qualification |
| q | qualification by rank |
| DNS | did not start |
| NM | no mark |
| OR | olympic record |
| WR | world record |
| AR | area record |
| NR | national record |
| PB | personal best |
| SB | season best |

## Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1984 Summer Olympics.
| World Record | 37.86 | Carl Lewis Calvin Smith Willie Gault Emmit King | Helsinki (FIN) | August 10, 1983 |
| Olympic Record | 38.19 | Larry Black Robert Taylor Gerald Tinker Eddie Hart | Munich (FRG) | September 10, 1972 |
The United States set a new world record in the final.

## Results
### Final

| Rank | Lane | Team | Name | Result | Notes |
| | 5 | United States (USA) | Sam Graddy, Ron Brown, Calvin Smith, Carl Lewis | 37.83 | WR |
| | 1 | Jamaica (JAM) | Albert Lawrence, Greg Meghoo, Don Quarrie, Ray Stewart | 38.62 | |
| | 6 | Canada (CAN) | Ben Johnson, Tony Sharpe, Desai Williams, Sterling Hinds | 38.70 | |
| 4 | 3 | Italy (ITA) | Antonio Ullo, Giovanni Bongiorni, Stefano Tilli, Pietro Mennea | 38.87 | |
| 5 | 2 | West Germany (FRG) | Jürgen Koffler, Peter Klein, Jürgen Evers, Ralf Lübke | 38.99 | |
| 6 | 7 | France (FRA) | Antoine Richard, Jean-Jacques Boussemart, Marc Gasparoni, Bruno Marie-Rose | 39.10 | |
| 7 | 4 | Great Britain (GBR) | Daley Thompson, Donovan Reid, Mike McFarlane, Allan Wells | 39.13 | |
| 8 | 8 | Brazil (BRA) | Arnaldo da Silva, Nelson Rocha Santos, Katsuiko Nakaia, Paulo Correia | 39.40 | |

### Semi-final

Heat 1
| Rank | Team | Name | Result |
| 1 | United States (USA) | Sam Graddy, Ron Brown, Calvin Smith, Carl Lewis | 38.44 |
| 2 | Italy (ITA) | Antonio Ullo, Giovanni Bongiorni, Stefano Tilli, Pietro Mennea | 39.32 |
| 3 | Canada (CAN) | Ben Johnson, Tony Sharpe, Desai Williams, Sterling Hinds | 39.39 |
| 4 | Brazil (BRA) | Arnaldo da Silva, Nelson Rocha Santos, Katsuiko Nakaia, Paulo Correia | 39.52 |
| 5 | Ghana (GHA) | Philip Attipoe, Makarios Djan, Collins Mensah, Rex Brobby | 40.19 |
| 6 | Indonesia (INA) | Johannes Kardiono, Purnomo, Christian Nenepath, Ernawan Witarsa | 40.37 |
| 7 | Senegal (SEN) | Mamadou Sene, Hamidou Diawara, Ibrahima Fall, Charles-Louis Seck | 40.63 |
| 8 | Thailand (THA) | Vichan Choocherd, Rangsam Intharachai, Prasit Boonprasert, Sumet Promna | 40.83 |
Heat 2
| Rank | Team | Name | Result |
| 1 | Jamaica (JAM) | Albert Lawrence, Greg Meghoo, Don Quarrie, Ray Stewart | 38.67 |
| 2 | Great Britain (GBR) | Daley Thompson, Donovan Reid, Mike McFarlane, Allan Wells | 38.67 |
| 3 | West Germany (FRG) | Jürgen Koffler, Peter Klein, Jürgen Evers, Ralf Lübke | 38.70 |
| 4 | France (FRA) | Antoine Richard, Jean-Jacques Boussemart, Marc Gasparoni, Bruno Marie-Rose | 38.91 |
| 5 | Nigeria (NGR) | Iziaq Adeyanju, Eseme Ikpoto, Samson Oyeledun, Chidi Imoh | 38.98 |
| 6 | Antigua and Barbuda (ANT) | Anthony Henry, Lester Benjamin, Alfred Browne, Larry Miller | 40.14 |
| 7 | Barbados (BAR) | John Mayers, Hamil Grimes, Clyde Edwards, Anthony Jones | 40.18 |
| 8 | Qatar (QAT) | Waheed Khamis Al-Salem, Faraj Abdulla, Jamal Al-Abdulla, Talal Mansour | 40.43 |

### Heats

Heat 1
| Rank | Team | Name | Result |
| 1 | United States (USA) | Sam Graddy, Ron Brown, Calvin Smith, Carl Lewis | 38.89 |
| 2 | West Germany (FRG) | Christian Zirkelbach, Peter Klein, Jürgen Evers, Ralf Lübke | 39.04 |
| 3 | France (FRA) | Antoine Richard, Jean-Jacques Boussemart, Marc Gasparoni, Bruno Marie-Rose | 40.04 |
| 4 | Senegal (SEN) | Mamadou Sène, Hamidou Diawara, Saliou Seck, Charles-Louis Seck | 40.15 |
| 5 | Thailand (THA) | Vichan Choocherd, Rangsam Intharachai, Prasit Boonprasert, Sumet Promna | 40.58 |
| 6 | Qatar (QAT) | Waheed Khamis Al-Salem, Faraj Abdulla, Jamal Al-Abdulla, Talal Mansour | 40.60 |
| 7 | The Gambia (GAM) | Bakary Jarju, Dawda Jallow, Abdurahman Jallow, Omar Fye | 40.73 |
Heat 2
| Rank | Team | Name | Result |
| 1 | Canada (CAN) | Ben Johnson, Tony Sharpe, Desai Williams, Sterling Hinds | 39.20 |
| 2 | Brazil (BRA) | Arnaldo da Silva, Robson da Silva, Katsuiko Nakaia, Paulo Correia | 39.27 |
| 3 | Italy (ITA) | Antonio Ullo, Giovanni Bongiorni, Stefano Tilli, Pietro Mennea | 39.87 |
| 4 | Nigeria (NGR) | Iziaq Adeyanju, Eseme Ikpoto, Lawrence Adegbeingbe, Chidi Imoh | 39.94 |
| 5 | Ghana (GHA) | Philip Attipoe, Makarios Djan, Collins Mensah, Rex Brobby | 40.20 |
| 6 | Sierra Leone (SLE) | Abdul Mansaray, David Peter Sawyerr, Felix Sandy, Ivan Benjamin | 40.77 |
Heat 3
| Rank | Team | Name | Result |
| 1 | Jamaica (JAM) | Norman Edwards, Greg Meghoo, Don Quarrie, Al Lawrence | 38.93 |
| 2 | Great Britain (GBR) | Daley Thompson, Donovan Reid, Mike McFarlane, Allan Wells | 39.00 |
| 3 | Indonesia (INA) | Johannes Kardiono, Mohamed Purnomo, Christian Nenepath, Ernawan Witarsa | 40.43 |
| 4 | Barbados (BAR) | John Mayers, Hamil Grimes, Clyde Edwards, Anthony Jones | 40.47 |
| 5 | Antigua and Barbuda (ANT) | Anthony Henry, Lester Benjamin, Alfred Browne, Larry Miller | 40.70 |
| 6 | Republic of the Congo (CGO) | Théophile Nkounkou, Henri Nding, Antoine Kiakouama, Jean-Didace Bemou | 40.74 |
| 7 | Liberia (LBR) | Wallace Obey, Hassan Tall, Oliver Daniels, Augustus Moulton | 42.05 |