# 2014 IAAF World Relays – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay

The men's 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2014 IAAF World Relays was held at the Thomas Robinson Stadium on 25 May.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:
| World record | Jamaica (Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt) | 36.84 | London, Great Britain | 11 August 2012 |
| Championship record | New event | New event | New event | New event |
| World Leading | University of Florida | 38.29 | Austin, Texas, United States | 29 March 2014 |
| African Record | Nigeria (Osmond Ezinwa, Olapade Adeniken, Francis Obikwelu, Davidson Ezinwa) | 37.94 | Athens, Greece | 9 August 1997 |
| Asian Record | Japan (Nobuharu Asahara, Shinji Takahira, Shingo Suetsugu, Naoki Tsukahara) | 38.03 | Osaka, Japan | 1 September 2007 |
| North, Central American and Caribbean record | Jamaica (Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt) | 36.84 | London, Great Britain | 11 August 2012 |
| South American Record | Brazil (Vicente de Lima, Édson Ribeiro, André da Silva, Claudinei da Silva) | 37.90 | Sydney, Australia | 30 September 2000 |
| European Record | Great Britain (Jason Gardener, Darren Campbell, Marlon Devonish, Dwain Chambers) | 37.73 | Sevilla, Spain | 29 August 1999 |
| Oceanian record | Australia (Paul Henderson, Tim Jackson, Steve Brimacombe, Damien Marsh) | 38.17 | Gothenburg, Sweden | 12 August 1995 |
| Oceanian record | Australia (Anthony Alozie, Isaac Ntiamoah, Andrew McCabe, Josh Ross) | 38.17 | London, Great Britain | 10 August 2012 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 25 May 2014 | 17:50 | Heats |
| 25 May 2014 | 20:00 | Final |
All times are local times (UTC-4)

## Results

| KEY: | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | Q | Qualified | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |

### Heats

Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) advanced to the final.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 7 | Jamaica | Nesta Carter, Kemar Bailey-Cole, Julian Forte, Andrew Fisher | 37.71 | Q, CR |
| 2 | 1 | 5 | Great Britain | Richard Kilty, Harry Aikines-Aryeetey, James Ellington, Daniel Talbot | 37.93 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 1 | 8 | Trinidad and Tobago | Keston Bledman, Marc Burns, Rondel Sorrillo, Richard Thompson | 38.09 | Q, SB |
| 4 | 2 | 5 | Brazil | Bruno de Barros, Jefferson Lucindo, Aldemir da Silva Junior, Jorge Vides | 38.10 | Q, SB |
| 5 | 2 | 4 | France | Arnaud Remy, Jimmy Vicaut, Ben Bassaw, Christophe Lemaitre | 38.33 | q, SB |
| 6 | 1 | 3 | Japan | Kazuma Oseto, Kei Takase, Yoshihide Kiryu, Shōta Iizuka | 38.34 | q, SB |
| 7 | 1 | 2 | Cuba | Yaniel Carrero, Roberto Skyers, Reynier Mena, Yadier Cuéllar | 38.44 | SB |
| 8 | 1 | 6 | Netherlands | Giovanni Codrington, Churandy Martina, Jorén Tromp, Hensley Paulina | 38.52 | SB |
| 9 | 2 | 6 | Poland | Remigiusz Olszewski, Dariusz Kuć, Kamil Masztak, Karol Zalewski | 38.60 | SB |
| 10 | 3 | 4 | Germany | Aleixo-Platini Menga, Lucas Jakubczyk, Julian Reus, Martin Keller | 38.62 | Q, SB |
| 11 | 3 | 8 | Canada | Gavin Smellie, Dontae Richards-Kwok, Jared Connaughton, Justyn Warner | 38.70 | Q, SB |
| 12 | 3 | 7 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | Jason Rogers, Antoine Adams, Lestrod Roland, Brijesh Lawrence | 38.76 | SB |
| 13 | 3 | 3 | Ukraine | Emil Ibragimov, Serhiy Smelyk, Ihor Bodrov, Vitaliy Korzh | 38.91 | SB |
| 14 | 2 | 8 | China | Chen Shiwei, Xie Zhenye, Yang Yang, Mo Youxue | 39.00 | SB |
| 15 | 1 | 7 | Australia | Jin Su Jung, Jarrod Geddes, Jake Hammond, Alexander Hartmann | 39.21 | SB |
| 16 | 2 | 2 | Barbados | Andrew Hinds, Levi Cadogan, Ackeem Forde, Ramon Gittens | 39.27 | SB |
| 17 | 2 | 3 | Venezuela | Dubeiker Cedeño, Arturo Ramírez, Álvaro Luis Cassiani, Diego Rivas | 39.29 | SB |
| 18 | 1 | 4 | Cayman Islands | Kemar Hyman, Tyrell Cuffy, David Hamil, Rhymiech Adolphus | 39.76 | SB |
| | 3 | 2 | United States | Marvin Bracy, Trell Kimmons, Rakieem Salaam, Charles Silmon | DQ | R170.7 |
| | 3 | 5 | Bahamas | Johnathan Farquharson, Adrian Griffith, Stephen Newbold, Blake Bartlett | DQ | R170.7 |
| | 3 | 6 | Nigeria | | DNS | |

### Final B

| Rank | Lane | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
| 9 | 7 | Ukraine | Emil Ibrahimov, Serhiy Smelyk, Ihor Bodrov, Vitaliy Korzh | 38.53 | =NR |
| 10 | 6 | Cuba | Yaniel Carrero, Roberto Skyers, Reynier Mena, Yadier Cuéllar | 38.60 | |
| 11 | 8 | China | Chen Shiwei, Xie Zhenye, Yang Yang, Mo Youxue | 38.83 | SB |
| 12 | 3 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | Allistar Clarke, Jason Rogers, Antoine Adams, Brijesh Lawrence | 39.07 | |
| 13 | 4 | Poland | Remigiusz Olszewski, Dariusz Kuć, Jakub Adamski, Karol Zalewski | 39.31 | |
| | 1 | Australia | Jin Su Jung, Jarrod Geddes, Jake Hammond, Alexander Hartmann | DNF | |
| | 5 | Netherlands | Giovanni Codrington, Churandy Martina, Jorén Tromp, Hensley Paulina | DNF | |
| | 2 | Barbados | | DNS | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes | Points |
| | 6 | Jamaica | Nesta Carter, Nickel Ashmeade, Julian Forte, Yohan Blake | 37.77 | | 8 |
| | 4 | Trinidad and Tobago | Keston Bledman, Marc Burns, Rondel Sorrillo, Richard Thompson | 38.04 | SB | 7 |
| | 5 | Great Britain | Richard Kilty, Harry Aikines-Aryeetey, James Ellington, Dwain Chambers | 38.19 | | 6 |
| 4 | 8 | Brazil | Bruno de Barros, Jefferson Lucindo, Aldemir da Silva Junior, Jorge Vides | 38.40 | | 5 |
| 5 | 2 | Japan | Kazuma Oseto, Kei Takase, Yoshihide Kiryu, Shōta Iizuka | 38.40 | | 4 |
| 6 | 7 | Canada | Gavin Smellie, Dontae Richards-Kwok, Jared Connaughton, Justyn Warner | 38.55 | SB | 3 |
| 7 | 3 | Germany | Aleixo-Platini Menga, Lucas Jakubczyk, Julian Reus, Martin Keller | 38.69 | | 2 |
| | 1 | France | | DNS | | |