# 2015 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay

The men's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 29 August.

## Summary
### Heats

Jamaica ran Rasheed Dwyer to rest Usain Bolt in the heats. The United States employed a rare strategy of running the main team and not resting any runners.
The US won the first heat with Great Britain second while resting Chijindu Ujah. Jamaica won the second heat. China set an Asian Continental Record in their heat.

### Final race

The United States managed a clean handoff two times between Trayvon Bromell, Justin Gatlin and Tyson Gay, while Jamaica stiff between Nesta Carter and Asafa Powell. Around the final turn, Nickel Ashmeade made up ground on Gay. The final baton change between Mike Rodgers and Tyson Gay was completed outside the changeover zone and the American team was disqualified.
Jamaica won, with China second and Canada third. Britain did not finish after failing to complete the final baton change.

## 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 | Jamaica (Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt) | 37.04 | Daegu, South Korea | 4 September 2011 |
| World Leading | United States (Mike Rodgers, Justin Gatlin, Tyson Gay, Ryan Bailey) | 37.38 | Nassau, Bahamas | 2 May 2015 |
| African Record | Nigeria (Osmond Ezinwa, Olapade Adeniken, Francis Obikwelu, Davidson Ezinwa) | 37.94 | Athens, Greece | 9 August 1997 |
| Asian Record | China (Chen Shiwei, Xie Zhenye, Su Bingtian, Zhang Peimeng) | 37.99 | Incheon, South Korea | 29 August 2014 |
| 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 |
| The following records were established during the competition: |||||
| Asian Record | China (Mo Youxue, Xie Zhenye, Su Bingtian, Zhang Peimeng) | 37.92 | Beijing, China | 29 August 2015 |
| World Leading | Jamaica (Nesta Carter, Asafa Powell, Nickel Ashmeade, Usain Bolt) | 37.36 | Beijing, China | 29 August 2015 |

## Qualification standards

* Entry standards
* Top 8 at IWR+ 8 from Top Lists

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 29 August 2015 | 12:20 | Heats |
| 29 August 2015 | 21:10 | Final |
All times are local times (UTC+8)

## Results
### Heats

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) advance to the final.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Jamaica (JAM) | Nesta Carter, Asafa Powell, Rasheed Dwyer, Nickel Ashmeade | 37.41 | Q, SB |
| 2 | 2 | 6 | France (FRA) | Emmanuel Biron, Christophe Lemaitre, Guy-Elphège Anouman, Jimmy Vicaut | 37.88 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 1 | 8 | United States (USA) | Trayvon Bromell, Justin Gatlin, Tyson Gay, Mike Rodgers | 37.91 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 8 | China (CHN) | Mo Youxue, Xie Zhenye, Su Bingtian, Zhang Peimeng | 37.92 | Q, AR |
| 5 | 2 | 7 | Antigua and Barbuda (ANT) | Chavaughn Walsh, Daniel Bailey, Jared Jarvis, Miguel Francis | 38.01 | q, NR |
| 6 | 2 | 9 | Canada (CAN) | Justyn Warner, Andre De Grasse, Brendon Rodney, Aaron Brown | 38.03 | q, SB |
| 7 | 1 | 9 | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | Richard Kilty, Harry Aikines-Aryeetey, James Ellington, Daniel Talbot | 38.20 | Q, SB |
| 8 | 2 | 5 | Netherlands (NED) | Solomon Bockarie, Patrick van Luijk, Liemarvin Bonevacia, Hensley Paulina | 38.41 | SB |
| 9 | 1 | 5 | Germany (GER) | Julian Reus, Sven Knipphals, Alexander Kosenkow, Aleixo-Platini Menga | 38.57 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | 7 | Japan (JPN) | Kazuma Ōseto, Kenji Fujimitsu, Takuya Nagata, Kotaro Taniguchi | 38.60 | |
| 11 | 1 | 3 | Ukraine (UKR) | Roman Kravtsov, Serhiy Smelyk, Volodymyr Suprun, Vitaliy Korzh | 38.79 | SB |
| 12 | 1 | 6 | Bahamas (BAH) | Warren Fraser, Shavez Hart, Elroy McBride, Teray Smith | 38.96 | SB |
| | 1 | 4 | Brazil (BRA) | Gustavo dos Santos, Aldemir da Silva Junior, Bruno de Barros, José Carlos Moreira | DNF | |
| | 2 | 3 | South Africa (RSA) | Henricho Bruintjies, Anaso Jobodwana, Antonio Alkana, Akani Simbine | DNF | |

### Final

The final was started at 21:10.
| Rank | Lane | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Jamaica (JAM) | Nesta Carter, Asafa Powell, Nickel Ashmeade, Usain Bolt | 37.36 | WL |
| | 9 | China (CHN) | Mo Youxue, Xie Zhenye, Su Bingtian, Zhang Peimeng | 38.01 | |
| | 3 | Canada (CAN) | Aaron Brown, Andre De Grasse, Brendon Rodney, Justyn Warner | 38.13 | |
| 4 | 8 | Germany (GER) | Julian Reus, Sven Knipphals, Alexander Kosenkow, Aleixo-Platini Menga | 38.15 | SB |
| 5 | 5 | France (FRA) | Emmanuel Biron, Christophe Lemaitre, Guy-Elphège Anouman, Jimmy Vicaut | 38.23 | |
| 6 | 2 | Antigua and Barbuda (ANT) | Chavaughn Walsh, Daniel Bailey, Jared Jarvis, Miguel Francis | 38.61 | |
| | 7 | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | Richard Kilty, Daniel Talbot, James Ellington, Chijindu Ujah | DNF | |
| | 6 | United States (USA) | Trayvon Bromell, Justin Gatlin, Tyson Gay, Mike Rodgers | DQ (37.77) | R170.7 |