# 2022 World Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay

The men's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2022 World Athletics Championships was held at the Hayward Field in Eugene on 22 and 23 July 2022.

## Records

Before the competition records were as follows:
| Record | Athlete & Nat. | Perf. | Location | Date |
| 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 | Germany Kevin Kranz, Joshua Hartmann, Owen Ansah, Lucas Ansah-Peprah | 37.99 | Regensburg, Germany | 3 June 2022 |
| African Record | South Africa Thando Dlodlo, Simon Magakwe, Clarence Munyai, Akani Simbine | 37.65 | Doha, Qatar | 4 October 2019 |
| Asian Record | Japan Shuhei Tada, Kirara Shiraishi, Yoshihide Kiryu, Abdul Hakim Sani Brown | 37.43 | Doha, Qatar | 5 October 2019 |
| 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 Rodrigo do Nascimento, Vitor Hugo dos Santos, Derick Silva, Paulo André Camilo | 37.72 | Doha, Qatar | 5 October 2019 |
| European Record | Great Britain Adam Gemili, Zharnel Hughes, Richard Kilty, Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake | 37.37 | Doha, Qatar | 5 October 2019 |
| 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, Joshua Ross | 38.17 | London, Great Britain | 10 August 2012 |

## Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was to finish in the first 10 at 2021 World Relays, completed by 6 2021-2022 top lists' teams.

### Participating teams

* Italy (1st)
* Japan (2nd)
* Denmark (3rd)
* Brazil (4th)
* Germany (5th)
* Netherlands (6th)
* Ghana (7th)
* France (9th)
* Spain (10th)
* Canada
* China
* Jamaica
* United States
* Great Britain
* Nigeria
* South Africa
South Africa, subsequently disqualified for doping after the 2021 World Athletics Relays, finally replaces qualified Ukraine (8th at World Relays) which had withdrawn, as per the 7th and last time of the South African U20 team in Nairobi.

#### 2021 Top list

* 37.50 Italy 1 National Stadium, Tokyo (JPN) 6 August 2021
* 37.70 Canada 2 National Stadium, Tokyo (JPN) 6 August 2021
* 37.79 China 3 National Stadium, Tokyo (JPN) 6 August 2021
* 37.82 Jamaica 1h1 National Stadium, Tokyo (JPN) 5 August 2021
* 38.06 Germany 4h2 National Stadium, Tokyo (JPN) 5 August 2021
* 38.08 Ghana 5h2 National Stadium, Tokyo (JPN) 5 August 2021
* 38.10 United States 6h2 National Stadium, Tokyo (JPN) 5 August 2021
* 38.16 Japan 2h1 National Stadium, Tokyo (JPN) 5 August 2021
* 38.16 Denmark 7h2 National Stadium, Tokyo (JPN) 5 August 2021
* 38.18 France 3h1 National Stadium, Tokyo (JPN) 5 August 2021
* 38.27 Great Britain 1 International Stadium, Gateshead (GBR) 13 July 2021
* 38.34 Brazil 4h1 National Stadium, Tokyo (JPN) 5 August 2021
* 38.49 Netherlands 3 International Stadium, Gateshead (GBR) 13 July 2021
* 38.51 South Africa U20 1 Moi International Sports Centre, Kasarani, Nairobi (KEN) 22 August 2021
* 38.53 Nigeria 1 Yabatech Sport Complex, Lagos (NGR) 27 June 2021
* 38.63 Trinidad and Tobago 5h1 National Stadium, Tokyo (JPN) 5 August 2021

### 2022 Top list

* 37.99 Germany 1f1 NR Universitätsstadion am Biopark, Regensburg (GER) 3 June 2022
* 38.09 Adidas team (USA) 1f1 Percy Beard Track, Gainesville, FL (USA) 16 April 2022
* 38.31 Canada 1 Alexander Stadium, Birmingham (GBR) 21 May 2022
* 38.35 Nigeria 1 Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin City (NGR) 25 June 2022
* 38.41 France 2 Alexander Stadium, Birmingham (GBR) 21 May 2022
* 38.43 Great Britain 1 Mestský Stadion, Ostrava (CZE) 31 May 2022
* 38.56 Thailand 1 NR Yecheon (KOR) 4 June 2022
* 38.63 South Africa 1 National Stadium, Gaborone (BOT) 30 April 2022
* 38.70 Netherlands 1 Olympiastadion, Stockholm (SWE) 30 June 2022
* 38.72 United States 1f3 Hilmer Lodge Stadium, Walnut, CA (USA) 16 April 2022
* 38.76 Liberia 1 Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port-of-Spain (TTO) 26 June 2022
* 38.89 Racers Track Club (JAM) 1f1 National Stadium, Kingston (JAM) 26 February 2022
* 38.89 Czech Republic 2f1 Centre sportif du Bout-du-Monde, Geneva (SUI) 11 June 2022
* 38.90 SESI - SP (BRA) 1f3 Rio de Janeiro (BRA) 23 June 2022
* 38.95 Italy 1 Stade Complexe Olympique, Oran (ALG) 1 July 2022
* 38.97 Spain 1 Estadio Iberoamericano, Huelva (ESP) 25 May 2022
* 38.98 Turkey 2 Stade Complexe Olympique, Oran (ALG) 1 July 2022

## Preview

* World Athletics preview (men and women)

## Team rosters

Each roster has 5 or 6 athletes:

## Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC-7), was as follows:
| Date | Time | Round |
| 22 July | 18:05 | Heats |
| 23 July | 19:50 | Final |

## Results
### Heats

The first three in each heat (Q) and the next two fastest (q) qualified for the final.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | 7 | United States (USA) | Christian Coleman, Noah Lyles, Elijah Hall, Marvin Bracy | 37.87 | Q, WL |
| 2 | 2 | 5 | France (FRA) | Méba-Mickaël Zeze, Pablo Matéo, Ryan Zeze, Jimmy Vicaut | 38.09 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 2 | 7 | Canada (CAN) | Aaron Brown, Jerome Blake, Brendon Rodney, Andre De Grasse | 38.10 | Q, SB |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | South Africa (RSA) | Henricho Bruintjies, Emile Erasmus, Clarence Munyai, Akani Simbine | 38.31 | Q, SB |
| 5 | 2 | 8 | Jamaica (JAM) | Ackeem Blake, Kemar Bailey-Cole, Conroy Jones, Jelani Walker | 38.33 | q, SB |
| 6 | 2 | 3 | Brazil (BRA) | Rodrigo do Nascimento, Felipe Bardi, Derick Silva, Erik Cardoso | 38.41 | q, SB |
| 7 | 1 | 4 | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | Adam Gemili, Zharnel Hughes, Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake, Reece Prescod | 38.49 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 8 | Ghana (GHA) | Sean Safo-Antwi, Benjamin Azamati, Joseph Oduro Manu, Joseph Amoah | 38.58 | Q, SB |
| 9 | 2 | 6 | Spain (ESP) | Bernat Canet, Pol Retamal, Jésus Gómez [de], Sergio López [de] | 38.70 | SB |
| 10 | 2 | 4 | Italy (ITA) | Lorenzo Patta, Filippo Tortu, Fausto Desalu, Chituru Ali | 38.74 | SB |
| 11 | 1 | 1 | Germany (GER) | Kevin Kranz, Joshua Hartmann, Owen Ansah, Lucas Ansah-Peprah | 38.83 | |
| 12 | 1 | 5 | China (CHN) | Tang Xingqiang, Xie Zhenye, Su Bingtian, Chen Guanfeng | 38.83 | SB |
| 13 | 1 | 6 | Netherlands (NED) | Hensley Paulina, Taymir Burnet, Joris van Gool, Raphael Bouju | 39.07 | |
| | 2 | 1 | Denmark (DEN) | Simon Hansen, Frederik Schou-Nielsen, Tobias Larsen, Kojo Musah | DNF | |
| | 1 | 2 | Nigeria (NGR) | Raymond Ekevwo, Godson Oghenebrume, Udodi Onwuzurike, Favour Ashe | DQ | |
| | 1 | 3 | Japan (JPN) | Ryuichiro Sakai, Ryota Suzuki [de], Koki Ueyama, Hiroki Yanagita | DQ | |

### Final

The final started on 23 July at 19:50.
| Rank | Lane | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Canada (CAN) | Aaron Brown, Jerome Blake, Brendon Rodney, Andre De Grasse | 37.48 | WL, NR |
| | 3 | United States (USA) | Christian Coleman, Noah Lyles, Elijah Hall, Marvin Bracy | 37.55 | SB |
| | 6 | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | Jona Efoloko, Zharnel Hughes, Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake, Reece Prescod | 37.83 | SB |
| 4 | 2 | Jamaica (JAM) | Ackeem Blake, Yohan Blake, Oblique Seville, Jelani Walker | 38.06 | SB |
| 5 | 8 | Ghana (GHA) | Sean Safo-Antwi, Benjamin Azamati, Joseph Oduro Manu, Joseph Amoah | 38.07 | NR |
| 6 | 7 | South Africa (RSA) | Emile Erasmus, Gift Leotlela, Clarence Munyai, Akani Simbine | 38.10 | SB |
| 7 | 1 | Brazil (BRA) | Rodrigo do Nascimento, Felipe Bardi, Derick Silva, Erik Cardoso | 38.25 | SB |
| | 5 | France (FRA) | Méba-Mickaël Zeze, Pablo Matéo, Ryan Zeze, Jimmy Vicaut | DQ | |