# 2015 IAAF World Relays – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay

The men's 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2015 IAAF World Relays was held at the Thomas Robinson Stadium on 2 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 | Jamaica (Nesta Carter, Kemar Bailey-Cole, Julian Forte, Andrew Fisher) | 37.71 | Nassau, Bahamas | 25 May 2014 |
| World Leading | United States | 38.18 | Gainesville, United States | 4 April 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 | 2 October 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 | Seville, 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 |
| 2 May 2014 | 19:40 | Heats |
| 2 May 2014 | 21:30 | Final B |
| 2 May 2014 | 21:56 | Final |
All times are local times (UTC-4)

## Results

| KEY: | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | Q | Qualified | WL | World leading | CR | Championship record | NR | National record | 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 | 3 | 7 | United States | Mike Rodgers, Justin Gatlin, Tyson Gay, Ryan Bailey | 37.87 | Q, WL |
| 2 | 1 | 8 | Jamaica | Nesta Carter, Kemar Bailey-Cole, Nickel Ashmeade, Usain Bolt | 38.07 | Q, WL |
| 3 | 2 | 7 | Trinidad and Tobago | Keston Bledman, Marc Burns, Rondel Sorrillo, Richard Thompson | 38.32 | Q, SB |
| 4 | 2 | 3 | France | Pierre Vincent, Christophe Lemaitre, Pierre-Alexis Pessonneaux, Emmanuel Biron | 38.62 | Q, SB |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Brazil | Bruno de Barros, Vítor Hugo dos Santos, Aldemir da Silva Junior, Jorge Vides | 38.64 | Q, SB |
| 6 | 2 | 6 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | Jason Rogers, Brijesh Lawrence, Lestrod Roland, Antoine Adams | 38.68 | q, SB |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Japan | Kazuma Oseto, Kenji Fujimitsu, Yoshihide Kiryū, Kotaro Taniguchi | 38.73 | Q, SB |
| 7 | 1 | 6 | Germany | Aleixo-Platini Menga, Sven Knipphals, Alexander Kosenkow, Patrick Domogala | 38.73 | q, SB |
| 9 | 2 | 2 | Great Britain | Sean Safo-Antwi, Daniel Talbot, James Ellington, Richard Kilty | 38.79 | SB |
| 10 | 3 | 8 | Italy | Fabio Cerutti, Eseosa Desalu, Diego Marani, Delmas Obou | 38.84 | SB |
| 11 | 2 | 1 | Barbados | Levi Cadogan, Ramon Gittens, Nicholas Deshong, Mario Burke | 38.85 | NR |
| 11 | 2 | 4 | Cuba | Yaniel Carrero, Roberto Skyers, Reynier Mena, Yadier Luis | 38.85 | SB |
| 13 | 3 | 3 | Dominican Republic | Gustavo Cuesta, Yoandry Andujar, Stanly del Carmen, Yancarlos Martínez | 38.94 | NR |
| 14 | 1 | 3 | Antigua and Barbuda | Chavaughn Walsh, Daniel Bailey, Tahir Walsh, Miguel Francis | 39.01 | NR |
| 15 | 1 | 2 | Netherlands | Brian Mariano, Churandy Martina, Giovanni Codrington, Hensley Paulina | 39.14 | SB |
| 16 | 1 | 4 | Bahamas | Deneko Brown, Blake Bartlett, Javan Martin, Alfred Higgs | 39.32 | SB |
| 17 | 2 | 5 | Hong Kong | Tang Yik Chun, So Chun Hong, Ng Ka Fung, Tsui Chi Ho | 39.33 | SB |
| 18 | 1 | 7 | Portugal | Diogo Antunes, Francis Obikwelu, David Lima, Yazaldes Nascimento | 39.42 | SB |
| 19 | 3 | 6 | Poland | Adam Pawłowski, Dariusz Kuć, Kamil Masztak, Remigiusz Olszewski | 39.48 | SB |
| 20 | 3 | 5 | Australia | Trae Williams, Alexander Hartmann, Jin Su Jung, Ben Jaworski | 39.75 | |
| 21 | 3 | 4 | China | Wu Zhiqiang, Xie Zhenye, Yang Yang, Mo Youxue | 57.98 | |
| | 2 | 8 | Switzerland | Pascal Mancini, Reto Schenkel, Alex Wilson, Rolf Malcolm Fongué | DNF | |
| | 3 | 2 | Canada | Gavin Smellie, Aaron Brown, Akeem Haynes, Justyn Warner | DQ | 170.6 |
| | 1 | 5 | Nigeria | | DNS | |

### Final B

The final B was started at 21:35.
| Rank | Lane | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Great Britain | Andrew Robertson, Daniel Talbot, James Ellington, Richard Kilty | 38.67 | SB |
| 2 | 5 | Barbados | Levi Cadogan, Ramon Gittens, Nicholas Deshong, Mario Burke | 38.70 | NR |
| 3 | 7 | Dominican Republic | Deidy Montas, Yoandry Andujar, Stanly del Carmen, Yancarlos Martínez | 38.98 | |
| 4 | 3 | Cuba | Reidis Ramos, Roberto Skyers, Reynier Mena, Yaniel Carrero | 39.04 | |
| 5 | 6 | Italy | Fabio Cerutti, Eseosa Desalu, Matteo Galvan, Delmas Obou | 39.23 | |
| 6 | 8 | Antigua and Barbuda | Chavaughn Walsh, Daniel Bailey, Tahir Walsh, Miguel Francis | 39.25 | |
| 7 | 1 | Netherlands | Brian Mariano, Churandy Martina, Giovanni Codrington, Hensley Paulina | 39.41 | |
| 8 | 2 | Bahamas | Deneko Brown, Blake Bartlett, Javan Martin, Alfred Higgs | 39.56 | |

### Final

The final was started at 22:07.
| Rank | Lane | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
| | 5 | United States | Mike Rodgers, Justin Gatlin, Tyson Gay, Ryan Bailey | 37.38 | CR |
| | 4 | Jamaica | Nesta Carter, Kemar Bailey-Cole, Nickel Ashmeade, Usain Bolt | 37.68 | SB |
| | 7 | Japan | Kazuma Oseto, Kenji Fujimitsu, Yoshihide Kiryū, Kotaro Taniguchi | 38.20 | SB |
| 4 | 8 | Brazil | Bruno de Barros, Vítor Hugo dos Santos, Aldemir da Silva Junior, Jorge Vides | 38.63 | SB |
| 5 | 3 | France | Pierre Vincent, Christophe Lemaitre, Pierre-Alexis Pessonneaux, Emmanuel Biron | 38.81 | |
| 6 | 2 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | Jason Rogers, Brijesh Lawrence, Lestrod Roland, Antoine Adams | 38.85 | |
| 7 | 6 | Trinidad and Tobago | Keston Bledman, Marc Burns, Rondel Sorrillo, Richard Thompson | 38.92 | |
| 8 | 1 | Germany | Aleixo-Platini Menga, Sven Knipphals, Alexander Kosenkow, Patrick Domogala | 39.40 | |