# 2003 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay

These are the official results of the Men's 4 × 100 metres relay event at the 2003 IAAF World Championships in Paris, France. Their final was held on 31 August 2003 at 17:50h.

## Final

| RANK | NATION | ATHLETES | TIME |
| | United States (USA) | • John Capel • Bernard Williams • Darvis Patton • Joshua J. Johnson | 38.06 |
| | Brazil (BRA) | • Vicente de Lima • Édson Luciano Ribeiro • André da Silva • Cláudio Roberto Souza | 38.26 |
| | Netherlands (NED) | • Timothy Beck • Troy Douglas • Patrick van Balkom • Caimin Douglas | 38.87 |
| 4. | Nigeria (NGR) | • Olusoji Fasuba • Uchenna Emedolu • Musa Deji • Deji Aliu | 38.89 |
| 5. | Poland (POL) | • Piotr Balcerzak • Łukasz Chyła • Marcin Nowak • Marcin Urbaś | 38.96 |
| 6. | Japan (JPN) | • Hiroyasu Tsuchie • Hisashi Miyazaki • Ryo Matsuda • Nobuharu Asahara | 39.05 |
| — | Great Britain (GBR) | • Christian Malcolm • Darren Campbell • Marlon Devonish • Dwain Chambers | DQ |
| — | Jamaica (JAM) | • Ricardo Williams • Dwight Thomas • Michael Frater • Asafa Powell | DNF |

## Semifinals

* Held on Saturday 2003-08-30

### Heat 1

| RANK | NATION | ATHLETES | TIME |
| 1. | United States (USA) | • John Capel • Bernard Williams • Darvis Patton • Joshua J. Johnson | 37.99 |
| 2. | Jamaica (JAM) | • Ricardo Williams • Dwight Thomas • Michael Frater • Asafa Powell | 38.45 |
| 3. | Poland (POL) | • Marcin Krzywański • Łukasz Chyła • Marcin Nowak • Marcin Jędrusiński | 38.50 |
| 4. | Japan (JPN) | • Hiroyasu Tsuchie • Hisashi Miyazaki • Ryo Matsuda • Nobuharu Asahara | 38.58 |
| 5. | Netherlands (NED) | • Timothy Beck • Troy Douglas • Patrick van Balkom • Caimin Douglas | 38.63 |
| 6. | Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | • Marc Burns • Ato Boldon • Jaycey Harper • Niconnor Alexander | 38.84 |
| 7. | Ghana (GHA) | • Christian Nsiah • Eric Nkansah • Aziz Zakari • Leonard Myles-Mills | 38.88 |
| 8. | Italy (ITA) | • Francesco Scuderi • Simone Collio • Massimiliano Donati • Alessandro Cavallaro | 38.93 |

### Heat 2

| RANK | NATION | ATHLETES | TIME |
| 1. | Brazil (BRA) | • Vicente de Lima • Édson Luciano Ribeiro • André da Silva • Cláudio Roberto Souza | 38.50 |
| 2. | Nigeria (NGR) | • Musa Deji • Uchenna Emedolu • Olusoji Fasuba • Deji Aliu | 38.58 |
| 3. | Canada (CAN) | • Charles Allen • Anson Henry • Jermaine Joseph • Pierre Browne | 38.66 |
| 4. | France (FRA) | • Ronald Pognon • Issa-Aimé Nthépé • Frédéric Krantz • Jérôme Éyana | 38.79 |
| 5. | Australia (AUS) | • Matthew Shirvington • Patrick Johnson • Paul Di Bella • Adam Basil | 38.90 |
| — | Great Britain (GBR) | • Christian Malcolm • Darren Campbell • Marlon Devonish • Dwain Chambers | DQ |
| — | Germany (GER) | • Tobias Unger • Marc Blume • Alexander Kosenkow • Ronny Ostwald | DNF |
| — | Dominican Republic (DOM) | • Juan Encarnación • Luis Morillo • Juan Sainfleur • Yoel Baez | DNF |

## Heats

* Held on Saturday 2003-08-30

### Heat 1

| RANK | NATION | ATHLETES | TIME |
| 1. | United States (USA) | • John Capel • Bernard Williams • Darvis Patton • Joshua J. Johnson | 38.28 |
| 2. | France (FRA) | • Ronald Pognon • Issa-Aimé Nthépé • Frédéric Krantz • Jérôme Éyana | 38.61 |
| 3. | Germany (GER) | • Tobias Unger • Marc Blume • Alexander Kosenkow • Ronny Ostwald | 38.91 |
| 4. | Ghana (GHA) | • Christian Nsiah • Eric Nkansah • Aziz Zakari • Leonard Myles-Mills | 38.94 |
| 5. | Dominican Republic (DOM) | • Juan Encarnación • Luis Morillo • Juan Sainfleur • Yoel Baez | 39.01 |
| 6. | China (CHN) | • Shen Yunbao • He Jun • Yang Yaozu • Chen Haijian | 39.28 |
| — | Hungary (HUN) | • Zsolt Szeglet • Géza Pauer • Gábor Dobos • Miklós Gyulai | DQ |

### Heat 2

| RANK | NATION | ATHLETES | TIME |
| 1. | Brazil (BRA) | • Vicente de Lima • Édson Luciano Ribeiro • André da Silva • Cláudio Roberto Souza | 38.53 |
| 2. | Nigeria (NGR) | • Musa Deji • Tamunosiki Atorudibo • Olusoji Fasuba • Deji Aliu | 38.76 |
| 3. | Japan (JPN) | • Hiroyasu Tsuchie • Hisashi Miyazaki • Ryo Matsuda • Nobuharu Asahara | 38.77 |
| 4. | Belgium (BEL) | • Nathan Bongelo • Anthony Ferro • Kristof Beyens • Xavier de Baerdemaeker | 39.05 NR |
| — | Cameroon (CMR) | • Alfred Moussambani • Serge Bengono • Jean-Francis Ngapout • Joseph Batangdon | DQ |
| — | Cyprus (CYP) | • Constantinos Kokkinos • Anthimos Rotos • Neophytos Michael-Kyriacou • Prodromos Katsantonis | DQ |
| — | Ukraine (UKR) | • Kostyantyn Vasyukov • Kostyantyn Rurak • Oleksandr Kaydash • Dmytro Hlushchenko | DQ |

### Heat 3

| RANK | NATION | ATHLETES | TIME |
| 1. | Poland (POL) | • Marcin Krzywański • Łukasz Chyła • Marcin Nowak • Marcin Jędrusiński | 38.52 |
| 2. | Netherlands (NED) | • Timothy Beck • Troy Douglas • Patrick van Balkom • Guus Hoogmoed | 38.72 |
| 3. | Jamaica (JAM) | • Julien Dunkley • Dwight Thomas • Michael Frater • Ricardo Williams | 38.84 |
| 4. | Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | • Marc Burns • Ato Boldon • Jaycey Harper • Niconnor Alexander | 38.89 |
| 5. | New Zealand (NZL) | • Dallas Roberts • Chris Donaldson • James Dolphin • Donald MacDonald | 39.25 |
| 6. | Oman (OMA) | • Fahad Khamis Said Al Jabri • Hamoud Abdallah Al-Dalhami • Mohamed Al-Shikeili • Juma Mubarak Al-Jabri | 40.65 |

### Heat 4

| RANK | NATION | ATHLETES | TIME |
| 1. | Italy (ITA) | • Francesco Scuderi • Simone Collio • Massimiliano Donati • Alessandro Cavallaro | 38.63 |
| 2. | Canada (CAN) | • Rhoan Sterling • Anson Henry • Charles Allen • Pierre Browne | 38.72 |
| 3. | Australia (AUS) | • Matthew Shirvington • Patrick Johnson • Paul Di Bella • Adam Basil | 38.76 |
| 4. | Ivory Coast (CIV) | • Marius Loua • Ibrahim Meité • Yves Sonan • Eric Pacome N'Dri | 39.34 |
| 5. | Liberia (LBR) | • Sayon Cooper • Kouty Mawenh • Joseph Brent • Abraham Koiyan Morlu | 40.08 |
| — | Great Britain (GBR) | • Christian Malcolm • Dwain Chambers • Marlon Devonish • Mark Lewis-Francis | DQ |
| — | Saudi Arabia (KSA) | • Kalifa Al-Saker • Yahya Al-Gahes • Salem Mubarak Al-Yami • Mubarak Ata Mubarak | DNF |