# 2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay

The men's 4 × 100 metre relay at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Nagai Stadium on 31 August and 1 September.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| United States Darvis Patton Wallace Spearmon Tyson Gay Leroy Dixon Rodney Martin* | Jamaica Marvin Anderson Usain Bolt Nesta Carter Asafa Powell Dwight Thomas* Steve Mullings* | United Kingdom Christian Malcolm Craig Pickering Marlon Devonish Mark Lewis-Francis |
* Runners who participated in the heats only and received medals.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.
| World record | United States (USA) Jon Drummond, Andre Cason, Dennis Mitchell, Leroy Burrell | 37.40 | Stuttgart, Germany | 21 August 1993 |
| Championship record | United States (USA) Jon Drummond, Andre Cason, Dennis Mitchell, Leroy Burrell | 37.40 | Stuttgart, Germany | 21 August 1993 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| August 31, 2007 | 20:40 | Heats |
| September 1, 2007 | 22:20 | Final |

## Results
### Heats

The first 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) qualify.
| Rank | Heat | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Jamaica | Dwight Thomas, Steve Mullings, Nesta Carter, Asafa Powell | 38.02 | Q, WL |
| 2 | 2 | United States | Rodney Martin, Wallace Spearmon, Darvis Patton, Leroy Dixon | 38.10 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 2 | Japan | Naoki Tsukahara, Shingo Suetsugu, Shinji Takahira, Nobuharu Asahara | 38.21 | Q, AR |
| 4 | 1 | Brazil | Vicente de Lima, Rafael Ribeiro, Basílio de Moraes, Sandro Viana | 38.27 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Great Britain | Christian Malcolm, Craig Pickering, Marlon Devonish, Mark Lewis-Francis | 38.33 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Nigeria | Obinna Metu, Chukwu Uche Isaac, Chinedu Oriala, Olusoji Fasuba | 38.43 | q, SB |
| 7 | 2 | Germany | Ronny Ostwald, Tobias Unger, Alexander Kosenkow, Julian Reus | 38.56 | q, SB |
| 8 | 1 | Poland | Michał Bielczyk, Łukasz Chyła, Marcin Jędrusiński, Dariusz Kuć | 38.70 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | Australia | Matt Shirvington, Adam Miller, Tim Williams, Aaron Rouge-Serret | 38.73 | SB |
| 10 | 1 | Italy | Rosario La Mastra, Simone Collio, Maurizio Checcucci, Jacques Riparelli | 38.81 | |
| 11 | 1 | South Africa | Christian Krone, Leigh Julius, Snyman Prinsloo, Sherwin Vries | 39.05 | SB |
| 12 | 1 | Russia | Aleksandr Volkov, Mikhail Yegorychev, Roman Smirnov, Ivan Teplykh | 39.08 | SB |
| 13 | 1 | Canada | Richard Adu-Bobie, Anson Henry, Jared Connaughton, Neville Wright | 39.43 | |

### Final

| Rank | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
| | United States | Darvis Patton, Wallace Spearmon, Tyson Gay, Leroy Dixon | 37.78 | WL |
| | Jamaica | Marvin Anderson, Usain Bolt, Nesta Carter, Asafa Powell | 37.89 | NR |
| | Great Britain | Christian Malcolm, Craig Pickering, Marlon Devonish, Mark Lewis-Francis | 37.90 | SB |
| 4 | Brazil | Vicente de Lima, Rafael Ribeiro, Basílio de Moraes, Sandro Viana | 37.99 | SB |
| 5 | Japan | Naoki Tsukahara, Shingo Suetsugu, Shinji Takahira, Nobuharu Asahara | 38.03 | AR |
| 6 | Germany | Ronny Ostwald, Tobias Unger, Alexander Kosenkow, Julian Reus | 38.62 | |
| | Poland | Michał Bielczyk, Łukasz Chyła, Marcin Jędrusiński, Dariusz Kuć | DNF | |
| | Nigeria | Obinna Metu, Chukwu Uche Isaac, Chinedu Oriala, Olusoji Fasuba | DNF | |