# Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay

The men's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, as part of the athletics programme, took place in the Carrara Stadium on 13 and 14 April 2018.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows:
| World record | Jamaica (Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt) | 36.84 | London, United Kingdom | 11 August 2012 |
| Games record | Jamaica (Jason Livermore, Kemar Bailey-Cole, Nickel Ashmeade, Usain Bolt) | 37.58 | Glasgow, Scotland | 2 August 2014 |

## Schedule

The schedule was as follows:
| Date | Time | Round |
| Friday 13 April 2018 | 11:05 | First round |
| Saturday 14 April 2018 | 14:40 | Final |
All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

## Results
### First round

The first round consisted of two heats. The three fastest teams per heat (plus two fastest losers) advanced to the final.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Nation | Athletes | Result | Notes | Qual. |
| 1 | South Africa | Henricho Bruintjies Emile Erasmus Anaso Jobodwana Akani Simbine | 38.71 | | Q |
| 2 | Australia | Trae Williams Rohan Browning Jack Hale Josh Clarke | 38.78 | SB | Q |
| 3 | Sri Lanka | Himasha Eashan Shehan Ambepitiya Mohamed Ashrafu Vinoj De Silva | 39.47 | | Q |
| 4 | The Gambia | Ebrahima Camara Abdoulie Asim Assan Faye Adama Jammeh | 40.57 | | |
| – | Trinidad and Tobago | Keston Bledman Marc Burns Nathan Farinha Emmanuel Callender | DQ | R 170.6c | |
| – | Antigua and Barbuda | | DNS | | |
| – | Ghana | | DNS | | |
| – | Kenya | | DNS | | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Nation | Athletes | Result | Notes | Qual. |
| 1 | England | Reuben Arthur Zharnel Hughes Richard Kilty Harry Aikines-Aryeetey | 38.15 | | Q |
| 2 | Jamaica | Everton Clarke Nigel Ellis Oshane Bailey Yohan Blake | 38.44 | | Q |
| 3 | Nigeria | Enoch Olaoluwa Adegoke Usheoritse Itsekiri Ogho-Oghene Egwero Seye Ogunlewe | 38.52 | | Q |
| 4 | Barbados | Shane Brathwaite Ramon Gittens Nicholas Deshong Burkheart Ellis Jr | 38.95 | SB | q |
| 5 | Malaysia | Nixson Anak Kennedy Jonathan Nyepa Badrul Hisham Abdul Manap Khairul Hafiz Jantan | 39.39 | | q |
| 6 | Fiji | Samuela Railoa Aaron Powell Eugene Vollmer Petero Veitaqomaki | 42.09 | | |
| – | Canada | Sam Effah Bismark Boateng Oluwasegun Makinde Gavin Smellie | DQ | R 170.7 | |

### Final

The medals were determined in the final.
| Rank | Lane | Nation | Athletes | Result | Notes |
| | 6 | England | Reuben Arthur Zharnel Hughes Richard Kilty Harry Aikines-Aryeetey | 38.13 | SB |
| | 5 | South Africa | Henricho Bruintjies Emile Erasmus Anaso Jobodwana Akani Simbine | 38.24 | NR |
| | 3 | Jamaica | Everton Clarke Oshane Bailey Warren Weir Yohan Blake | 38.35 | SB |
| 4 | 4 | Australia | Trae Williams Rohan Browning Jack Hale Josh Clarke | 38.58 | SB |
| 5 | 1 | Barbados | Shane Brathwaite Ramon Gittens Nicholas Deshong Burkheart Ellis Jr | 39.04 | |
| 6 | 8 | Sri Lanka | Himasha Eashan Shehan Ambepitiya Mohamed Ashrafu Vinoj De Silva | 39.08 | NR |
| 7 | 2 | Malaysia | Nixson Anak Kennedy Jonathan Nyepa Badrul Hisham Abdul Manap Khairul Hafiz Jantan | 39.37 | |
| – | 7 | Nigeria | Ogho-Oghene Egwero Usheoritse Itsekiri Emmanuel Arowolo Seye Ogunlewe | DQ | R 170.6c |