# 1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay

The men's 4x100 metres relay event at the 1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, at Deveti Septemvri Stadium on 11 and 12 August.

## Medalists

| Gold | Chris Nelloms Rodney Bridges Reggie Harris James Stallworth United States |
| Silver | Sergejs Insakovs Konstantin Gromadskiy Vitaliy Semyonov Aleksandr Goremykin Soviet Union |
| Bronze | Innocent Asonze Davidson Ezinwa Nnamdi Anusim Osmond Ezinwa Nigeria |

## Results
### Final

12 August
| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time |
| | United States | Chris Nelloms Rodney Bridges Reggie Harris James Stallworth | 39.13 |
| | Soviet Union | Sergejs Insakovs Konstantin Gromadskiy Vitaliy Semyonov Aleksandr Goremykin | 39.58 |
| | Nigeria | Innocent Asonze Davidson Ezinwa Nnamdi Anusim Osmond Ezinwa | 39.68 |
| 4 | United Kingdom | Jason Livingston Mark Smith Michael Williams Jason John | 39.78 |
| 5 | West Germany | Andreas Schofer Marlo Pfeiler Christian Konieczny Marcus Skupin-Alfa | 39.88 |
| 6 | Italy | Andrea Amici Alessandro Orlandi Paolo Carniel Giorgio Marras | 39.92 |
| 7 | Jamaica | Norman Morse Raymond Nelson Daniel England Donovan Powell | 40.06 |
| 8 | Cuba | Leonardo Prevot Joel Lamela Ernesto González Pedro Piñera | 40.25 |

### Heats

11 August

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
| 1 | United States | Chris Nelloms Rodney Bridges Reggie Harris James Stallworth | 39.16 | Q |
| 2 | Cuba | Leonardo Prevot Joel Lamela Ernesto González Pedro Piñera | 40.31 | Q |
| 3 | Australia | Paul Henderson Damien Marsh Chris Aston Jason Vietch | 40.71 | |
| 4 | Canada | Thomas Zverina Ricardo Greenidge Peter Ogilvie Gary Reid | 41.88 | |
| | Spain | Carlos Pérez Julio César de Prado Juan Jesús Puigmarti José Carlos Rivas | DNF | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Nigeria | Innocent Asonze Davidson Ezinwa Nnamdi Anusim Osmond Ezinwa | 39.86 | Q |
| 2 | Jamaica | Norman Morse Raymond Nelson Daniel England Donovan Powell | 40.04 | Q |
| 3 | Italy | Andrea Amici Alessandro Orlandi Paolo Carniel Giorgio Marras | 40.08 | q |
| 4 | Japan | Hirokazu Sato Satoru Inoue Yasutaka Hattori Yusuke Horikoshi | 40.55 | |
| 5 | France | Stéphane Cali Patrick Mistocco Pascal Irdor Willy Seymour | 40.70 | |
| 6 | Greece | Mihaíl Makrís Aléxios Alexópoulos Konstadínos Koutsoumbas Yeóryios Papadópoulos | 41.00 | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Soviet Union | Sergejs Insakovs Konstantin Gromadskiy Vitaliy Semyonov Aleksandr Goremykin | 39.53 | Q |
| 2 | United Kingdom | Jason Livingston Mark Smith Michael Williams Jason John | 39.88 | Q |
| 3 | West Germany | Andreas Schofer Marlo Pfeiler Christian Konieczny Marcus Skupin-Alfa | 39.91 | q |
| 4 | Venezuela | Edgardo Arrieta Eliecer Pulgar Edgar Chourio Reinaldo Santana | 40.60 | |
| 5 | Ireland | Tom Comyns Darren Haddock Geoffrey Pamplon Eugene Farrell | 41.31 | |
| | Bulgaria | Pavlin Plugchiev Stoyan Manolev Plamen Stoyanov Stanislav Georgiev | DQ | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 68 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.
* Australia (4)
* Bulgaria (4)
* Canada (4)
* Cuba (4)
* France (4)
* Greece (4)
* Ireland (4)
* Italy (4)
* Jamaica (4)
* Japan (4)
* Nigeria (4)
* Soviet Union (4)
* Spain (4)
* United Kingdom (4)
* United States (4)
* Venezuela (4)
* West Germany (4)