Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay

These are the official results of the men's 4 × 100 metres relay event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There were a total number of 25 nations competing.[1]

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
 United States (USA)
Michael Marsh
Leroy Burrell
Dennis Mitchell
Carl Lewis
James Jett*
 Nigeria (NGR)
Oluyemi Kayode
Chidi Imoh
Olapade Adeniken
Davidson Ezinwa
Osmond Ezinwa*
 Cuba (CUB)
Andrés Simón
Joel Lamela
Joel Isasi
Jorge Aguilera

* Athletes who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1992 Summer Olympics.

World Record 37.50 Carl Lewis
Andre Cason
Dennis Mitchell
Leroy Burrell
Tokyo (JPN) September 1, 1991
Olympic Record 37.83 Sam Graddy
Ron Brown
Calvin Smith
Carl Lewis
Los Angeles (USA) August 11, 1984

The United States set a new world record in the final.

Final

  • Held on August 8, 1992
RANK NATION ATHLETES TIME
 United States (USA) Michael Marsh
Leroy Burrell
Dennis Mitchell
Carl Lewis
37.40
WR
 Nigeria (NGR) Oluyemi Kayode
Chidi Imoh
Olapade Adeniken
Davidson Ezinwa
37.98
 Cuba (CUB) Andrés Simón
Joel Lamela
Joel Isasi
Jorge Aguilera
38.00
4.  Great Britain (GBR) Marcus Adam
Tony Jarrett
John Regis
Linford Christie
38.08
5.  Unified Team (EUN) Pavel Galkin
Edvin Ivanov
Andrey Fedoriv
Vitaliy Savin
38.17
6.  Japan (JPN) Shinji Aoto
Hisatsugu Suzuki
Satoru Inoue
Tatsuo Sugimoto
38.77
7.  Austria (AUT) Christoph Pöstinger
Thomas Renner
Andreas Berger
Franz Ratzenberger
39.30
8.  Ivory Coast (CIV) Frank Waota
Jean-Olivier Zirignon
Gilles Bogui
Ouattara Lagazane
39.31

Semifinals

  • Heat 1
RANK NATION ATHLETES TIME
1.  United States (USA) Michael Marsh
Leroy Burrell
Dennis Mitchell
Carl Lewis
38.14
2.  Cuba (CUB) Andrés Simón
Joel Lamela
Joel Isasi
Jorge Aguilera
38.49
3.  Unified Team (EUN) Pavel Galkin
Edvin Ivanov
Andrey Fedoriv
Vitaliy Savin
38.69
4.  Japan (JPN) Shinji Aoto
Hisatsugu Suzuki
Satoru Inoue
Tatsuo Sugimoto
38.81
5.  France (FRA) Max Morinière
Daniel Sangouma
Gilles Quénéhervé
Bruno Marie-Rose
39.02
6.  Ghana (GHA) John Myles-Mills
Eric Akogyiram
Emmanuel Tuffour
Samuel Nelson Boateng
39.28
7.  Sierra Leone (SLE) Francis Keita
Denton Guy-Williams
Paul Parkinson
Sanusi Turay
40.46
 Mexico (MEX) Genaro Rojas
Eduardo Nava
Raymundo Escalante
Alejandro Cárdenas
DSQ
  • Heat 2
RANK NATION ATHLETES TIME
1.  Nigeria (NGR) Oluyemi Kayode
Chidi Imoh
Olapade Adeniken
Davidson Ezinwa
38.21
2.  Great Britain (GBR) Tony Jarrett
John Regis
Marcus Adam
Linford Christie
38.64
3.  Austria (AUT) Christoph Pöstinger
Thomas Renner
Andreas Berger
Franz Ratzenberger
39.34
4.  Ivory Coast (CIV) Frank Waota
Jean-Olivier Zirignon
Gilles Bogui
Ouattara Lagazane
39.46
5.  Spain (ESP) Javier Arqués
Enrique Talavera
Juan Trapero
Sergio López
39.62
6.  Thailand (THA) Kriengkrai Nalom
Seksarn Boonrat
Niti Piyapan
Visut Watanasin
39.73
7.  Togo (TOG) Kouami Aholou
Boevi Youlou Lawson
Kokou Franck Amegnigan
Kossi Akoto
39.84
 Canada (CAN) Ben Johnson
Glenroy Gilbert
Atlee Mahorn
Bruny Surin
DNF

Heats

First 3 teams of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

RankHeatNationAthletesTimeNotes
11 Cuba (CUB)Andrés Simón, Joel Lamela, Joel Isasi, Jorge Aguilera38.81Q
21 United States (USA)Michael Marsh, Leroy Burrell, Dennis Mitchell, James Jett38.95Q
34 Nigeria (NGR)Osmond Ezinwa, Chidi Imoh, Olapade Adeniken, Davidson Ezinwa38.98Q
41 Japan (JPN)Shinji Aoto, Hisatsugu Suzuki, Satoru Inoue, Tatsuo Sugimoto39.16Q
53 Canada (CAN)Ben Johnson, Glenroy Gilbert, Peter Ogilvie, Bruny Surin39.34Q
62 France (FRA)Max Morinière, Daniel Sangouma, Gilles Quénéhervé, Bruno Marie-Rose39.49Q
74 Spain (ESP)Javier Arqués, Enrique Talavera, Juan Trapero, Sergio López39.60Q
83 Great Britain (GBR)Tony Jarrett, Jason John, Marcus Adam, Linford Christie39.73Q
91 Mexico (MEX)Genaro Rojas, Eduardo Nava, Raymundo Escalante, Alejandro Cárdenas39.77q
101 Togo (TOG)Kouame Aholou, Boevi Youlou Lawson, Kokou Franck Amegnigan, Kossi Akoto39.77q
113 Austria (AUT)Christoph Pöstinger, Thomas Renner, Andreas Berger, Franz Ratzenberger39.86Q
124 Thailand (THA)Kriengkrai Narom, Seksarn Boonrat, Niti Piyapan, Visut Watanasin39.91Q
131 Ivory Coast (CIV)Frank Waota, Jean-Olivier Zirignon, Gilles Bogui, Ouattara Lagazane40.02q
142 Unified Team (EUN)Pavel Galkin, Edvin Ivanov, Andrey Fedoriv, Vitaliy Savin40.07Q
152 Sierra Leone (SLE)Francis Keita, Denton Guy-Williams, Paul Parkinson, Sanusi Turay40.11Q
163 Ghana (GHA)John Myles-Mills, Eric Akogyiram, Emmanuel Tuffour, Samuel Nelson Boateng40.11q
172 Senegal (SEN)Charles-Louis Seck, Amadou Mbaye, Seynou Loum, Oumar Loum40.13
182 Portugal (POR)Luís Cunha, Pedro Curvelo, Luís Barroso, Pedro Agostinho40.30
193 Virgin Islands (ISV)Derry Pemberton, Neville Hodge, Mitchell Peters, Wendell Dickerson40.48
203 The Gambia (GAM)Dawda Jallow, Momodou Sarr, Abdulieh Janneh, Lamin Marikong40.98
214 San Marino (SMR)Nicola Selva, Manlio Molinari, Dominique Canti, Aldo Canti42.08
224 Bangladesh (BAN)Golam Ambia, Mehdi Hasan, Shahanuddin Choudhury, Shah Jalal42.18
1 Belize (BIZ)Emery Gill, Elston Shaw, Michael Joseph, John PalacioDQ
2 Republic of the Congo (CGO)Medard Makanga, Michael Dzong, Armand Biniakounou, David N'KouaDQ
4 Jamaica (JAM)Michael Green, Rudolph Mighty, Anthony Wallace, Ray StewartDNF

See also

References

  1. "Athletics at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
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