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

Events at the 2003 World Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men		women
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
20 km walk		men		women
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

These are the official results of the Men's 4 x 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	38.02
	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 Encarnacion • 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 Encarnacion • 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

References

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