Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Men's 4 x 100 metre relay

Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics
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
10000 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
10 km walk				women
20 km walk		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

These are the official results of the men's 4 x 100 metres relay event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There were 37 nations competing.

Canada won the gold medal with the United States claiming the silver and Brazil taking the bronze. It was the second time an American men's 4 x 100 relay team failed to win the gold medal after qualifying for the final. The only other occasion was at the 1960 Olympics when the American team was disqualified for an illegal baton exchange.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Canada (CAN) Robert Esmie Glenroy Gilbert Bruny Surin Donovan Bailey Carlton Chambers*	United States (USA) Jon Drummond Tim Harden Michael Marsh Dennis Mitchell Tim Montgomery*	Brazil (BRA) Arnaldo da Silva Robson da Silva Édson Ribeiro André da Silva

* Athletes who participated not in the finale (but only in the heats and or semi final) and received medals.

Final Classification

RANK	NATION	ATHLETES	FINAL	LANE
	Canada (CAN)	• Robert Esmie • Glenroy Gilbert • Bruny Surin • Donovan Bailey	37.69	6
	United States (USA)	• Jon Drummond • Tim Harden • Michael Marsh • Dennis Mitchell	38.05	4
	Brazil (BRA)	• Arnaldo da Silva • Robson da Silva • Édson Ribeiro • André da Silva	38.41	3
4.	Ukraine (UKR)	• Kostya Rurak • Serhiy Osovych • Oleh Kramarenko • Slava Dologodin	38.55	7
5.	Sweden (SWE)	• Peter Karlsson • Torbjörn Martensson • Lars Hedner • Patrik Strenius	38.67	2
6.	Cuba (CUB)	• Andrés Simón • Joel Lamela • Joel Isasi • Luis Alberto Pérez	39.39	5
—	France (FRA)	• Hermann Lomba • Regis Groisard • Pascal Theophile • Needy Guims	DNF	8
—	Ghana (GHA)	• Aziz Zakari • Christian Nsiah • Albert Agyeman • Emmanuel Tuffour	DNS	1

Non-qualifiers

RANK	NATION	ATHLETES	SEMI	HEATS
—	Sierra Leone (SLE)	• Pierre Lisk • Tom Ganda • Josephus Thomas • Sanusi Turay	38.91	38.98
—	Spain (ESP)	• Frutos Feo • Venancio José • Jordi Mayoral • Francisco Navarro	38.91	39.35
—	Côte d'Ivoire (CIV)	• Frank Waota • Ahmed Douhou • Éric Pacôme N'Dri • Ibrahim Meité	38.99	39.43
—	Germany (GER)	• Michael Huke • Marc Blume • Holger Blume • Florian Schwarthoff	DNF	38.77
—	Nigeria (NGR)	• Deji Aliu • Osmond Ezinwa • Francis Obikwelu • Davidson Ezinwa	DNF	39.47
—	Australia (AUS)	• Paul Henderson • Tim Jackson • Steve Brimacombe • Rod Mapstone	DSQ	38.93
—	Bahamas (BAH)	• Renward Wells • Dwight Ferguson • Iram Lewis • Andrew Tynes	DSQ	39.38
—	Jamaica (JAM)	• Leon Gordon • Michael Green • Percival Spencer • Raymond Stewart	DSQ	39.21
—	Togo (TOG)	• Teko Folligan • Boevi Lawson • Justin Ayassou • Kossi Akoto	DNQ	39.56
—	Austria (AUT)	• Martin Schützenauer • Martin Lachkovics • Thomas Griesser • Christoph Poestinger	DNQ	39.80
—	Thailand (THA)	• Sayan Namwong • Worasit Vechaphut • Kongdech Natenee • Ekkachai Janthana	DNQ	39.80
—	Cameroon (CMR)	• Alfred Moussambani • Benjamin Sirimou • Issa-Aimé Nthépé • Claude Toukene-Guebogo	DNQ	39.81
—	Gabon (GAB)	• Patrick Mocci Raoumbé • Antoine Boussombo • Charles Tayot • Eric Ebang	DNQ	39.97
—	Cyprus (CYP)	• Loucas Spyrou • Anninos Marcoullides • Prodromos Katsantonis • Yiannis Zisimides	DNQ	40.06
—	Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN)	• Ricardo Liddie • Bertram Haynes • Kim Collins • Alain Maxime Isaiah	DNQ	40.12
—	Liberia (LBR)	• Kouty Mawenh • Sayon Cooper • Edward Dosa-Wea Neufville • Robert Dennis	DNQ	40.18
—	Fiji (FIJ)	• Solomone Bole • Jone Delai • Henry Semiti • Soloveni Nakaunicina	DNQ	40.23
—	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (VIN)	• Erasto Sampson • Joel Mascoll • Eswort Coombs • Kahlil Cato	DNQ	40.54
—	Benin (BEN)	• Arcadius Fanou • Pascal Dangbo • Issa Alassane Ousseni • Eric Agueh	DNQ	40.79
—	Mauritius (MRI)	• Arnaud Casquette • Dominique Meyepa • Bruno Potanah • Barnabe Jolicoeur	DNQ	40.92
—	British Virgin Islands (IVB)	• Ralston Varlack • Keita Cline • Willys Todman • Mario Todman	DNQ	41.26
—	Gambia (GAM)	• Momodou Sarr • Dawda Jallow • Cherno Sowe • Pa Modou Gai	DNQ	41.80
—	Laos (LAO)	• Poutavanh Phengthalangsy • Thongdy Amnouayphone • Sisomphone Vongpharkdy • Souliyasak Ketkeolatsami	DNQ	44.14
—	Equatorial Guinea (GEQ)	• Ponciano Mbomio • Casimiro Nze • Bonifacio Edu • Gus Envela, Jr.	DNQ	45.63
—	Great Britain (GBR)	• Tony Jarrett • Darren Braithwaite • Darren Campbell • Owusu Dako	DNQ	DNF
—	Papua New Guinea (PNG)	• Allan Akia • Peter Pulu • Amos Ali • Subul Babo	DNQ	DNF
—	Italy (ITA)	• Giovanni Puggioni • Ezio Madonia • Angelo Cipolloni • Sandro Floris	DNQ	DNF
—	Greece (GRE)	• Alexandros Yenovelis • Thomas Sbokos • George Panayiotopoulos • Alexandros Alexopoulos	DNQ	DSQ
—	Japan (JPN)	• Koji Ito • Hiroyasu Tsuchie • Satoru Inoue • Nobuharu Asahara	DNQ	DSQ
—	New Zealand (NZL)	• Chris Donaldson • Mark Keddell • Gus Nketia • Matthew Coad	-	DNS
—	Qatar (QAT)	• Saed Al-Rahim	-'	DNS

See also

• Women's 4x100m Relay

References

• Official Report
• Results