Final 20:05 time L ________ 1. United States 37.61s 5 Jon Drummond, Bernard Williams, Brian Lewis, Maurice Greene 2. Brazil 37.90s 4 Vicente Lenilson de Lima, Edson Ribeiro, Andre Silva, Claudinei Quirino da Silva 3. Cuba 38.04s 3 Angel Cesar, Luis Alberto Perez-Rionda, Ivan Garcia, Freddy Mayola 4. Jamaica 38.20s 6 Lindel Frater, Dwight Thomas, Christopher Williams, Llewellyn Bredwood 5. France 38.49s 7 Frederic Krantz, David Patros, Christophe Cheval, Needy Guims 6. Japan 38.66s 2 Shigeyuki Kojima, Koji Ito, Shingo Suetsugu, Nobuharu Asahara 7. Italy 38.67s 8 Francesco Scuderi, Alessandro Cavallaro, Maurizio Checcucci, Andrea Colombo 8. Poland 38.96s 1 Marcin Nowak, Marcin Urbas, Piotr Balcerzak, Ryszard Pilarczyk
The United States were again heavy favourites, but prospective medallists Great Britain were disqualified in the first round for a faulty changeover. The USA, with two reserve runners, won their Heat in
38.15, and improved to 37.82 in the semi-finals. Cuba won the other Heat in 38.16. Jamaica and Brazil were both runners-up in the time of 38.27s.
In the final the USA produced safe passes on the first two changeovers before Lewis drew away from the field to give Greene a two metres lead. The individual champion added another metre to finish with the sixth-fastest time ever of 37.61. Cuba held second place
until the final leg where Claudinei da Silva gained two metres on Freddy Mayola to win the silver medal.
First 3 teams from each Semi and 2 Best times advanced to Final.
Semi 1 20:50 time L _________ 1. United States 37.82s 6 Jon Drummond, Bernard Williams, Brian Lewis, Maurice Greene 2. Jamaica 38.27s 1 Lindel Frater, Dwight Thomas, Christopher Williams, Llewellyn Bredwood 3. France 38.64s 5 Frederic Krantz, David Patros, Christophe Cheval, Needy Guims 4. Italy 38.67s 3 Francesco Scuderi, Alessandro Cavallaro, Maurizio Checcucci, Andrea Colombo 5. Ivory Coast 38.82s 4 Pacome Eric N'Dri, Ahmed Douhou, Yves Sonan, Ibrahim Meite 6. Canada 38.92s 2 Bradley McCuaig, Glenroy Gilbert, Pierre Browne, Adrian Woodley 7. Thailand 39.05s 7 Kongdech Natenee, Vissanu Sophanich, Boonyarit Phuksachat, Sittichai Suwonprateep -. Nigeria DNF 8 Uchenna Emedolu, Nnamdi Anusim, Sunday Emmanuel, Deji Aliu
Semi 2 20:58 time L _________ 1. $Cuba 38.16s 5 Angel Cesar, Luis Alberto Perez-Rionda, Ivan Garcia, Freddy Mayola 2. Brazil 38.27s 4 Vicente Lenilson de Lima, Edson Luciano Ribeiro, Andre Silva, Claudinei Quirino daSilva 3. Japan 38.31s 6 Shingo Kawabata, Koji Ito, Shingo Suetsugu, Nobuharu Asahara 4. Poland 38.60s 7 Marcin Nowak, Marcin Urbas, Piotr Balcerzak, Ryszard Pilarczyk 5. Greece 38.80s 2 Georgios Theodoridis, Konstadinos Kederis, Alexios Alexopoulos, Aggelos Pavlakakis 6. Trinidad Tobago 38.92s 8 Niconnor Alexander, Julieon Raeburn, Marc Burns, Ato Boldon -. Slovenia DQ 1 Matic Sustersic, Matic Osovnikar, Bostjan Fridrih, Urban Acman -. Australia DQ 3 Matt Shirvington, Paul Di Bella, Darryl Wohlsen, Patrick Johnson
Heats - Friday 29.09 First 2 teams from each Heat and 6 Best times advanced to Semi-Finals .
Heat 1 10:08 time L _________ 1. Ivory Coast 39.06s 7 Pacome N'Dri, Ahmed Douhou, Yves Sonan, Ibrahim Meite 2. Thailand 39.13s 3 Kongdech Natenee, Vissanu Sophanich, Boonyarit Phuksachat, Sittichai Suwonprateep 3. Guatemala 39.34s 6 Nolberto Rolando Blanco, Oscar Meneses, Jose Gonzalez, J. Tinoco 4. Bahamas 39.57s 2 Renward Wells, Dominic Demeritte, Iram Lewis, Whymms Wellington Saunders 5. Cyprus 39.75s 4 Anthimos Rotos, Anninos Marcoullides, Prodromos Katsantonis, Yiannakis Zisimides 6. Yugoslavia 39.99s 8 Slobodan Spasic, Predrag Momirovic, Milos Sakic, Milan Petakovic 7. India 40.23s 5 Anna Durai, Rajeev Balakrishnan, AjayRaj Singh, Panil Kumar -. Great Britain DQ 1 Allyn Condon, Jason Gardener, Marlon Devonish, Dwain Chambers
Heat 2 10:08h time L _________ 1. Brazil 38.32s 8 Vicente Lenilson de Lima, Edson Luciano Ribeiro, Andre Silva, Claudio Roberto deSouza 2. Italy 38.84s 5 Francesco Scuderi, Alessandro Cavallaro, Maurizio Checcucci, Andrea Colombo 3. Nigeria 38.85s 4 Uchenna Emedolu, Nnamdi Anusim, Sunday Emmanuel, Deji Aliu 4. Jamaica 38.97s 3 Donovan Powell, Dwight Thomas, Lindel Frater, Llewellyn Bredwood 5. Slovenia 39.25s 6 Matic Sustersic, Matic Osovnikar, Bostjan Fridrih, Urban Acman 6. Liberia 39.77s 7 Kouty Mawenh, Sayon Cooper, Andrew Reyes, Koiyan Morlu 7. Hong Kong 40.15s 2 Wai Lok To, Kwan Lung Ho, Hon Sing Tang, Wai Hung Chiang 8. Chile 40.20s 1 Diego Valdes, Ricardo Roach, Rodrigo Roach, Juan Pablo Faundez
Heat 3 10:16 time L _________ 1. France 39.00s 5 Frederic Krantz, David Patros, Christophe Cheval, Jerome Eyana 2. Greece 39.21s 2 Georgios Theodoridis, Konstadinos Kederis, Alexios Alexopoulos, Aggelos Pavlakakis 3. Canada 39.26s 6 Bradley McCuaig, Glenroy Gilbert, Pierre Browne, Nicolas Macrozonaris 4. Ireland 39.26s 4 John McAdorey, Gary Ryan, Tom Comyns, Paul Brizzell 5. Mauritius 39.55s 8 Jonathan Chimier, Eric Milazar, Stephane Buckland, Fernando Augustin 6. Israel 39.76s 3 Kfir Golan, Gidon Yablonka, Tommy Kafri, Aleksandr Porkhomovskiy 7. Saudi Arabia 39.94s 7 Mohammed M M Alyami, MubarakAta Mubarak, SalemMubarak Al-Yami, Jamal Abd. Al-Saffar -. Ghana DNF 1 Christian Nsiah, Kenneth Andam, Abdul Aziz Zakari, Leonard Myles-Mills
Heat 4 10.32 time L _________ 1. Cuba 38.74s - Angel Cesar, Luis Alberto Perez-Rionda, Ivan Garcia, Freddy Mayola 2. Australia 38.76s - Matt Shirvington, Paul DiBella, Darryl Wohlsen, Patrick Johnson 3. Trinidad Tobago 39.12s - Niconnor Alexander, Julieon Raeburn, Jacey Harper, Marc Burns 4. Hungary 39.52s - Viktor Kovacs, Geza Pauer, Laszlo Babaly, Miklos Gyulai 5. Cameroon 39.62s - Samuel Nchinda, Serge Bengono, Joseph Batangdon, Benjamin Sirimou 6. Oman 39.82s 1 Mohammed Said Al Maskari, Hamood Al Dalhami, Mohamed Amer Al-Malky, Jihad Al Sheikh 7. Puerto Rico 40.12s - Osvaldo Nieves Morales, Rogelio Manuel Pizarro Domenech, Jorge Richardson, Felix Omar Fernandez Rodriguez 8. Uzbekistan 41.20s - Oleg Juravlyov, Konstantin Zhuravlyov, Anvar Kuchmuradov, Yeroshenko
Heat 5 10:40 time L _________ 1. United States 38.15s 6 Kenny Brokenburr, Tim Montgomery, Brian Lewis, Maurice Greene 2. Japan 38.52s 3 Shingo Kawabata, Koji Ito, Shingo Suetsugu, Nobuharu Asahara 3. Poland 38.74s 7 Marcin Nowak, Marcin Urbas, Piotr Balcerzak, Ryszard Pilarczyk 4. Russia 39.29s 4 Dmitriy Vasilyev, Aleksandr Ryabov, Aleksandr Smirnov, Sergey Bychkov 5. Venezuela 39.45s 2 Juan Morillo, Jose Pena Quevedo, Jose Manuel Carabali, Ellis Ollarves 6. Croatia 39.87s 5 Slaven Krajacic, Dejan Vojnovic, Sinisa Ergotic, Tihomir Buinjac 7. Indonesia 40.35s 1 Sukari, Erwin Heru Susanto, Janis Roubaba, John Muray 8. Barbados 40.38s 8 Wilan Louis, Victor Houston, Gabriel Burnett, Fabian Rollins
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