2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay

Events at the 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
3000 m				women
5000 m		men		women
10,000 m		men
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
10,000 m walk		men		women
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The men's 4x100 metres relay event at the 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Kingston, Jamaica, at National Stadium on 20 and 21 July.^[1][2]

Medalists

Gold	Ashton Collins Wes Felix Ivory Williams Willie Hordge  United States
Silver	Winston Hutton Orion Nicely Yhann Plummer Usain Bolt  Jamaica
Bronze	Chevon Simpson Marc Burns Kevon Holder Darrel Brown  Trinidad and Tobago

Results

Final

21 July

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
01 !	United States	Ashton Collins Wes Felix Ivory Williams Willie Hordge	38.92
02 !	Jamaica	Winston Hutton Orion Nicely Yhann Plummer Usain Bolt	39.15
03 !	Trinidad and Tobago	Chevon Simpson Marc Burns Kevon Holder Darrel Brown	39.17
4	Brazil	Eliezer de Almeida Bruno Góes Jorge Sena Bruno Pacheco	39.76
5	Italy	Lorenzo La Naia Alessandro Rocco Andrew Howe Sergio Riva	39.86
6	Germany	Marius Broening Sebastian Ernst David Dylus Peter Rapp	40.00
7	Japan	Ryosuke Igumi Shinji Takahira Yusuke Nii Kazuteru Matsumoto	40.05
8	France	Cyril Bapte David Alerte Cédrick Audel Idrissa Mbarke	40.14

Heats

20 July

Heat 1

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	Jamaica	Winston Hutton Orion Nicely Yhann Plummer Usain Bolt	39.38	Q
2	Trinidad and Tobago	Chevon Simpson Marc Burns Kevon Holder Darrel Brown	39.50	Q
3	France	Cyril Bapte David Alerte Cédrick Audel Idrissa Mbarke	39.93	q
4	Italy	Lorenzo La Naia Alessandro Rocco Andrew Howe Sergio Riva	40.16	q
5	Australia	Kris Neofytou John Thornell Fabrice Lapierre Adam Miller	40.51
6	Greece	Yeóryios Sabánis Dimítrios Diamadáras Ioánnis Tzógas Efthímios Steryioúlis	40.55
7	Chile	Nicolás Sepúlveda Kael Becerra Diego Valdés Pablo Colville	DQ

Heat 2

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	United States	Ashton Collins Wes Felix Ivory Williams Willie Hordge	39.18	Q
2	Brazil	Eliezer de Almeida Bruno Góes Jorge Sena Bruno Pacheco	39.75	Q
3	Japan	Ryosuke Igumi Shinji Takahira Yusuke Nii Kazuteru Matsumoto	39.82	q
4	Germany	Marius Broening Sebastian Ernst David Dylus Till Helmke	39.85	q
5	New Zealand	Clint Grooby James Mortimer Hayden Townsend James Dolphin	40.35
6	Poland	Adam Gaj Robert Majchrzak Grzegorz Olszanski Paweł Ptak	40.59
7	Singapore	Izwan Bin Hanif Poh Seng Song Fawy Rawi Erzalmaniq Shameer Ayub	41.87

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 57 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

References