Athletics at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games:

Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay

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Events:

Host City: Los Angeles, United States
Date Started: August 10, 1984
Date Finished: August 11, 1984

Gold: United States

Silver: Jamaica

Bronze: Canada

Event Notes

Semi-Finals: Top four in each heat advanced to the final. … Round One: Top four in each heat and next four fastest advanced to the semi-finals.

Summary

Running in front of their hometown fans, and led by 100/200 superstar Carl Lewis, the USA was heavily favored. In the final, Canada led on the first leg, with Ben Johnson running a great turn. But then Ron Brown put the Americans into the lead on the backstretch. With the third leg run by 100 world record holder Calvin Smith, the race was effectively over, the only question being the world record. Smith gave Lewis a 5-metre lead for his anchor leg but he did not coast, running a sub-nine second anchor to break the world record with 37.83, which earned him his fourth gold medal of the 1984 Olympics.

Results
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Team NOC Phase Unit Lane Finish Time Leg 1 T1 Leg 2 T2 Leg 3 T3 Leg 4 T4 Medal

United States USA Final Standings 1 WR Graddy Brown Smith Lewis Gold

Jamaica JAM Final Standings 2 Lawrence Meghoo Quarrie Stewart Silver

Canada CAN Final Standings 3 Johnson Sharpe Williams Hinds Bronze

Italy ITA Final Standings 4 Ullo Bongiorni Tilli Mennea

West Germany FRG Final Standings 5 Koffler Klein Evers Lübke

France FRA Final Standings 6 Richard Boussemart Gasparoni Marie-Rose

Great Britain GBR Final Standings 7 Thompson Reid McFarlane Wells

Brazil BRA Final Standings 8 da Silva dos Santos Nakaya Correia

Ghana GHA Final Standings 5 h1r2/3 Attipoe Djan Mensah Brobby

Nigeria NGR Final Standings 5 h2r2/3 Adeyanju Ikpoto Oyeledun Imoh

Indonesia INA Final Standings 6 h1r2/3 Kardiono Purnomo Nenepath Witarsa

Antigua and Barbuda ANT Final Standings 6 h2r2/3 Henry Benjamin Browne Millers

Senegal SEN Final Standings 7 h1r2/3 Sène Diawara Fall Seck

Barbados BAR Final Standings 7 h2r2/3 Mayers Grimes Edwards Jones

Thailand THA Final Standings 8 h1r2/3 Choocherd Inthachai Boonprasert Promna

Qatar QAT Final Standings 8 h2r2/3 Khamis Al-Salem Marzouk Al-Abdullah Mansour

Sierra Leone SLE Final Standings 6 h2r1/3 Mansaray Sawyerr Sandy Benjamin

Congo (Brazzaville) CGO Final Standings 6 h3r1/3 Nkounkou Ndinga Kiakouama Bémou

Gambia GAM Final Standings 7 h1r1/3 Jarjue Jallow Jallow Fye

Liberia LBR Final Standings 7 h3r1/3 Obey Tall Daniels Moulton

Team NOC Phase Unit Lane Finish Time Leg 1 T1 Leg 2 T2 Leg 3 T3 Leg 4 T4 Medal

United States USA Final 1 37.83 WR Graddy 10,29 Brown 9,19 Smith 9,41 Lewis 8,94

Jamaica JAM Final 2 38.62 Lawrence Meghoo Quarrie Stewart 9,28

Canada CAN Final 3 38.70 Johnson Sharpe Williams Hinds 9,47

Italy ITA Final 4 38.87 Ullo Bongiorni Tilli Mennea 9,25

West Germany FRG Final 5 38.99 Koffler Klein Evers Lübke 9,37

France FRA Final 6 39.10 Richard Boussemart Gasparoni Marie-Rose 9,40

Great Britain GBR Final 7 39.13 Thompson Reid McFarlane Wells 9,36

Brazil BRA Final 8 39.40 da Silva dos Santos Nakaya Correia 9,44

Team NOC Phase Unit Lane Finish Time Leg 1 T1 Leg 2 T2 Leg 3 T3 Leg 4 T4 Medal

United States USA Semi-Finals Heat One 1 38.44 QU Graddy Brown Smith Lewis

Italy ITA Semi-Finals Heat One 2 39.32 QU Ullo Bongiorni Tilli Mennea

Canada CAN Semi-Finals Heat One 3 39.39 QU Johnson Sharpe Williams Hinds

Brazil BRA Semi-Finals Heat One 4 39.52 QU da Silva dos Santos Nakaya Correia

Ghana GHA Semi-Finals Heat One 5 40.19 Attipoe Djan Mensah Brobby

Indonesia INA Semi-Finals Heat One 6 40.37 Kardiono Purnomo Nenepath Witarsa

Senegal SEN Semi-Finals Heat One 7 40.63 Sène Diawara Fall Seck

Thailand THA Semi-Finals Heat One 8 40.83 Choocherd Inthachai Boonprasert Promna

Team NOC Phase Unit Lane Finish Time Leg 1 T1 Leg 2 T2 Leg 3 T3 Leg 4 T4 Medal

Jamaica JAM Semi-Finals Heat Two 1 38.67 QU Lawrence Meghoo Quarrie Stewart

Great Britain GBR Semi-Finals Heat Two 2 38.68 QU Thompson Reid McFarlane Wells

West Germany FRG Semi-Finals Heat Two 3 38.70 QU Koffler Klein Evers Lübke

France FRA Semi-Finals Heat Two 4 38.91 QU Richard Boussemart Gasparoni Marie-Rose

Nigeria NGR Semi-Finals Heat Two 5 38.98 Adeyanju Ikpoto Oyeledun Imoh

Antigua and Barbuda ANT Semi-Finals Heat Two 6 40.14 Henry Benjamin Browne Millers

Barbados BAR Semi-Finals Heat Two 7 40.18 Mayers Grimes Edwards Jones

Qatar QAT Semi-Finals Heat Two 8 40.43 Khamis Al-Salem Marzouk Al-Abdullah Mansour

Team NOC Phase Unit Lane Finish Time Leg 1 T1 Leg 2 T2 Leg 3 T3 Leg 4 T4 Medal

United States USA Round One Heat One 1 38.89 QU Graddy Brown Smith Lewis

West Germany FRG Round One Heat One 2 39.04 QU Zirkelbach Klein Evers Lübke

France FRA Round One Heat One 3 40.04 QU Richard Boussemart Gasparoni Marie-Rose

Senegal SEN Round One Heat One 4 40.15 QU Sène Diawara Seck Seck

Thailand THA Round One Heat One 5 40.58 QC Choocherd Inthachai Boonprasert Promna

Qatar QAT Round One Heat One 6 40.60 QC Khamis Al-Salem Marzouk Al-Abdullah Mansour

Gambia GAM Round One Heat One 7 40.73 Jarjue Jallow Jallow Fye

Team NOC Phase Unit Lane Finish Time Leg 1 T1 Leg 2 T2 Leg 3 T3 Leg 4 T4 Medal

Canada CAN Round One Heat Two 1 39.20 QU Johnson Sharpe Williams Hinds

Brazil BRA Round One Heat Two 2 39.27 QU da Silva da Silva Nakaya Correia

Italy ITA Round One Heat Two 3 39.87 QU Ullo Bongiorni Tilli Mennea

Nigeria NGR Round One Heat Two 4 39.94 QU Adeyanju Ikpoto Adegbeingbe Imoh

Ghana GHA Round One Heat Two 5 40.20 QC Attipoe Djan Mensah Brobby

Sierra Leone SLE Round One Heat Two 6 40.77 Mansaray Sawyerr Sandy Benjamin

Team NOC Phase Unit Lane Finish Time Leg 1 T1 Leg 2 T2 Leg 3 T3 Leg 4 T4 Medal

Jamaica JAM Round One Heat Three 1 38.93 QU Edwards Meghoo Quarrie Lawrence

Great Britain GBR Round One Heat Three 2 39.00 QU Thompson Reid McFarlane Wells

Indonesia INA Round One Heat Three 3 40.43 QU Kardiono Purnomo Nenepath Witarsa

Barbados BAR Round One Heat Three 4 40.47 QU Mayers Grimes Edwards Jones

Antigua and Barbuda ANT Round One Heat Three 5 40.70 QC Henry Benjamin Browne Millers

Congo (Brazzaville) CGO Round One Heat Three 6 40.74 Nkounkou Ndinga Kiakouama Bémou

Liberia LBR Round One Heat Three 7 42.05 Obey Tall Daniels Moulton

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