2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
These are the official results of the Men's 4×100 metres relay event at the 2001 IAAF World Championships in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Their final was held on Sunday 12 August 2001 at 17:10.
Records
Final
Semifinals
- Held on Sunday 12 August 2001
Heat 1
| Rank | Nation | Athletes | Time |
| 1. | • Cláudio Sousa • Edson Ribeiro • André da Silva • Claudinei da Silva | 38.23 | |
| 2. | • Ryo Matsuda • Shingo Suetsugu • Toshiyuki Fujimoto • Nobuharu Asahara | 38.54 | |
| 3. | • Ibrahim Meité • Ahmed Douhou • Yves Sonan • Eric Pacome N'Dri | 38.60 | |
| 4. | • Morne Nagel • Corne du Plessis • Lee-Roy Newton • Mathew Quinn | 38.63 | |
| 5. | • Francesco Scuderi • Marco Torrieri • Maurizio Checcucci • Andrea Colombo | 38.71 | |
| 6. | • Yahya Al-Gahes • Mubarak Ata Mubarak • Salem Mubarak Al-Yami • Jamal Abd. Al-Saffar | 39.04 | |
| 7. | • Kfir Golan • Tommy Kafri • Gideon Yablonka • Aleksandr Porkhomovskiy | 39.39 | |
| — | • Fabrice Calligny • Frédéric Krantz • Christophe Cheval • David Patros | DQ |
Heat 2
| Rank | Nation | Athletes | Time |
| 1. | • Marc Burns • Ato Boldon • Jaycey Harper • Darrel Brown | 38.76 | |
| 2. | • Ryszard Pilarczyk • Łukasz Chyła • Piotr Balcerzak • Marcin Urbaś | 38.92 | |
| 3. | • Matthew Shirvington • Paul Di Bella • Steve Brimacombe • Adam Basil | 38.97 | |
| 4. | • Taiwo Bamidele • Chinedu Oriala • Tamunosiki Atorudibo • Uchenna Emedolu | 39.05 | |
| 5. | • Nicolas Macrozonaris • Glenroy Gilbert • Jermaine Joseph • Anson Henry | 39.16 | |
| 6. | • Renward Wells • Andrew Tynes • Iram Lewis • Dominic Demeritte | 39.20 | |
| 7. | • Arnaud Casquette • Eric Milazar • Fernando Augustin • Stéphane Buckland | 39.25 | |
| — | • Mickey Grimes • Bernard Williams • Dennis Mitchell • Tim Montgomery | DQ |
Heats
- Held on Saturday 11 August 2001
Heat 1
| Rank | Nation | Athletes | Time |
| 1. | • Cláudio Sousa • Edson Ribeiro • André da Silva • Claudinei da Silva | 38.44 | |
| 2. | • Marc Burns • Ato Boldon • Jaycey Harper • Darrel Brown | 38.60 | |
| 3. | • Ryszard Pilarczyk • Łukasz Chyła • Piotr Balcerzak • Marcin Urbaś | 38.79 | |
| — | • Juan Morillo • William Hernández • José Carabalí • Hely Ollarves | DQ | |
| — | • Kongdech Natenee • Vissanu Sophanich • Ekkachai Janthana • Reanchai Seehawong | DQ | |
| — | • Anziz Itchaou • Pascal Dangbo • Arcadius Fanou • Souhalia Alamou | DNS |
Heat 2
| Rank | Nation | Athletes | Time |
| 1. | • Jon Drummond • Mickey Grimes • Dennis Mitchell • Joshua J. Johnson | 38.35 | |
| 2. | • Ryo Matsuda • Shingo Suetsugu • Toshiyuki Fujimoto • Nobuharu Asahara | 38.67 | |
| 3. | • Fabrice Calligny • Frédéric Krantz • David Patros • Needy Guims | 38.97 | |
| 4. | • Taiwo Bamidele • Chinedu Oriala • Sunday Emmanuel • Uchenna Emedolu | 39.10 | |
| 5. | • Bongelemba Bongelo • Anthony Ferro • Kevin Rans • Erik Wijmeersch | 39.22 | |
| — | • Rasgawa Pinnock • Steffen Otto • Alexander Kosenkow • Tim Goebel | DQ | |
| — | • Kouty Mawenh • Sayon Cooper • Sultan Tucker • Koiyan Morlu | DNF |
Heat 3
| Rank | Nation | Athletes | Time |
| 1. | • Okiki Akinremi • Glenroy Gilbert • Jermaine Joseph • Nicolas Macrozonaris | 38.83 | |
| 2. | • Matthew Shirvington • Paul Di Bella • Steve Brimacombe • Adam Basil | 38.96 | |
| 3. | • Francesco Scuderi • Marco Torrieri • Maurizio Checcucci • Andrea Colombo | 38.97 | |
| 4. | • Mohamed Al-Yami • Mubarak Ata Mubarak • Salem Mubarak Al-Yami • Jamal Abd. Al-Saffar | 39.15 | |
| 5. | • Renward Wells • Andrew Tynes • Iram Lewis • Dominic Demeritte | 39.16 | |
| 6. | • Julien Dunkley • Dwight Thomas • Christopher Williams • Ricardo Williams | 40.05 |
Heat 4
| Rank | Nation | Athletes | Time |
| 1. | • Morne Nagel • Corne Du Plessis • Lee-Roy Newton • Mathew Quinn | 38.72 | |
| 2. | • Ibrahim Meité • Ahmed Douhou • Yves Sonan • Eric Pacome N'Dri | 38.74 | |
| 3. | • Arnaud Casquette • Eric Milazar • Fernando Augustin • Stéphane Buckland | 38.99 | |
| 4. | • Kfir Golan • Tommy Kafri • Gideon Yablonka • Aleksandr Porkhomovskiy | 39.13 | |
| 5. | • Alfred Moussambani • Serge Bengono • Joseph Batangdon • Claude Toukene | 39.29 | |
| — | • José A. César • Luis Alberto Pérez-Rionda • Iván García • Freddy Mayola | DNF | |
| — | • Dwain Chambers • Marlon Devonish • Christian Malcolm • Jonathan Barbour | DNF |