Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics - Men's 4 x 100 metre relay

Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics
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
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
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 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There were a total number of 25 nations competing.

[edit] Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
United States (USA) Leroy Burrell James Jett Carl Lewis Mike Marsh Dennis Mitchell	Nigeria (NGR) Olapade Adeniken Osmond Ezinwa Davidson Ezinwa Chidi Imoh Oluyemi Kayode	Cuba (CUB) Jorge Aguilera Joel Isasi Joel Lamela Andrés Simón

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1992 Summer Olympics.

World Record	37.50	Carl Lewis Andre Carson Dennis Mitchell Leroy Burrell	Tokyo (JPN)	September 1, 1991
Olympic Record	37.83	Sam Graddy Ron Brown Calvin Smith Carl Lewis	Los Angeles (USA)	August 11, 1984

The United States set a new world record in the final.

RANK	NATION	ATHLETES	TIME
	United States (USA)	• Mike Marsh • Leroy Burrell • Dennis Mitchell • Carl Lewis	37.40 WR
	Nigeria (NGR)	• Oluyemi Kayode • Chidi Imoh • Olapade Adeniken • Davidson Ezinwa	37.98
	Cuba (CUB)	• Andrés Simón • Joel Lamela • Joel Isasi • Jorge Aguilera	38.00
4.	Great Britain (GBR)	• Marcus Adam • Tony Jarrett • John Regis • Linford Christie	38.08
5.	Unified Team (EUN)	• Pavel Galkin • Edvin Ivanov • Andrey Fedoriv • Vitaly Savin	38.17
6.	Japan (JPN)	• Shinji Aoto • Hisatsugu Suzuki • Satoru Inoue • Tatsuo Sugimoto	38.77
7.	Austria (AUT)	• Christoph Pöstinger • Thomas Renner • Andreas Berger • Franz Ratzenberger	39.30
8.	Côte d'Ivoire (CIV)	• Frank Waota • Jean-Olivier Zirignon • Gilles Bogui • Ouattara Lagazane	39.31

RANK	NATION	ATHLETES	TIME
1.	United States (USA)	• Mike Marsh • Leroy Burrell • Dennis Mitchell • Carl Lewis	38.14
2.	Cuba (CUB)	• Andrés Simón • Joel Lamela • Joel Isasi • Jorge Aguilera	38.49
3.	Unified Team (EUN)	• Pavel Galkin • Edvin Ivanov • Andrey Fedoriv • Vitaly Savin	38.69
4.	Japan (JPN)	• Shinji Aoto • Hisatsugu Suzuki • Satoru Inoue • Tatsuo Sugimoto	38.81
5.	France (FRA)	• Max Morinière • Daniel Sangouma • Gilles Queneherve • Bruno Marie-Rose	39.02
6.	Ghana (GHA)	• John Myles-Mills • Eric Akogyiram • Emmanuel Tuffour • Samuel Nelson Boateng	39.28
7.	Sierra Leone (SLE)	• Francis Keita • Denton Guy-Williams • Paul Parkinson • Sanusi Turay	40.46
—	Mexico (MEX)	• Genaro Rojas • Eduardo Nava • Raymundo Escalante • Manuel Cárdenas	DSQ

RANK	NATION	ATHLETES	TIME
1.	Nigeria (NGR)	• Oluyemi Kayode • Chidi Imoh • Olapade Adeniken • Davidson Ezinwa	38.21
2.	Great Britain (GBR)	• Tony Jarrett • John Regis • Marcus Adam • Linford Christie	38.64
3.	Austria (AUT)	• Christoph Pöstinger • Thomas Renner • Andreas Berger • Franz Ratzenberger	39.34
4.	Côte d'Ivoire (CIV)	• Frank Waota • Jean-Olivier Zirignon • Gilles Bogui • Ouattara Lagazane	39.46
5.	Spain (ESP)	• Javier Arqués • Enrique Talavera • Juan Trapero • Sergio López Alpáñez	39.62
6.	Thailand (THA)	• Kriengkrai Nalom • Seksarn Boonrat • Niti Piyapan • Visut Watanasin	39.73
7.	Togo (TOG)	• Kouami Aholou • Boevi Youlou Lawson • Kokou Franck Amegnigan • Kossi Akoto	39.84
—	Canada (CAN)	• Ben Johnson • Glenroy Gilbert • Atlee Mahorn • Bruny Surin	DNF

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1992 United States Mike Marsh, Leroy Burrell, Dennis Mitchell & Carl Lewis