| Final 16:35 | time | L | _________ |  | 1. Canada |  CAN | 38.31s | 4 |   |  |  Robert Esmie, Glenroy Gilbert, Bruny Surin, Donovan Bailey |  | 2. Australia |  AUS | 38.50s | 5 |   |  |  Paul Henderson, Tim Jackson, Steve Brimacombe, Damien Marsh |  | 3. Italy |  ITA | 39.07s | 3 |   |  |  Giovanni Puggioni, Ezio Madonia, Angelo Cipolloni, Sandro Floris |  | 4. Jamaica |  JAM | 39.10s | 6 |   |  |  James Beckford, Michael Green, Leon Gordon, Raymond Stewart |  | 5. Japan |  JPN | 39.33s | 8 |   |  |  Hisatsugu Suzuki, Koji Ito, Satoru Inoue, Yoshitaka Ito |  | 6. Brazil |  BRA | 39.35s | 1 |   |  |  Andre Domingos Da Silva, Sidnei Telles De Souza, Edson Luciano Ribeiro, Robson Caetano Da Silva |  | 7. Ukraine |  UKR | 39.39s | 7 |   |  |  Aleksey Chikhachov, Dmitriy Vanyaikin, Oleg Kramarenko, Sergey Osovich |  | -. Sweden |  SWE | DQ | 2 |   |  |  Peter Karlsson, Matias Ghansah, Lars Hedner, Tobias Karlsson |   
    
| Semi 1 19:20 | time | L | _________ |  | 1. Canada |  CAN | 38.16s | 6 |   |  |  Robert Esmie, Glenroy Gilbert, Bruny Surin, Donovan Bailey |  | 2. Jamaica |  JAM | 38.64s | 8 |   |  |  Robert Foster, Michael Green, Leon Gordon, Raymond Stewart |  | 3. Ukraine |  UKR | 38.76s | 7 |   |  |  Aleksey Chikhachov, Dmitriy Vanyaikin, Oleg Kramarenko, Sergey Osovich |  | 4. Sweden |  SWE | 38.78s | 4 |   |  |  Peter Karlsson, Matias Ghansah, Lars Hedner, Tobias Karlsson |  | 5. China |  CHN | 38.93s | 5 |   |  |  Xiaoping Li, Wei Lin, Danwei Huang, Wenzhong Chen |  | 6. Ivory Coast |  IVC | 39.50s | 2 |   |  |  Ahmed Douhou, Jean-Olivier Zirignon, Eric Pacome, Ibrahim Meite |  | 7. Bahamas |  BAH | 39.65s | 1 |   |  |  Renward Wells, Andrew Tynes, Iram Lewis, Alfred Stubbs |  | -. France |  FRA | DNF | 3 |   |  |  Olivier Theophile, Sebastien Carrat, Jean-Charles Trouabal, Pascal Theophile |   
| Semi 2 19:29 | time | L | _________ |  | 1. Australia |  AUS | 38.17s | 6 |   |  |  Paul Henderson, Tim Jackson, Steve Brimacombe, Damien Marsh |  | 2. Italy |  ITA | 38.41s | 5 |   |  |  Giovanni Puggioni, Ezio Madonia, Angelo Cipolloni, Sandro Floris |  | 3. Brazil |  BRA | 38.48s | 2 |   |  |  Andre Domingos Da Silva, Sidnei Telles De Souza, Edson Luciano Ribeiro, Robson Caetano Da Silva |  | 4. Japan |  JPN | 38.67s | 4 |   |  |  Hisatsugu Suzuki, Koji Ito, Satoru Inoue, Yoshitaka Ito |  | 5. Great Britain |  GBR | 38.75s | 3 |   |  |  Jason Gardener, Darren Braithwaite, John Regis, Solomon Wariso |  | 6. Russia |  RUS | 38.78s | 1 |   |  |  Aleksandr Porkhomovskiy, Aleksandr Sokolov, Andrey Grigoryev, Andrey Fedoriv |  | 7. Germany |  GER | 38.90s | 8 |   |  |  Holger Blume, Robert Kurnicki, Christian Konieczny, Michael Huke |  | 8. Spain |  ESP | 39.16s | 7 |   |  |  Frutos Feo, Francisco Javier Navarro, Jordi Mayoral, Pedro Pablo Nolet |   
| Heat 1 17:05 | time | L | _________ |  | 1. Canada |  CAN | 38.38s | 8 |   |  |  Robert Esmie, Glenroy Gilbert, Bruny Surin, Donovan Bailey |  | 2. Japan |  JPN | 38.79s | 6 |   |  |  Hisatsugu Suzuki, Koji Ito, Satoru Inoue, Yoshitaka Ito |  | 3. Brazil |  BRA | 38.85s | 3 |   |  |  Andre Domingos Da Silva, Sidnei Telles De Souza, Edson Luciano Ribeiro, Robson Caetano Da Silva |  | 4. Russia |  RUS | 39.03s | 4 |   |  |  Pavel Galkin, Aleksandr Sokolov, Andrey Grigoryev, Andrey Fedoriv |  | 5. Germany |  GER | 39.06s | 7 |   |  |  Marc Blume, Robert Kurnicki, Christian Konieczny, Michael Huke |  | 6. Togo |  TOG | 39.45s | 5 |   |  |  Teko Folligan, Menelik Lawson, Franck Amegnigan, Kossi Akoto |  | 7. Cameroon |  CMR | 40.72s | 2 |   |  |  Issa-Aime Nthepe, Benjamin Sirimou, Samuel Nchinda, Pierre Makon |   
| Heat 2 17:15 | time | L | _________ |  | 1. Sweden |  SWE | 38.74s | 5 |   |  |  Peter Karlsson, Matias Ghansah, Lars Hedner, Tobias Karlsson |  | 2. France |  FRA | 38.82s | 7 |   |  |  Olivier Theophile, Sebastien Carrat, Jean-Charles Trouabal, Pascal Theophile |  | 3. Spain |  ESP | 39.35s | 6 |   |  |  Frutos Feo, Francisco Javier Navarro, Jordi Mayoral, Pedro Pablo Nolet |  | 4. Bahamas |  BAH | 39.37s | 4 |   |  |  Renward Wells, Brian Babbs, Andrew Tynes, Alfred Stubbs |  | 5. Ghana |  GHA | 39.83s | 8 |   |  |  Duah Abu, Abdul Aziz Zakari, Eric Nkansah, Emmanuel Tuffour |  | -. Cuba |  CUB | DQ | 2 |   |  |  Leonardo Prevost, Joel Lamela, Joel Isasi, Jorge Aguilera |  | -. Saudi Arabia |  KSA | DQ | 3 |   |  |  Mohammed Al-Bishi, Mohammed Al Masoud, Mohammad Saif, Jamal Al-Safar |   
| Heat 3 17:25 | time | L | _________ |  | 1. Australia |  AUS | 38.28s | 7 |   |  |  Paul Henderson, Tim Jackson, Steve Brimacombe, Damien Marsh |  | 2. China |  CHN | 38.81s | 5 |   |  |  Xiaoping Li, Wei Lin, Danwei Huang, Wenzhong Chen |  | 3. Jamaica |  JAM | 38.92s | 6 |   |  |  Leon Gordon, Michael Green, Warren Johnson, Raymond Stewart |  | 4. Ivory Coast |  IVC | 39.29s | 3 |   |  |  Ahmed Douhou, Jean-Olivier Zirignon, Eric Pacome, Ibrahim Meite |  | 5. Barbados |  BAR | 39.68s | 4 |   |  |  Garfield Gill, Jason St.Hill, Achebe Hope, Obadele Thompson |  | 6. Trinidad Tobago |  TRI | 40.09s | 2 |   |  |  Alvin Daniel, Patrick Delice, Neil De Silva, Hayden Stephens |  | -. United States |  USA | DNF | 8 |   |  |  Maurice Greene, Jon Drummond, Tony McCall, Michael Marsh |   
| Heat 4 17:35 | time | L | _________ |  | 1. Italy |  ITA | 39.00s | 8 |   |  |  Giovanni Puggioni, Ezio Madonia, Angelo Cipolloni, Sandro Floris |  | 2. Great Britain |  GBR | 39.07s | 6 |   |  |  Jason Gardener, Darren Braithwaite, John Regis, Solomon Wariso |  | 3. Ukraine |  UKR | 39.31s | 5 |   |  |  Aleksey Chikhachov, Dmitriy Vanyaikin, Oleg Kramarenko, Sergey Osovich |  | 4. Mexico |  MEX | 39.66s | 3 |   |  |  Carlos Villasenor, Alejandro Cardenas, Genaro Rojas, Jaime Barragan |  | 5. New Zealand |  NZL | 39.70s | 4 |   |  |  Laud Codjoe, Mark Keddell, Chris Donaldson, Augustine Nketia |  | 6. St.Kitts and Nevis |  SKN | 40.12s | 7 |   |  |  Ricardo Liddie, Eric Haynes, Kim Collins, Kurvin Wallace |  | -. Greece |  GRE | DQ | 2 |   |  |  Alexandros Genovelis, Alexandros Alexopoulos, Georgios Panagiotopoulos, Alexandros Terzian |   
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