CALI, Colombia (August 4) — Japan, Jamaica, and Nigeria clocked the fastest times in the semi-finals of the men’s 4x100m relays at the 2022 U20 World Athletics Championships here at the Pascual Guerrero Olympic Stadium in Cali, on Thursday, 3 August.
The Japan quartet put together the fastest time of the day with 39.12 seconds when winning the second semi-final heat ahead of Jamaica which crossed the finish line in a time of 39.24. Read more: World U20 Championships women’s 100m hurdles heats results – Jamaicans Kerrica Hill, Alexis James lead the way
Nigeria registered a time of 39.41 to win the second heat with the third-fastest time overall, while South Africa was the top team in the first heat with a time of 39.50 ahead of Italy which finished at 39.63, and also advanced to the final.
Completing the field for the men’s 4x100m relay final at the 2022 U20 World Athletics Championships are the United States with 39.78, Spain with 39.79, and The Netherlands which ended with a national U20 record of 39.85.
Colombia and France had finished top two in heat four but they were both disqualified –paving the way for the United States to advance.
World U20 Athletics Championships men’s 4x100m heats results
| RESULT | ||||
| POS | COUNTRY | TEAM | MARK | DETAILS |
| 1 | RSA | South Africa U20 Emel KEYSER Letlhogonolo MOLEYANE Bradley OLIPHANT Mukhethwa TSHIFURA | 39.50 =SB | Q |
| 2 | ITA | Italy U20 Eduardo LONGOBARDI Loris TONELLA Alessandro MALVEZZI Alessio FAGGIN | 39.63 =SB | q |
| 3 | BAH | Bahamas U20 Antoine ANDREWS Wanya MCCOY Carlos BROWN JR. Zachary EVANS | 40.09 =SB | |
| 4 | BRA | Brazil U20 Lucas Gabriel FERNANDES Izaias ALVES Thamer MOREIRA Renan CORREA | 40.24 =SB | |
| 5 | KSA | Saudi Arabia U20 Hassan AL-ABSI Hattan MAJRASHI Ali Abdullah AL TAWFEEQ Mohammed Khaled AL-KHALIDI | 40.86 =SB | |
| 6 | SKN | Saint Kitts and Nevis U20 Aldrett NISBETT K’Anthony BENJAMIN William SHARPE Shamarie NEWTON-ROBERTS | 41.23 =SB | |
| POL | Poland U20 Damian SOBÓL Dawid GRZĄKA Michał GORZKOWICZ Hubert KOZELAN | DQ |
| RESULT | ||||
| POS | COUNTRY | TEAM | MARK | DETAILS |
| 1 | NGR | Nigeria U20 Adekalu Nicholas FAKOREDE Ogheneovo Nicholas MABILO Kayinsola AJAYI Nurain Kola MUSA | 39.41 SB | Q |
| 2 | ESP | Spain U20 Jaime MENDOZA Mario MENA Juan Carlos CASTILLO Alejandro RUEDA | 39.79 | q |
| 3 | NED | Netherlands U20 Matthew SOPHIA Maurice AFOGNON Nsikak EKPO Daniljo VRIENDWIJK | 39.85 =NU20R | q |
| 4 | CAN | Canada U20 Desmond FRASER Nate PARIS Daniel KIDD Carter BIRADE | 40.59 SB | |
| GBR | Great Britain & NI U20 Olutimilehin ESAN Medwin ODAMTTEN Tyler PANTON Michael ONILOGBO | DNF | ||
| SUI | Switzerland U20 Giovanni PIROLLI Jérémy VALNET Nathan OBERTI Mathieu CHÈVRE | DNF |
| RESULT | ||||
| POS | COUNTRY | TEAM | MARK | DETAILS |
| 1 | JPN | Japan U20 Kowa IKESHITA Hiroto FUJIWARA Shunki TATENO Hiroki YANAGITA | 39.12 SB | Q |
| 2 | JAM | Jamaica U20 Bouwahjgie NKRUMIE Adrian KERR Mark-Anthony DALEY David LYNCH | 39.24 | q |
| 3 | PER | Peru U20 Rodrigo Andre CORNEJO Ismael Abelardo AREVALO SIANCAS Aron Patrick EART Luis Humberto ANGULO | 40.96 NU20R | |
| 4 | THA | Thailand U20 Watchapol THANTHONG Natawat IMAUDOM Thawatchai HIMAIAD Puripol BOONSON | 42.09 SB | |
| GER | Germany U20 Heiko GUSSMANN Tobias MORAWIETZ Eddie REDDEMANN Chidiera ONUOHA | DNF | ||
| BOT | Botswana U20 Abofelo Denny LEITSENG Lundi Warona PINAEMANG Godiraone LOBATLAMANG Thuso OMPHILE | DQ |
| RESULT | ||||
| POS | COUNTRY | TEAM | MARK | DETAILS |
| 1 | USA | United States U20 Johnny BRACKINS Michael GIZZI David FOSTER Charlie BARTHOLOMEW | 39.78 SB | Q |
| 2 | FIN | Finland U20 Topi HUTTUNEN Valtteri LOUKO Niko KANGASOJA Rasmus MARTIN | 40.04 NU20R | |
| 3 | TTO | Trinidad and Tobago U20 Jaden DE SOUZA Shakeem MC KAY Elijah SIMMONS Revell WEBSTER | 40.77 SB | |
| AUS | Australia U20 Lachlan KENNEDY Connor BOND Ryan TARRANT Aidan MURPHY | DNF | ||
| FRA | France U20 Hugo CERRA Jeff ERIUS Dejan OTTOU Grégory AFOY | DQ | ||
| COL | Colombia U20 Carlos FLOREZ ANGULO Oscar Manuel BALTAN Yerlin Enrique GONZALEZ DOMINGUEZ Ronal LONGA | DQ |
