1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
# 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay

The men's 4x100 metres relay event at the 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sydney, Australia, at International Athletic Centre on 25 August.

## Medalists

| Gold | Vince Williams Jerome Davis Obea Moore Lawrence Armstrong United States |
| - | - |
| Silver | Vincent Caure Didier Héry Ruddy Zami David Patros France |
| Bronze | Peter Missingham David Baxter Paul Pearce Paul Di Bella Australia |

## Results

### Final

25 August

| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | United States | Vince Williams Jerome Davis Obea Moore Lawrence Armstrong | 39.36 |
| | France | Vincent Caure Didier Héry Ruddy Zami David Patros | 39.47 |
| | Australia | Peter Missingham David Baxter Paul Pearce Paul Di Bella | 39.62 |
| 4 | Germany | Marc-Oliver Schmidtchen Jens Weissbach Patrick Weimer Jerome Crews | 39.67 |
| 5 | Japan | Yasuhide Nishikawa Masayuki Okusako Takashi Miyata Shingo Kawabata | 39.75 |
| 6 | Italy | Omar Sacco Alessandro Attene Michele Paggi Francesco Scuderi | 40.18 |
| 7 | United Kingdom | Christian Malcolm Jamie Henthorn Uvie Ugono Dwain Chambers | 40.32 |
| | New Zealand | Donald MacDonald Michael O'Connor Corey Chase Dean Wise | DNF |

### Heats

25 August

**Heat 1**

| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Japan | Yasuhide Nishikawa Masayuki Okusako Takashi Miyata Shingo Kawabata | 39.78 | Q |
| 2 | Australia | Jason Snell David Baxter Paul Pearce Paul Di Bella | 39.85 | Q |
| 3 | United Kingdom | Christian Malcolm Jamie Henthorn Uvie Ugono Dwain Chambers | 39.98 | q |
| 4 | South Africa | Llewellyn Herbert Marcus La Grange Chris Jacobs Riaan Dempers | 40.54 | |
| 5 | Finland | Teemu Tapper Kim Meller Henrik Grönqvist Tommi Hartonen | 40.96 | |

**Heat 2**

| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | France | Vincent Caure Didier Héry Ruddy Zami David Patros | 39.72 | Q |
| 2 | United States | Vince Williams Jerome Davis Obea Moore Lawrence Armstrong | 39.77 | Q |
| 3 | Cuba | Joan Lino Martínez Misael Ortíz Grabiel González Carlos Patterson | 40.31 | |
| 4 | Jamaica | Roy Bailey Shane Brown Lindel Frater David Spencer | 40.46 | |
| 5 | Thailand | Wanchai Prasatsilapapong Ekkachai Janthana Boonyarit Phuksachat Narong Charoenpoel | 40.96 | |
| 6 | Malaysia | Hamberi bin Mahat Kamarudizaman Abu Bakar Kok Lim Tan Raman Ganeshwaran | 41.17 | |

**Heat 3**

| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Germany | Marc-Oliver Schmidtchen Jens Weissbach Patrick Weimer Jerome Crews | 39.68 | Q |
| 2 | New Zealand | Donald MacDonald Michael O'Connor Corey Chase Dean Wise | 40.11 | Q |
| 3 | Italy | Omar Sacco Alessandro Attene Michele Paggi Francesco Scuderi | 40.12 | q |
| 4 | Namibia | Willie Smith Christie van Wyk Thobias Akwenye Benedictus Botha | 40.84 | |
| 5 | Spain | Orkatz Beitia José Illán Diego Santos Carlos Muñiz | 41.04 | |
| | Greece | Evággelos Asaryiotákis Konstadínos Voyiatzákis Nikólaos Grigorópoulos Hristóforos Hoídis | DQ | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 69 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.

* Australia (5)
* Cuba (4)
* Finland (4)
* France (4)
* Germany (4)
* Greece (4)
* Italy (4)
* Jamaica (4)
* Japan (4)
* Malaysia (4)
* Namibia (4)
* New Zealand (4)
* South Africa (4)
* Spain (4)
* Thailand (4)
* United Kingdom (4)
* United States (4)
