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The 4 x 100 metre relay at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on August 12 and August 13. The United Kingdom just beat Jamaica (38.28, SB) and Australia (38.32, SB) to bronze medal position. The United States' team did not participate in the final, having bungled their first relay stick handoff in their qualification heat the previous day.

Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
France Ladji Doucouré Ronald Pognon Eddy De Lépine Lueyi Dovy	Trinidad and Tobago Kevon Pierre Marc Burns Jacey Harper Darrel Brown	Great Britain Jason Gardener Marlon Devonish Christian Malcolm Mark Lewis-Francis

From the initial two heats the first three teams in each plus two fastest losers progressed through to the final.

All times shown are in seconds.

• Q denotes automatic qualification.
• q denotes fastest losers.
• DNS denotes did not start.
• DNF denotes did not finish.
• AR denotes area record.
• NR denotes national record.
• PB denotes personal best.
• SB denotes season's best.

1. France (Oudere Kankarafou, Ronald Pognon, Eddy De Lépine, Lueyi Dovy) 38.34s Q (WL)
2. Jamaica (Lerone Clarke, Dwight Thomas, Ainsley Waugh, Michael Frater) 38.37s Q (SB)
3. Germany (Alexander Kosenkow, Marc Blume, Tobias Unger, Marius Broening) 38.58 Q (SB)
4. Australia (Daniel Batman, Joshua Ross, Patrick Johnson, Matthew Shirvington) 38.65s q (SB)
5. Brazil (Cláudio Roberto Souza, Bruno Pacheco, Basílio de Moraes, André Domingos) 38.92s (SB)
6. Finland (Markus Pöyhönen, Nghi Tran, Jarkko Ruostekivi, Tommi Hartonen) 39.30s (NR)

• United States (Mardy Scales, Leonard Scott, Tyson Gay, Maurice Greene) DNF

1. Trinidad and Tobago (Kevon Pierre, Marc Burns, Jacey Harper, Darrel Brown) 38.28s Q (WL)
2. Great Britain (Jason Gardener, Marlon Devonish, Christian Malcolm, Mark Lewis-Francis) 38.32s Q (SB)
3. Japan (Nobuharu Asahara, Shinji Takahira, Tatsuro Yoshino, Shingo Suetsugu) 38.46s Q (SB)
4. Netherlands Antilles (Geronimo Goeloe, Charlton Rafaela, Jairo Duzant, Churandy Martina) 38.60 q (NR)
5. Canada (Richard Adu-Bobie, Pierre Browne, Anson Henry, Nicolas Macrozonaris) 38.67s (SB)
6. Nigeria (Olusoji Fasuba, Uchenna Emedolu, Chinedu Oriala, Deji Aliu) 39.29s (SB)

• Italy (Luca Verdecchia, Simone Collio, Massimiliano Donati, Andrew Howe) DQ
• Poland (Michal Bielczyk, Marcin Jedrusinski, Marcin Nowak, Marcin Urbas) DNF

1. France (Ladji Doucouré, Ronald Pognon, Eddy De Lépine, Lueyi Dovy) 38.08s (WL)
2. Trinidad and Tobago (Kevon Pierre, Marc Burns, Jacey Harper, Darrel Brown) 38.10s (NR)
3. Great Britain (Jason Gardener, Marlon Devonish, Christian Malcolm, Mark Lewis-Francis) 38.27s (SB)
4. Jamaica (Lerone Clarke, Dwight Thomas, Ainsley Waugh, Michael Frater) 38.28s (SB)
5. Australia (Daniel Batman, Joshua Ross, Kristopher Neofytou, Patrick Johnson) 38.32s (SB)
6. Netherlands Antilles (Geronimo Goeloe, Charlton Rafaela, Jairo Duzant, Churandy Martina) 38.45 (NR)
7. Germany (Alexander Kosenkow, Marc Blume, Tobias Unger, Marius Broening) 38.48 (SB)
8. Japan (Shingo Suetsugu, Shinji Takahira, Tatsuro Yoshino, Nobuharu Asahara) 38.77s (SB)

• IAAF results, heats
• IAAF results, final

2005 World Championships in Athletics

Men

100 m | 110 m hurdles | 200 m | 400 m | 400 m hurdles | 800 m | 1,500 m | 3,000 m steeplechase | 5,000 m | 10,000 m | 4 x 100 m relay | 4 x 400 m relay | decathlon | marathon | 20 km walk | 50 km walk | long jump | triple jump | high jump | pole vault | shot put | discus | javelin | hammer

Women

100 m | 100 m hurdles | 200 m | 400 m | 400 m hurdles | 800 m | 1,500 m | 3,000 m steeplechase | 5,000 m | 10,000 m | 4 x 100 m relay | 4 x 400 m relay | heptathlon | marathon | 20 km walk | long jump | triple jump | high jump | pole vault | shot put | discus | javelin | hammer