Ghana’s men’s 4x100m relay team have qualified for the finals of men’s 4x 100m relays with an outstanding run setting a new National record.

The quartet of Sean Safo-Antwi, Benjamin Azamati, Emmanuel Yeboah, and Joseph Paul Amoah, sealed 5th place clocking a time of 38.08s to finish ahead of Team USA.

Despite finishing 5th, the Ghanaian team became one of the fastest losers’, enough to secure them a place in Friday’s final.

The Olympic debutants slashed 0.04s off the previous record which stood at 38.12s, set at the 1997 World Championships in Greece by the quartet of Abu Duah, Eric Nkansah, Aziz Zakari and Emmanuel Tuffour.

China won the heat while Italy, Canada and Germany finished second, third and fourth, respectively.