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The gold capped off a superb Paris Olympics for Benjamin, who won his first Olympic gold medal in the men’s 400 hurdles before adding Saturday's gold. Team USA has enjoyed far more success in ...
Team USA finished out the track and field events with three gold medals, ... Both the men's and the women's relay teams won gold in the 4x400-meter relay finals on Saturday, Aug. 10, and Masai ...
Quincy Wilson, 16, made history on Friday when he ran for Team USA: ... Team USA advance to 400-meter relay final. ... Team USA's Quincy Wilson looks on during the men's 4 x 400m relay in Paris. ...
On August 2, 2008, the International Olympic Committee stripped the gold medal from the U.S. men's 4 x 400-meter relay team. [16] Three of the four runners in the event final, including Pettigrew and twins Alvin and Calvin Harrison , and preliminary round runner Jerome Young , all have admitted or tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs ...
It is the most prestigious 4×400 m relay race at the elite level. At the 1908 Summer Olympics , a precursor to this event was held – the 1600 m medley relay . This event, with two legs of 200 m, one of 400 m, and a final leg of 800 m, was the first track relay in Olympic history.
Men's 4 × 400 meter relay: August 3 Gold: Gail Devers Chryste Gaines Carlette Guidry* Inger Miller Gwen Torrence: Athletics: Women's 4 × 100 meter relay: August 3 Gold: Kim Graham Maicel Malone Jearl Miles Rochelle Stevens Linetta Wilson* Athletics: Women's 4 × 400 meter relay: August 3 Gold: United States men's national basketball team
The result was the only time out of eight major championships over a twelve-year span that the USA team failed to win gold. The winning margin was 0.04 seconds which as of 2024 remains the only time the men's 4 x 400 metres relay was won by less than a tenth of a second at these championships.
Netherlands' Femke Bol and US' Kaylyn Brown compete in the mixed 4x400m relay final. ... That only one of those medals was gold is a surprise considering the country’s depth of 400-meter talent ...