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The men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay event at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held on 25 and 26 July 2021 at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre. [1] It was the thirteenth appearance of the event, which has been held from 1964 to 1972 and then at every Games since 1984.
The top three teams in each relay race at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan will directly book a slot for their corresponding event at the Olympics, while the remaining thirteen vying for qualification per relay race must attain their best time from the heats and finals at the combined 2023 and 2024 meet in Doha. [3]
Chris Guiliano, Jack Alexy, Hunter Armstrong and Caeleb Dressel combined to win gold in the men’s 4x100-meter freestyle relay. Why Team USA’s first gold medal of 2024 Olympics was a full ...
Dressel, Chris Guiliano, Jack Alexy and Hunter Armstrong won the men’s 4x100-meter freestyle relay in Paris on Saturday to mark the first gold medal for the United States so far in these Games.
Jul 27, 2024; Nanterre, France; Ryan Held (USA) in the men’s 4 x 100-meter freestyle relay preliminary heats during the Paris 2024 Olympic Summer Games at Paris La Défense Arena.
Prior to 1964, the longer 4×200-metre freestyle relay was the only men's relay event staged. The men's 4×100-metre freestyle is often considered "swimming’s indisputably best event at the Olympics", [5] as "It is also the Alpha Dog moment in water. Our Country is faster than Your Country".
The USA men’s 4x100-relay team, marred by botched handoffs in the past, did it again in Paris. The U.S. ran without Noah Lyles, who has COVID.
USA had a tradition of winning the Olympic 4x100. Between 1912 and 2000 the USA had lost the Olympic 4x100 only 5 times out of 20 Olympics. Jamaica won 3 times in a row during the Usain Bolt era, 2008-2016. Italy returns as the defending champion, with only one addition to their relay pool.