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The 4 × 100 metres relay at the Summer Olympics is the shortest track relay event held at the multi-sport event. The men's relay has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since 1912 and the women's event has been continuously held since the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam. It is the most prestigious 4×100 m relay race at elite level.
This was the thirtieth time that the men's 100 metres was contested at the Summer Olympics.Interestingly the final contained 6 men who had recorded top-25 all-time records in the 100m, making this final one of the most tightly contested in history, as the difference between the fastest man in the field Fred Kerley (9.76) and the slowest Kenny Bednarek (9.87) was only 0.11 seconds.
The Olympic 100 m finals, particularly the men's, are among the most popular events from any sport at the Olympics – the 2012 Olympic men's 100 metres final was the most watched event at the London Games by British audiences (with 20 million television viewers) [134] while in the United States that event was the third-most viewed Olympic clip ...
USA's Noah Lyles celebrates after winning the men's 100m final of the athletics event at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, on August 4, 2024.
The U.S. men’s 4x100-meter relay team did it again.. The squad botched a baton pass and was disqualified from the Paris Olympics final on Friday. Second leg Kenny Bednarek took off too soon and ...
British female athletes during the opening ceremony of the 1924 Summer Olympics in the Colombes suburb of Paris on July 5, 1924. Getty Images The British team during the men's eights rowing event.
The women's 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held in two rounds at the Stade de France in Paris, France, on 8 and 9 August 2024.This was the 23rd time that the women's 4 x 100 metres relay was contested at the Summer Olympics.
It was a stark contrast to the men's 4x100 relay, run just 17 minutes later, where the Team USA men botched a handoff en route to a disqualification and yet another Olympics without a relay medal.