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If on the European continent the metric system is the one almost exclusively used (4 × 100 metres, or a lap of 400 m), where the imperial system is still used (UK, USA and Australia, mainly) this relay was rather ran over the distance of 4 × 110 yards, a total of 402.34 m, and that, until the late 1960s.
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.
1 United States (USA) Sam Graddy, Ron Brown, Calvin Smith, Carl Lewis: 38.44 2 Italy (ITA) Antonio Ullo, Giovanni Bongiorni, Stefano Tilli, Pietro Mennea: 39.32 3 Canada (CAN) Ben Johnson, Tony Sharpe, Desai Williams, Sterling Hinds: 39.39 4 Brazil (BRA) Arnaldo da Silva, Nelson Rocha Santos, Katsuiko Nakaia, Paulo Correia: 39.52 5 Ghana (GHA)
[3] [4] On 18 February 2022, the British team was disqualified and officially stripped of the silver medal. [5] [6] [7] The International Olympic Committee requested all members of Great Britain's relay team to return their medals. Canada's relay team was upgraded to silver, and China's relay team was upgraded to bronze. [8]
The first world record in the 4 x 100 metres relay for men was recognized by the International Amateur Athletics Federation, now known as World Athletics, in 1912. To June 21, 2009, the IAAF has ratified 35 world records in the event.
These are the official results of the Men's 4 × 100 metre relay event at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. There were a total number of 16 nations competing. The top three in each heat and next two fastest advanced to the final. [1]
Men's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2015 World Championships Venue Beijing National Stadium Dates 29 August (heats & final) Competitors 58 from 14 nations Winning time 37.36 Medalists Nesta Carter Asafa Powell Nickel Ashmeade Usain Bolt Rasheed Dwyer * Jamaica Mo Youxue Xie Zhenye Su Bingtian Zhang Peimeng China Aaron Brown Andre De Grasse Brendon Rodney Justyn Warner Canada ← 2013 2017 → ...
1.3 Final. 2 References. Toggle the table of contents. ... The men's 4 × 100 metres relay event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place between September 7 and ...