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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.
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.
After the close finish in the 100 metres between reigning World Champion Noah Lyles and seasonal World Leader Kishane Thompson, won by Lyles by .005, there was excitement for the rematch on the anchor of the 4x100 relay. USA had a tradition of winning the Olympic 4x100.
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.
The U.S. women’s 4x100-meter relay survived another shaky handoff to win the gold medal at the Paris Olympics on Friday, powered by a devastating anchor leg by Sha’Carri Richardson.
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.
The top two countries in each repechage heat qualified for the 2024 Olympics, however there was no path for the repechage teams to qualify for the World Relays finals later in the day. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Men's 4x100 Metres Relay Olympic Qualifying Round 2 - Heat
Women's 4x100 Metres Relay Olympic Qualifying Round 1 - Heat Place Athlete Country Time Heat 1: Tamari Davis Gabrielle Thomas Celera Barnes Melissa Jefferson United States: 42.21: 1 2: Asha Philip Imani-Lara Lansiquot Bianca Williams Amy Hunt Great Britain: 42.33: 4 3: Louise Wieland Lisa Mayer Gina Lückenkemper Rebekka Haase Germany: 42.72: 3 ...