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The 4 × 100 metres relay or sprint relay is an athletics track event run in lanes over one lap of the track with four runners completing 100 metres each. The first runners must begin in the same stagger as for the individual 400 m race. Each runner carries a relay baton.
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.
The 4×100 metres relay at the World Championships in Athletics has been contested by both men and women since the inaugural edition in 1983. It is the second most prestigious title in the discipline after the 4×100 metres relay at the Olympics. The competition format typically has one qualifying round leading to a final between eight teams.
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 → ...
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.
The men's 4 × 100 meters relay was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics program. It was the debut of the event, which along with the 4 × 400-meter relays marked the first relays of equal legs in the athletics program (a medley relay had been held in 1908).
In May 2014, the United States Anti-Doping Agency imposed a one-year suspension on a 4 × 100 m relay team member Tyson Gay. [4] [5] [6] In May 2015, the International Olympic Committee formally requested the United States Olympic Committee to collect the medals from teammates Trell Kimmons, Justin Gatlin, Ryan Bailey, Jeffery Demps and Darvis ...
The men's 4 × 100 metres relay event at the 1936 Olympic Games took place on August 9. [1] The United States team of Jesse Owens , Ralph Metcalfe , Foy Draper and Frank Wykoff won in a world record time of 39.8.