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The current men's world record stands at 36.84, set by the Jamaican team at the final of the 2012 London Olympic Games on 11 August 2012. As the only team to break 37 seconds to date, Jamaica has been the dominant team in the sport, winning two consecutive Olympic Gold Medals and four consecutive World Championships.
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 country has won the men's race 15 times and the women's race on 12 occasions. The American men were dominant historically, accruing eight straight wins from 1920 to 1956, but have also logged numerous disqualifications (chiefly due to baton pass failures), including five straight from 2008 to 2024 (also in 1912, 1960, and 1988).
The U.S. men’s 4x100-meter relay team did it again. ... Christian Coleman struggles to hand the baton to teammate Kenny Bednarek in the men's 4x100-meter relay final at the 2024 Summer Olympics ...
4 May (heats) & 5 May (final) ... 16: 3 Netherlands: Hensley ... Men's 4x100 Metres Relay Olympic Qualifying Round 2 - Heat Place Athlete Country Time
This also gave him the distinction of being the first man in history to complete the Triple-Triple (winning the 100 metres, 200 metres and 4 × 100 metres relay, in 3 successive Olympics). His accomplishment was later mooted by the doping disqualification of his teammate in 2008, Nesta Carter , reported in January 2017.
The men's 4 × 100 metres relay event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 5 and 6 August 2021 at the Olympic Stadium. [1] There were 16 competing relay teams, with each team having 5 members from which 4 were selected in each round.
Men's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2013 World Championships Venue Luzhniki Stadium Dates 18 August (heats & final) Competitors 92 from 23 nations Winning time 37.36 Medalists Nesta Carter Kemar Bailey-Cole Nickel Ashmeade Usain Bolt Warren Weir * Oshane Bailey * Jamaica Charles Silmon Mike Rodgers Mookie Salaam Justin Gatlin United States Gavin Smellie Aaron Brown Dontae Richards-Kwok Justyn ...