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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 4x100 Metres Relay Olympic Qualifying Round 2 - Heat Place Athlete Country Time Heat 1: Bayanda Walaza Benjamin Richardson Bradley Botshelo Nkoana Akani Simbine South Africa: 38.08: 3 2: Ibrahim Fuseini Isaac Botsio Benjamin Azamati Joseph Amoah Ghana: 38.29: 2 3: Sebastian Sultana Jacob Despard Calab Law Joshua Azzopardi Australia: 38.46 ...
Relay races take the form of professional races and amateur games. Relay races are common in running, orienteering, swimming, cross-country skiing, biathlon, or ice skating (usually with a baton in the fist). In the Olympic Games, there are several types of relay races that are part of track and field, each consisting of a set number of stages ...
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 → ...
Men's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2017 World Championships Venue Olympic Stadium Dates 12 August (heats & final) Competitors 64 from 15 nations Winning time 37.47 Medalists Chijindu Ujah Adam Gemili Danny Talbot Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake Great Britain Mike Rodgers Justin Gatlin Jaylen Bacon Christian Coleman United States Shuhei Tada Shota Iizuka Yoshihide Kiryu Kenji Fujimitsu Japan ← 2015 ...
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.