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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 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 U.S. had three medalists from Paris in its quartet on Friday ― Melissa Jefferson (100-meter bronze), Thomas (200-meter gold) and Richardson (100-meter silver). But an American relay team ...
Not long after they were disqualified for botching the first handoff of the 4x100 relay on a wet night at Stade de France, Carl Lewis angrily criticized USA Track. U.S. Track has dramatic night in ...
The men's 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held in two rounds at the Stade de France in Paris, France, on 8 and 9 August 2024.This was the 26th time that the men's 4 x 100 metres relay was contested at the Summer Olympics.
The men's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2023 World Athletics Championships was held at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest on 25 and 26 August 2023. [1] [2] It was the 19th edition of this relay at the World Athletics Championships since 1983.
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.