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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.
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.
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 and women's 4x100 medal races were held at the World Athletics Championships, and neither favorite won gold, instead taking silver. ... Men's relay settles for disappointing 2nd.
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 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 United States men and women historically dominated this event through the 20th century, winning Olympic gold medals and the most IAAF/World Athletics championships. Carl Lewis ran the anchor leg on U.S. relay teams that set six world records from 1983 to 1992, including the first team to break 38 seconds.
South Africa, subsequently disqualified for doping after the 2021 World Athletics Relays, finally replaces qualified Ukraine (8th at World Relays) which had withdrawn, as per the 7th and last time of the South African U20 team in Nairobi.