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The victorious United States team broke the world record by over half a second. The previous record had been set 27 years previously by East Germany. [2] The Jamaican team, 6 metres back, missed the previous world record by 0.04, but set a new national record. Another 7 metres back, Ukraine took the bronze, also setting a new national record. [3]
It was then improved at six successive Olympics from 1952 to 1972. The women's world record at the 2012 Olympic Games ended the forty-year absence of such a feat. [1] The United States is by far the most successful nation in the event. The country has won the men's race 15 times and the women's race on 12 occasions.
[1] 45 world records have been ratified by the IAAF in the event. The following table shows the world record progression in the women's 4 × 100 metre relay, as ratified by the IAAF. "y" denotes time for 4 × 110 yards (402.34 m), ratified as a record for this event.
The women's 5,000 meters saw Ethiopia's Gudaf Tsegay claim gold (14:46.29) after running to the silver medal in the 1500 on Monday night. And the men's 800 meters was won by Kenya's Emmanuel Korir ...
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Simone Manuel anchored the U.S. women's 4x100 meters medley relay team to victory on Saturday for her second gold medal of the Rio Olympics.
The US won gold and set a world record in the 4x100-meter mixed relay. France and Léon Marchand finished 4th. Canada women's soccer team loses penalty shootout to Germany to end Olympic run marred by drone-spying scandal; American Katie Ledecky wins 800-meter freestyle swimming gold, the 4th time she has won the same event. More Top Sports ...
The championship records for the event are 37.04 seconds for men, set by Jamaica in 2011, and 41.03 seconds for women, set by the United States in 2023. [3] The men's world record has been broken or equalled at the competition on four occasions. [ 4 ]