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4 × 100 metres relay

4 × 100 metres relay

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. A relay baton is carried by each runner. Prior to 2018, the baton had to be passed within a 20 m changeover box, preceded by a 10-metre acceleration zone. With a rule change effective November 1, 2017 that zone was modified to include the acceleration zone as part of the passing zone, making the entire zone 30 metres in length. The outgoing runner cannot touch the baton until it has entered the zone, the incoming runner cannot touch the baton after it has left the zone. The zone is usually marked in yellow, frequently using lines, triangles or chevrons. While the rule book specifies the exact positioning of the marks, the colors and style are only "recommended". While most legacy tracks will still have the older markings, the rule change still uses existing marks.[1] Not all governing body jurisdictions have adopted the rule change.

Transfer of the baton in this race is typically blind. The outgoing runner reaches a straight arm backwards when they enter the changeover box, or when the incoming runner makes a verbal signal. The outgoing runner does not look backwards, and it is the responsibility of the incoming runner to thrust the baton into the outstretched hand, and not let go until the outgoing runner takes hold of it without crossing the changeover box and to stop after baton is exchanged.[2][3] Runners on the first and third legs typically run on the inside of the lane with the baton in their right hand, while runners on the second and fourth legs take the baton in their left. Polished handovers can compensate for a lack of basic speed to some extent, and disqualification for dropping the baton or failing to transfer it within the box is common, even at the highest level.[4]

The United States men and women historically dominated this event through the 20th century, winning the most Olympic gold medals and the most IAAF world 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.

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 as well as four consecutive World Championships. The previous record was 37.04 seconds as set by the Jamaican team at the 2011 World Championships.

The fastest electronically timed anchor leg run is 8.65 seconds by Usain Bolt at the 2015 IAAF World Relays, while [5] Bob Hayes was hand-timed as running 8.7 seconds on a cinder track in the 1964 Tokyo Games Final.[6]

The women's world record stands at 40.82 seconds, set by the United States in 2012 at the London Olympics. The fastest anchor leg run by a woman is 9.70 by Carmelina Jeter.

According to the IAAF rules, world records in relays can only be set if all team members have the same nationality.

Athletics
4 × 100 metres relay
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The finish at the Rio 2016 Olympics
Men's records
WorldJamaica (Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt) 36.84 (2012)
OlympicJamaica (Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt) 36.84 (2012)
Women's records
WorldUnited States (Tianna Bartoletta, Allyson Felix, Bianca Knight, Carmelita Jeter) 40.82 (2012)
OlympicUnited States (Tianna Bartoletta, Allyson Felix, Bianca Knight, Carmelita Jeter) 40.82 (2012)

All-time top 10 by country

Ratified by the IAAF
Not ratified
Ratified but later rescinded

Men

  • Correct as of August 2019.[7][8]

RankTimeTeamNationDatePlaceRef
136.84Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Yohan Blake, Usain BoltJamaica11 August 2012London[9]
237.38Mike Rodgers, Justin Gatlin, Tyson Gay, Ryan BaileyUnited States2 May 2015Nassau
337.47Chijindu Ujah, Adam Gemili, Danny Talbot, Nethaneel Mitchell-BlakeGreat Britain12 August 2017London[10]
437.60Ryota Yamagata, Shōta Iizuka, Yoshihide Kiryu, Aska CambridgeJapan19 August 2016Rio de Janeiro[11]
537.62Darrel Brown, Marc Burns, Emmanuel Callander, Richard ThompsonTrinidad and Tobago22 August 2009Berlin
637.64Akeem Haynes, Aaron Brown, Brendon Rodney, Andre De GrasseCanada19 August 2016Rio de Janeiro
737.79Max Morinière, Daniel Sangouma, Jean-Charles Trouabal, Bruno Marie-RoseFrance1 September 1990Split
837.82Tang Xingqiang, Xie Zhenye, Su Bingtian, Zhang PeimengChina18 August 2016Rio de Janeiro
937.90Vicente de Lima, Édson Ribeiro, André da Silva, Claudinei da SilvaBrazil30 September 2000Sydney
1037.94Osmond Ezinwa, Olapade Adeniken, Francis Obikwelu, Davidson EzinwaNigeria9 August 1997Athens

Women

RankTimeTeamNationDatePlaceRef
140.82Tianna Bartoletta, Allyson Felix, Bianca Knight, Carmelita JeterUnited States10 August 2012London
241.07Veronica Campbell-Brown, Natasha Morrison, Elaine Thompson, Shelly Fraser-PryceJamaica29 August 2015Beijing
341.37Silke Gladisch-Möller, Sabine Rieger-Günther, Ingrid Auerswald-Lange, Marlies GöhrGerman Democratic Republic6 October 1985Canberra
441.49Olga Bogoslovskaya, Galina Malchugina, Natalya Voronova, Irina PrivalovaRussia22 August 1993Stuttgart
541.63Tatjana Pinto, Lisa Mayer, Gina Lückenkemper, Rebekka HaaseGermany29 July 2016Mannheim
641.77Asha Philip, Desiree Henry, Dina Asher-Smith, Daryll NeitaGreat Britain19 August 2016Rio de Janeiro
741.78Patricia Girard, Muriel Hurtis-Houairi, Sylviane Félix, Christine ArronFrance30 August 2003Paris
841.92Savatheda Fynes, Chandra Sturrup, Pauline Davis-Thompson, Debbie FergusonBahamas29 August 1999Sevilla
942.00Antonina Pobyubko, Natalya Voronova, Marina Zhirova, Elvira BarbashinaSoviet Union17 August 1985Moscow
1042.03Kelly-Ann Baptiste, Michelle-Lee Ahye, Reyare Thomas, Semoy HackettTrinidad and Tobago29 August 2015Beijing

All-time top 25

Ratified by the IAAF
Not ratified
Ratified but later rescinded

Men

RankTimeTeamNationDatePlaceRef
136.84Nesta Carter
Michael Frater
Yohan Blake
Usain Bolt
Jamaica11 August 2012London[16]
237.04Nesta Carter
Michael Frater
Yohan Blake
Usain Bolt
Jamaica4 September 2011Daegu
37.10Nesta Carter
Michael Frater
Usain Bolt
Asafa Powell
Jamaica22 August 2008Beijing
337.27Asafa Powell
Yohan Blake
Nickel Ashmeade
Usain Bolt
Jamaica19 August 2016Rio de Janeiro
437.31Steve Mullings
Michael Frater
Usain Bolt
Asafa Powell
Jamaica22 August 2009Berlin
537.36Nesta Carter
Kemar Bailey-Cole
Nickel Ashmeade
Usain Bolt
Jamaica18 August 2013Moscow
37.36Nesta Carter
Asafa Powell
Nickel Ashmeade
Usain Bolt
Jamaica29 August 2015Beijing
737.38Mike Rodgers
Justin Gatlin
Tyson Gay
Ryan Bailey
United States2 May 2015Nassau
837.39Nesta Carter
Michael Frater
Yohan Blake
Kemar Bailey-Cole
Jamaica10 August 2012London
937.40Michael Marsh
Leroy Burrell
Dennis Mitchell
Carl Lewis
United States8 August 1992Barcelona
37.40Jon Drummond
Andre Cason
Dennis Mitchell
Leroy Burrell
United States21 August 1993Stuttgart
1137.41Nesta Carter
Asafa Powell
Rasheed Dwyer
Nickel Ashmeade
Jamaica29 August 2015Beijing
1237.45Trell Kimmons
Wallace Spearmon
Tyson Gay
Mike Rodgers
United States19 August 2010Zürich
1337.46Jon Drummond
Curtis Perry
Chris Johnson
Maurice Greene
United States7 September 1999Berlin
37.46Daniel Bailey
Yohan Blake
Mario Forsythe
Usain Bolt
Antigua and Barbuda
Jamaica
Jamaica
Jamaica
25 July 2009London
1537.47Chijindu Ujah
Adam Gemili
Danny Talbot
Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake
Great Britain12 August 2017London[17]
1637.48Jon Drummond
Andre Cason
Dennis Mitchell
Leroy Burrell
United States22 August 1993Stuttgart
1737.50Andre Cason
Leroy Burrell
Dennis Mitchell
Carl Lewis
United States1 September 1991Tokyo
1837.52Mike Rodgers
Justin Gatlin
Jaylen Bacon
Christian Coleman
United States12 August 2017London[18]
1937.58Charles Silmon
Mike Rodgers
Rakieem Salaam
Justin Gatlin
United States19 July 2013Monaco
37.58Jason Livermore
Kemar Bailey-Cole
Nickel Ashmeade
Usain Bolt
Jamaica2 August 2014Glasgow
2137.59Jon Drummond
Tim Montgomery
Brian Lewis
Maurice Greene
United States29 August 1999Seville
37.59Kaaron Conwright
Wallace Spearmon
Tyson Gay
Jason Smoots
United States19 September 2006Athens
2337.60Ryota Yamagata
Shōta Iizuka
Yoshihide Kiryu
Aska Cambridge
Japan19 August 2016Rio de Janeiro[19]
37.60Chijindu Ujah
Zharnel Hughes
Richard Kilty
Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake
Great Britain21 July 2019London[20]
2537.61Jon Drummond
Bernard Williams
Brian Lewis
Maurice Greene
United States30 September 2000Sydney

Women

RankTimeTeamNationDatePlaceRef
140.82Tianna Bartoletta
Allyson Felix
Bianca Knight
Carmelita Jeter
United States10 August 2012London
241.01Tianna Bartoletta
Allyson Felix
English Gardner
Tori Bowie
United States19 August 2016Rio de Janeiro
341.07Veronica Campbell-Brown
Natasha Morrison
Elaine Thompson
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
Jamaica29 August 2015Beijing
441.29Carrie Russell
Kerron Stewart
Schillonie Calvert
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
Jamaica18 August 2013Moscow
541.36Christania Williams
Elaine Thompson
Veronica Campbell-Brown
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
Jamaica19 August 2016Rio de Janeiro
641.37Silke Gladisch-Möller
Sabine Rieger-Günther
Ingrid Auerswald-Lange
Marlies Göhr
German Democratic Republic6 October 1985Canberra
741.41Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
Sherone Simpson
Veronica Campbell-Brown
Kerron Stewart
Jamaica10 August 2012London
841.47Chryste Gaines
Marion Jones
Inger Miller
Gail Devers
United States9 August 1997Athens
941.49Olga Bogoslovskaya
Galina Malchugina
Natalya Pomoshchnikova-Voronova
Irina Privalova
Russia22 August 1993Stuttgart
1041.49Michelle Finn-Burrell
Gwen Torrence
Wendy Vereen
Gail Devers
United States22 August 1993Stuttgart
1141.52Chryste Gaines
Marion Jones
Inger Miller
Gail Devers
United States8 August 1997Athens
1241.53Silke Gladisch-Möller
Marita Koch
Ingrid Auerswald-Lange
Marlies Göhr
German Democratic Republic31 July 1983Berlin
1341.55Alice Brown
Diane Williams
Florence Griffith-Joyner
Pam Marshall
United States21 August 1987Berlin
1441.56Bianca Knight
Allyson Felix
Marshevet Myers
Carmelita Jeter
United States4 September 2011Daegu
1541.58Alice Brown
Diane Williams
Florence Griffith-Joyner
Pam Marshall
United States6 September 1987Rome
1641.58Lauryn Williams
Allyson Felix
Muna Lee
Carmelita Jeter
United States8 August 2009Cottbus
1741.60Romy Müller
Bärbel Wöckel
Ingrid Auerswald-Lange
Marlies Göhr
German Democratic Republic1 August 1980Moscow
1841.60Sherone Simpson
Natasha Morrison
Elaine Thompson
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
Jamaica3 September 2015Zürich
1941.61Alice Brown
Diane Williams
Chandra Cheeseborough
Evelyn Ashford
United States3 July 1983Colorado Springs
2041.63Tatjana Pinto
Lisa Mayer
Gina Lückenkemper
Rebekka Haase
Germany29 July 2016Mannheim

Olympic Games medalists

Men

GamesGoldSilverBronze
1912 Stockholm
Great Britain(GBR)
David Jacobs
Henry Macintosh
Victor d'Arcy
Willie Applegarth
Sweden(SWE)
Ivan Möller
Charles Luther
Ture Person
Knut Lindberg
none awarded
1920 Antwerp
United States(USA)
Charley Paddock
Jackson Scholz
Loren Murchison
Morris Kirksey
France(FRA)
René Lorain
René Tirard
René Mourlon
Émile Ali-Khan
Sweden(SWE)
Agne Holmström
William Petersson
Sven Malm
Nils Sandström
1924 Paris
United States(USA)
Loren Murchison
Louis Clarke
Frank Hussey
Al LeConey
Great Britain(GBR)
Harold Abrahams
Walter Rangeley
Wilfred Nichol
Lancelot Royle
Netherlands(NED)
Jan de Vries
Jacob Boot
Harry Broos
Marinus van den Berge
1928 Amsterdam
United States(USA)
Frank Wykoff
James Quinn
Charley Borah
Henry Russell
Germany(GER)
Georg Lammers
Richard Corts
Hubert Houben
Helmut Körnig
Great Britain(GBR)
Cyril Gill
Edward Smouha
Walter Rangeley
Jack London
1932 Los Angeles
United States(USA)
Bob Kiesel
Emmett Toppino
Hector Dyer
Frank Wykoff
Germany(GER)
Helmut Körnig
Friedrich Hendrix
Erich Borchmeyer
Arthur Jonath
Italy(ITA)
Giuseppe Castelli
Ruggero Maregatti
Gabriele Salviati
Edgardo Toetti
1936 Berlin
United States(USA)
Jesse Owens
Ralph Metcalfe
Foy Draper
Frank Wykoff
Italy(ITA)
Orazio Mariani
Gianni Caldana
Elio Ragni
Tullio Gonnelli
Germany(GER)
Wilhelm Leichum
Erich Borchmeyer
Erwin Gillmeister
Gerd Hornberger
1948 London
United States(USA)
Barney Ewell
Lorenzo Wright
Harrison Dillard
Mel Patton
Great Britain(GBR)
Jack Archer
John Gregory
Alastair McCorquodale
Kenneth Jones
Italy(ITA)
Michele Tito
Enrico Perucconi
Antonio Siddi
Carlo Monti
1952 Helsinki
United States(USA)
Dean Smith
Harrison Dillard
Lindy Remigino
Andy Stanfield
Soviet Union(URS)
Boris Tokarev
Levan Kalyayev
Levan Sanadze
Vladimir Sukharev
Hungary(HUN)
László Zarándi
Géza Varasdi
György Csányi
Béla Goldoványi
1956 Melbourne
United States(USA)
Ira Murchison
Leamon King
Thane Baker
Bobby Morrow
Soviet Union(URS)
Leonid Bartenev
Boris Tokarev
Yuriy Konovalov
Vladimir Sukharev
United Team of Germany(EUA)
Lothar Knörzer
Leonhard Pohl
Heinz Fütterer
Manfred Germar
1960 Rome
United Team of Germany(EUA)
Bernd Cullmann
Armin Hary
Walter Mahlendorf
Martin Lauer
Soviet Union(URS)
Gusman Kosanov
Leonid Bartenev
Yuriy Konovalov
Edvin Ozolin
Great Britain(GBR)
Peter Radford
David Jones
David Segal
Nick Whitehead
1964 Tokyo
United States(USA)
Paul Drayton
Gerry Ashworth
Richard Stebbins
Bob Hayes
Poland(POL)
Andrzej Zieliński
Wiesław Maniak
Marian Foik
Marian Dudziak
France(FRA)
Paul Genevay
Bernard Laidebeur
Claude Piquemal
Jocelyn Delecour
1968 Mexico City
United States(USA)
Charles Greene
Mel Pender
Ronnie Ray Smith
Jim Hines
Cuba(CUB)
Hermes Ramírez
Juan Morales
Pablo Montes
Enrique Figuerola
France(FRA)
Gérard Fenouil
Jocelyn Delecour
Claude Piquemal
Roger Bambuck
1972 Munich
United States(USA)
Larry Black
Robert Taylor
Gerald Tinker
Eddie Hart
Soviet Union(URS)
Aleksandr Kornelyuk
Vladimir Lovetskiy
Juris Silovs
Valeriy Borzov
West Germany(FRG)
Jobst Hirscht
Karlheinz Klotz
Gerhard Wucherer
Klaus Ehl
1976 Montreal
United States(USA)
Harvey Glance
Lam Jones
Millard Hampton
Steve Riddick
East Germany(GDR)
Manfred Kokot
Jörg Pfeifer
Klaus-Dieter Kurrat
Alexander Thieme
Soviet Union(URS)
Aleksandr Aksinin
Nikolay Kolesnikov
Juris Silovs
Valeriy Borzov
1980 Moscow
Soviet Union(URS)
Vladimir Muravyov
Nikolay Sidorov
Aleksandr Aksinin
Andrey Prokofyev
Poland(POL)
Krzysztof Zwoliński
Zenon Licznerski
Leszek Dunecki
Marian Woronin
France(FRA)
Antoine Richard
Pascal Barré
Patrick Barré
Hermann Panzo
1984 Los Angeles
United States(USA)
Sam Graddy
Ron Brown
Calvin Smith
Carl Lewis
Jamaica(JAM)
Albert Lawrence
Greg Meghoo
Don Quarrie
Ray Stewart
Canada(CAN)
Ben Johnson
Tony Sharpe
Desai Williams
Sterling Hinds
1988 Seoul
Soviet Union(URS)
Viktor Bryzhin
Vladimir Krylov
Vladimir Muravyov
Vitaliy Savin
Great Britain(GBR)
Elliot Bunney
John Regis
Mike McFarlane
Linford Christie
France(FRA)
Bruno Marie-Rose
Daniel Sangouma
Gilles Quenehervé
Max Morinière
1992 Barcelona
United States(USA)
Michael Marsh
Leroy Burrell
Dennis Mitchell
Carl Lewis
James Jett*
Nigeria(NGR)
Oluyemi Kayode
Chidi Imoh
Olapade Adeniken
Davidson Ezinwa
Osmond Ezinwa*
Cuba(CUB)
Andrés Simón
Joel Lamela
Joel Isasi
Jorge Aguilera
1996 Atlanta
Canada(CAN)
Robert Esmie
Glenroy Gilbert
Bruny Surin
Donovan Bailey
Carlton Chambers*
United States(USA)
Jon Drummond
Tim Harden
Michael Marsh
Dennis Mitchell
Tim Montgomery*
Brazil(BRA)
Arnaldo da Silva
Robson da Silva
Edson Ribeiro
André da Silva
2000 Sydney
United States(USA)
Jon Drummond
Bernard Williams
Brian Lewis
Maurice Greene
Tim Montgomery*
Kenny Brokenburr*
Brazil(BRA)
Vicente de Lima
Edson Ribeiro
André da Silva
Claudinei da Silva
Cláudio Souza
Cuba(CUB)
José Ángel César
Luis Alberto Pérez-Rionda
Ivan García
Freddy Mayola
2004 Athens
Great Britain(GBR)
Jason Gardener
Darren Campbell
Marlon Devonish
Mark Lewis-Francis
United States(USA)
Shawn Crawford
Justin Gatlin
Coby Miller
Maurice Greene
Darvis Patton*
Nigeria(NGR)
Olusoji Fasuba
Uchenna Emedolu
Aaron Egbele
Deji Aliu
2008 Beijing
Trinidad and Tobago(TRI)
Keston Bledman
Marc Burns
Emmanuel Callender
Richard Thompson
Aaron Armstrong*
Japan(JPN)
Naoki Tsukahara
Shingo Suetsugu
Shinji Takahira
Nobuharu Asahara
Brazil(BRA)
Vicente Lima
Sandro Viana
Bruno de Barros
Jose Carlos Moreira
2012 London
Jamaica(JAM)
Nesta Carter
Michael Frater
Yohan Blake
Usain Bolt
Kemar Bailey-Cole*
Trinidad and Tobago(TRI)
Richard Thompson
Marc Burns
Emmanuel Callender
Keston Bledman
France(FRA)
Jimmy Vicaut
Christophe Lemaitre
Pierre-Alexis Pessonneaux
Ronald Pognon
2016 Rio de Janeiro
Jamaica(JAM)
Asafa Powell
Yohan Blake
Nickel Ashmeade
Usain Bolt
Jevaughn Minzie*
Kemar Bailey-Cole*
Japan(JPN)
Ryota Yamagata
Shota Iizuka
Yoshihide Kiryu
Asuka Cambridge
Canada(CAN)
Akeem Haynes
Aaron Brown
Brendon Rodney
Andre De Grasse
Mobolade Ajomale*

Women

GamesGoldSilverBronze
1928 Amsterdam
Canada(CAN)
Fanny Rosenfeld
Ethel Smith
Jane Bell
Myrtle Cook
United States(USA)
Mary Washburn
Jessie Cross
Loretta McNeil
Betty Robinson
Germany(GER)
Rosa Kellner
Leni Schmidt
Anni Holdmann
Leni Junker
1932 Los Angeles
United States(USA)
Mary Carew
Evelyn Furtsch
Annette Rogers
Wilhelmina von Bremen
Canada(CAN)
Mildred Fizzell
Lillian Palmer
Mary Frizzell
Hilda Strike
Great Britain(GBR)
Eileen Hiscock
Gwendoline Porter
Violet Webb
Nellie Halstead
1936 Berlin
United States(USA)
Harriet Bland
Annette Rogers
Betty Robinson
Helen Stephens
Great Britain(GBR)
Eileen Hiscock
Violet Olney
Audrey Brown
Barbara Burke
Canada(CAN)
Dorothy Brookshaw
Jeanette Dolson
Hilda Cameron
Aileen Meagher
1948 London
Netherlands(NED)
Xenia Stad-de Jong
Netti Witziers-Timmer
Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs
Fanny Blankers-Koen
Australia(AUS)
Shirley Strickland
June Maston
Betty McKinnon
Joyce King
Canada(CAN)
Viola Myers
Nancy Mackay
Diane Foster
Patricia Jones
1952 Helsinki
United States(USA)
Mae Faggs
Barbara Jones
Janet Moreau
Catherine Hardy
Germany(GER)
Ursula Knab
Maria Sander
Helga Klein
Marga Petersen
Great Britain(GBR)
Sylvia Cheeseman
June Foulds
Jean Desforges
Heather Armitage
1956 Melbourne
Australia(AUS)
Shirley Strickland de la Hunty
Norma Croker
Fleur Mellor
Betty Cuthbert
Great Britain(GBR)
Anne Pashley
Jean Scrivens
June Foulds
Heather Armitage
United States(USA)
Mae Faggs
Margaret Matthews
Wilma Rudolph
Isabelle Daniels
1960 Rome
United States(USA)
Martha Hudson
Lucinda Williams
Barbara Jones
Wilma Rudolph
United Team of Germany(EUA)
Martha Langbein
Anni Biechl
Brunhilde Hendrix
Jutta Heine
Poland(POL)
Teresa Wieczorek
Barbara Janiszewska
Celina Jesionowska
Halina Richter
1964 Tokyo
Poland(POL)
Teresa Ciepły
Irena Kirszenstein
Halina Górecka
Ewa Kłobukowska
United States(USA)
Willye White
Wyomia Tyus
Marilyn White
Edith McGuire
Great Britain(GBR)
Janet Simpson
Mary Rand
Daphne Arden
Dorothy Hyman
1968 Mexico City
United States(USA)
Barbara Ferrell
Margaret Bailes
Mildrette Netter
Wyomia Tyus
Cuba(CUB)
Marlene Elejarde
Fulgencia Romay
Violetta Quesada
Miguelina Cobián
Soviet Union(URS)
Lyudmila Zharkova
Galina Bukharina
Vera Popkova
Lyudmila Samotyosova
1972 Munich
West Germany(FRG)
Christiane Krause
Ingrid Mickler-Becker
Annegret Richter
Heide Rosendahl
East Germany(GDR)
Evelin Kaufer
Christina Heinich
Bärbel Struppert
Renate Stecher
Cuba(CUB)
Marlene Elejarde
Carmen Valdés
Fulgencia Romay
Silvia Chivás
1976 Montreal
East Germany(GDR)
Marlies Oelsner
Renate Stecher
Carla Bodendorf
Bärbel Eckert
West Germany(FRG)
Elvira Possekel
Inge Helten
Annegret Richter
Annegret Kroniger
Soviet Union(URS)
Tatyana Prorochenko
Lyudmila Maslakova
Nadezhda Besfamilnaya
Vera Anisimova
1980 Moscow
East Germany(GDR)
Romy Müller
Bärbel Wöckel
Ingrid Auerswald
Marlies Göhr
Soviet Union(URS)
Vera Komisova
Lyudmila Maslakova
Vera Anisimova
Natalya Bochina
Great Britain(GBR)
Heather Hunte
Kathy Smallwood-Cook
Beverley Goddard
Sonia Lannaman
1984 Los Angeles
United States(USA)
Alice Brown
Jeanette Bolden
Chandra Cheeseborough
Evelyn Ashford
Canada(CAN)
Angela Bailey
Marita Payne
Angella Taylor-Issajenko
France Gareau
Great Britain(GBR)
Simmone Jacobs
Kathy Smallwood-Cook
Beverley Callander
Heather Oakes
1988 Seoul
United States(USA)
Alice Brown
Sheila Echols
Florence Griffith Joyner
Evelyn Ashford
Dannette Young*
East Germany(GDR)
Silke Möller
Kerstin Behrendt
Ingrid Auerswald
Marlies Göhr
Soviet Union(URS)
Lyudmila Kondratyeva
Galina Malchugina
Marina Zhirova
Natalya Pomoschnikova
Maia Azarashvili*
1992 Barcelona
United States(USA)
Evelyn Ashford
Esther Jones
Carlette Guidry
Gwen Torrence
Michelle Finn*
Unified Team(EUN)
Olga Bogoslovskaya
Galina Malchugina
Marina Trandenkova
Irina Privalova
Nigeria(NGR)
Beatrice Utondu
Faith Idehen
Christy Opara-Thompson
Mary Onyali
1996 Atlanta
United States(USA)
Gail Devers
Inger Miller
Chryste Gaines
Gwen Torrence
Carlette Guidry*
Bahamas(BAH)
Eldece Clarke
Chandra Sturrup
Savatheda Fynes
Pauline Davis-Thompson
Debbie Ferguson*
Jamaica(JAM)
Michelle Freeman
Juliet Cuthbert
Nikole Mitchell
Merlene Ottey
Gillian Russell*
Andria Lloyd*
2000 Sydney
Bahamas(BAH)
Savatheda Fynes
Chandra Sturrup
Pauline Davis-Thompson
Debbie Ferguson
Eldece Clarke-Lewis*
Jamaica(JAM)
Tayna Lawrence
Veronica Campbell
Beverly McDonald
Merlene Ottey
Merlene Frazer*
United States(USA)
Chryste Gaines
Torri Edwards
Nanceen Perry
Marion Jones
Passion Richardson*
2004 Athens
Jamaica(JAM)
Tayna Lawrence
Sherone Simpson
Aleen Bailey
Veronica Campbell
Beverly McDonald*
Russia(RUS)
Olga Fyodorova
Yuliya Tabakova
Irina Khabarova
Larisa Kruglova
France(FRA)
Véronique Mang
Muriel Hurtis
Sylviane Félix
Christine Arron
2008 Beijing
Belgium(BEL)
Kim Gevaert
Élodie Ouédraogo
Hanna Mariën
Olivia Borlée
Nigeria(NGR)
Halimat Ismaila
Oludamola Osayomi
Agnes Osazuwa
Gloria Kemasuode
Ene Franca Idoko*
Brazil(BRA)
Rosemar Coelho Neto
Lucimar de Moura
Thaissa Presti
Rosangela Santos
2012 London
United States(USA)
Tianna Madison
Allyson Felix
Bianca Knight
Carmelita Jeter
Jeneba Tarmoh*
Lauryn Williams*
Jamaica(JAM)
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
Sherone Simpson
Veronica Campbell-Brown
Kerron Stewart
Samantha Henry-Robinson*
Schillonie Calvert*
Ukraine(UKR)
Olesya Povh
Hrystyna Stuy
Mariya Ryemyen
Yelyzaveta Bryzhina
2016 Rio de Janeiro
United States(USA)
Tianna Bartoletta
Allyson Felix
English Gardner
Tori Bowie
Morolake Akinosun*
Jamaica(JAM)
Christania Williams
Elaine Thompson
Veronica Campbell-Brown
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
Simone Facey*
Sashalee Forbes*
Great Britain(GBR)
Asha Philip
Desiree Henry
Dina Asher-Smith
Daryll Neita

Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds and also received medals. Note: In 2007, Marion Jones was stripped of all her Olympic medals from 2000.

World Championships medalists

Men

ChampionshipsGoldSilverBronze
1983 Helsinki
United States(USA)
Emmit King
Willie Gault
Calvin Smith
Carl Lewis
Italy(ITA)
Stefano Tilli
Carlo Simionato
Pierfrancesco Pavoni
Pietro Mennea
Soviet Union(URS)
Andrey Prokofyev
Nikolay Sidorov
Vladimir Muravyov
Viktor Bryzhin
1987 Rome
United States(USA)
Lee McRae
Lee Vernon McNeill
Harvey Glance
Carl Lewis
Soviet Union(URS)
Aleksandr Yevgenyev
Viktor Bryzhin
Vladimir Muravyov
Vladimir Krylov
Jamaica(JAM)
John Mair
Andrew Smith
Clive Wright
Ray Stewart
1991 Tokyo
United States(USA)
Andre Cason
Leroy Burrell
Dennis Mitchell
Carl Lewis
France(FRA)
Max Morinière
Daniel Sangouma
Jean-Charles Trouabal
Bruno Marie-Rose
Great Britain(GBR)
Tony Jarrett
John Regis
Darren Braithwaite
Linford Christie
1993 Stuttgart
United States(USA)
Jon Drummond
Andre Cason
Dennis Mitchell
Leroy Burrell
Calvin Smith*
Great Britain(GBR)
Colin Jackson
Tony Jarrett
John Regis
Linford Christie
Jason John*
Darren Braithwaite*
Canada(CAN)
Robert Esmie
Glenroy Gilbert
Bruny Surin
Atlee Mahorn
1995 Gothenburg
Canada(CAN)
Donovan Bailey
Robert Esmie
Glenroy Gilbert
Bruny Surin
Australia(AUS)
Paul Henderson
Tim Jackson
Steve Brimacombe
Damien Marsh
Italy(ITA)
Giovanni Puggioni
Ezio Madonia
Angelo Cipolloni
Sandro Floris
1997 Athens
Canada(CAN)
Robert Esmie
Glenroy Gilbert
Bruny Surin
Donovan Bailey
Carlton Chambers*
Nigeria(NGR)
Osmond Ezinwa
Olapade Adeniken
Francis Obikwelu
Davidson Ezinwa
Great Britain(GBR)
Darren Braithwaite
Darren Campbell
Douglas Walker
Julian Golding
Dwain Chambers*
1999 Seville
United States(USA)
Jon Drummond
Tim Montgomery
Brian Lewis
Maurice Greene
Great Britain(GBR)
Jason Gardener
Darren Campbell
Marlon Devonish
Dwain Chambers
Allyn Condon*
Brazil(BRA)
Raphael de Oliveira
Claudinei da Silva
Édson Ribeiro
André Domingos
2001 Edmontondq1
South Africa(RSA)
Morné Nagel
Corné du Plessis
Lee-Roy Newton
Mathew Quinn
Trinidad and Tobago(TRI)
Marc Burns
Ato Boldon
Jacey Harper
Darrel Brown
Australia(AUS)
Matt Shirvington
Paul Di Bella
Steve Brimacombe
Adam Basil
2003 Saint-Denis
United States(USA)
John Capel
Bernard Williams
Darvis Patton
Joshua J. Johnson
Brazil(BRA)
Vicente de Lima
Édson Ribeiro
André Domingos
Cláudio Roberto Souza
Netherlands(NED)
Timothy Beck
Troy Douglas
Patrick van Balkom
Caimin Douglas
Guus Hoogmoed*
2005 Helsinki
France(FRA)
Ladji Doucouré
Ronald Pognon
Eddy De Lépine
Lueyi Dovy
Oudéré Kankarafou*
Trinidad and Tobago(TRI)
Kevon Pierre
Marc Burns
Jacey Harper
Darrel Brown
Great Britain(GBR)
Jason Gardener
Marlon Devonish
Christian Malcolm
Mark Lewis-Francis
2007 Osaka
United States(USA)
Darvis Patton
Wallace Spearmon
Tyson Gay
Leroy Dixon
Rodney Martin*
Jamaica(JAM)
Marvin Anderson
Usain Bolt
Nesta Carter
Asafa Powell
Dwight Thomas*
Steve Mullings*
Great Britain(GBR)
Christian Malcolm
Craig Pickering
Marlon Devonish
Mark Lewis-Francis
2009 Berlin
Jamaica(JAM)
Steve Mullings
Michael Frater
Usain Bolt
Asafa Powell
Dwight Thomas*
Lerone Clarke*
Trinidad and Tobago(TRI)
Darrel Brown
Marc Burns
Emmanuel Callender
Richard Thompson
Keston Bledman*
Great Britain(GBR)
Simeon Williamson
Tyrone Edgar
Marlon Devonish
Harry Aikines-Aryeetey
2011 Daegu
Jamaica(JAM)
Nesta Carter
Michael Frater
Yohan Blake
Usain Bolt
Dexter Lee*
France(FRA)
Teddy Tinmar
Christophe Lemaitre
Yannick Lesourd
Jimmy Vicaut
Saint Kitts and Nevis(SKN)
Jason Rogers
Kim Collins
Antoine Adams
Brijesh Lawrence
2013 Moscow
Jamaica(JAM)
Nesta Carter
Kemar Bailey-Cole
Nickel Ashmeade
Usain Bolt
Warren Weir*
Oshane Bailey*
United States(USA)
Charles Silmon
Mike Rodgers
Mookie Salaam
Justin Gatlin
Canada(CAN)
Gavin Smellie
Aaron Brown
Dontae Richards-Kwok
Justyn Warner
2015 Beijing
Jamaica(JAM)
Nesta Carter
Asafa Powell
Nickel Ashmeade
Usain Bolt
Rasheed Dwyer*
China(CHN)
Mo Youxue
Xie Zhenye
Su Bingtian
Zhang Peimeng
Canada(CAN)
Aaron Brown
Andre De Grasse
Brendon Rodney
Justyn Warner
2017 London
Great Britain(GBR)
Chijindu Ujah
Adam Gemili
Danny Talbot
Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake
United States(USA)
Mike Rodgers
Justin Gatlin
Jaylen Bacon
Christian Coleman
BeeJay Lee*
Japan(JPN)
Shuhei Tada
Shōta Iizuka
Yoshihide Kiryū
Kenji Fujimitsu
Asuka Cambridge*

Note * Indicates athletes who ran only in the preliminary round and also received medals.

  • dq1 The United States team of Mickey Grimes, Bernard Williams, Dennis Mitchell and Tim Montgomery originally won the 2001 World Championship in a time of 37.96 seconds, but were disqualified after Montgomery admitted to drug use as a result of the BALCO scandal in 2005.

Women

ChampionshipsGoldSilverBronze
1983 Helsinki
East Germany(GDR)
Silke Gladisch
Marita Koch
Ingrid Auerswald
Marlies Oelsner-Göhr
Great Britain(GBR)
Joan Baptiste
Kathy Cook
Beverley Callender
Shirley Thomas
Jamaica(JAM)
Leleith Hodges
Jacqueline Pusey
Juliet Cuthbert
Merlene Ottey
1987 Rome
United States(USA)
Alice Brown
Diane Williams
Florence Griffith-Joyner
Pam Marshall
East Germany(GDR)
Silke Möller
Cornelia Oschkenat
Kerstin Behrendt
Marlies Göhr
Soviet Union(URS)
Irina Slyusar
Natalya Pomoshchnikova
Natalya German
Olga Antonova
1991 Tokyo
Jamaica(JAM)
Dahlia Duhaney
Juliet Cuthbert
Beverly McDonald
Merlene Ottey
Merlene Frazer*
Soviet Union(URS)
Natalya Kovtun
Galina Malchugina
Yelena Vinogradova
Irina Privalova
Germany(GER)
Grit Breuer
Katrin Krabbe
Sabine Richter
Heike Drechsler
1993 Stuttgart
Russia(RUS)
Olga Bogoslovskaya
Galina Malchugina
Natalya Pomoshchnikova-Voronova
Irina Privalova
Marina Trandenkova*
United States(USA)
Michelle Finn
Gwen Torrence
Wendy Vereen
Gail Devers
Sheila Echols*
Jamaica(JAM)
Michelle Freeman
Juliet Campbell
Nikole Mitchell
Merlene Ottey
Dahlia Duhaney*
1995 Gothenburg
United States(USA)
Celena Mondie-Milner
Carlette Guidry
Chryste Gaines
Gwen Torrence
D'Andre Hill*
Jamaica(JAM)
Dahlia Duhaney
Juliet Cuthbert
Beverly McDonald
Merlene Ottey
Michelle Freeman*
Germany(GER)
Melanie Paschke
Silke Lichtenhagen
Silke-Beate Knoll
Gabriele Becker
1997 Athens
United States(USA)
Chryste Gaines
Marion Jones
Inger Miller
Gail Devers
Jamaica(JAM)
Beverly McDonald
Merlene Frazer
Juliet Cuthbert
Beverly Grant
France(FRA)
Patricia Girard-Léno
Christine Arron
Delphine Combe
Sylviane Félix
Frédérique Bangué*
1999 Seville
Bahamas(BAH)
Savatheda Fynes
Chandra Sturrup
Pauline Davis-Thompson
Debbie Ferguson
Eldece Clarke-Lewis*
France(FRA)
Patricia Girard
Muriel Hurtis
Katia Benth
Christine Arron
Fabé Dia*
Jamaica(JAM)
Aleen Bailey
Merlene Frazer,
Beverly McDonald
Peta-Gaye Dowdie
2001 Edmontondq2
Germany(GER)
Melanie Paschke
Gabi Rockmeier
Birgit Rockmeier
Marion Wagner
France(FRA)
Sylviane Félix
Frédérique Bangué
Muriel Hurtis
Odiah Sidibé
Jamaica(JAM)
Juliet Campbell
Merlene Frazer
Beverly McDonald
Astia Walker
Elva Goulbourne*
2003 Saint-Denis
France(FRA)
Patricia Girard-Léno
Muriel Hurtis
Sylviane Félix
Christine Arron
United States(USA)
Angela Williams
Chryste Gaines
Inger Miller
Torri Edwards
Lauryn Williams*
Russia(RUS)
Olga Fyodorova
Yuliya Tabakova
Marina Kislova
Larisa Kruglova
2005 Helsinki
United States(USA)
Angela Daigle
Muna Lee
Me'Lisa Barber
Lauryn Williams
Jamaica(JAM)
Danielle Browning
Sherone Simpson
Aleen Bailey
Veronica Campbell
Beverly McDonald*
Belarus(BLR)
Yulia Nestsiarenka
Natallia Solohub
Alena Newmyarzhytskaya
Aksana Drahun
2007 Osaka
United States(USA)
Lauryn Williams
Allyson Felix
Mikele Barber
Torri Edwards
Carmelita Jeter*
Mechelle Lewis*
Jamaica(JAM)
Sheri-Ann Brooks
Kerron Stewart
Simone Facey
Veronica Campbell
Shelly-Ann Fraser*
Belgium(BEL)
Olivia Borlée
Hanna Mariën
Élodie Ouédraogo
Kim Gevaert
2009 Berlin
Jamaica(JAM)
Simone Facey
Shelly-Ann Fraser
Aleen Bailey
Kerron Stewart
Bahamas(BAH)
Sheniqua Ferguson
Chandra Sturrup
Christine Amertil
Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie
Germany(GER)
Marion Wagner
Anne Möllinger
Cathleen Tschirch
Verena Sailer
2011 Daegu
United States(USA)
Bianca Knight
Allyson Felix
Marshevet Myers
Carmelita Jeter
Shalonda Solomon*
Alexandria Anderson*
Jamaica(JAM)
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
Kerron Stewart
Sherone Simpson
Veronica Campbell-Brown
Jura Levy*
Ukraine(UKR)
Olesya Povh
Nataliya Pohrebnyak
Mariya Ryemyen
Hrystyna Stuy
2013 Moscow
Jamaica(JAM)
Carrie Russell
Kerron Stewart
Schillonie Calvert
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
Sheri-Ann Brooks*
United States(USA)
Jeneba Tarmoh
Alexandria Anderson
English Gardner
Octavious Freeman
Great Britain(GBR)
Dina Asher-Smith
Ashleigh Nelson
Annabelle Lewis
Hayley Jones
2015 Beijing
Jamaica(JAM)
Veronica Campbell-Brown
Natasha Morrison
Elaine Thompson
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
Sherone Simpson*
Kerron Stewart*
United States(USA)
English Gardner
Allyson Felix
Jenna Prandini
Jasmine Todd
Trinidad and Tobago(TRI)
Kelly-Ann Baptiste
Michelle-Lee Ahye
Reyare Thomas
Semoy Hackett
Khalifa St. Fort*
2017 London
United States(USA)
Aaliyah Brown
Allyson Felix
Morolake Akinosun
Tori Bowie
Ariana Washington*
Great Britain(GBR)
Asha Philip
Desirèe Henry
Dina Asher-Smith
Daryll Neita
Jamaica(JAM)
Jura Levy
Natasha Morrison
Simone Facey
Sashalee Forbes
Christania Williams*

Note * Indicates athletes who ran only in the preliminary round and also received medals.

  • dq2 The United States team of Kelli White, Chryste Gaines, Inger Miller, and Marion Jones originally won the 2001 World Championship in a time of 41.71 seconds, but were disqualified after Jones admitted to drug use as a result of the BALCO scandal in 2005.

See also

  • Men's 4 × 100 metres relay world record progression

  • Women's 4 × 100 metres relay world record progression

  • Italy national relays team at the international athletics championships

  • List of fastest anchor legs

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