4 By 100 Meter Relay

The first for women was held in 1928.

4 by 100 meter relay.

World record 4x100 metres relay jamaica 37 04 sec daegu iaaf world championships athletics 2011 final round 4th september 2011 german tv 1 37 04 j. Each runner runs approximately 100 meters before handing off a baton to the next runner. The first runners must begin in the same stagger as for the individual 400 m race. The initial runner in the 4 x 100 relay begins the race in starting blocks.

The men s 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2017 world championships in athletics was held at the united kingdom london olympic stadium on 12 august. Before running the 4 x 100 relay make sure that you and your teammates are experienced with sprint running and have practiced the baton exchange. The first olympic relay took place in 1908 but was split into two legs of 200m followed by one of 400m and another of 800m. The next three runners receive the baton via exchanges.

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. The exchange zones are 20 meters long and are preceded by a 10 meter acceleration zone. Going into the 2000 olympics the americans had never lost the event and anchor leg swimmer gary hall jr predicted befo. 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 receiver begins running in the acceleration zone but the baton can only be passed within the exchange zone. A relay baton is carried by each runner. The 4 x 100 relay also called the 400 meter relay is a sprint relay with four runners. The greatest swimming race in history.

The 4 100 metres relay at the summer olympics is the shortest track relay event held at the multi sport event.