4 × 100 metres relay at the World Athletics Championships
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Age
[edit]- All information from World Athletics.[1]
| Distinction | Male | Female | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athlete | Age | Date | Athlete | Age | Date | |
| Youngest champion |  Dexter Lee (JAM)
|
20 years, 229 days | 4 Sep 2011 | Merlene Frazer (JAM)
|
17 years, 248 days | 17 years, 248 days |
| Youngest medalist |  Darrel Brown (TTO)
|
16 years, 305 days | 12 Aug 2001 | Khalifa St. Fort (TTO)
|
17 years, 197 days | 17 years, 197 days |
| Youngest finalist |  Ibrahim Meité (CIV)
|
16 years, 277 days | 22 Aug 1993 |  Vernicha James (GBR)
|
17 years, 66 days | 17 years, 66 days |
| Youngest participant |  Yahya Saed Al-Kahes (KSA)
|
15 years, 174 days | 2 Aug 2001 |  Liang Xiaojing (CHN)
|
16 years, 133 days | 16 years, 133 days |
| Oldest champion |  Justin Gatlin (USA)
|
37 years, 237 days | 5 Oct 2019 |  Patricia Girard (FRA)
|
35 years, 144 days | 30 Aug 2003 |
| Oldest medalist |  Troy Douglas (NED)
|
40 years, 274 days | 31 Aug 2003 |  Chandra Sturrup (BAH)
|
37 years, 344 days | 22 Aug 2009 |
| Oldest finalist | Troy Douglas (NED)
|
40 years, 274 days | 31 Aug 2003 | Chandra Sturrup (BAH)
|
37 years, 344 days | 22 Aug 2009 |
| Oldest participant | Troy Douglas (NED)
|
40 years, 274 days | 31 Aug 2003 |  Merlene Ottey (SLO)
|
43 years, 111 days | 29 Aug 2003 |
Doping
[edit]The men's event was affected by doping in its debut tournament in 1983, with Ben Johnson running for Canada, although the team did not progress beyond the first round. Johnson's drug use was only self-admitted during this period and he did not fail a drug test that year. Johnson ran for the fourth-placed Canada team at the 1987 event. His Canadian team mate Angella Issajenko later became the first female relay athlete to be sanctioned – she helped Canada to fifth at the same edition.[2]
The positive drug test for Nigeria's Innocent Asonze in 1999 marked the first instance where a medal-winning team was disqualified at the World Championships in Athletics. Brazil was elevated to the bronze medal as a result.[2] Doping persisted two years later, as France's Christophe Cheval was disqualified after a positive test for nandrolone shortly before the event (the team were semi-finalists only).[3] The greatest disqualifications yet followed after the BALCO scandal in 2005. Tim Montgomery of the 2001-winning men's team was later disqualified following his admission of doping during the period, meaning that the American gold medallists were stricken from the record (South Africa were elevated as champions).[4] Similarly, Marion Jones's and Kelli White's admitted usage led to the disqualification of the winning American women's team (Germany were made champions as a result).[2]
The impact of the BALCO scandal extended to the 2003 edition, as medals were again reassigned as a result of British athlete Dwain Chambers doping. Brazil were elevated to silver and the Netherlands became the bronze medallists. The next doping disqualification to occur in the relay was in 2009, when Nigerian women's runner Toyin Augustus had her team's first round result annulled. A similar fate met Lim Hee-Nam and the South Korean men in 2011.[2] The fourth-placed Trinidad and Tobago team had their result retrospectively disqualified due to Semoy Hackett's failed doping test prior to the competition.[5] A third straight championships was affected as a result of Ukraine's Yelyzaveta Bryzhina failing a doping test for drostanolone (as of 2015 the Ukrainian relay team's first round result still stands, however).[6]
Medalists
[edit]Men
[edit]Note * Indicates athletes who ran only in the preliminary round and also received medals.
- 4x100m dq1 The Nigerian team of Innocent Asonze, Francis Obikwelu, Daniel Effiong and Deji Aliu originally finished third in the 1999 World Championship, but were disqualified after Asonze was found to have used performance-enhancing drugs.
- 4x100m dq2 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.
- 4x100m dq3 The British team of Christian Malcolm, Darren Campbell, Marlon Devonish and Dwain Chambers originally finished second in the 2003 World Championship, but were disqualified after Chambers was found to have used performance-enhancing drugs.
Medals by country
[edit]| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States (USA) |
9 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| 2 | Jamaica (JAM) |
4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 |  Canada (CAN) |
3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | Great Britain (GBR) |
1 | 3 | 6 | 10 |
| 5 | France (FRA) |
1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 |  South Africa (RSA) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) |
0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 |  Italy (ITA) |
0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 |  Australia (AUS) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Brazil (BRA) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
 Soviet Union (URS) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 12 |  Nigeria (NGR) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| China (CHN) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 14 |  Japan (JPN) |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 15 | Netherlands (NED) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Multiple medalists
[edit]| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Period | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Usain Bolt | Jamaica (JAM) |
2007–2017 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | Nesta Carter | Jamaica (JAM) |
2007–2015 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Carl Lewis | United States (USA) |
1983–1991 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Christian Coleman | United States (USA) |
2017–2023 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | Asafa Powell | Jamaica (JAM) |
2007–2015 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Noah Lyles | United States (USA) |
2019–2023 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| 7 | Robert Esmie | Canada (CAN) |
1993–1997 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Glenroy Gilbert | Canada (CAN) |
1993–1997 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Bruny Surin | Canada (CAN) |
1993–1997 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 10 | Calvin Smith | United States (USA) |
1983–1993 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Andre Cason | United States (USA) |
1991–1993 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Dennis Mitchell | United States (USA) |
1991–1993 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Leroy Burrell | United States (USA) |
1991–1993 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Jon Drummond | United States (USA) |
1993–1999 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Donovan Bailey | Canada (CAN) |
1995–1997 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Darvis Patton | United States (USA) |
2003–2007 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Michael Frater | Jamaica (JAM) |
2009–2011 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Nickel Ashmeade | Jamaica (JAM) |
2009–2011 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 19 | Mike Rodgers | United States (USA) |
2015–2019 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Justin Gatlin | United States (USA) |
2015–2019 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| Adam Gemili | Great Britain (GBR) |
2017–2022 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake | Great Britain (GBR) |
2017–2022 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 23 | Dwight Thomas | Jamaica (JAM) |
2007–2009 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Steve Mullings | Jamaica (JAM) |
2007–2009 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 25 | Aaron Brown | Canada (CAN) |
2013–2022 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 26 | Andre De Grasse | Canada (CAN) |
2015–2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Brendon Rodney | Canada (CAN) |
2015–2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 28 | Marc Burns | Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) |
2001–2009 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Darrel Brown | Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) |
2001–2009 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 30 | Jacey Harper | Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) |
2001–2005 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 31 | Marlon Devonish | Great Britain (GBR) |
1999–2009 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 32 | Darren Braithwaite | Great Britain (GBR) |
1991–1997 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 33 | Viktor Bryzhin | Soviet Union (URS) |
1983–1987 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Vladimir Muravyov | Soviet Union (URS) |
1983–1987 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Tony Jarrett | Great Britain (GBR) |
1991–1993 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| John Regis | Great Britain (GBR) |
1991–1993 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Linford Christie | Great Britain (GBR) |
1991–1993 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Steve Brimacombe | Australia (AUS) |
1995–2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Darren Campbell | Great Britain (GBR) |
1997–1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Dwain Chambers | Great Britain (GBR) |
1997–1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Jason Gardener | Great Britain (GBR) |
1999–2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Zharnel Hughes | Great Britain (GBR) |
2019–2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 43 | Christian Malcolm | Great Britain (GBR) |
2005–2007 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Mark Lewis-Francis | Great Britain (GBR) |
2005–2007 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Justyn Warner | Canada (CAN) |
2013–2015 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Shuhei Tada | Japan (JPN) |
2017–2019 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Yoshihide Kiryū | Japan (JPN) |
2017–2019 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Medals by country
[edit]| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States (USA) |
9 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| 2 | Jamaica (JAM) |
4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | Canada (CAN) |
3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | Great Britain (GBR) |
1 | 3 | 6 | 10 |
| 5 | France (FRA) |
1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | South Africa (RSA) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) |
0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Italy (ITA) |
0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Australia (AUS) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Brazil (BRA) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Soviet Union (URS) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 12 | Nigeria (NGR) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| China (CHN) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 14 | Japan (JPN) |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 15 | Netherlands (NED) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Women
[edit]
Note * Indicates athletes who ran only in the preliminary round and also received medals.
- dq1 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 and White were found to have used performance-enhancing drugs.
Multiple medalists
[edit]| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Period | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce | Jamaica (JAM) |
2007–2023 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | Kerron Stewart | Jamaica (JAM) |
2007–2015 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | Allyson Felix | United States (USA) |
2007–2017 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Natasha Morrison | Jamaica (JAM) |
2015–2023 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Chryste Gaines | United States (USA) |
1995–2003 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Lauryn Williams | United States (USA) |
2003–2007 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| 7 | Carmelita Jeter | United States (USA) |
2007–2011 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Melissa Jefferson | United States (USA) |
2022–2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Twanisha Terry | United States (USA) |
2022–2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 10 | Beverly McDonald | Jamaica (JAM) |
1991–2005 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 11 | Veronica Campbell | Jamaica (JAM) |
2005–2015 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 12 | Juliet Cuthbert | Jamaica (JAM) |
1983–1997 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 13 | Muriel Hurtis | France (FRA) |
1999–2003 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Sherone Simpson | Jamaica (JAM) |
2005–2015 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| Shericka Jackson | Jamaica (JAM) |
2019–2023 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| Elaine Thompson-Herah | Jamaica (JAM) |
2015–2023 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 17 | Merlene Ottey | Jamaica (JAM) |
1983–1995 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Merlene Frazer | Jamaica (JAM) |
1991–2001 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| 19 | Patricia Girard | France (FRA) |
1997–2003 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Christine Arron | France (FRA) |
1997–2003 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Sylviane Félix | France (FRA) |
1997–2003 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Aleen Bailey | Jamaica (JAM) |
1999–2009 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 23 | Silke Möller |  East Germany (GDR) |
1983–1987 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Marlies Göhr | East Germany (GDR) |
1983–1987 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Galina Malchugina | Soviet Union (URS) Russia (RUS) |
1991–1993 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Irina Privalova | Soviet Union (URS) Russia (RUS) |
1991–1993 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Gwen Torrence | United States (USA) |
1993–1995 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Gail Devers | United States (USA) |
1993–1997 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Chandra Sturrup | Bahamas (BAH) |
1999–2009 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie | Bahamas (BAH) |
1999–2009 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Inger Miller | United States (USA) |
1997–2003 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Torri Edwards | United States (USA) |
2003–2007 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Sheri-Ann Brooks | Jamaica (JAM) |
2007–2013 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Simone Facey | Jamaica (JAM) |
2007–2009 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Alexandria Anderson | United States (USA) |
2011–2013 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Jenna Prandini | United States (USA) |
2015–2022 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Natalliah Whyte | Jamaica (JAM) |
2019–2022 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 38 | Natalya Pomoshchnikova-Voronova | Soviet Union (URS) Russia (RUS) |
1987–1993 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Marion Wagner |  Germany (GER) |
2001–2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 40 | Dina Asher-Smith | Great Britain (GBR) |
2013–2019 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Asha Philip | Great Britain (GBR) |
2015–2023 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Daryll Neita | Great Britain (GBR) |
2017–2023 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 43 | English Gardner | United States (USA) |
2013–2015 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Briana Williams | Jamaica (JAM) |
2022–2023 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 45 | Michelle Freeman | Jamaica (JAM) |
1993–1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Frédérique Bangué | France (FRA) |
1997–2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Ashleigh Nelson | Great Britain (GBR) |
2013–2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Shashalee Forbes | Jamaica (JAM) |
2015–2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Imani-Lara Lansiquot | Great Britain (GBR) |
2019–2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 50 | Juliet Campbell | Jamaica (JAM) |
1993–2001 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Medals by country
[edit]| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States (USA) |
9 | 4 | 1 | 14 |
| 2 | Jamaica (JAM) |
5 | 7 | 5 | 17 |
| 3 | France (FRA) |
1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Bahamas (BAH) |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| East Germany (GDR) |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 6 | Germany (GER) |
1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 7 | Russia (RUS) |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Great Britain (GBR) |
0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 | Soviet Union (URS) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 |  Belarus (BLR) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Belgium (BEL) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Ukraine (UKR) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Championship record progression
[edit]Men
[edit]Women
[edit]- nb2 Russia and the United States team shared the same championship record time of 41.49, although Russia won the title when measuring the time down to thousandths of a second
Finishing times
[edit]Top ten fastest World Championship times
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "World Athletics Championships - Budapest 23 Statistical Booklet" (PDF). www.worldathletics.org: 42–45.
- ^ a b c d Butler 2013, p. 67–9.
- ^ Sprinter afsløret med doping (in Danish). Berlingske. Retrieved on 2015-09-18.
- ^ SA awarded 2001 worlds gold medal. BBC Sport (2006-11-22). Retrieved on 2015-09-18.
- ^ T&T federation to confirm Hackett's positive test on Monday Archived December 10, 2015, at the Wayback Machine. Track Alerts. Retrieved on 2012-03-15.
- ^ IAAF World Championships in Athletics > 14th IAAF World Championships > 4x100 Metres Relay - women. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-09-18.
- ^ Main > Men, 4×100 m > World Championships Records Progression. Track and Field Brinkster. Retrieved on 2015-07-07.
- ^ Main > Women, 4×100 m > World Championships Records Progression. Track and Field Brinkster. Retrieved on 2015-07-07.
- ^ "Men's 4x100m".
- ^ "Women's 4x100m".
Bibliography
[edit]- Butler, Mark (2013). IAAF Statistics Book Moscow 2013 (PDF). IAAF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 October 2014.