During the final, Chijindu Ujah gave Great Britain the lead out of the blocks, Japan's Shuhei Tada and Canada's Aaron Brown also gaining relative to the stagger. At the first handoff, Ujah passed efficiently to Zharnel Hughes, pulling away from Jamaica to their inside. On the outside, Ryota Yamagata left too early for Tada to catch him inside the zone, Japan unable to make the handoff and ending their race. Down the backstretch, 100 metres champion Marcell Jacobs received the baton from Lorenzo Patta and opened up space on Xie Zhenye to his inside, pulling Italy into contention, with Canada's pass from Jerome Blake to Brendon Rodney keeping them in the mix. China loaded up their third leg with ace Su Bingtian pulling back some ground on GBR's Richard Kilty, while Jamaica had Yohan Blake, the second fastest man in history, running the bend. Kilty passed efficiently to Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake, while Wu Zhiqiang had to slow down and look back to find Su with the baton, costing China the chance to battle for gold. Italy passed from Fausto Desalu to Filippo Tortu about metre down from team GB. Behind China, Jamaica and Germany, Rodney passed to Canada's star Andre De Grasse almost 5 metres behind. From there De Grasse took off, passing three teams to move into third place, while over the final 50 metres Tortu produced a burst of speed combined with a perfectly executed final dip to take gold on the line. Italy had set a new national record with a time of 37.50, the 19th fastest performance ever and the 2021 world lead. China equalled their national record with 37.79, while Ghana was disqualified from 7th place because of a faulty baton pass.
During the Olympics, British athlete CJ Ujah tested positive for anabolic agent ostarine and steroid-like S-23 (drug), and was provisionally suspended, confirmed on 14 September by B-sample.[3][4] On 18 February 2022, the British team was disqualified and officially stripped of the silver medal.[5][6][7] The International Olympic Committee requested all members of Great Britain's relay team to return their medals. Canada's relay team was upgraded to silver, and China's relay team was upgraded to bronze.[8] This was also the first ever medal for Team China in an Olympic athletics relay event. The medal reallocation ceremony of the bronze medal was held at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium on 4 October 2023 after all the events of the Asian Games ended on that day, along with the medal reallocation ceremony of women's 20 km walk of London 2012.
Backgroundedit
This was the 25th 4 x 100 relay; it has been run every Olympics since 1912.
Where an NOC placed in the top 8 at both the 2019 World Championships and the 2021 World Relays, the quota place was allocated to the world top list as of 29 June 2021. In this case, 4 teams did so, so there are 4 places available through the world rankings.
A total of five athletes may be entered for a relay team. Should a NOC have also entered individual athletes in the corresponding individual event (100 m), the entered individual athletes must be included in the total of five (5) athletes entered for the relay event. In addition of five, NOCs can nominate a maximum of one alternate athlete for each team.
The qualifying period was originally from 1 May 2019 to 29 June 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the period was suspended from 6 April 2020 to 30 November 2020, with the end date extended to 29 June 2021. The qualifying time standards could be obtained in various meets during the given period that have the approval of the IAAF. Both indoor and outdoor meets are eligible. The most recent Area Championships may be counted in the ranking, even if not during the qualifying period.[2][10]
Qualified teamsedit
A total of 16 NOCs qualified. Entry number: 16 teams of 5 athletes each (80), plus alternates.
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December 15, 2023
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The men s 4 100 metres relay event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 5 and 6 August 2021 at the Olympic Stadium 1 There were 16 competing relay teams with each team having 5 members from which 4 were selected in each round 2 Men s 4 100 metres relayat the Games of the XXXII OlympiadMarcell Jacobs and Filippo Tortu two members of the Italian national track relay team gold medal winner VenueOlympic StadiumDates5 August 2021 round 1 6 August 2021 final Competitors64 from 16 nationsWinning time37 50MedalistsLorenzo PattaMarcell JacobsFausto DesaluFilippo Tortu ItalyAaron Brown Jerome Blake Brendon Rodney Andre De Grasse CanadaTang XingqiangXie ZhenyeSu BingtianWu Zhiqiang China 20162024 Contents 1 Summary 2 Background 3 Qualification 3 1 Qualified teams 4 Top list before competition 5 Competition format 6 Records 7 Schedule 8 Team rosters 8 1 Heat 1 8 2 Heat 2 9 Results 9 1 Heats 9 1 1 Heat 1 9 1 2 Heat 2 9 2 Final 10 ReferencesSummary editDuring the final Chijindu Ujah gave Great Britain the lead out of the blocks Japan s Shuhei Tada and Canada s Aaron Brown also gaining relative to the stagger At the first handoff Ujah passed efficiently to Zharnel Hughes pulling away from Jamaica to their inside On the outside Ryota Yamagata left too early for Tada to catch him inside the zone Japan unable to make the handoff and ending their race Down the backstretch 100 metres champion Marcell Jacobs received the baton from Lorenzo Patta and opened up space on Xie Zhenye to his inside pulling Italy into contention with Canada s pass from Jerome Blake to Brendon Rodney keeping them in the mix China loaded up their third leg with ace Su Bingtian pulling back some ground on GBR s Richard Kilty while Jamaica had Yohan Blake the second fastest man in history running the bend Kilty passed efficiently to Nethaneel Mitchell Blake while Wu Zhiqiang had to slow down and look back to find Su with the baton costing China the chance to battle for gold Italy passed from Fausto Desalu to Filippo Tortu about metre down from team GB Behind China Jamaica and Germany Rodney passed to Canada s star Andre De Grasse almost 5 metres behind From there De Grasse took off passing three teams to move into third place while over the final 50 metres Tortu produced a burst of speed combined with a perfectly executed final dip to take gold on the line Italy had set a new national record with a time of 37 50 the 19th fastest performance ever and the 2021 world lead China equalled their national record with 37 79 while Ghana was disqualified from 7th place because of a faulty baton pass During the Olympics British athlete CJ Ujah tested positive for anabolic agent ostarine and steroid like S 23 drug and was provisionally suspended confirmed on 14 September by B sample 3 4 On 18 February 2022 the British team was disqualified and officially stripped of the silver medal 5 6 7 The International Olympic Committee requested all members of Great Britain s relay team to return their medals Canada s relay team was upgraded to silver and China s relay team was upgraded to bronze 8 This was also the first ever medal for Team China in an Olympic athletics relay event The medal reallocation ceremony of the bronze medal was held at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium on 4 October 2023 after all the events of the Asian Games ended on that day along with the medal reallocation ceremony of women s 20 km walk of London 2012 Background editThis was the 25th 4 x 100 relay it has been run every Olympics since 1912 Qualification editMain article Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics Qualification National Olympic Committees NOCs could qualify one relay team in one of three following ways 2 9 The top 8 NOCs at the 2019 World Athletics Championships qualified a relay team The top 8 NOCs at the 2021 World Athletics Relays qualified a relay team Where an NOC placed in the top 8 at both the 2019 World Championships and the 2021 World Relays the quota place was allocated to the world top list as of 29 June 2021 In this case 4 teams did so so there are 4 places available through the world rankings A total of five athletes may be entered for a relay team Should a NOC have also entered individual athletes in the corresponding individual event 100 m the entered individual athletes must be included in the total of five 5 athletes entered for the relay event In addition of five NOCs can nominate a maximum of one alternate athlete for each team The qualifying period was originally from 1 May 2019 to 29 June 2020 Due to the COVID 19 pandemic the period was suspended from 6 April 2020 to 30 November 2020 with the end date extended to 29 June 2021 The qualifying time standards could be obtained in various meets during the given period that have the approval of the IAAF Both indoor and outdoor meets are eligible The most recent Area Championships may be counted in the ranking even if not during the qualifying period 2 10 Qualified teams edit A total of 16 NOCs qualified Entry number 16 teams of 5 athletes each 80 plus alternates Qualification standard No of teams Qualified teams2019 World Championships in AthleticsFinalists 8 nbsp Brazil nbsp China nbsp France nbsp Great Britain nbsp Japan nbsp Netherlands nbsp South Africa nbsp United States2021 World Athletics RelaysFurther finalists 4 nbsp Denmark nbsp Germany nbsp Ghana nbsp ItalyWorld Athletics Top List as of 29 June 2021 4 nbsp Canada 11 nbsp Jamaica 12 nbsp Trinidad and Tobago 13 nbsp Turkey 14 Top list before competition editSource 4x100 Metres Relay men senior outdoor 2021 38 27 nbsp Great Britain 1st in Gateshead GBR on 13 July 2021 38 29 nbsp China 1st in Shenzhen CHN on 20 March 2021 38 29 nbsp Canada 2nd in Gateshead on 13 July 2021 38 32 nbsp Germany 1st at Sportanlage am Weinweg Regensburg GER 20 June 2021 38 33 nbsp Jamaica 1st at GC Foster College Spanish Town JAM 8 May 2021 38 45 nbsp Brazil 1h2 at Stadion Slaski Chorzow POL 1 May 2021 38 45 nbsp Italy 1h3 at Stadion Slaski Chorzow POL 1 May 2021 38 49 nbsp South Africa 2h3 at Stadion Slaski Chorzow POL 1 May 2021 DQ 38 53 nbsp Nigeria 1st at Yabatech Sport Complex Lagos NGR 27 June 2021 first non qualifier 38 56 nbsp Netherlands 1st at Centre sportif du Bout du Monde Geneve SUI 12 June 2021 38 60 Florida State Seminoles nbsp United States 3rd at Hayward Field Eugene USA 11 June 2021Season s bests for the other qualified teams 38 79 nbsp Ghana 2h1 at Stadion Slaski Chorzow POL on 1 May 2021 38 94 nbsp Turkey 2f1 in Cluj Napoca ROU on 19 June 2021 38 98 nbsp Japan 3h2 at Stadion Slaski Chorzow POL on 1 May 2021 39 06 nbsp Denmark 4h2 at Stadion Slaski Chorzow POL on 1 May 2021 39 08 nbsp France 3h3 at Stadion Slaski Chorzow POL on 1 May 2021 39 63 nbsp Trinidad and Tobago 2nd at The Bahamas National Stadium Nassau BAH 28 June 2021Competition format editThe event continued to use the two round format introduced in 2012 15 Records editPrior to this competition the existing world Olympic and area records were as follows World record nbsp Nesta Carter Michael Frater Yohan Blake Usain Bolt JAM 36 84 London United Kingdom 11 August 2012Olympic record nbsp Nesta Carter Michael Frater Yohan Blake Usain Bolt JAM 36 84 London United Kingdom 11 August 2012Area Time s Athlete NationAfrica records 37 65 Thando DlodloSimon MagakweClarence MunyaiAkani Simbine nbsp South AfricaAsia records 37 43 Shuhei TadaKirara ShiraishiYoshihide KiryuAbdul Hakim Sani Brown nbsp JapanEurope records 37 36 Adam GemiliZharnel HughesRichard KiltyNethaneel Mitchell Blake nbsp Great BritainNorth Central America and Caribbean records 36 84 WR Nesta CarterMichael FraterYohan BlakeUsain Bolt nbsp JamaicaOceania records 38 17 Paul HendersonTim JacksonSteve BrimacombeDamien Marsh nbsp AustraliaAnthony AlozieIsaac NtiamoahAndrew McCabeJoshua Ross nbsp AustraliaSouth America records 37 72 Rodrigo do NascimentoVitor Hugo dos SantosDerick SilvaPaulo Andre de Oliveira nbsp BrazilThe following national records were established during the competition Country Athlete Round Time NotesItaly Lorenzo Patta Marcell Jacobs Fausto Desalu Filippo Tortu Heats 37 95Final 37 50 WLGhana Sean Safo Antwi Benjamin Azamati Kwaku Emmanuel Yeboah Joseph Amoah Heats 38 08Denmark Simon Hansen Tazana Kamanga Dyrbak Kojo Musah Frederik Schou Nielsen Heats 38 16China Tang Xingqiang Xie Zhenye Su Bingtian Wu Zhiqiang Final 37 79 NRSchedule editAll times are Japan Standard Time UTC 9 The men s 4 100 metres relay took place over two consecutive days 1 Date Time RoundThursday 5 August 2021 11 30 HeatsFriday 6 August 2021 22 50 FinalTeam rosters editEach roster has 5 athletes plus 1 reserve R when known 16 Heat 1 edit Brazil Paulo Andre de Oliveira Rodrigo do Nascimento Derick Silva Jorge Vides R Felipe Bardi dos Santos Great Britain Chijindu Ujah Zharnel Hughes Reece Prescod R Richard Kilty Jona Efoloko R Nethaneel Mitchell Blake Japan Shuhei Tada Ryota Yamagata Yuki Koike Bruno Dede de R Hiroki Yanagita de R Yoshihide Kiryu 17 Jamaica Nigel Ellis R Yohan Blake Tyquendo Tracey R Oblique Seville Jevaughn Minzie Julian Forte the Netherlands Joris van Gool Churandy Martina Solomon Bockarie R Chris Garia Hensley Paulina R Taymir Burnet South Africa Akani Simbine Clarence Munyai Shaun Maswanganyi Gift Leotlela R Chederick van Wyk Galaletsang Ramorwa R Trinidad and Tobago Kion Benjamin Adell Colthrust R Eric Harrison Jr Akanni Hislop Richard Thompson Jonathan Farinha R France Jimmy Vicaut Mouhamadou Fall Amaury Golitin R Marvin Rene R Meba Mickael Zeze Ryan Zeze Heat 2 edit Canada Bolade Ajomale R Bismark Boateng R Andre De Grasse Jerome Blake Brendon Rodney Gavin Smellie China Su Bingtian Xie Zhenye Wu Zhiqiang Tang Xingqiang Yan Haibin R Sui Gaofei R Denmark Frederik Schou Nielsen Tazana Kamanga Dyrbak Kojo Musah Simon Hansen Kristoffer Hari da Emil Kjaer de Germany Owen Ansah de R Lucas Ansah Peprah Deniz Almas Joshua Hartmann Niels Torben Giese R Julian Reus Marvin Schulte no Ghana Benjamin Azamati Kwaku Sean Safo Antwi Joseph Oduro Manu R Joseph Amoah Emmanuel Yeboah Sarfo Ansah R Italy Marcell Jacobs Filippo Tortu Fausto Desalu Lorenzo Patta Davide Manenti R Hillary Wanderson Polanco Rijo R Turkey Ertan Ozkan Kayhan Ozer Oguz Uyar R Ramil Guliyev Jak Ali Harvey Emre Zafer Barnes R United States Trayvon Bromell Ronnie Baker Fred Kerley Micah Williams R Cravon GillespieResults editResults are from World Athletics 18 Heats edit Qualification Rules First 3 in each heat Q and the next 2 fastest q advance to the Final Heat 1 edit Rank Lane Nation Competitors Reaction Time Notes1 5 nbsp Jamaica Jevaughn Minzie Julian Forte Yohan Blake Oblique Seville 146 37 82 Q WL2 4 nbsp Japan Shuhei Tada Ryota Yamagata Yoshihide Kiryu Yuki Koike 147 38 16 Q SB3 9 nbsp France Mouhamadou Fall Jimmy Vicaut Meba Mickael Zeze Ryan Zeze 156 38 18 SB4 2 nbsp Brazil Rodrigo do Nascimento Felipe Bardi dos Santos Derick Silva Paulo Andre de Oliveira 140 38 34 SB5 8 nbsp Trinidad and Tobago Kion Benjamin Eric Harrison Jr Akanni Hislop Richard Thompson 150 38 63 SB 6 nbsp Netherlands Joris van Gool Taymir Burnet Chris Garia Churandy Martina 146 DNF 7 nbsp South Africa Clarence Munyai Shaun Maswanganyi Chederick van Wyk Akani Simbine 150 DNF 3 nbsp Great Britain Chijindu Ujah Zharnel Hughes Richard Kilty Nethaneel Mitchell Blake 152 DQ 38 02 R 41 1Heat 2 edit Rank Lane Nation Competitors Reaction Time Notes1 4 nbsp China Tang Xingqiang Xie Zhenye Su Bingtian Wu Zhiqiang 152 37 92 37 916 Q SB2 9 nbsp Canada Aaron Brown Jerome Blake Brendon Rodney Andre De Grasse 177 37 92 37 918 Q SB3 5 nbsp Italy Lorenzo Patta Marcell Jacobs Fausto Desalu Filippo Tortu 170 37 95 Q NR4 6 nbsp Germany Julian Reus Joshua Hartmann Deniz Almas Lucas Ansah Peprah 134 38 06 q SB5 8 nbsp Ghana Sean Safo Antwi Benjamin Azamati Kwaku Emmanuel Yeboah Joseph Amoah 137 38 08 q NR6 3 nbsp United States Trayvon Bromell Fred Kerley Ronnie Baker Cravon Gillespie 148 38 10 SB7 7 nbsp Denmark Simon Hansen Tazana Kamanga Dyrbak Kojo Musah Frederik Schou Nielsen 143 38 16 NR 2 nbsp Turkey Ertan Ozkan Jak Ali Harvey Kayhan Ozer Ramil Guliyev 146 DQFinal edit Rank Lane Nation Competitors Reaction Time Notes nbsp 8 nbsp Italy Lorenzo Patta Marcell Jacobs Fausto Desalu Filippo Tortu 0 154 37 50 WL NR nbsp 4 nbsp Canada Aaron Brown Jerome Blake Brendon Rodney Andre De Grasse 0 148 37 70 SB nbsp 7 nbsp China Tang Xingqiang Xie Zhenye Su Bingtian Wu Zhiqiang 0 153 37 79 NR4 5 nbsp Jamaica Jevaughn Minzie Julian Forte Yohan Blake Oblique Seville 0 158 37 845 3 nbsp Germany Julian Reus Joshua Hartmann Deniz Almas Lucas Ansah Peprah 0 136 38 12 9 nbsp Japan Shuhei Tada Ryota Yamagata Yoshihide Kiryu Yuki Koike 0 139 DNF 2 nbsp Ghana Sean Safo Antwi Benjamin Azamati Kwaku Emmanuel Yeboah Joseph Amoah 0 160 DQ R 170 7 citation needed DQ 6 nbsp Great Britain CJ Ujah Zharnel Hughes Richard Kilty Nethaneel Mitchell Blake 0 141 DQ 37 51 R 41 1References edit a b Athletics Competition Schedule Tokyo 2020 Archived from the original on 9 July 2021 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