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The women's 4x100 metre relay of Athletics 2020 during the 2020 Summer Olympics was held on 5-6 August 2021 in the Tokyo Olympic Stadium. With 16 teams competing, the event was won by the team from Jamaica, with United States taking the silver medal and Great Britain taking bronze.

Format[]

The competition exists out of two rounds, with each team conducting a lap of 400 metres in each round. Each athlete in a team takes part in a quarter of the race, with the fastest three teams in the heats advancing to the final, as well as the fastest non-qualifiers. The team with the fastest time in the final is the winner.

Preview[]

Sixteen teams qualified for the event with Jamaica and the United States traditionally as the strongest teams. The team of Great Britain was also one to look out for after winning silver at the world championships in 2017 and 2019, but the team of Germany had set the world leading time, just ahead of Switzerland. The team of the Netherlands was one of the rising teams, after winning the European championships in 2016, but the team of China could also surprise after having the third-fastest time of the year. Other potential medalists were Nigeria, Australia, and Canada.

Team Athlete
Brazil Bruna Jessica Farias
Ana Claudia Lemos
Vitoria Cristina Rosa
Rosangela Santos
China Ge Manqi
Huang Guifen
Liang Xiaojing
Wei Yongli
Denmark Emma Beiter Bomme
Astrid Glenner-Frandsen
Ida Karstoft
Mathilde Kramer
Ecuador Yuliana Angulo
Marizol Landazuri
Gabriela Anahi Suarez
Angela Gabriela Tenorio
France Gemima Joseph
Cynthia Leduc
Orlann Ombissa-Dzangue
Carolle Zahi
Germany Alexandra Burghardt
Rebekka Haase
Gina Luckenkemper
Tatjana Pinto
Great Britain Dina Asher-Smith
Imani Lansiquot
Daryll Neita
Asha Philip
Italy Anna Bongiorni
Vittoria Fontana
Gloria Hooper
Irene Siragusa
Jamaica Remona Burchell
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
Shericka Jackson
Natasha Morrison
Elaine Thompson-Herah
Briana Williams
Japan Hanae Aoyama
Mei Kodama
Ami Saito
Remi Tsuruta
Netherlands Marije van Hunenstijn
Dafne Schippers
Naomi Sedney
Nadine Visser
Nigeria Tobi Amusan
Ese Brume
Patience Okon George
Nzubechi Grace Nwokocha
Poland Klaudia Adamek
Paulina Paluch
Marika Popowicz-Drapala
Pia Skrzyszowska
Switzerland Riccarda Dietsche
Mujinga Kambundji
Salome Kora
Ajla del Ponte
Trinidad and Tobago Michelle-Lee Ahye
Kelly-Ann Baptiste
Kai Selvon
Khalifa St. Fort
United States Teahna Daniels
English Gardner
Aleia Hobbs
Javianne Oliver
Jenna Prandini
Gabrielle Thomas

Current Records[]

Record Date Nat. Name Time
WR 10 August 2012 United States Tianna Bartoletta 40.82
Allyson Felix
Carmelita Jeter
Bianca Knight
OR 10 August 2012 United States Tianna Bartoletta 40.82
Allyson Felix
Carmelita Jeter
Bianca Knight

Summary[]

Heats[]

Heat 1 Results
Rank Team Time Info
1 Great Britain Great Britain 41.55 Q, NR
2 United States United States 41.90 Q
3 Jamaica Jamaica 42.15 Q
4 France France 42.68 q
5 Netherlands Netherlands 42.81 q
6 Italy Italy 42.84 NR
7 Japan Japan 43.44
8 Ecuador Ecuador 43.69 NR
Heat 2 Results
Rank Team Time Info
1 Germany Germany 42.00 Q
2 Switzerland Switzerland 42.05 Q, NR
3 China China 42.82 Q
4 Poland Poland 43.09
5 Brazil Brazil 43.15
6 Nigeria Nigeria 43.25
7 Denmark Denmark 43.51 NR
8 Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago 43.62

Final[]

Final Results
Rank Team Time Info
1 Jamaica Jamaica 41.02 NR
2 United States United States 41.45
3 Great Britain Great Britain 41.88
4 Switzerland Switzerland 42.08
5 Germany Germany 42.12
6 China China 42.71
7 France France 42.89
8 Netherlands Netherlands DNF

Results[]

Result Team
Gold Jamaica Jamaica
Silver United States United States
Bronze Great Britain Great Britain
4 Switzerland Switzerland
5 Germany Germany
6 China China
7 France France
8 Netherlands Netherlands
9 Italy Italy
10 Poland Poland
11 Brazil Brazil
12 Nigeria Nigeria
13 Japan Japan
14 Denmark Denmark
15 Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago
16 Ecuador Ecuador
2020 Summer Olympic Games
Athletics 2020
ā† 2016 2024 ā†’
Men
Track
100 m 110 m hurdles
200 m 400 m hurdles
400 m 3000 m steeplechase
800 m 4x100 m relay
1500 m 4x400 m relay
5000 m 20 km walk
10000 m 50 km walk
Field
High jump Shot put
Pole vault Discus throw
Long jump Hammer throw
Triple jump Javelin throw
Miscellaneous
Marathon Decathlon
Women
Track
100 m 100 m hurdles
200 m 400 m hurdles
400 m 3000 m steeplechase
800 m 4x100 m relay
1500 m 4x400 m relay
5000 m 20 km walk
10000 m
Field
High jump Shot put
Pole vault Discus throw
Long jump Hammer throw
Triple jump Javelin throw
Miscellaneous
Marathon Heptathlon
Mixed
Track
4x400 m relay
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