Athletics 2020/Women's 4x100 metre relay

Women's 4x100 metre relay
General information
Sport	Athletics 2020
Date	5-6 August 2021
Competitors	16 teams
Venue	Tokyo Olympic Stadium
Previous medalists
Gold	United States
Silver	Jamaica
Bronze	Great Britain
Medalists
	Jamaica
	United States
	Great Britain

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.

Current Records

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

Summary

Heats

Heat 1 Results
Rank	Team	Time	Info
1	Great Britain	41.55	Q, NR
2	United States	41.90	Q
3	Jamaica	42.15	Q
4	France	42.68	q
5	Netherlands	42.81	q
6	Italy	42.84	NR
7	Japan	43.44
8	Ecuador	43.69	NR

Heat 2 Results
Rank	Team	Time	Info
1	Germany	42.00	Q
2	Switzerland	42.05	Q, NR
3	China	42.82	Q
4	Poland	43.09
5	Brazil	43.15
6	Nigeria	43.25
7	Denmark	43.51	NR
8	Trinidad and Tobago	43.62

Final

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

Results

Result	Team
	Jamaica
	United States
	Great Britain
4	Switzerland
5	Germany
6	China
7	France
8	Netherlands
9	Italy
10	Poland
11	Brazil
12	Nigeria
13	Japan
14	Denmark
15	Trinidad and Tobago
16	Ecuador