2016 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 4 × 100 m (women)

sport	athletics
discipline	4 x 100 meter relay
gender	Women
Attendees	57 athletes from 16 countries
Competition location	Estádio Nilton Santos
Competition phase	August 18, 2016 (preliminary) August 19, 2016 (final)
Medalists  United States  Jamaica  Great Britain

The women's 4 x 100 meter relay at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro took place on August 18 and 19, 2016 at the Estádio Nilton Santos . 57 athletes took part in sixteen relays.

The gold medal was won by the USA season with Tianna Bartoletta , Allyson Felix , English Gardner and Tori Bowie, as well as Morolake Akinosun, who was also used in the run-up . Silver went to Jamaica with Christania Williams , Elaine Thompson , Veronica Campbell-Brown and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce as well as Simone Facey and Sashalee Forbes, who were also used in the run-up . Great Britain ( Asha Philip , Desiree Henry , Dina Asher-Smith , Daryll Neita ) won the bronze medal.

The runners from the United States and Jamaica who were nominated for the medal winners in the run-up also received corresponding precious metal.

The German season reached the final and finished fourth.
The Swiss relay team was eliminated in the preliminary round.
Relays from Austria and Liechtenstein did not take part.

Current titleholders

Olympic champions	United States	40.82 s	London 2012
World champions	Jamaica	41.07 s	Beijing 2015
European champions	Netherlands	42.04 s	Amsterdam 2016
North / Central America / Caribbean champions	United States	42.24 s	San José 2015
South America champions	Venezuela	44.28 s	Lima 2015
Asian champions	People's Republic of China	43.10 s	Wuhan 2015
African champions	South Africa	43.66 s	Durban 2016
Oceania champions	Papua New Guinea	46.31 s	Cairns 2015

Existing records

World record	USA ( Tianna Madison , Allyson Felix , Bianca Knight , Carmelita Jeter )	40.82 s	London , UK	August 10, 2012
Olympic record			London finals , Great Britain

Note: All times are based on Rio local time ( UTC-3 ).

Preliminary round

The preliminary round was held in two runs. The first three seasons of each run qualified for the final. In addition, the two fastest teams below, the so-called lucky losers , advanced. The directly qualified teams are highlighted in light blue, the lucky losers in light green.

Run 1

August 18, 2016, 11:40 a.m.

space	nation	occupation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Jamaica	Simone Facey Sashalee Forbes Veronica Campbell-Brown Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce	41.79
2	Great Britain	Asha Philip Desiree Henry Dina Asher-Smith Daryll Neita	41.93
3	Ukraine	Olesja Powch Natalija Pohrebnjak Marija Rjemjen Jelysaveta Bryshina	42.49
4th	Canada	Farah Jacques Crystal Emmanuel Phylicia George Khamica Bingham	42.70
5	People's Republic of China	Yuan Qiqi Wei Yongli Ge Manqi Liang Xiaojing	42.70
6th	Netherlands	Jamile Samuel Dafne Schippers Tessa van Schagen Naomi Sedney	42.88
7th	Poland	Ewa Swoboda Marika Popowicz-Drapała Klaudia Konopko Anna Kiełbasińska	43.33
8th	Ghana	Flings Owusu-Agyapong Gemma Acheampong Beatrice Gyaman Janet Amponsah	43.37

Run 2

August 18, 2016, 11:48 a.m.

During the second exchange of this run, an incident occurred. The Brazilian season switched from Franciela Krasucki to Kauiza Venancio, the US season from Allyson Felix to English Gardner. Krasucki, running on lane three, unintentionally hit Felix's relay hand with her elbow, which was running on lane two. While the Brazilian relay could continue their race, Felix the relay baton slipped to the ground. The referees considered the incident as a disability and disqualified the Brazilian relay. The US squadron was given a "run of hope" for qualification. The US season running alone had to run a better time than 42.70 s in order to move into the final instead of China.

space	nation	occupation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Germany	Tatjana Pinto Lisa Mayer Gina Lückenkemper Rebekka Haase	42.18
2	Nigeria	Gloria Asumnu Blessing Okagbare Jennifer Madu Agnes Osazuwa	42.55
3	Trinidad and Tobago	Semoy Hackett Michelle-Lee Ahye Kelly-Ann Baptiste Khalifa St. Fort	42.62
4th	France	Floriane Gnafoua Celine Distel-Bonnet Jennifer Galais Stella Akakpo	43.07
5	Switzerland	Ajla Del Ponte Sarah Atcho Ellen Sprunger Salomé Kora	43.12
DSQ	Kazakhstan	Rima Kaschafutdinowa Viktorija Sjabkina Julija Rachmanowa Olga Safronowa		IAAF Rule 163.3a - Rail violation
	Brazil	Bruna Farias Franciela Krasucki Kauiza Venancio Rosângela Santos		IAAF Rule 163.2b - Disability
DNF	United States	Tianna Bartoletta Allyson Felix English Gardner Morolake Akinosun

Reunion

August 18, 2016, 7:00 p.m.

space	nation	occupation	Time (s)	annotation
1	United States	Tianna Bartoletta Allyson Felix English Gardner Morolake Akinosun	41.77

final

The winning US season:
(from left to right) Allyson Felix, English Gardner, Tianna Bartoletta, Tori Bowie

August 19, 2016, 10:15 p.m.

The US season was favored as a world record team and qualified for the final in the hope run. Here the team met the world champions of 2013 and 2015 from Jamaica as well as the German relay, which until then held the world best time of 41.62 s, but only finished third at the European Championships . Vice European champion Great Britain was also considered a candidate for a medal, while the European champions from the Netherlands were eliminated in the preliminary stages.

There were the following line-up changes compared to the preliminary stages:

• USA - Tori Bowie for Morolake Akinosun
• Jamaica - Christania Williams for Simone Facey and Elaine Thompson for Sashalee Forbes.

Tianna Bartoletta, the winner in the long jump , took the lead as the starting runner for the US relay running on lane one. Allyson Felix was able to extend the lead, while behind her double Olympic champion Elaine Thompson brought the Jamaicans into second place. In the last corner, English Gardner was able to compensate for the corner requirement on Germany on lane four for the USA. The United States were three meters ahead of Jamaica when they last switched to Tori Bowie. The teams from Great Britain and Trinidad and Tobago competed for bronze. The US final runner Tori Bowie let her run coast down, so that Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce came a little closer for Jamaica, which was not enough to win. Great Britain secured the bronze medal, the German relay finished in fourth place ahead of Trinidad and Tobago.

In the 21st Olympic final there was the eleventh victory of a US season. The US athletes ran the second fastest time in the history of the women's sprint relay.

space	nation	occupation	Time (s)	annotation
1	United States	Tianna Bartoletta Allyson Felix English Gardner Tori Bowie in advance also: Morolake Akinosun	41.01
2	Jamaica	Christania Williams Elaine Thompson Veronica Campbell-Brown Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce in the preliminary run also: Simone Facey Sashalee Forbes	41.36
3	Great Britain	Asha Philip Desirèe Henry Dina Asher-Smith Daryll Neita	41.77	NO
4th	Germany	Tatjana Pinto Lisa Mayer Gina Lückenkemper Rebekka Haase	42.10
5	Trinidad and Tobago	Semoy Hackett Michelle-Lee Ahye Kelly-Ann Baptiste Khalifa St. Fort	42.12
6th	Ukraine	Olesja Powch Natalija Pohrebnjak Marija Rjemjen Jelysaveta Bryshina	42.36
7th	Canada	Farah Jacques Crystal Emmanuel Phylicia George Khamica Bingham	43.15
8th	Nigeria	Gloria Asumnu Blessing Okagbare Jennifer Madu Agnes Osazuwa	43.21

Web links

• Results Book Rio 2016, Official Report at library.olympic.org, accessed October 13, 2018
• Results on the website of the IAAF 4 × 100 m relay women (English), accessed on October 13, 2018
• Sports reference, result 4 × 100 m relay women (English), accessed on October 13, 2018

Videos

• USA 4x100m Relay wins gold on youtube.com, published August 24, 2016, accessed October 13, 2018
• US 4x100 relay progresses into final after a solo rerun on youtube.com, published August 24, 2016, accessed October 13, 2018

Individual evidence

1. ↑ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Beijing 2015, page 803 , accessed on October 13, 2018
2. ↑ ^{a b} IAAF competition rules, page 73 , accessed on October 13, 2018