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Relay
Stade de France 

Event 	Medal


FORMAT

Teams of four runners – contested in men’s and women’s 100m and 400m events* – run equal distances, while passing baton to one another on a rolling start
      
Changeover box
Baton must change hands within zone, after which runners must stay within their lanes until course is clear

20m

Acceleration zone
Allows second and subsequent baton-receiving runners to get up to speed

*Including mixed 4x400m relay event


4 x 100m handover points
1 2 3 4
Staggered start
Finish


RUNNING ORDER

1 Explosive starter, runs opening 100m bend

2 Powerful straight runner

3 Smooth bend runner

4 Anchor leg – 100m sprint under pressure


Baton
Aluminium tube 
Length: 28-30cm 
Weight: 50g


Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce 
Team Jamaica captain at Paris 2024

                               
		4 x 100m			4 x 400m

Olympic record	Jamaica 	2012 36.84	United States 	2008 2:55.39
		United States 	2012 40.82	USSR 		1988 3:15.17

World record	Jamaica 	2012 36.84	United States 	1993 2:54.29
		United States 	2012 40.82	USSR 		1988 3:15.17


Sources: IOC, IAAF 
Pictures: Getty Images 
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