Athletics — 4 × 100 metres Relay, Women

Times held 22
Total participants 1149
Total countries 67

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1928 4 x 100 metres Relay, Women Olympic 32 8
1932 4 x 100 metres Relay, Women Olympic 24 6
1936 4 x 100 metres Relay, Women Olympic 32 8
1948 4 x 100 metres Relay, Women Olympic 44 11
1952 4 x 100 metres Relay, Women Olympic 60 15
1956 4 x 100 metres Relay, Women Olympic 36 9
1960 4 x 100 metres Relay, Women Olympic 40 10
1964 4 x 100 metres Relay, Women Olympic 60 15
1968 4 × 100 metres Relay, Women Olympic 60 15
1972 4 x 100 metres Relay, Women Olympic 61 15
1976 4 x 100 metres Relay, Women Olympic 40 10
1980 4 x 100 metres Relay, Women Olympic 32 8
1984 4 x 100 metres Relay, Women Olympic 45 11
1988 4 x 100 metres Relay, Women Olympic 81 19
1992 4 x 100 metres Relay, Women Olympic 57 14
1996 4 x 100 metres Relay, Women Olympic 93 22
2000 4 x 100 metres Relay, Women Olympic 108 25
2004 4 x 100 metres Relay, Women Olympic 65 16
2008 4 x 100 metres Relay, Women Olympic 68 16
2012 4 x 100 metres Relay, Women Olympic 69 16
2016 4 x 100 metres Relay, Women Olympic 67 16
2020 4 × 100 metres Relay, Women Olympic 68 16

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1928 CanadaCAN United StatesUSA GermanyGER
1932 United StatesUSA CanadaCAN Great BritainGBR
1936 United StatesUSA Great BritainGBR CanadaCAN
1948 NetherlandsNED AustraliaAUS CanadaCAN
1952 United StatesUSA Unified Team of GermanyGER Great BritainGBR
1956 AustraliaAUS Great BritainGBR United StatesUSA
1960 United StatesUSA Unified Team of GermanyGER PolandPOL
1964 PolandPOL United StatesUSA Great BritainGBR
1968 United StatesUSA CubaCUB Soviet UnionURS
1972 West GermanyFRG East GermanyGDR CubaCUB
1976 East GermanyGDR West GermanyFRG Soviet UnionURS
1980 East GermanyGDR Soviet UnionURS Great BritainGBR
1984 United StatesUSA CanadaCAN Great BritainGBR
1988 United StatesUSA East GermanyGDR Soviet UnionURS
1992 United StatesUSA Unified TeamEUN NigeriaNGR
1996 United StatesUSA The BahamasBAH JamaicaJAM
2000 The BahamasBAH JamaicaJAM United StatesUSA
2004 JamaicaJAM Russian FederationRUS FranceFRA
2008 BelgiumBEL NigeriaNGR BrazilBRA
2012 United StatesUSA JamaicaJAM UkraineUKR
2016 United StatesUSA JamaicaJAM Great BritainGBR
2020 JamaicaJAM United StatesUSA Great BritainGBR

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
United States USA 11 3 2 16
Jamaica JAM 2 3 1 6
East Germany GDR 2 2 0 4
Canada CAN 1 2 2 5
Australia AUS 1 1 0 2
The Bahamas BAH 1 1 0 2
West Germany FRG 1 1 0 2
Poland POL 1 0 1 2
Belgium BEL 1 0 0 1
Netherlands NED 1 0 0 1
Great Britain GBR 0 2 7 9
Germany GER 0 2 1 3
Soviet Union URS 0 1 3 4
Cuba CUB 0 1 1 2
Nigeria NGR 0 1 1 2
Russian Federation RUS 0 1 0 1
Unified Team EUN 0 1 0 1
Brazil BRA 0 0 1 1
France FRA 0 0 1 1
Ukraine UKR 0 0 1 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Evelyn Ashford USA 3 0 0 3
Marlies Oelsner-Göhr GDR 2 1 0 3
Bärbel Eckert-Wöckel GDR 2 0 0 2
Alice Brown USA 2 0 0 2
Carlette Guidry-White USA 2 0 0 2
Barbara Jones USA 2 0 0 2
Annette Rogers USA 2 0 0 2
Gwen Torrence USA 2 0 0 2
Allyson Felix USA 2 0 0 2
Tianna Madison-Bartoletta USA 2 0 0 2

Participation by year

Country # 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020
Antigua and Barbuda ANT 1 AC h1 r1/2
Argentina ARG 2 3 h1 r1/2 5 h2 r1/2
Australia AUS 11 Silver 5 Gold AC h2 r1/2 6 5 6 5 6 7 AC h1 r1/3
Austria AUT 2 4 h1 r1/2 6
Belarus BLR 3 5 6 h1 r1/2 7 h2 r1/2
Belgium BEL 3 4 h2 r1/2 6 Gold
Bermuda BER 0 DNS
Brazil BRA 6 4 h1 r1/2 4 h1 r1/2 Bronze 7 AC h2 r1/2 5 h2 r1/2
Bulgaria BUL 4 5 h2 r1/2 4 5 3 h3 r1/2
Cameroon CMR 3 7 h1 r1/2 AC h1 r1/2 7 h4 r1/3
Canada CAN 14 Gold Silver Bronze Bronze 3 h3 r1/2 5 h1 r1/2 5 h1 r1/2 5 h1 r1/2 4 Silver 5 h2 r2/3 5 h3 r1/2 6 h2 r1/3 6
Chile CHI 1 3 h2 r1/2
Chinese Taipei TPE 2 6 h2 r1/2 DNS 6 h1 r1/3
Colombia COL 5 5 h1 r1/3 4 h1 r1/2 8 h2 r2/3 5 h1 r1/2 5 h2 r1/2
Cuba CUB 6 Silver Bronze 5 h2 r1/2 AC r2/2 5 h1 r1/2 6 h2 r1/2
Côte d'Ivoire CIV 2 AC h2 r1/2 5 h3 r1/3
Denmark DEN 2 5 7 h2 r1/2
East Germany GDR 4 Silver Gold Gold Silver
Ecuador ECU 1 8 h1 r1/2
Finland FIN 6 4 h2 r1/2 5 h3 r1/2 6 h1 r1/2 5 h2 r1/2 4 h3 r1/2 6 h2 r2/3
France FRA 18 4 DNS 3 h1 r1/2 4 h3 r1/2 4 h1 r1/2 8 8 5 h1 r1/2 5 4 7 4 6 4 Bronze AC h2 r1/2 DNF 4 h2 r1/2 7
Germany GER 15 Bronze 6 AC r2/2 Silver 6 Silver 5 5 AC h2 r1/2 6 6 h1 r1/2 4 5 4 5
Ghana GHA 4 DNS 5 h2 r1/2 6 h2 r2/3 5 h1 r2/3 7 h1 r1/2
Great Britain GBR 18 Bronze Silver 4 Bronze Silver AC r2/2 Bronze 7 7 8 Bronze Bronze 6 h1 r2/3 8 5 h2 r2/3 AC r2/2 Bronze Bronze
Greece GRE 3 8 h1 r2/3 7 h1 r2/3 8 h1 r1/2
Hungary HUN 4 DNS AC h2 r1/2 4 h1 r1/2 7 5 h2 r1/2
India IND 1 6 h3 r1/3
Italy ITA 10 6 4 AC h2 r1/2 3 h2 r1/2 5 5 5 h1 r1/2 DNS 7 h1 r2/3 AC h1 r1/2 6 h1 r1/2
Jamaica JAM 15 DNS 5 h1 r1/2 AC h1 r1/2 AC h2 r1/2 6 6 8 3 h1 r2/3 AC r2/2 Bronze Silver Gold AC r2/2 Silver Silver Gold
Japan JPN 4 5 6 h2 r1/2 7 h1 r1/2 7 h1 r1/2
Kazakhstan KAZ 1 AC h2 r1/2
Lesotho LES 1 AC h2 r1/2
Madagascar MAD 2 AC h2 r1/2 8 h1 r2/3
Mexico MEX 1 7 h1 r1/2
Netherlands NED 12 5 4 5 Gold 6 4 5 h1 r2/3 6 h2 r1/2 AC h2 r1/2 6 5 h1 r1/2 AC r2/2
Nigeria NGR 10 6 h1 r1/2 7 h1 r1/2 Bronze 5 7 7 Silver 4 7 6 h2 r1/2
Panama PAN 2 4 h2 r1/2 6 h1 r1/2
People's Republic of China CHN 6 7 h2 r2/3 5 h1 r1/2 8 4 h2 r1/2 4 h1 r1/2 6
Philippines PHI 2 7 h2 r1/2 AC h1 r1/2
Poland POL 13 4 h1 r1/2 4 h2 r1/2 Bronze Gold 7 h2 r1/2 8 DNS 7 6 7 h2 r2/3 AC r2/2 4 h1 r1/2 6 h1 r1/2 4 h2 r1/2
Republic of Korea KOR 2 7 h1 r1/2 7 h2 r1/3
Russian Federation RUS 5 4 5 Silver DQ 6 h2 r1/2
Saar SAA 1 5 h1 r1/2
Saint Kitts and Nevis SKN 1 AC h3 r1/2
Serbia and Montenegro SCG 1 5 h1 r1/3
Sierra Leone SLE 1 AC h3 r1/2
Soviet Union URS 9 4 4 4 4 Bronze 5 Bronze Silver Bronze
Sri Lanka SRI 1 5 h4 r1/3
Sweden SWE 4 4 h1 r1/2 4 h2 r1/2 DNS AC h2 r1/2 DNF
Switzerland SUI 3 6 h1 r1/2 5 h2 r1/2 4
Thailand THA 6 8 h2 r1/2 5 h1 r1/2 6 h1 r1/2 4 h2 r1/2 4 h1 r1/3 5 h2 r1/2
The Bahamas BAH 5 6 Silver Gold 4 5 h1 r1/2
The Gambia GAM 1 6 h2 r1/2
Trinidad and Tobago TTO 6 7 AC h2 r1/2 AC h2 r1/2 DQ 5 8 h2 r1/2
Uganda UGA 1 6 h3 r1/3
Ukraine UKR 5 6 h1 r2/3 7 h1 r1/2 AC h2 r1/2 Bronze DQ
Unified Team EUN 1 Silver
United States USA 21 Silver Gold Gold 3 h3 r1/2 Gold Bronze Gold Silver Gold 4 7 Gold Gold Gold Gold Bronze AC r2/2 AC h1 r1/2 Gold Gold Silver
United States Virgin Islands ISV 1 6 h1 r1/2
Uzbekistan UZB 1 6 h4 r1/3
West Germany FRG 5 6 Gold Silver 5 4
Yugoslavia YUG 0 DNS