With the IAAF World Relays scheduled for Saturday and Sunday in the Bahamas, a look at how the U.S. men’s 4×100 meters relay teams have finished by event in the 15 global competitions since 2000.
2016 Olympics – Disqualified for zone violation, Jamaica win
2015 world championships – Disqualified for zone violation, Jamaica win
2015 world relays – Won, defeating Jamaica
2014 world relays – Disqualified in heats for zone violation, Jamaica win
2013 world championships – Second to Jamaica
2012 Olympics – Second to Jamaica, later disqualified for doping
2011 world championships – Did not finish after failing to exchange baton, Jamaica win
2009 world championships – Disqualified for zone violation in heats, Jamaica win
2008 Olympics – Did not finish, dropped baton in heats, Jamaica win
2007 world championships – Won, Jamaica second
2005 world championships – Did not finish, dropped baton in heats, France win
2004 Olympics – Second to Britain
2003 world championships – Won, Brazil second
2001 world championships – Won, later disqualified for doping violation, South Africa win
2000 Olympics – Won, Brazil second
Summary:
Gold medals: 4 (another was stripped for doping violation)
Silver medals: 2 (another was stripped for doping violation)
On-track disqualification: 4
Did not finish: 3
By comparison, Jamaican men have won all but one of the nine global men’s 4×100 meters relay races since 2008, losing only to the U.S. in the 2015 World Relays. (The Jamaicans were later stripped of their 2008 Olympic gold medal for a doping violation).
(Compiled by Gene Cherry, editing by Ed Osmond)
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