Men 4x100m Relay Athletics XXX Olympic Games London 2012

Men 4x100m Relay Athletics XXX Olympic Games London 2012 - Saturday 11.08 Gold Medal Jamaica

Final Ranking		time		React.	L
1. Jamaica	JAM	36.84s	WR	0.162	5
2. Trinidad Tobago	TRI	38.12s		0.176	8
3. France	FRA	38.16s		0.181	2
4. Japan	JPN	38.35s		0.162	3
5. Netherlands	NED	38.39s		0.171	7
6. Australia	AUS	38.43s		0.127	1
-. Canada	CAN	DQ R 163.3a		0.155	4
-. United States	USA	37.04s	NR	0.154	6

Tyson Gay was stripped of his silver medal due to doping violations.
Following consideration by the IOC, the United States team was disqualified. The decision was referred back to the IAAF for other results to be adjusted in the wake of the disqualification, promoting Trinidad and Tobago to silver, and France to bronze. The French team received their bronze medals at the IAAF Diamond League in Paris in July 2015.

Jamaica and the USA each produced three finalists in the individual 100m, so the relay was a highly anticipated event. Jamaica won the first heat (without Bolt) in 37.39, with Britain clocking 37.93 before being disqualified for a faulty final changeover. The United States won the other heat in a national record 37.38. Poland also set a national best, but was unable to make the final despite clocking 38.31. In fact Poland can be regarded as rightful Olympic finalists, because the 37.38 was ulti- mately annulled by the IAAF (and IOC) once Tyson Gay’s doping dis- qualification was confirmed – even though he only ran in the final. IAAF Rule 141.1 requires that all team results must be disqualified, regardless of whether or not the athlete who is otherwise a member of the team, has actually competed or not. Jamaica, using the same quartet which set a world record in the 2011 World Championships, took a small, but clear lead in the final with Carter against Kimmons. Gatlin gained fractionally on Frater on leg two. Blake and Gay were equally well matched on the third leg, and Jamaica had a lead of half a metre as Bolt and Bailey started the anchor legs. Bolt went more than two metres clear by the finish, clocking the first sub-37 second run. It had taken 31 years to go from 39 to 38, 16 more seasons to arrive at a sub-38 second time, and 29 years to sub-37. Behind the top two, it appeared that Canada had taken third place in 38.07, but Connaughton on leg three had stepped on the line and so his team were announced as disqualified in mid-celebration. Trinidad and Tobago claimed the bronze just ahead of France. It was all change again thanks to the doping guilt of Gay. By the summer of 2015, the IOC had officially upgraded Trinidad and France to silver and bronze respectively.

Heats - Friday 10.08 19:45 - First 3 and Best progress.

Heat 1		time		React.	L	Rk.
1. Jamaica	JAM	37.39s	SB	0.163	5	2.
2. Canada	CAN	38.05s	SB	0.152	2	3.
3. Netherlands	NED	38.29s	NR	0.162	6	8.
4. Brazil	BRA	38.35s	SB	0.164	7	10.
5. China	CHN	38.38s	NR	0.176	4	12.
6. St. Kitts Nevis	SKN	38.41s	NR	0.167	3	13.
7. Italy	ITA	38.58s	SB	0.207	8	14.
-. Great Britain	GBR	DQ		0.145	1

Heat 2		time		React.	L	Rk.
1. United States	USA	37.38s	NR	6	0.250	1.
2. Japan	JPN	38.07s	SB	8	0.167	4.
3. Trinidad Tobago	TRI	38.10s	SB	3	0.138	5.
4. France	FRA	38.15s	SB	4	0.177	6.
5. Australia	AUS	38.17s	=AR	1	0.167	7.
6. Poland	POL	38.31s	NR	2	0.160	9.
7. Germany	GER	38.37s		5	0.151	11.
8. Hong Kong, CHN	HKG	38.61s		7	0.184	15.