The 4x100 meter relay event for women was introduced in the Olympics in the 1972 Munich Summer Games. After that, it has been played in all the Olympics. In the competition, four athletes of a team run one 100 meter long lap each. The race is usually held at the end of the athletics competition. The competition is also called sprint relay event for women.
Rules and Regulations
- Various legs of the race must be properly marked. Each leg is of 100 meter.
- The athletes are required to carry a wooden baton. It is a hollow tube with its size specified by the International Association of Athletics Federations or the IAAF.
- For measuring time during the race, only IAAF approved devices are used.
- Two substitutes are allowed in a team during the race.
- Sprinters are not allowed to use anything which enhances their grip on the baton.
- The baton has to be passed to the next athlete in the 'take over zone' which is 20 meter long. If the baton falls down, the team is out of the competition.
- All athletes run their part of race and then pass the baton to their colleagues who have to run their phase of the event.
- Athletes are disqualified from the competition after two false starts.
- After running for a certain distance in the competition, the runners can break their lanes.
- Any runner found obstructing her competitor's path will be barred from participating in the competition.
Top Performers
Some players who have performed well in the competition are Yelena Ruzina, Mariya Pinigina, Tatyana Ledovskaya, Chandra Cheeseborough, Tatyana Goistchik, Tatyana Prorochenko, Christina Brehmer, Rochelle Stevens, Olga Bryzgina, Olga Nazarova, Lyudmila Dzhigalova, Olga Zaytseva, Olga Kotlyarova, Yuliya Gushchina, Irina Nazarova, Ellen Streidt, Brigitte Rohde, Monika Zehrt,Valerie Brisco-Hooks, Sherri Howard, Lillie Leatherwood, Olesya Krasnomovets, Monique Hennagan, Sanya Richards, Monique Henderson, DeeDee Trotter, LaTasha Colander, Marion Jones, Jearl Miles-Clark, Kim Graham, Maicel Malone-Wallace and Nina Zyuskova.
Some players who have performed well in the competition are Yelena Ruzina, Mariya Pinigina, Tatyana Ledovskaya, Chandra Cheeseborough, Tatyana Goistchik, Tatyana Prorochenko, Christina Brehmer, Rochelle Stevens, Olga Bryzgina, Olga Nazarova, Lyudmila Dzhigalova, Olga Zaytseva, Olga Kotlyarova, Yuliya Gushchina, Irina Nazarova, Ellen Streidt, Brigitte Rohde, Monika Zehrt,Valerie Brisco-Hooks, Sherri Howard, Lillie Leatherwood, Olesya Krasnomovets, Monique Hennagan, Sanya Richards, Monique Henderson, DeeDee Trotter, LaTasha Colander, Marion Jones, Jearl Miles-Clark, Kim Graham, Maicel Malone-Wallace and Nina Zyuskova.
