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.