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To June 21, 2009, the IAAF has ratified 35 world records in the event. [1] The following table shows the world record progression in the men's 4 x 100 metre relay, as ratified by the IAAF. "y" denotes time for 4 x 110 yards (402.34 m), ratified as a record for this event.
Carl Lewis ran the anchor leg on U.S. relay teams that set six world records from 1983 to 1992, including the first team to break 38 seconds. The current men's world record stands at 36.84, set by the Jamaican team at the final of the 2012 London Olympic Games on 11 August 2012. As the only team to break 37 seconds to date, Jamaica has been the ...
Carl Lewis. Frederick Carlton Lewis (born July 1, 1961) is an American former track and field athlete who won nine Olympic gold medals, one Olympic silver medal, and 10 World Championships medals, including eight gold. Lewis was a dominant sprinter and long jumper whose career spanned from 1979 to 1996, when he last won the Olympic long jump.
American track legend Carl Lewis, ... It was a familiar scene Friday for Team USA in the men's 4x100-meter relay, as their formidable speed was halted once again by a botched baton pass.
Not long after they were disqualified for botching the first handoff of the 4x100 relay on a wet night at Stade de France, Carl Lewis angrily criticized USA Track. ... and broke two world records ...
Decathlon. men. v. t. e. Video on YouTube Official video. The 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1983 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on August 9 and August 10.
Records. These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1984 Summer Olympics. World Record. 37.86. Carl Lewis Calvin Smith Willie Gault Emmit King. Helsinki ( FIN ) August 10, 1983. Olympic Record. 38.19.
On Thursday, the men's heats of the 4x100-meter relay were run to whittle the field of 16 down to eight for the medal race. And the United States men didn't qualify.