The Women's 4x100 meter Relay race has been included in all Summer Olympics since women's athletic events were first introduced in 1928. Since this time, relay teams from the United States have had the most success, winning eleven gold medals, three silvers, and two bronze medals, from 22 events. British teams have won the second highest number of medals, with nine in total, although none of these have been gold. When the medal tallies of Germany, East Germany and West Germany are combined, German teams have been the second most successful in this event, with three golds, five silvers and one bronze medal. The most successful athlete in this event is the U.S.' Evelyn Ashford, who won three back-to-back gold medals between 1984 and 1992.
In 2007, Marion Jones was stripped of her bronze medal from 2000, due to her involvement in the BALCO doping scandal; her team, however, were allowed to retain their medals. In 2016, the entire Russian relay team of 2008 were stripped of their gold medals, as one of the runners tested positive for multiple banned substances (while another team member also tested positive in 2017); the 2008 medals were redistributed accordingly.
Medal count by country in the Women's 4x100 meter Relay at the Summer Olympics from 1928 to 2020
*No longer exists/competes at the Olympics.
**Includes medals won by the Unified Team of 1992 (which was made up of athletes from all former Soviet States, except the three Baltic states).
***Includes medals won by the United Team of Germany (1956-1964), but does not include East or West Germany.
This data was collected using the official Olympic.org site, as well as a spreadsheet from the Guardian that includes data from 1896-2008 (available here), 2012 and 2016 data was compared with that from Encyclopaedia Britannica, and several news outlets were used to update the table when medals were reassigned (i.e. for doping offenses).
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olympic.org, & The Guardian. (August 10, 2021). Medal count by country in the Women's 4x100 meter Relay at the Summer Olympics from 1928 to 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 08, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1118257/olympics-womens-4x100m-relay-medal-table-since-1928/
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olympic.org, The Guardian. (2021). Medal count by country in the Women's 4x100 meter Relay at the Summer Olympics from 1928 to 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 08, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1118257/olympics-womens-4x100m-relay-medal-table-since-1928/
olympic.org, and The Guardian. "Medal Count by Country in The Women's 4x100 Meter Relay at The Summer Olympics from 1928 to 2020." Statista, Statista Inc., 10 Aug 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1118257/olympics-womens-4x100m-relay-medal-table-since-1928/
olympic.org & The Guardian, Medal count by country in the Women's 4x100 meter Relay at the Summer Olympics from 1928 to 2020 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1118257/olympics-womens-4x100m-relay-medal-table-since-1928/ (last visited December 08, 2024)
Medal count by country in the Women's 4x100 meter Relay at the Summer Olympics from 1928 to 2020 [Graph], olympic.org, & The Guardian, August 10, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1118257/olympics-womens-4x100m-relay-medal-table-since-1928/