The Bahamas team wins the 4x400m relay event, beating USA to take the gold medal at the London 2012 Olympic Games (10 August). With Bahamas taking gold and USA taking Silver, the bronze medal went to the team from Trinidad & Tobago. Since 1896, athletics has been on the programme of each edition of the Games of the Olympiad.
When was the 200m freestyle relay held at the 2012 Olympics?
*Indicates the swimmer only competed in the preliminary heats. The men’s 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay event at the 2012 Summer Olympics took place on 31 July at the London Aquatics Centre in London, United Kingdom.
What is the 4×200 freestyle relay?
The 4×200 metres freestyle relay is a relay event in which each of four swimmers on a team swims a 200-metre freestyle leg in sequence.
When did the 4×200m start in the Olympics?
The short-course world records have been separately recognized since 1991. The men’s 4×200-metre event was first contested at 1908 Summer Olympics in London, but the women’s 4×200-metre event didn’t appear until the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.
Who won the 2004 Summer Olympics in the track and field?
The event was held at the Olympic Stadium on 9–10 August. It was won by the Bahamas . The qualifying round experienced more drama than is normal in these affairs. In the first heat, on the second leg, Kenya’s Vincent Mumo Kiilu was boxed in near the back of the pack, with South Africa’s Ofentse Mogawane on his shoulder.
What was Tony McQuay’s relay split in the 2004 Olympics?
On the final straightaway, Pinder extended the lead slightly, his relay split of 43.3 credited as the 7th (now 9th) fastest relay splits in history. On the third leg, Tony McQuay passed Michael Mathieu early on the back stretch and extended the lead by a few metres. McQuay’s split was reported to be 43.4.
