# 2024 World Athletics Relays

The 2024 World Athletics Relays was held in Nassau, Bahamas on 4 and 5 May 2024.

## Overview

The first 3 editions of the IAAF World Relays (former name) have been held in the same site: 2014 IAAF World Relays, 2015 IAAF World Relays and 2017 IAAF World Relays. Nassau won the bid against Lausanne in November 2022, in Rome.
These World Relays will serve as a qualifying event for the 2024 Summer Olympic Games from their respective NOCs, composed of the following:
* 14: top fourteen teams of each event based on their results achieved at the 2024 World Athletics Relays in Nassau, Bahamas.
The World Athletics Relays will involve 32 national teams, in each relay event, and 20 races on both days of competition.
On day 1, which will qualify 40 teams for the Summer Olympics, there will be 20 heats across the five olympic events (4 heats each for 4 × 100, 4 × 400, men, women and mixed): the top two teams from each heat will directly qualify for the Games.
On day 2, an additional 30 national teams will also be qualified for the Games, through 15 repechage heats (the first 2 at each repechage will so qualify) and five finals, across those five events.

## Schedule

Day 1 - Saturday, 4 May 2024 :
| Time | Event | Round |
| 18:00 EST | Mixed 4 × 400 m | Heats |
| 18:45 EST | Women's 4 × 100 m | Heats |
| 19:20 EST | Men's 4 × 100 m | Heats |
| 19:55 EST | Women's 4 × 400 m | Heats |
| 20:40 EST | Men's 4 × 400 m | Heats |
Day 2 - Sunday, 5 May 2024 :
| Time | Event | Round |
| 18:00 | Mixed 4 × 400 m | Repechage Round |
| 18:35 | Women's 4 × 100 m | Repechage Round |
| 19:00 | Men's 4 × 100 m | Repechage Round |
| 19:25 | Women's 4 × 400 m | Repechage Round |
| 19:55 | Men's 4 × 400 m | Repechage Round |
| 20:25 | Mixed 4 × 400 m | Final |
| 20:35 | Women's 4 × 100 m | Final |
| 20:45 | Men's 4 × 100 m | Final |
| 20:55 | Women's 4 × 400 m | Final |
| 21:05 | Men's 4 × 400 m | Final |

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Men's 4 × 100 metres relay details | United States Courtney Lindsey Kenneth Bednarek Kyree King Noah Lyles | 37.40 WL | Canada Brendon Rodney Andre De Grasse Aaron Brown Jerome Blake | 37.89 SB | France Méba-Mickaël Zeze Jeff Erius Pablo Matéo Aymeric Priam | 38.44 |
| Men's 4 × 400 metres relay details | Botswana Busang Kebinatshipi Letsile Tebogo Leungo Scotch Bayapo Ndori | 2:59.11 WL | South Africa Gardeo Isaacs Zakithi Nene Antonie Matthys Nortje Lythe Pillay | 3:00.75 | Belgium Dylan Borlée Robin Vanderbemden Alexander Doom Jonathan Sacoor | 3:01.16 |
| Women's 4 × 100 metres relay details | United States Tamari Davis Gabrielle Thomas Celera Barnes Melissa Jefferson | 41.85 CR, WL | France Chloé Galet Gémima Joseph Helene Parisot [fr] Mallory Leconte | 42.75 SB | Great Britain Alyson Bell Amy Hunt Bianca Williams Aleeya Sibbons | 42.80 |
| Women's 4 × 400 metres relay details | United States Quanera Hayes Gabrielle Thomas Bailey Lear Alexis Holmes | 3:21.70 WL | Poland Marika Popowicz-Drapała Iga Baumgart-Witan Justyna Święty-Ersetic Natalia Kaczmarek | 3:24.71 | Canada Zoe Sherar Aiyanna Stiverne Alyssa Marsh Kyra Constantine | 3:25.17 SB |
| Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay details | United States Matthew Boling Lynna Irby-Jackson Willington Wright Kendall Ellis | 3:10.73 CR | Netherlands Isayah Boers Lieke Klaver Isaya Klein Ikkink Femke Bol | 3:11.45 SB | Ireland Cillin Greene Rhasidat Adeleke Thomas Barr Sharlene Mawdsley | 3:11.53 NR |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | United States (USA) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | Botswana (BOT) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | South Africa (RSA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | Ireland (IRL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (10 entries) | Totals (10 entries) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 |

## Team standings

Teams scored for every place in the top 8 with 8 points awarded for first place, 7 for second, etc.
| Rank | Nation | Points |
| 1 | United States | 32 |
| 2 | United Kingdom | 18 |
| 3 | France | 17 |
| 4 | Canada | 15 |
| 5 | Japan | 10 |
| 5 | Netherlands | 10 |
| 7 | Botswana | 8 |
| 7 | Ireland | 8 |
| 9 | Germany | 7 |
| 9 | Italy | 7 |
| 9 | Poland | 7 |
| 9 | South Africa | 7 |