4 × 100 metre bayrak yarışı

4 × 100 metre bayrak yarışı, atletizm yarışlarından biridir. dört koşucunun 100 metrede bir bayrağı değişerek koştuğu yarıştır. i̇lk koşucular 400 metre koşucuları gibi başlangıç yaparlar. her koşucu 100 metre koştuktan sonra 20 metrelik bayrak değişim yerlerinde bayrağı diğer koşucuya verir. bayrak, 30 cm uzunluğunda 50 gram ağırlığında alüminyum bir borudur. erkek dünya rekoru 36.84 saniyelik dereceyle jamaika takımına, kadınlar dünya rekoru ise 41.60 saniyelik dereceyle doğu almanya'ya aittir. erkekler rekoru; 2008 yaz olimpiyatları'nda, kadınlar rekoru ise; 1980 moskova olimpiyatları'nda kırılmıştır.

büyük şampiyona kazananlar

olimpiyat oyunları

erkekler 

 2008 :  (nesta carter, michael frater, usain bolt, asafa powell) 37.10 dr
 2004 :  (jason gardener, darren campbell, marlon devonish, mark lewis-francis) 38.07
 2000 :  (jon drummond, bernard williams, brian lewis, maurice greene) 37.61
 1996 :  (robert esmie, glenroy gilbert, bruny surin, donovan bailey) 37.69
 1992 :  (michael marsh, leroy burrell, dennis mitchell, carl lewis) 37.40 dr
 1988 :  (viktor bryzgin, vladimir krylov, vladimir muravyov, vitaly savin) 38.19
 1984 :  (sam graddy, ron brown, calvin smith, carl lewis) 37.83 dr
 1980 :  (vladimir muravyov, nikolay sidorov, andrey prokofyev, aleksandr aksinin) 38.26
 1976 :  (harvey glance, john wesley jones, millard hampton, steven riddick) 38.33
 1972 :  (larry black, robert taylor, gerald tinker, edward hart) 38.19 dr
 1968 :  (charles greene, melvin pender, ronnie ray smith, jim hines) 38.24 dr
 1964 :  (paul drayton, gerald ashworth, richard stebbins, robert hayes) 39.0 dr
 1960 :  (bernd cullmann, armin hary, walter mahlendorf, martin lauer) 39.5 edr
 1956 :  (ira murchison, leamon king, thane baker, bobby joe morrow) 39.5 dr
 1952 :  (dean smith, harrison dillard, lindy remigino, andrew stanfield) 40.1
 1948 :  (barney ewell, lorenzo wright, harrison dillard, mel patton) 40.6
 1936 :  (jesse owens, ralph metcalfe, foy draper, frank wykoff) 39.8 wr
 1932 :  (robert kiesel, emmett toppino, hector dyer, frank wykoff) 40.0 dr
 1928 :  (frank wykoff, james quinn, charles borah, henry russell) 41.0 edr
 1924 :  (frank hussey, louis clarke, loren murchison, alfred leconey) 41.0 edr (yf 41.0 dr)
 1920 :  (charles paddock, jackson scholz, loren murchison, morris kirksey) 42.2 wr
 1912 :  (david jacobs, henry macintosh, victor d'arcy, william applegarth) 42.4 (çf  42.3 dr)

kadınlar 

 2008 : 	(evgeniya polyakova, aleksandra fedoriva, yulia gushchina, yuliya chermoshanskaya) 42.31
 2004 : 	(aleen bailey, veronica campbell, tayna lawrence, sherone simpson) 41.73
 2000 :  (savatheda fynes, chandra sturrup, pauline davis-thompson, debbie ferguson) 41.95
 1996 :  (chryste gaines, gail devers, inger miller, gwen torrence) 41.95
 1992 :  (evelyn ashford, esther jones, carlette guidry, gwen torrence) 42.11
 1988 :  (alice brown, sheila echols, evelyn ashford, florence griffith-joyner) 41.98
 1984 :  (alice brown, jeanette bolden, chandra cheeseborough, evelyn ashford) 41.65
 1980 :  (romy müller, bärbel wöckel, ingrid auerswald, marlies göhr) 41.60 wr
 1976 :  (marlies oelsner, renate stecher, carla bodendorf, bärbel wöckel) 42.55 or
 1972 :  (christiane krause, ingrid mickler-becker, annegret richter, heidemarie rosendahl) 42.81 dr
 1968 :  (barbara ferrell, margaret bailes, mildrette netter, wyomia tyus) 42.88 dr
 1964 :  (teresa ciepły, irena kirszenstein, halina górecka, ewa klobukowska) 43.6 dr
 1960 :  (martha hudson, lucinda williams, barbara jones, wilma rudolph) 44.5 (sf 44.4 dr)
 1956 :  (shirley strickland de la hunty, norma croker, fleur mellor, elizabeth cuthbert) 44.5 dr
 1952 :  (mae faggs, barbara jones, janet moreau, catherine hardy) 45.9 dr
 1948 :  (xenia stad-de jong, netty witziers-timmer, gerda van der kade-koudijs, fanny blankers-koen) 47.5
 1936 :  (harriet bland, annette rogers, elizabeth robinson, helen stephens) 46.9 (1t  46.5 dr)
 1932 :  (mary carew, evelyn furtsch, annette rogers, wilhelmina von bremen) 46.9 dr
 1928 :  (fanny rosenfeld, ethel smith, jane bell, myrtle cook) 48.4 dr

dünya atletizm şampiyonası

erkekler 

 2009 :  (steve mullings, michael frater, usain bolt, asafa powell) 37.31 şr
 2007:  (darvis patton, wallace spearmon, tyson gay, leroy dixon) 37.78
 2005:  (ladji doucouré, ronald pognon, eddy de lépine, lueyi dovy) 38.08
 2003:  (john capel, bernard williams, darvis patton, joshua j. johnson) 38.06
 2001:  (morne nagel, corne du plessis, lee-roy newton, matthew quinn) 38.47
 1999:  (jon drummond, tim montgomery, brian lewis, maurice greene) 37.59
 1997:  (robert esmie, glenroy gilbert, bruny surin, donovan bailey) 37.86
 1995:  (robert esmie, glenroy gilbert, bruny surin, donovan bailey) 38.31
 1993:  (jon drummond, andre cason, dennis mitchell, leroy burrell) 37.48 (sf 37.40 edr)
 1991:  (andre cason, leroy burrell, dennis mitchell, carl lewis) 37.50 dr
 1987:  (lee mcrae, lee mcneill, harvey glance, carl lewis) 37.90
 1983:  (emmit king, willie gault, calvin smith, carl lewis) 37.86 dr

mickey grimes, bernard williams, dennis mitchell ve tim montgomery'den oluşan  takımı, 2001 şampiyonasını kazanmasına rağmen 2005 yılında tim montgomery'nin diskalifiye edilmesiyle bu unvan geri alındı.

kadınlar 

 2009:  (simone facey, shelly ann fraser, aleen bailey, kerron stewart) 42.06
 2007:  (lauryn williams, allyson felix, mikele barber, torri edwards) 41.98
 2005:  (angela daigle, muna lee, me'lisa barber, lauryn williams) 41.78
 2003:  (patricia girard-léno, muriel hurtis, sylviane felix, christine arron) 41.78
 2001:  (melanie paschke, gaby rockmeier, birgit rockmeier, marion wagner) 42.32
 1999:  (savatheda fynes, chandra sturrup, pauline davis-thompson, debbie ferguson) 41.92
 1997:  (chryste gaines, marion jones, inger miller, gail devers) 41.47 şr
 1995:  (celena mondie-milner, carlette guidry-white, chryste gaines, gwen torrence) 42.12
 1993:  (olga bogoslovskaya, galina maltchugina, natalya voronova, irina privalova) 41.49 şr
 1991:  (dahlia duhaney, juliet cuthbert, beverly mcdonald, merlene ottey) 41.94
 1987:  (alice brown, diane williams, florence griffith-joyner, pam marshall) 41.58 şr
 1983:  (silke gladisch-möller, marita koch, ingrid auerswald-lange, marlies göhr) 41.76
kelli white, chryste gaines, inger miller ve marion jones'dan oluşan  takımı, 2001 şampiyonasını kazanmasına rağmen 2004 yılında kelli white'ın diskalifiye edilmesiyle bu unvan geri alındı.