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- The 4×100 metres relay at the World Championships in Athletics has been contested by both men and women since the inaugural edition in 1983. It is the second most prestigious title in the discipline after the 4×100 metres relay at the Olympics. The competition format typically has one qualifying round leading to a final between eight teams. As of 2015, nations can qualify for the competition through a top eight finish at the previous IAAF World Relays event, with the remaining teams coming through the more traditional route of ranking highly on time in the seasonal lists. The championship records for the event are 37.04 seconds for men, set by in 2011, and 41.07 seconds for women, set by Jamaica in 2015. The men's world record has been broken or equalled at the competition on four occasions. The women's world record has never been broken or equalled at the competition. The United States is the most successful nation in the discipline, with eight men's gold medals and eight women's gold medals. The next most successful nation is Jamaica, which has won four gold medals for men's and five for the women's events. Jamaica won in 1991, 2009, 2013, 2015, and 2019. The USA has won the most overall medals at 24 with Jamaica having the second most at 22. Canada, with three golds, and , with two, are the only other nations to have won multiple titles. Great Britain has the third highest overall medal tally in the event with 14 medals. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce is the most successful athlete of the event, with four gold medals and three silver medals. Her compatriot Usain Bolt is the next most successful, with four consecutive gold medals from 2009 to 2015 and a silver medal in 2007. Kerron Stewart and Nesta Carter of Jamaica and Carl Lewis of the USA are the only other athletes to have won three gold medals in the relay event. The United States has twice been stripped of the gold medal due to doping by athletes on the national team, having lost both men's and women's titles in 2001. (en)
- Le relais 4 × 100 mètres fait partie des épreuves inscrites au programme des premiers championnats du monde d'athlétisme, en 1983, à Helsinki. Les États-Unis détiennent le record de titres remportés avec huit victoires masculines et huit victoires féminines. Le record des championnats du monde appartient chez les hommes à l'équipe de Jamaïque (Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Yohan Blake et Usain Bolt) qui établit un nouveau record du monde en 37 s 04 le 4 septembre 2011 lors des Mondiaux de Daegu. Le record des championnats du monde chez les femmes appartient également à l'équipe de Jamaïque (Veronica Campbell-Brown, Natasha Morrison, Elaine Thompson et Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce) dans le temps de 41 s 07, établi le 29 août 2015 en finale des championnats du monde 2015 à Pékin. (fr)
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