Take a team as a unit, each team has 4 people, and each person runs the same distance. 1908 relay events were first set up in the 4th Olympic Games, but the four athletes ran different distances. 19 12 The 5th Olympic Games was changed to 4× 100 m relay race and 4×400 m relay race. Relay athletes must run their respective prescribed distances with sticks, and they must pass the sticks in the 20-meter relay area.
origin
Relay running is the only team event in track and field. Take a team as a unit, each team has 4 people, and each person runs the same distance. There are different opinions about its origin. Some people think that it originated from the torch relay in the sacrificial ceremony of the ancient Olympic Games, some people think that it is related to the popular game of "carrying wood" or "carrying water tanks" in Africa, and others think that it evolved from the postal delivery of letters and documents.
Olympic events are divided into men's and women's 4× 100 meter relay and 4×400 meter relay. In the men's 4× 100-meter relay race in the Olympic Games, the first corner of the first and second bars of the first bar is running in lanes, and the second bar athlete can only grab the lane freely after running to grab the line.
The first pass must be made in the lane designated by the swimmer. For the passing and receiving of other sticks, the referee will arrange the teammates of the third and fourth sticks to wait for receiving sticks from the inside out according to the order that the athletes of the second and third sticks pass the starting point of 200 meters. All batters are not allowed to start outside the hitting area.
Ethnicity
/kloc-At the end of 0/9, the relay race was officially listed as a track event. At that time, the rules of the game stipulated that the receiver should run to the 20-meter relay area to pick up the passer's baton. In the 4x100m relay, the receiver can start the pre-run before the relay area10m, but the relay is still completed in the 20m relay area.
19 12, men's 4x 100 and 4x400 relay races are officially listed as Olympic events.
In 928, the women's 4x 100 relay officially became an Olympic event.