The 4 x 100-meter sprint relay challenges four athletes to carry a baton around a0020400-meter track as quickly as possible.

A relay race is a track and field event in which athletes run a pre-set distance carrying a baton before passing it onto the next runner. Often, a relay team is a team of four sprinters. In athletics there are two standard relays: The 4 x 100m Relay & The 4 x 400m Relay.