The first eight teams to qualify for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in each of the five disciplines contested at the World Athletics Relays Bahamas 24 have been confirmed following the opening day of competition in Nassau. Fourteen teams in the women’s and men’s 4x100m, 4x400m, and mixed 4x400m races in Nassau this weekend automatically qualify for places at the Paris Olympics. On Saturday, the top two teams in each of the four heats per event secured spots for their respective World Relays finals on Sunday, while also booking their places for Paris.
France, Great Britain & Northern Ireland, and the USA each qualified four teams for Paris, while Canada, Italy, and Poland each qualified three teams. The mixed 4x400m heats started the session in record-breaking fashion, with eight teams finishing inside the previous championship record in the first round alone.
Teams will compete for prize money and Olympic lane seeding positions in Sunday’s finals. All other teams will race in the additional round, where the top two teams in each of the three heats will also qualify for the Paris 2024 Olympics. Following the qualification of 14 teams per event in Nassau, the remaining two places for Paris in each discipline will be awarded based on top lists during the qualification period from December 31, 2022, to June 30, 2024.
The teams that have qualified for Paris in each event are as follows:
– Women’s 4x100m: Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Great Britain & NI, Netherlands, Poland, United States
– Men’s 4x100m: Canada, China, France, Great Britain & NI, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, United States
– Women’s 4x400m: Canada, France, Great Britain & NI, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Poland, United States
– Men’s 4x400m: Belgium, Botswana, Germany, Great Britain & NI, Italy, Japan, Nigeria, South Africa
– Mixed 4x400m: Belgium, Dominican Republic, France, Ireland, Netherlands, Nigeria, Poland, United States.