Nassau, Bahamas, May 6, 2024: A total of 70 teams have qualified for relay events at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games following two days of thrilling action at the World Athletics Relays Bahamas 24 on May 4-5.
Fourteen teams in each of the five disciplines being contested in Nassau – the women’s and men’s 4x100m and 4x400m plus the mixed 4x400m – automatically qualified for Paris places.
The first 40 qualified teams were confirmed on Saturday and the final 30 on Sunday, following a second Olympic qualifying round for teams that missed out on day one.
Teams that qualified on Saturday also secured their spots for the respective World Relays finals on Sunday, when they raced for prize money and lane seeding positions in Paris.
India qualified in both the men’s and women’s 4x400m relays; China qualified in the men’s 4x100m; and Japan qualified in the men’s 4x100m and men’s 4x400m.
USA won four of the five finals in Nassau and Botswana won the other.
Two nations – Great Britain & Northern Ireland and USA – each qualified a full five teams for Paris, while another six – France, Germany, Italy, Jamaica, Nigeria and Poland – qualified four each.
While the majority of Paris places have now been secured, teams that missed out in Nassau still have a chance to qualify. A further two Olympic Games places in each discipline will be awarded based on top lists during the qualification period (December 31, 2022 to June 30, 2024).
The Sports Authority of India celebrated the two Indian relay teams that qualified for Paris 2024.
“Super proud of you boys and girls,” the SAI posted.
