Femke Bol clocked a stunning time of 47.93 seconds on the anchor leg to lead The Netherlands to gold in the mixed 4x400m relay final on Day 3 at the Paris 2024 Olympics on Saturday. The 400m hurdles specialist was brought into the team for the final and her selection was made just with a brilliant final leg.
Collecting the baton in fourth place after her teammates, Eugene Omalla (45.30), Lieke Klaver (49.30) and Isaya Klein Ikkink (44.90), did some brilliant work early to get the European into an ideal place and she charged past the American in the closing meters to win the gold medal.
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Meanwhile, the winning time by the Dutch team of 3:07.43 was only .02 seconds shy of the world record set by the Americans in the heats on Friday.
USA finished second in the final with 3:07.74, while the bronze went to Great Britain with national record of 3:08.01, with the team anchored home by Amber Anning’s 48.81.
Mixed 4x400m relay final splits at Paris 2024
| 1 | Netherlands Eugene OMALLA 45.30 Lieke KLAVER 49.30 Isaya KLEIN IKKINK 44.90 Femke BOL 47.93 | NED | 3:07.43 AR |
| 2 | United States Vernon NORWOOD 44.50 Shamier LITTLE 49.40 Bryce DEADMON 44.70 Kaylyn BROWN 49.14 | USA | 3:07.74 |
| 3 | Great Britain & NI Samuel REARDON 45.00 Laviai NIELSEN 49.80 Alex HAYDOCK-WILSON 44.40 Amber ANNING 48.81 | GBR | 3:08.01 NR |
| 4 | Belgium Alexander DOOM 44.30 Helena PONETTE 50.20 Jonathan SACOOR 44.10 Naomi VAN DEN BROECK 50.76 | BEL | 3:09.36 NR |
| 5 | France Muhammad Abdallah KOUNTA 45.20 Louise MARAVAL 50.70 Fabrisio SAIDY 44.70 Amandine BROSSIER 50.24 | FRA | 3:10.84 |
| 6 | Jamaica Reheem HAYLES 45.50 Junelle BROMFIELD 51.00 Zandrion BARNES 45.10 Stephenie Ann MCPHERSON 50.07 | JAM | 3:11.67 |
| 7 | Italy Luca SITO 45.10 Giancarla TREVISAN 50.60 Edoardo SCOTTI 45.30 Alice MANGIONE 50.84 | ITA | 3:11.84 |
| 8 | Poland Maksymilian SZWED 45.50 Justyna ŚWIĘTY-ERSETIC 50.40 Karol ZALEWSKI 45.40 Alicja WRONA-KUTRZEPA 51.09 | POL | 3:12.39 |
