If a member of a relay team is, for whatever reason, unable to run in an event after their team has qualified for the Olympics, is the team allowed to substitute another runner in his/her place?
Four answers:
lestermount
2010-07-19 05:55:46 UTC
All major track meets allow each team to have 6 members on the team.
they are allowed to use any of the 6 members during the meet.
the reason for this is because the best runners are usually in rounds and finals for their individual events and do not run in the prelims for the relay.
In the finals for the relay the best 4 runners will compete.
the Olympics and other meets award 6 medals to each team, so the athletes who ran the prelims also get medals, not just the 4 that ran in the finals.
Only the 6 athletes who were listed as members are allowed to compete in the relays.
Midnight Sun
2010-07-19 03:28:11 UTC
Yeah an olympic relay team is usually made up of 7-8 runners extras in case someone is injured or in the case of countries like america and jamaica where there is an abundace of great runners they often use lesser known people for qualifying and then race the stars (usuain bolt, tyson gay etc) in the semi-final/finals :)
davison
2016-10-17 11:47:13 UTC
possibly their genuine bibs have been being dealt with via the comparable guy who introduced the incorrect shade uniforms for the country for the adult males's basketball bronze-medal journey in Sydney. the two are stressful indications of team disharmony and disorganization.
anonymous
2010-07-18 21:10:15 UTC
yes. I couldn't give you an example from the past but I remember it happening.
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