Most Olympic gold medals in the 4 x 100 metres relay (women)

Evelyn Ashford won the Olympic 4 x 100 m relay race, as a member of the United States quartet, at three consecutive Games: Los Angeles, USA, in 1984; Seoul, South Korea, in 1988; and Barcelona, Spain, in 1992.

Ashford ran the anchor leg in both 1984 and 1988, when the United States clocked 41.65 sec and 41.98 sec, respectively. In Barcelona in 1992, she ran the first leg as her team finished in a time of 42.11 sec - just 0.05 sec ahead of the Unified Team.

Ashford shares the overall (men and women) Olympic 4 x 100 m relay 'most wins' record with Frank Wykoff (USA) and Usain Bolt (Jamaica), who also won three consecutive Olympic gold medals in the event, in 1928-36 and 2008-16, respectively.

In 1984, Ashford also won 100 m gold in Los Angeles, in an Olympic record time of 10.97 sec. She was the first woman to run below 11 sec in the 100 m at an Olympic Games. Four years later in Seoul, she was the flag-bearer for the United States and won silver in the 100 m, finishing behind fellow American Florence Griffith-Joyner.

In 1992, at the age of 35, Ashford (b. 15 April 1957) became the oldest track and field athlete to win an Olympic gold medal.