Canada's Marie-Eloise Leclair runs during the women's 4x100-metre relay at the Paris Olympics, on Aug. 9.Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press
The Canadian women’s 4x100-metre relay team finished sixth in Friday’s Olympic final at Stade de France.
Sade McCreath, Jacqueline Madogo, Marie-Eloise Leclair and Audrey Leduc ran a time of 42.69 seconds.
The United States snatched gold (41.78), while Britain took silver (41.85) and Germany grabbed bronze (41.97).
Canada moved up a spot when the Swiss team that originally finished sixth was disqualified.
The Canadians set a national record of 42.50 seconds a day earlier in qualifying. They finished fourth in Heat 2 to take one of two non-automatic qualifying spots.
Canada last medalled in the event at the 1984 Los Angeles Games with the team of Angela Bailey, Angella Issajenko, France Gareau and Marita Payne.
Earlier in the day, Marco Arop qualified for Saturday’s men’s 800 final.
The 25-year-old from Edmonton ran a time of one minute 45.05 seconds to finish first in the second of three semifinal heats on Friday at Stade de France.
Arop is the reigning world champion in the event and also won bronze at the 2022 world championships.
He looks to win Canada’s first Olympic medal in the event since Bill Crothers earned silver at the 1964 Tokyo Games.
Canada’s women’s 4x400 relay team also qualified for Saturday’s final.
The team of Zoe Sherar, Aiyanna Stiverne, Lauren Gale and Kyra Constantine finished fourth in Heat 2 with a time of 3:25.77 to grab one of two non-automatic qualifying spots on Friday.
Canada finished fourth at last year’s world championships in the event and took bronze at World Relays in May while qualifying for the Paris Games.
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