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Mark Lewis-Francis (born 4 September 1982) is a British sprint athlete, regarded as the top 100m sprinter in Britain. He is an Olympic gold medallist, having been part of the 4x100m relay team at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
Lewis-Francis burst onto the scene at an early age, but missed the 2000 Summer Olympics, instead competing at the world junior championships, in which he won gold. Lewis-Francis became Britain's top 100m sprinter after Dwain Chambers was banned for drug use in 2003. He failed to make the final of the 100 metres sprint at the 2004 Summer Olympics, but did run the final leg of the 4x100 metres, which Great Britain narrowly won by virtue of better baton hand-overs than the American favourites who finished second by 0.01 seconds outside the winning time of 38.07 seconds. The gold medal team consisted of Lewis-Francis, Marlon Devonish,Darren Campbell and Jason Gardener.
| Olympic medalists in athletics (men) | Olympic Champions in Men's 4x100 m relay
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| 1912 Great Britain David Jacobs, Henry Macintosh, Victor d'Arcy & William Applegarth 1920 United States Charlie Paddock, Jackson Scholz, Loren Murchison & Morris Kirksey 1924 United States Loren Murchison, Louis Clarke, Frank Hussey & Alfred LeConey 1928 United States Frank Wykoff, James Quinn, Charles Borah & Henry Russell 1932 United States Robert Kiesel, Emmett Toppino, Hector Dyer & Frank Wykoff 1936 United States Jesse Owens, Ralph Metcalfe, Foy Draper & Frank Wykoff 1948 United States Barney Ewell, Lorenzo Wright, Harrison Dillard & Mel Patton 1952 United States Dean Smith, Harrison Dillard, Lindy Remigino & Andy Stanfield 1956 United States Ira Murchison, Leamon King, Thane Baker & Bobby Joe Morrow 1960 United team of Germany Bernd Cullmann, Armin Hary, Walter Mahlendorf & Martin Lauer 1964 United States Otis Drayton, Gerald Ashworth, Richard Stebbins & Bob Hayes 1968 United States Charles Greene, Melvin Pender, Ronnie Ray Smith & Jim Hines 1972 United States Larry Black, Robert Taylor, Gerald Tinker & Edward Hart 1976 United States Harvey Glance, John Wesley Jones, Millard Hampton & Steven Riddick 1980 Soviet Union Vladimir Muravyov, Nikolay Sidorov, Aleksandr Aksinin & Andrey Prokofyev 1984 United States Sam Graddy, Ron Brown, Calvin Smith & Carl Lewis 1988 Soviet Union Viktor Bryzgin, Vladimir Krylov, Vladimir Muravyov & Vitaly Savin 1992 United States Mike Marsh, Leroy Burrell, Dennis Mitchell & Carl Lewis 1996 Canada Robert Esmie, Glenroy Gilbert, Bruny Surin & Donovan Bailey 2000 United States Jon Drummond, Bernard Williams, Brian Lewis & Maurice Greene 2004 Great Britain Jason Gardener, Darren Campbell, Marlon Devonish & Mark Lewis-Francis
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| Olympic medalists in athletics (men) | Post-war British Olympic champions in men's athletics |
| 1956 Chris Brasher (3000m steeplechase) | 1960 Don Thompson (50km walk) | 1964 Ken Matthews (20km walk) | 1964 Lynn Davies (long jump) 1968 David Hemery (400m hurdles) 1980: Allan Wells (100m) | 1980 Steve Ovett (800m) | 1980 & 1984 Sebastian Coe (1500m) | 1980 & 1984 Daley Thompson (decathlon) | 1992 Linford Christie (100m) | 2000 Jonathan Edwards (triple jump) | 2004 Jason Gardener, Darren Campbell, Marlon Devonish & Mark Lewis-Francis (4x100m relay) |
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