4 × 400 metres relay at the World Athletics Championships
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4 × 400 metres relay at the World Athletics Championships | |
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Overview | |
Gender | Men, Women and Mixed |
Years held | Men: 1983 – 2023 Women: 1983 – 2023 |
Championship record | |
Men | 2:54.29 United States (1993) |
Women | 3:16.71 United States (1993) |
Reigning champion | |
Men | |
Women |
The 4 × 400 metres relay at the World Championships in Athletics has been contested by both men and women since the inaugural edition in 1983. The competition features three formats in relation to gender: men, women, and mixed. The 2019 edition added in the mixed competition. The format utilizes one set of heats qualifying the top 8 into a final.
The United States holds all the championship records in this event. For both the men and women, the record has been held since 1993 with a time of 2:54.29 for the men and 3:16.71 for the women. In the mixed competition, a time of 3:09.34 was set in 2019. For the men and the mixed records, they are also both world records.
Age records
[edit]- All information from World Athletics.[1]
Distinction | Male | Female | ||||
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Athlete | Age | Date | Athlete | Age | Date | |
Youngest champion | 19 years, 37 days | 1 Sep 1991 | 18 years, 186 days | 31 Aug 2003 | ||
Youngest medalist | 18 years, 5 days | 13 Aug 1995 | 18 years, 186 days | 31 Aug 2003 | ||
Youngest finalist | 17 years, 354 days | 14 Aug 2005 | 15 years, 237 days | 10 Aug 1997 | ||
Youngest participant | 16 years, 354 days | 31 Aug 1991 | 15 years, 236 days | 9 Aug 1997 | ||
Oldest champion | 35 years, 51 days | 12 Aug 2001 | 36 years, 361 days | 31 Aug 2003 | ||
Oldest medalist | 35 years, 51 days | 12 Aug 2001 | 36 years, 361 days | 31 Aug 2003 | ||
Oldest finalist | 35 years, 298 days | 24 Jul 2022 | 36 years, 361 days | 31 Aug 2003 | ||
Oldest participant | 35 years, 298 days | 24 Jul 2022 | 37 years, 359 days | 12 Aug 2017 |
Mixed 4 x 400 relay
[edit]Distinction | Male | Female | ||||
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Athlete | Age | Date | Athlete | Age | Date | |
Youngest champion | 22 years, 43 days | 29 Sep 2019 | 21 years, 261 days | 15 Jul 2022 | ||
Youngest medalist | 19 years, 34 days | 29 Sep 2019 | 21 years, 129 days | 29 Sep 2019 | ||
Youngest finalist | 19 years, 34 days | 29 Sep 2019 | 18 years, 145 days | 15 Jul 2022 | ||
Youngest participant | 19 years, 33 days | 28 Sep 2019 | 17 years, 222 days | 28 Sep 2019 | ||
Oldest champion | 24 years, 190 days | 29 Sep 2019 | 33 years, 239 days | 29 Sep 2019 | ||
Oldest medalist | 24 years, 289 days | 29 Sep 2019 | 36 years, 315 days | 15 Jul 2022 | ||
Oldest finalist | 32 years, 292 days | 29 Sep 2019 | 39 years, 120 days | 29 Sep 2019 | ||
Oldest participant | 32 years, 292 days | 29 Sep 2019 | 39 years, 120 days | 29 Sep 2019 |
Medalists
[edit]Men
[edit]Note * Indicates athletes who ran only in the preliminary round and also received medals.
- dq1 The United States team (Jerome Young, Antonio Pettigrew, Chris Jones and Tyree Washington) originally won the 1997 World Championships in a time of 2:56.47 minutes, but was disqualified in 2009 after Pettigrew admitted to doping during the period.
- dq2 The United States team (Jerome Davis, Antonio Pettigrew, Angelo Taylor and Michael Johnson) originally won the 1999 World Championships, but was disqualified in 2009 after Pettigrew admitted to doping during the period.
- dq3 The United States team (Leonard Byrd, Antonio Pettigrew, Derrick Brew and Angelo Taylor) originally won the 2001 World Championships, but was disqualified in 2009 after Pettigrew admitted to doping during the period.
- dq4 The United States team (Calvin Harrison, Tyree Washington, Derrick Brew and Jerome Young) originally won the 2003 World Championships, but was disqualified in 2004 after Harrison and Young were found to have used performance-enhancing drugs.
- dq5 The Russian team (Maksim Dyldin, Lev Mosin, Sergey Petukhov and Vladimir Krasnov) originally finished third in the 2013 World Championships, but was disqualified after Dyldin was found to have used performance-enhancing drugs.
Medalists by country
[edit]Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 14 | |
2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | |
3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
8 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 11 | |
9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Women
[edit]Note * Indicates athletes who ran only in the preliminary round and also received medals.
- dq1 The Russian team (Anastasiya Kapachinskaya, Tatyana Firova, Lyudmila Litvinova and Antonina Krivoshapka) originally finished third in the 2009 World Championships, but was disqualified after Kapachinskaya was found to have used performance-enhancing drugs.
- dq2 The Russian team (Antonina Krivoshapka, Natalya Antyukh, Lyudmila Litvinova and Anastasiya Kapachinskaya) originally finished third in the 2011 World Championships, but was disqualified after Kapachinskaya was found to have used performance-enhancing drugs.
- dq3 The Russian team (Yuliya Gushchina, Tatyana Firova, Kseniya Ryzhova and Antonina Krivoshapka) originally won in the 2013 World Championships, but was disqualified after Krivoshapka was found to have used performance-enhancing drugs.
Medalists by country
[edit]Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 14 | |
2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 10 | |
4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
8 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | |
9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Mixed
[edit]Note * Indicates athletes who ran only in the preliminary round and also received medals.
Championship record progression
[edit]Men
[edit]Time | Nation | Location | Round | Date | Athletes |
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3.06.62 | Helsinki | Heat 1 | Aug 13, 1983 | Alonzo Babers, Willie Smith, Andre Phillips, Michael Franks | |
3.02.13 | Helsinki | Semifinals | Aug 13, 1983 | Alonzo Babers, Sunder Nix, Willie Smith, Edwin Moses | |
3.00.79 | Helsinki | Final | Aug 14, 1983 | Sergey Lovachov, Aleksandr Troshchilo, Nikolay Chernetskiy, Viktor Markin | |
2.59.06 | Rome | Heat 2 | Sep 05, 1987 | Danny Everett, Michael Franks, Raymond Pierre, Antonio McKay | |
2.57.29 | Rome | Final | Sep 06, 1987 | Danny Everett, Roddie Haley, Antonio McKay, Butch Reynolds | |
2.54.29 | Stuttgart | Final | Aug 22, 1993 | Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts, Butch Reynolds, Michael Johnson |
Women
[edit]Time | Nation | Location | Round | Date | Athletes |
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3.26.82 | Helsinki | Heats | Aug 13, 1983 | Roberta Belle, Easter Gabriel, Rosalyn Bryant, Denean Howard | |
3:19.73 | Helsinki | Finwal | Aug 14, 1983 | Kerstin Walther, Sabine Busch, Marita Koch, Dagmar Rübsam | |
3:18.63 | Rome | Final | Sep 6, 1987 | Dagmar Neubauer, Kirsten Emmelmann, Petra Muller, Sabine Busch | |
3:18.43 | Tokyo | Final | Sep 1, 1991 | Tatyana Ledovskaya, Lyudmila Dzhigalova, Olga Nazarova, Olha Bryzhina | |
3:16.71 | Stuttgart | Final | Aug 22, 1993 | Gwen Torrence, Maicel Malone, Natasha Kaiser-Brown, Jearl Miles |
Mixed
[edit]Time | Nation | Location | Round | Date | Athletes |
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3:12.42 | Doha | Heats | 28 Sep, 2019 | Tyrell Richard, Jessica Beard, Jasmine Blocker, Obi Igbokwe | |
3:09.34 | Doha | Final | 29 Sep, 2019 | Wilbert London, Allyson Felix, Courtney Okolo, Michael Cherry | |
3:08.80 | Budapest | Final | Aug 19, 2023 | Justin Robinson, Rosey Effiong, Matthew Boling, Alexis Holmes |
Finishing times
[edit]Top ten fastest World Championship times
[edit]Rank | Time (sec) | Nation | Athletes | Games | Round | Date |
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1 | 3:08.80 | Justin Robinson, Rosey Effiong, Matthew Boling, Alexis Holmes | 2023 | Final | 19 August | |
2 | 3:09.34 | Wilbert London, Allyson Felix, Courtney Okolo, Michael Cherry | 2019 | Final | 29 September | |
3 | 3:09.82 | Lidio Andrés Feliz, Marileidy Paulino, Alexander Ogando, Fiordaliza Cofil | 2022 | Final | 15 July | |
4 | 3:09.90 | Liemarvin Bonevacia, Lieke Klaver, Tony van Diepen, Femke Bol | 2022 | Final | 15 July | |
5 | 3:10.16 | Elija Godwin, Allyson Felix, Vernon Norwood, Kennedy Simon | 2022 | Final | 15 July | |
6 | 3:10.41 | Ryan Willie, Rosey Effiong, Justin Robinson, Alexis Holmes | 2023 | Heats | 19 August | |
7 | 3:11.06 | Lewis Davey, Laviai Nielsen, Rio Mitcham, Yemi Mary John | 2023 | Final | 19 August | |
8 | 3:11.19 | Joseph Brier, Laviai Nielsen, Rio Mitcham, Yemi Mary John | 2023 | Heats | 19 August | |
9 | 3:11.75 | Elija Godwin, Kennedy Simon, Vernon Norwood, Wadeline Jonathas | 2022 | Heats | 15 July | |
10 | 3:11.78 | Nathon Allen, Roneisha McGregor, Tiffany James, Javon Francis | 2019 | Final | 29 September |
References
[edit]- ^ "World Athletics Championships - Budapest 23 Statistical Booklet" (PDF). www.worldathletics.org: 42–45.
- ^ "Men, 4 × 400 m Relay – World Championships Records Progression". trackfield.brinkster.net.
- ^ "Men's 4 × 400 m".
- ^ "Women's 4 × 400 m".
- ^ "Mixed 4 × 400 m".