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The 4 × 400 metres relay or long relay is an athletics track event in which teams consist of four runners who each complete 400 metres or one lap, totaling 1600 meters. It is traditionally the final event of a track meet. The first leg and the first bend of the second leg are run in lanes.
The 4 × 400 metres relay at the Summer Olympics is the longest track relay event held at the multi-sport event. The men's relay has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since 1912 and the women's event has been continuously held since the 1972 Olympics. The inaugural mixed 4 × 400 metres relay was held at the 2020 Olympics. It is ...
The top two countries in each repechage heat qualified for the 2024 Olympics, however there was no path for the repechage teams to qualify for the World Relays finals later in the day. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Men's 4x400 Metres Relay Olympic Qualifying Round 2 - Heat
Wilson is already the youngest male ever to make the U.S. Olympic track & field team. He’s about a year younger than middle-distance runner Jim Ryun, who competed in 1964 at 17 years, 137 days old.
The original standard to qualify automatically for entry was to finish in the first 12 at the 2023 World Athletics Relays, completed by 4 top lists' teams; [4] with the postponement of the World Relays event due to ongoing pandemic conditions in the host city of Guangzhou, this was changed to the top eight teams from the 2022 World Athletics ...
For the men's 4 x 400 metres relay event, fourteen teams qualified through the 2024 World Athletics Relays. The remaining two spots were awarded to the teams with the highest ranking on the World Athletics Top List. The qualification period is between 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024. [8]
Men's 4 × 400 metres relay World Championships record progression [2] Time Nation Location Round Date Athletes 3.06.62 United States (USA) Helsinki: Heat 1: Aug 13, 1983: Alonzo Babers, Willie Smith, Andre Phillips, Michael Franks: 3.02.13 United States (USA) Helsinki: Semifinals: Aug 13, 1983: Alonzo Babers, Sunder Nix, Willie Smith, Edwin ...
The 4 × 400 meter relay or its imperial 4 × 440 yard relay equivalent has been held at the NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships since its founding in 1965. The imperial distance was held until 1983, while the metric distance has been run since 1984.