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The following table shows the world record progression in the women's 4 x 400 metres relay. The first world record in the event was recognised by the International Association of Athletics Federations in 1969. [1] 15 world records have been ratified by the IAAF in the event.
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.
According to the IAAF rules, world records in relays can only be set if all team members have the same nationality. Mixed-sex 4 × 400 metres relays were introduced at the 2017 IAAF World Relays, with the IAAF first recognizing a world record in that event at the 2019 World Athletics Championships. In March 2022 World Athletics Council decided ...
The U.S. women’s have dominated the 4x400 relay, winning eight golds in a row in the event. ... McLaughlin-Levrone, who set a world record when she won the 400 hurdles on Thursday, turned in a ...
Rising star Sydney McLaughlin turned a close 4x400-meter relay into a laugher, delivering America's record 33rd medal at world track championships.
Record Athlete & Nat. Perf. Location Date World record Soviet Union Tatyana Ledovskaya, Olga Nazarova, Mariya Pinigina, Olga Bryzgina: 3:15.17: Seoul, South Korea: 1 October 1988 Championship record United States Gwen Torrence, Maicel Malone, Natasha Kaiser, Jearl Miles Clark: 3:16.71: Stuttgart, Germany 22 August 1993 World Leading: Kentucky
With the United States' 4x400 women's relay gold medal win, Allyson Felix becomes the most decorated U.S. track athlete in Olympics history.
The Olympic records for the event are 2:54.43 for men, set by the United States in 2024; 3:15.17 for women, set by the Soviet Union in 1988 and 3:07.41 in mixed relay, set by the United States in 2024. The women's record is also the world record for the 4 × 400 metres relay. The first two women's Olympic finals (1972 and 1976) resulted in new ...