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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 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.
4 2: Gardeo Isaacs Zakithi Nene Wayde van Niekerk Lythe Pillay South Africa: 2:59.76: 4 3: Dylan Borlée Robin Vanderbemden Jonathan Sacoor Alexander Doom Belgium: 3:00.09: 2 4: Kentaro Sato Yudai Nishi Fuga Sato Kaito Kawabata Japan: 3:00.98: 1 5: Manuel Sanders Jean Paul Bredau Marc Koch Emil Agyekum Germany: 3:01.25: 1 6: Luca Sito Vladimir ...
The following are the subregional records in athletics in Northern America. This list includes the best marks set in an event by an athlete who competes for the World Athletics member federations Athletics Canada or USA Track & Field. All bests shown on this list are tracked by statisticians not officially sanctioned by a governing body.
The 4 × 400 metres relay (athletics track event) has been included in European Athletics Championships since 1934 in Turin for men and since 1969 in Athens for women. There are 13 countries that have won medals, with Great Britain being the most successful country, with a total of 9 gold and 18 overall medals.
It is the most prestigious 4×400 m relay race at the elite level. At the 1908 Summer Olympics , a precursor to this event was held – the 1600 m medley relay . This event, with two legs of 200 m, one of 400 m, and a final leg of 800 m, was the first track relay in Olympic history.
The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women.
The men's 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on 22 and 23 August at the Beijing National Stadium. [1] There were 16 NOCs competing at this event. These 16 NOCs were selected by the average of the two best marks at the qualifying period. The final was won by the United States in the new Olympic record time 2:55.39.