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The current men's Olympic champions are from the United States. 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 ...
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 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 ...
The top 8 NOCs at the 2019 World Athletics Championships qualified a relay team. The top 8 NOCs at the 2021 World Athletics Relays qualified a relay team. Where an NOC placed in the top 8 at both the 2019 World Championships and the 2021 World Relays, the quota place was allocated to the world ranking list as of 29 June 2021.
Rank Heat Lane Nation Athletes Time Notes 1: 1: 6 United States (USA) Elija Godwin, Vernon Norwood, Bryce Deadmon, Trevor Bassitt: 2:58.56: Q SB: 2: 1: 5 Japan (JPN) Fuga Sato, Kaito Kawabata, Julian Walsh, Yuki Joseph Nakajima
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 first world record in the 4 x 400 metres for men was recognized by the International Amateur Athletics Federation, now known as the International Association of Athletics Federations, in 1912. The IAAF's first record in the event was for a mark set the year before the organization's formation.
The men's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2021 World Athletics Relays was held at Silesian Stadium on 1 and 2 May. [1] Records