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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 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 mixed 4 × 400 metres relay is a mixed-sex 4 × 400 metres relay in which teams field two men and two women. Since March 2022, team members have to run in the order man-woman-man-woman. It was introduced at the 2017 IAAF World Relays and was then held at the 2019 World Athletics Championships in Qatar.
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]
The following table shows the world record progression in the men's 4 x 400 metre relay, as ratified by the IAAF. "y" denotes time for 4 x 440 yards (1609 m), ratified as a record for this event. Time
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 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.
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 ...