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Athletics track event
The 4 × 200 metres relay is an
athletics
track event in which teams comprise four runners who each complete 200 metres or half a lap on a standard 400 metre track. The event is a world record eligible event, but is not a standard event at most professional or collegiate track meets, mainly being found at the high school level, though certain leagues regularly conduct this event as part of their program.
Description
There are multiple formats under which the race can be conducted.
If the track is marked for a four-turn stagger format, the runners can stay in their lanes throughout the race. In this case the outer lanes could appear to start 2/3 of the way through the first turn. The markings for such a special zone should be colored red, though many tracks deviate from the standard marking colors.
On a conventionally marked track, the race can be run starting at the normal 400 metre (and 4 × 100m relay) start line. As a two-turn stagger, the first exchange would take place in the standard second passing zone of the 4 × 100m relay, the second pass taking place in the normal (lane one, extended) 4 × 400m relay zone. After that exchange, the runner would break into lane one and make a third exchange in lane one of the second standard 4 × 100m relay zone.
Indoors, the event is popular because each leg is one lap of a standard 200m indoor track.
World record
The men's world record was set in 2014 at the inaugural
IAAF World Relay Championships in Nassau, Bahamas. The record was set by a Jamaican team consisting of
Nickel Ashmeade ,
Warren Weir ,
Jermaine Brown and
Yohan Blake in a time of 1:18.63.
[1] The women's world record is 1:27.46, set by a squad called Team USA "Blue"
LaTasha Jenkins ,
LaTasha Colander-Richardson ,
Nanceen Perry , and
Marion Jones on April 29, 2000, at the
Penn Relays in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania .
[2]
European record
All-time top 25
Men
Rank
Time
Team
Nation
Date
Place
Ref
1
1:18.63
Nickel Ashmeade ,
Warren Weir ,
Jermaine Brown ,
Yohan Blake
Jamaica
24 May 2014
Nassau
[5]
2
1:18.68
Santa Monica Track Club
Michael Marsh ,
Leroy Burrell ,
Floyd Heard ,
Carl Lewis
United States
17 April 1994
Walnut
[6]
3
1:19.10
World All Stars
Jon Drummond
Dennis Mitchell
Bryan Bridgewater
John Regis
United States United States United States Great Britain
17 April 1994
Walnut
[7]
4
1:19.11
Santa Monica Track Club
Michael Marsh ,
Leroy Burrell ,
Floyd Heard ,
Carl Lewis
United States
25 April 1992
Philadelphia
[8]
5
1:19.20
Gavin Smellie ,
Brendon Rodney ,
Andre De Grasse ,
Aaron Brown
Canada
2 April 2016
Gainesville
[9]
6
1:19.38
Santa Monica Track Club
Danny Everett ,
Leroy Burrell ,
Floyd Heard ,
Carl Lewis
United States
23 August 1989
Koblenz
[10]
7
1:19.39
Jon Drummond ,
Shawn Crawford ,
Bernard Williams ,
Maurice Greene
United States
28 April 2001
Philadelphia
[11]
8
1:19.42
Gavin Smellie ,
Brendon Rodney ,
Andre De Grasse ,
Aaron Brown
Canada
23 April 2017
Nassau
[12]
9
1:19.45
Santa Monica Track Club
Joe DeLoach ,
Leroy Burrell ,
Carl Lewis ,
Floyd Heard
United States
27 April 1991
Philadelphia
[13]
10
1:19.47
Kenny Brokenburr ,
Alvin Harrison ,
Maurice Greene ,
Michael Johnson
United States
24 April 1999
Philadelphia
[14]
11
1:19.62
Shawn Crawford ,
Mickey Grimes ,
Darvis Patton ,
Justin Gatlin
United States
24 April 2004
Philadelphia
[15]
12
1:19.67
Texas Christian University
Lindel Frater
Ricardo Williams
Darvis Patton
Kim Collins
Jamaica Jamaica United States Saint Kitts and Nevis
29 April 2000
Philadelphia
[16]
13
1:19.71
Texas Christian University
Lindel Frater
Steve Slowly
Darvis Patton
Kim Collins
Jamaica Jamaica United States Saint Kitts and Nevis
27 April 2001
Philadelphia
[17]
14
1:19.73
Christopher Belcher ,
Bryce Robinson ,
Vernon Norwood ,
Remontay McClain
United States
12 May 2019
Yokohama
[18]
15
1:19.85
Nike International
Maurice Greene ,
Allen Johnson ,
Alvin Harrison ,
Michael Johnson
United States
25 April 1998
Philadelphia
[19]
16
1:19.88
Austin All-Stars
Obadele Thompson
Rodrigue Nordin
Vincent Henderson
Rohsaan Griffin
Barbados France United States United States
3 April 1999
Austin
[20]
Noah Lyles ,
Jarrion Lawson ,
Isiah Young ,
Ameer Webb
United States
23 April 2017
Nassau
[21]
18
1:19.91
Hudson Smith International
Curtis Perry
Jon Drummond
Ato Boldon
Maurice Greene
United States
United States
Trinidad and Tobago
United States
3 April 1999
Austin
[22]
Bolade Ajomale ,
Brendon Rodney ,
Andre De Grasse ,
Aaron Brown
Canada
1 April 2017
Gainesville
[23]
20
1:19.92
Nike International
Kenny Brokenburr ,
Bryan Howard ,
Rohsaan Griffin ,
Maurice Greene
United States
29 April 2000
Philadelphia
[24]
21
1:19.99
Texas Christian University
Lindel Frater
Steve Slowly
Darvis Patton
Kim Collins
Jamaica Jamaica United States Saint Kitts and Nevis
28 April 2001
Philadelphia
[25]
22
1:20.07
University of Technology Jamaica
Dantago Gurirab
Julian Forte
Andrew Fisher
Ronald Levy
Namibia
Jamaica
Jamaica
Jamaica
26 April 2014
Philadelphia
[26]
23
1:20.12
Christopher Belcher ,
Bryce Robinson ,
Vernon Norwood ,
Remontay McClain
United States
12 May 2019
Yokohama
[27]
24
1:20.15
Rasheed Dwyer ,
Jermaine Brown ,
Jason Livermore ,
Warren Weir
Jamaica
24 May 2014
Nassau
[28]
25
1:20.17
Gavin Smellie ,
Aaron Brown ,
Brendon Rodney ,
Andre De Grasse
Canada
30 Mar 2019
Gainesville
A USA team of
Shawn Crawford ,
Ramon Clay ,
Darvis Patton and
Justin Gatlin ran 1:19.16 at the Penn Relays in Philadelphia on 26 April 2003 but the performance was annulled due to the use of performance enhancing drugs by Ramon Clay
Women
Rank
Time
Team
Nation
Date
Place
Ref
1
1:27.05
Team International
Dina Asher-Smith
Rhasidat Adeleke
Lanae-Tava Thomas
Julien Alfred
Great Britain Ireland Jamaica Saint Lucia
30 March 2024
Austin
[30]
2
1:27.46
LaTasha Jenkins
LaTasha Colander-Richardson
Nanceen Perry
Marion Jones
United States
29 April 2000
Philadelphia
[31]
3
1:28.05
University of Texas
Rhasidat Adeleke
Julien Alfred
Kevona Davis
Lanae Thomas
Ireland Saint Lucia Jamaica United States
1 April 2023
Austin
[32]
4
1:28.15
Marlies Göhr
Romy Schneider-Müller
Bärbel Eckert-Wöckel
Marita Koch
East Germany
9 August 1980
Jena
5
1:28.77
Tumbleweed Track Club
Desiree Henry
Anyika Onuora
Tianna Bartoletta
Dafne Schippers
Great Britain Great Britain United States Netherlands
1 April 2017
Gainesville
[33]
Pure Athletics
Kelly Ann Baptiste
Shakima Wimbley
Tori Bowie
Samantha Henry-Robinson
Trinidad and Tobago United States United States Jamaica
31 March 2018
Gainesville
[34]
7
1:28.78
University of Oregon
Makenzie Dunmore ,
Hannah Cunliffe ,
Deajah Stevens ,
Ariana Washington
United States
1 April 2017
Gainesville
[35]
8
1:29.03
University of Texas
Rhasidat Adeleke
Kynnedy Flannel
Julien Alfred
Kevona Davis
Ireland United States Saint Lucia United States
26 March 2022
Austin
[36]
9
1:29.04
Jura Levy ,
Shericka Jackson ,
Shashalee Forbes ,
Elaine Thompson
Jamaica
22 April 2017
Nassau
[37]
10
1:29.25
Pure Athletics
Kelly Ann Baptiste
Shakima Wimbley
Desirèe Henry
Shaunae Miller-Uibo
Trinidad and Tobago United States Great Britain Bahamas
30 March 2019
Gainesville
[38]
11
1:29.42
Texas A&M University
Jeneba Tarmoh ,
Gabby Mayo ,
Jessica Beard ,
Porscha Lucas
United States
24 April 2010
Philadelphia
[39]
12
1:29.45
Shalonda Solomon ,
Tawanna Meadows ,
Bianca Knight ,
Kimberlyn Duncan
United States
25 May 2014
Nassau
[40]
13
1:29.61
Desiree Henry ,
Anyika Onuora ,
Bianca Williams ,
Asha Philip
Great Britain
25 May 2014
Nassau
[41]
14
1:29.64
[a]
Nike International
Tameka Roberts ,
Inger Miller ,
Nicole Green ,
Marion Jones
United States
25 April 1998
Philadelphia
[42]
15
1:29.71
Pure Athletics
Hanna-Maari Latvala
Shaunae Miller
Kelly Ann Baptiste
Tori Bowie
Finland
Bahamas
Trinidad and Tobago
United States
1 April 2017
Gainesville
[43]
16
1:29.78
Louisiana State University
Nadia Davy
Monique Hall
Stephanie Durst
Muna Lee
Jamaica
United States
United States
United States
26 April 2003
Philadelphia
[44]
17
1:29.86
Empire Athletics
Shalonda Solomon ,
Francena McCorory ,
Charonda Williams ,
Felicia Brown
United States
1 April 2017
Gainesville
[45]
18
1:29.89
Texas A&M University
Diamond Spaulding
Brenessa Thompson
Jaevin Reed
Danyel White
United States Guyana United States United States
1 April 2017
Austin
[46]
19
1:29.96
Texas A&M University
LaKeidra Stewart ,
Ashley Collier ,
Jessica Beard ,
Dominique Duncan
[b]
United States
30 April 2011
Philadelphia
[47]
20
1:29.98
Texas A&M University
Ashton Purvis ,
Ashley Collier ,
Olivia Ekpone
[c] ,
Kamaria Brown
United States
27 April 2013
Philadelphia
[48]
21
1:30.01
Angela Daigle ,
Debbie Dunn ,
Julian Clay ,
Shaunta Pelham
United States
24 April 2004
Philadelphia
[49]
Louisiana State University
Cassandra Tate
Semoy Hackett
Rebecca Alexander
Kimberlyn Duncan
United States
Trinidad and Tobago
United States
United States
31 March 2012
Austin
[50]
23
1:30.04
Simone Facey ,
Sheri-Ann Brooks ,
Anneisha McLaughlin ,
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
Jamaica
25 May 2014
Nassau
[51]
24
1:30.07
Louisiana State University
Nadia Davy
Monique Hall
Stephanie Durst
Muna Lee
United States
Nigeria
United States
United States
5 April 2003
Austin
[52]
25
1:30.20
Nike International
Celena Mondie-Milner ,
Nicole Green ,
Chryste Gaines ,
Inger Miller
United States
26 April 1997
Philadelphia
[53]
Notes
^ World Athletics report this as 1:29.24, however, contemporary newspapers and www.pennrelaysonline.com show 1:29.64
^ Duncan transferred from USA to NGR in 2014
^ Ekpone transferred from USA to NGR in 2015
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