4 × 200 metres relay

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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[edit]

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[edit]

See also: Men's 4 x 200 metres relay world record progression

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[edit]

See also: List of European records in athletics

All-time top 25[edit]

Men[edit]

  • Updated March 2020.[4]
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[edit]

  • Updated April 2024.[29]
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[edit]

  1. ^ World Athletics report this as 1:29.24, however, contemporary newspapers and www.pennrelaysonline.com show 1:29.64
  2. ^ Duncan transferred from USA to NGR in 2014
  3. ^ Ekpone transferred from USA to NGR in 2015

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External links[edit]

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