4 x 400 meter relay

Scrum when changing a 4 x 400 meter relay race

The 4 x 400 meter relay race (short: 4 × 400 m relay , English 4 × 400 meters relay ) is an Olympic competition in athletics , in which four runners (the relay ) each run a stadium lap of 400 meters one after the other to run. A stick has to be brought to the finish line and handed over to the next runner. The total time when the fourth runner crosses the finish line is rated. The 4 x 400 meter relay race has been part of the Olympic program for men since 1912 and for women since 1972 . At major championships, the 4 x 400 meter relay race is often the last competition.

As in the 400-meter run, the first runner starts with a low start from the starting blocks and offset to compensate for the curve. The first lap and the first 100 meters of the second lap are to be run in lanes, after which all runners are allowed to swivel to the inner lane. If no more than four teams are participating, it is permissible to run in lanes only for the first 100 meters.

The space of ten meters in front of and behind the finish line is provided for the change between the runners.

The second runner starts to compensate for the curve, offset from the same sequence mark as in the 800-meter run . When changing from the second to the third and from the third to the fourth runner, the runners taking over line up in the order in which their team has reached the 200 meter point of the stadium lap. You must also keep this position if the sequence changes afterwards up to the handover.

In large competitions with elimination rounds, up to two of the runners may be exchanged. Replaced runners are no longer allowed to run in the relay in later rounds.

The procedures for outdoor competitions are specified in rule 170 and for indoor competitions in rule 217 of the technical regulations of the International Athletics Federation IAAF .

history

The first relay races for track and field athletes took place around 1880 in the USA, based on the model of competitions between firefighters who ran 300 meters and handed over a pennant. The pennant was replaced with a wooden stick one foot long (30.48 cm).

At the Olympic Games in 1908 , the Olympic relay was initially included in the program, in which two 200 meters and one 400 and 800 meters each had to be run. The track lengths of 4 by 100 meters and 4 by 400 meters, which are customary to the present day, were introduced at the Olympic Games in 1912 .

Since 1963, the accepting runner has been allowed to run ten meters from the finish line.

Milestones

• Men
  • First official world record: 3: 18.2 min, Irish American AC , 1911
  • First run under 3:10 minutes: 3: 08.2 min, United States , 1932 
  • First run under 3 minutes: 2: 59.6 min, United States , 1966 
  • First run under 2:55 minutes: 2: 54.29 min, United States , 1993 

The longest world record - 23 years - had the time 2: 56.1 min of the season of the USA from 1968

• Women
  • First official world record: 3: 47.4 min, city selection Moscow , 1969
  • First run under 3:40 minutes: 3: 37.6 min, United Kingdom , 1969 
  • First run under 3:30 minutes: 3: 29.3 min, German Democratic Republic , 1971 
  • First run under 3:20 minutes: 3: 19.2 min, German Democratic Republic , 1976 

Most successful teams

• Men
  • 16 Olympic victories: United States 
  • 7 World Championship victories: United States 

• Women
  • Three Olympic victories each: Soviet Union , United Team and the United States   
  • four world championship victories: United States 

The German men won

• at Olympic Games
  • three silver medals: Germany ( 1928 ), all-German team ( 1960 ), German Democratic Republic ( 1980 )   
  • six bronze medals: German Empire ( 1936 ), four times: Federal Republic of Germany ( 1952 , 1968 , 1976 and 1988 )  

• at world championships
  • a silver medal: Federal Republic of Germany ( 1983 ) 
  • a bronze medal: Germany ( 1993 ) 

The German women won

• at Olympic Games
  • two gold medals: German Democratic Republic ( 1972 and 1976 ) 
  • a silver medal: German Democratic Republic ( 1980 ) 
  • four bronze medals: Federal Republic of Germany ( 1972 , 1984 ), German Democratic Republic ( 1988 ) and Germany ( 1996 )   

• at world championships
  • three gold medals: German Democratic Republic ( 1983 and 1987 ), Germany ( 1997 )  
  • a silver medal: Germany ( 2001 ) 
  • two bronze medals: Germany ( 1991 and 1999 ) 

The most successful German runners:

•  Christina Lathan became Olympic champion in 1976 and Olympic runner-up in 1980
•  Manfred Kinder won Olympic silver ( 1960 ) and bronze ( 1968 )
•  Sabine Busch and Dagmar Neubauer became world champions in 1983 and 1987 
•  Grit Breuer is the only German sportswoman with four world championship medals ( 1991 bronze, 1997 gold, 1999 bronze, 2001 silver)

statistics

Medalist

Men

• Olympic medalist
• Medalist at world championships

Women

• Olympic medalists
• Medal winners at world championships

World record development

Men

The earliest recorded best on the 4 by 440 yards (4 × 402.34 m) course was from a team from Princeton University ( United States ). This ran on May 13, 1893 in Philadelphia for a time of 3:34 min 1/5 s ( John Chapman , George McCampbell , Irving Brokaw , Theodore Turner ).  

Only once, when Jamaica set a world record in 1952, was the best performance not owned by US athletes.

With over 23 years of existence, the 2: 56.1 min of the USA Olympic relay on October 1, 1968, was one of the longest-lasting world records in track and field history. It was only surpassed on August 8, 1992.

The US relay world record, which was run at the Goodwill Games on July 22, 1998 , was subsequently revoked due to Antonio Pettigrew's confession of doping .

Eleven of the twelve world records (on meter courses) were run at the Olympic Games (as of 2007).

Comments on the table:

• y: 4 x 440 yard run, given here for comparison with the first 4 x 400 meter world record and if the yard record was below the meter record (1928, 1931)
• Information in brackets: Electronically stopped time, provided the world record was registered with the hand-stopped times
• The full names of the runners can be found under the respective link

Time (min)	Season	date	place
3:18, 1/5 sy	United States (Irish-American AC)	September 4, 1911	Celtic Park
	Harry Schaaf , Mel Sheppard , Harry Gissing , James Rosenberger
3: 16.6	United States	June 15, 1912	Stockholm
	Mel Sheppard , Edward Lindberg , Ted Meredith , Charles Reidpath
3: 16.0	United States	June 13, 1924	Paris
	Commodore Cochran , Alan Helffrich , Oliver MacDonald , William Stevenson
3: 14.2	United States	August 5, 1928	Amsterdam
	George Baird , Emerson Spencer , Fred Alderman , Ray Barbuti
3: 13.4 y	United States	August 11, 1928	London
	George Baird , Morgan Taylor , Ray Barbuti , Emerson Spencer
3: 12.6 y	United States ( Stanford University )	May 8, 1931	Fresno
	Maynor Shore , Alvin Hables , Leslie Hables , Ben Eastman
3: 08.2	United States	August 7, 1932	los Angeles
	Ivan Fuqua , Edgar Ablowich , Karl Warner , Bill Carr
3: 03.9 (3: 04.04)	Jamaica	June 27, 1952	Helsinki
	Arthur Wint , Leslie Laing , Herb McKenley , George Rhoden
3: 02.2 (3: 02.37)	United States	September 8, 1960	Rome
	Jack Yerman , Earl Young , Glenn Davis , Otis Davis
3: 00.7	United States	October 21, 1964	Tokyo
	Ollan Cassell , Mike Larrabee , Ulis Williams , Henry Carr
2: 59.6	United States	July 24, 1966	los Angeles
	Robert Frey , Lee Evans , Tommie Smith , Theron Lewis
2: 56.1 (2: 56.16)	United States	20th October 1968	Mexico city
	Vince Matthews , Ron Freeman , Larry James , Lee Evans
2: 56.16	United States	October 1, 1988	Seoul
	Danny Everett , Steve Lewis , Kevin Robinzine , Butch Reynolds
2: 55.74	United States	August 8, 1992	Barcelona
	Andrew Valmon , Quincy Watts , Michael Johnson , Steve Lewis
2: 54.29	United States	22nd August 1993	Stuttgart
	Andrew Valmon , Quincy Watts , Butch Reynolds , Michael Johnson

Women

open air

While 3-by-800-meter runs have been recorded in the statistics since 1927, relay runs on the 400-meter course were not recorded until the 1950s.

In 1969, in the first year of official registration, seven world records were set in the 4-by-400-meter run. Two other world bests in the same year were not recognized as world records because athletes from several countries ran each: On June 15, a Scandinavian season 3 reached 42.7 minutes (0.5 seconds below the world record). On July 30, a European relay in an international match against the United States in Stuttgart was 1.4 seconds below the existing world record in 3: 32.8 minutes.  

In 1971 a GDR team set a world record for the first time, and from then until 1988 the GDR had the best performance. These include the only two world records with the same number of squadrons (September 9 and 10, 1972).

Two runners in this GDR relay, Helga Seidler and Monika Zehrt , achieved the rare success of being involved in four relay world records (August 15, 1971 to September 10, 1972).

Comments on the table:

• y: Time was achieved in a 4 x 440 yard run (4 x 402.34 meters) and is given here for comparison, since times on the 400 meter run were only recorded later.
• In brackets: Automatically stopped time, but the hand-stopped time was recognized as a world record

Time (min)	Season	date	place
4: 09.6 y	United Kingdom ( Spartan Ladies AC )	September 18, 1954	Ilford
	Madeline Wooller , Valerie Robins , Sheila Hoskin , Sylvia Cheeseman
3: 49.9 y	United Kingdom	June 14, 1958	London
	Pam Piercy , Joy Jordan , Diane Leather , Shirley Hampton-Pirie
3: 49.4	Sweden ( Göteborgs KIK )	5th August 1967	Borås
	Agneta Nilsson , Ann Bramer , Elisabeth Östberg , Ingela Ericson
3: 47.0	Sweden ( Göteborgs KIK )	20th August 1968	Malmo
	Agneta Nilsson , Elisabeth Östberg , Ingela Ericson , Karin Wallgren
Recognized world records (from 1969)
3: 47.4	Soviet Union ( Moscow )	May 30, 1969	Moscow
	Ludmila Finogenowa , Tatiana Medvedeva , Tamara Woitenko , Olga Klein
3: 43.2	Soviet Union ( Latvia )	June 1, 1969	Minsk
	Lilita Zagere , Anna Dundare , Ingrid Verbele , Sarmite Schtula
3: 37.6	United Kingdom	June 22, 1969	London
	Jenny Pawsey , Pauline Attwood , Janet Simpson , Lillian Board
3: 34.2	France	July 6, 1969	Paris
	Michele Mombet , Éliane Jacq , Nicole Duclos , Colette Besson
3: 33.9	BR Germany	19th September 1969	Athens
	Christa Czekay , Antje Gleichfeld , Inge Eckhoff , Christel Frese
3: 30.8 (3: 30.82)	United Kingdom	20th September 1969	Athens
	Rosemary Stirling , Pat Lowe , Janet Simpson , Lillian Board
3: 30.8 (3: 30.85)	France	20th September 1969	Athens
	Bernadette Martin , Nicole Duclos , Éliane Jacq , Colette Besson
3: 29.3	German Democratic Republic	15th August 1971	Helsinki
	Rita Kühne , Ingelore Lohse , Helga Seidler , Monika Zehrt
3: 28.8	German Democratic Republic	5th July 1972	Colombes
	Dagmar Käsling , Rita Kühne , Helga Seidler , Monika Zehrt
3: 28.5 (3: 28.48)	German Democratic Republic	September 9, 1972	Munich
	Dagmar Käsling , Helga Seidler , Monika Zehrt , Brigitte Rohde
3: 23.0 (3: 22.95)	German Democratic Republic	September 10, 1972	Munich
	Dagmar Käsling , Rita Kühne , Helga Seidler , Monika Zehrt
3: 19.2 (3: 19.23)	German Democratic Republic	July 31, 1976	Montreal
	Doris Maletzki , Brigitte Rohde , Ellen Streidt , Christina Brehmer
3: 19.04	German Democratic Republic	September 11, 1982	Athens
	Kirsten Siemon , Sabine Busch , Dagmar Rübsam , Marita Koch
3: 15.92	German Democratic Republic	3rd June 1984	Erfurt
	Gesine Walther , Sabine Busch , Dagmar Rübsam , Marita Koch
3: 15.17	Soviet Union	October 1, 1988	Seoul
	Tazzjana Ljadouskaja , Olga Nazarowa , Marija Pinigina , Olha Bryshina

Hall

Time (min)	Season	date	place
3: 23.37	Russia	January 28, 2006	Glasgow

World best list

Men

All times of 2: 58.71 minutes or faster. Relays of the same team are named, provided that they ran in a different line-up or order.

Last change: October 6, 2019

1. 2: 54.29 min United States ( Andrew Valmon , Quincy Watts , Harry Reynolds , Michael Johnson ), Stuttgart , August 22, 1993 
2. 2: 55.39 min United States ( LaShawn Merritt , Angelo Taylor , David Neville , Jeremy Wariner ), Beijing , August 23, 2008 
3. 2: 55.56 min United States ( LaShawn Merritt , Angelo Taylor , Darold Williamson , Jeremy Wariner ), Osaka , September 2, 2007 
4. 2: 55.74 min United States ( Andrew Valmon , Quincy Watts , Michael Johnson , Steve Lewis ), Barcelona , August 8, 1992 
5. 2: 55.91 min United States ( Otis Harris , Derrick Brew , Jeremy Wariner , Darold Williamson ), Athens , August 28, 2004 
6. 2: 55.99 min United States ( LaMont Smith , Alvin Harrison , Derek Mills , Anthuan Maybank ), Atlanta , August 3, 1996 
7. 2: 56.16 min United States ( Vince Matthews , Ron Freeman , Larry James , Lee Evans ), Mexico City , October 20, 1968 
8. 2: 56.16 min United States ( Danny Everett , Steve Lewis , Kevin Robinzine , Harry Reynolds ), Seoul , October 1st, 1988 
9. 2: 56.60 min United Kingdom ( Iwan Thomas , Jamie Baulch , Mark Richardson , Roger Black ), Atlanta , August 3, 1996 
10. 2: 56.65 min United Kingdom ( Iwan Thomas , Roger Black , Jamie Baulch , Mark Richardson ), Athens , August 10, 1997 
11. 2: 56.69 min United States ( Fred Kerley , Michael Cherry , Wilbert London , Rai Benjamin ), Doha , October 6, 2019 
12. 2: 56.72 min Bahamas ( Chris Brown , Demetrius Pinder , Michael Mathieu , Ramon Miller ), London , August 10, 2012 
13. 2: 56.75 min Jamaica ( Michael McDonald , Gregory Haughton , Danny McFarlane , Davian Clarke ), Athens , August 10, 1997 
14. 2: 56.91 min United States ( Andrew Rock , Derrick Brew , Darold Williamson , Jeremy Wariner ), Helsinki , August 14, 2005 
15. 2: 57.05 min United States ( Bryshon Nellum , Joshua Mance , Tony McQuay , Angelo Taylor ), London , August 10, 2012 
16. 2: 57.29 min United States ( Danny Everett , Roddie Haley , Antonio McKay , Harry Reynolds ), Rome , September 6, 1987 
17. 2: 57.32 min United States ( Marlon Ramsey , Derek Mills , Harry Reynolds , Michael Johnson ), Gothenburg , August 13, 1995 
18. 2: 57.32 min Bahamas ( Nathaniel McKinney , Avard Moncur , Andrae Williams , Chris Brown ), Helsinki , August 14, 2005 
19. 2: 57.53 min United Kingdom ( Roger Black , Derek Redmond , John Regis , Kriss Akabusi ), Tokyo , September 1, 1991 
20. 2: 57.57 min United States ( Andrew Valmon , Quincy Watts , Danny Everett , Antonio Pettigrew ), Tokyo , September 1, 1991 
21. 2: 57.82 min United States ( David Verburg , Tony McQuay , Bryshon Nellum , LaShawn Merritt ), Beijing , August 30, 2015 
22. 2: 57.86 min United States ( Angelo Taylor , Jeremy Wariner , Kerron Clement , LaShawn Merritt ), Berlin , 23 August 2009 
23. 2: 57.87 min United States ( LaMont Smith , Jason Rouser , Derek Mills , Anthuan Maybank ), Atlanta , August 2, 1996 
24. 2: 57.90 min Jamaica ( Akeem Bloomfield , Nathon Allen , Terry Ricardo Thomas , Demish Gaye ), Doha , October 6, 2019 
25. 2: 57.91 min United States ( Sunder Nix , Ray Armstead , Alonzo Babers , Antonio McKay ), Los Angeles , August 11, 1984 
26. 2: 57.97 min Jamaica ( Davian Clarke , Michael McDonald , Gregory Haughton , Danny McFarlane ), Winnipeg , July 30, 1999 
27. 2: 58.00 min Poland ( Piotr Rysiukiewicz , Tomasz Czubak , Piotr Haczek , Robert Maćkowiak ), Uniondale , July 22, 1998 
28. 2: 58.03 min Bahamas ( Andretti Bain , Michael Mathieu , Andrae Williams , Chris Brown ), Beijing , August 23, 2008 
29. 2: 58.06 min Russia ( Maxim Dyldin , Wladislaw Frolow , Anton Kokorin , Denis Alexejew ), Beijing , 23 August 2008 
30. 2: 58.07 min Jamaica ( Sanjay Ayre , Brandon Simpson , Lansford Spence , Davian Clarke ), Helsinki , August 14, 2005 
31. 2: 58.13 min United States ( Kyle Clemons , Tony McQuay , Bryshon Nellum , Vernon Norwood ), Beijing , August 29, 2015 
32. 2: 58.19 min Bahamas ( Avard Moncur , Chris Brown , Troy McIntosh , Timothy Munnings ), Edmonton , August 12, 2001 
33. 2: 58.20 min Trinidad and Tobago ( Renny Quow , Lalonde Gordon , Deon Lendore , Machel Cedenio ), Beijing , August 30, 2015 
34. 2: 58.22 min United Kingdom ( Paul Sanders , Kriss Akabusi , John Regis , Roger Black ), Split , September 1, 1990 
35. 2: 58.23 min United States ( Marlon Ramsey , Derek Mills , Kevin Lyles , Darnell Hall ), Gothenburg , August 12, 1995 
36. 2: 58.29 min Jamaica ( Michael McDonald , Davian Clarke , Dennis Blake , Danny McFarlane ), Gothenburg , August 12, 1995 
37. 2: 58.33 min Jamaica ( Gregory Haughton , Michael McDonald , Michael Blackwood , Davian Clarke ), Uniondale , July 22, 1998 
38. 2: 58.39 min Jamaica ( Brandon Simpson , Christopher Williams , Gregory Haughton , Danny McFarlane ), Edmonton , August 12, 2001 
39. 2: 58.40 min United States ( Derrick Brew , Jerome Young , Corey Nelson , James Davis ), Philadelphia , April 26, 2003 
40. 2: 58.42 min Jamaica ( Michael McDonald , Dennis Blake , Gregory Haughton , Roxbert Martin ), Atlanta , August 2, 1996 
41. 2: 58.51 min United Kingdom ( Rabah Yousif , Delano Williams , Jarryd Dunn , Martyn Rooney ), Beijing , August 30, 2015 
42. 2: 58.51 min Jamaica ( Peter Matthews , Ricardo Chambers , Rusheen McDonald , Javon Francis ), Beijing , August 30, 2015 
43. 2: 58.56 min Brazil ( Eronilde de Araújo , Cleverson da Silva , Sérgio dos Santos , Sanderlei Parrela ), Winnipeg , July 30, 1999 
44. 2: 58.65 min United States ( Herman Frazier , Benny Brown , Fred Newhouse , Maxie Parks ), Montreal , July 31, 1976 
45. 2: 58.67 min Trinidad and Tobago ( Renny Quow , Jarrin Solomon , Deon Lendore , Lalonde Gordon ), Beijing , August 29, 2015 
46. 2: 58.68 min United Kingdom ( Mark Hylton , Jamie Baulch , Iwan Thomas , Mark Richardson ), Budapest , August 23, 1998 
47. 2: 58.68 min Nigeria ( Chukwu Clement , Jude Monye , Sunday Bada , Enefiok Udo-Obong ), Sydney , September 30, 2000 
48. 2: 58.69 min Jamaica ( Peter Matthews , Ricardo Chambers , Dane Hyatt , Javon Francis ), Beijing , August 29, 2015 
49. 2: 58.71 min United States ( Milton Campbell , Calvin Harrison , Leonard Byrd , Jerome Davis ), Philadelphia , April 29, 2000 
50. 2: 58.71 min United States ( David Verburg , Tony McQuay , Arman Hall , LaShawn Merritt ), Moscow , August 16, 2013 

• German record: 2: 59.86 min - German Democratic Republic ( Frank Möller , Mathias Schersing , Jens Carlowitz , Thomas Schönlebe ), Erfurt , June 23, 1985 

Women

All services under 3: 20.35 minutes or faster. Relays of the same team are named, provided that they ran in a different line-up or order.

Last change: October 6, 2019

1. 3: 15.17 min Soviet Union ( Tazzjana Ljadouskaja , Olga Nasarowa , Marija Pinigina , Olha Bryshina ), Seoul , October 1st, 1988 
2. 3: 15.51 min United States ( Denean Howard-Hill , Diane Dixon , Valerie Brisco-Hooks , Florence Griffith-Joyner ), Seoul , October 1st, 1988 
3. 3: 15.92 min German Democratic Republic ( Gesine Walther , Sabine Busch , Dagmar Neubauer , Marita Koch ), Erfurt , June 3, 1984 
4. 3: 16.71 min United States ( Gwen Torrence , Maicel Malone-Wallace , Natasha Kaiser-Brown , Jearl Miles ), Stuttgart , August 22, 1993 
5. 3: 16.87 min German Democratic Republic ( Kirsten Emmelmann , Sabine Busch , Petra Schersing , Marita Koch ), Stuttgart , August 31, 1986 
6. 3: 16.87 min United States ( DeeDee Trotter , Allyson Felix , Francena McCorory , Sanya Richards-Ross ), London , August 11, 2012 
7. 3: 17.83 min United States ( Debbie Dunn , Allyson Felix , Lashinda Demus , Sanya Richards-Ross ), Berlin , 23 August 2009 
8. 3: 18.09 min United States ( Sanya Richards , Allyson Felix , Jessica Beard , Francena McCorory ), Daegu , September 3, 2011 
9. 3: 18.29 min United States ( Lillie Leatherwood , Sherri Howard , Valerie Brisco-Hooks , Chandra Cheeseborough ), Los Angeles , August 11, 1984 
10. 3: 18.29 min German Democratic Republic ( Dagmar Neubauer , Kirsten Emmelmann , Sabine Busch , Petra Schersing ), Seoul , October 1st, 1988 
11. 3: 18.38 min Russia ( Jelena Rusina , Tatjana Alexejewa , Margarita Chromowa-Ponomarjowa , Irina Priwalowa ), Stuttgart , August 22, 1993 
12. 3: 18.43 min Soviet Union ( Tazzjana Ljadouskaja , Ljudmyla Dschyhalowa , Olga Nasarowa , Olha Bryshina ), Tokyo , September 1, 1991 
13. 3: 18.54 min United States ( Mary Wineberg , Allyson Felix , Monique Henderson , Sanya Richards ), Beijing , August 23, 2008 
14. 3: 18.55 min United States ( DeeDee Trotter , Allyson Felix , Mary Wineberg , Sanya Richards ), Osaka , September 2, 2007 
15. 3: 18.58 min Soviet Union ( Olga Nazarowa , Nadija Olisarenko , Marija Pinigina , Olha Wladykina ), Moscow , August 18, 1985 
16. 3: 18.63 min German Democratic Republic ( Dagmar Neubauer , Kirsten Emmelmann , Petra Schersing , Sabine Busch ), Rome , September 6, 1987 
17. 3: 18.71 min Jamaica ( Rosemarie Whyte , Davita Prendergast , Novlene Williams-Mills , Shericka Williams ), Daegu , September 3, 2011 
18. 3: 18.92 min United States ( Phyllis Francis , Sydney McLaughlin , Dalilah Muhammad , Wadeline Jonathas ), Doha , October 6, 2019 
19. 3: 19.01 min United States ( DeeDee Trotter , Monique Henderson , Sanya Richards , Monique Hennagan ), Athens , August 28, 2004 
20. 3: 19.04 min German Democratic Republic ( Kirsten Emmelmann , Sabine Busch , Dagmar Neubauer , Marita Koch ), Athens , September 11, 1982 
21. 3: 19.06 min United States ( Courtney Okolo , Natasha Hastings , Phyllis Francis , Allyson Felix ), Rio de Janeiro , August 20, 2016 
22. 3: 19.12 min Soviet Union ( Irina Baskakowa , Olga Nasarowa , Marija Pinigina , Olha Wladykina ), Prague , August 18, 1984 
23. 3: 19.13 min Jamaica ( Christine Day , Shericka Jackson , Stephenie Ann McPherson , Novlene Williams-Mills ), Beijing , August 30, 2015 
24. 3: 19.23 min German Democratic Republic ( Doris Maletzki , Brigitte Rohde , Ellen Streidt , Christina Brehmer-Lathan ), Montreal , July 31, 1976 
25. 3: 19.36 min Russia ( Antonina Kriwoschapka , Natalja Antjuch , Lyudmila Litwinowa , Anastassija Kapatschinskaja ), Daegu , September 3, 2011 
26. 3: 19.39 min United States ( Phyllis Francis , Natasha Hastings , Sanya Richards-Ross , Francena McCorory ), Nassau , May 3, 2015 
27. 3: 19.44 min United States ( Sanya Richards-Ross , Natasha Hastings , Allyson Felix , Francena McCorory ), Beijing , August 30, 2015 
28. 3: 19.50 min German Democratic Republic ( Kirsten Emmelmann , Sabine Busch , Dagmar Rübsam , Marita Koch ), Canberra , October 4, 1985 
29. 3: 19.50 min Soviet Union ( Aelita Yurtschenko , Olga Nasarowa , Marija Pinigina , Olha Bryshina ), Rome , September 6, 1987 
30. 3: 19.60 min United States ( Lillie Leatherwood , Sherrie Howard , Valerie Brisco-Hooks , Chandra Cheeseborough ), Walnut , July 25, 1984 
31. 3: 19.62 min German Democratic Republic ( Gabriele Löwe , Christina Brehmer-Lathan , Brigitte Rohde , Marita Koch ), Turin , August 5, 1979 
32. 3: 19.66 min German Democratic Republic ( Sabine Busch , Kirsten Emmelmann , Dagmar Neubauer , Petra Schersing ), Düsseldorf , June 20, 1988 
33. 3: 19.73 min German Democratic Republic ( Gesine Walther , Sabine Busch , Marita Koch , Dagmar Neubauer ), Helsinki , August 14, 1983 
34. 3: 19.73 min Jamaica ( Shericka Williams , Shereefa Lloyd , Davita Prendergast , Novlene Williams ), Osaka , September 2, 2007 
35. 3: 19.83 min German Democratic Republic ( Dagmar Neubauer , Martina Kämpfert , Bärbel Wöckel , Marita Koch ), Zagreb , August 16, 1981 
36. 3: 19.84 min America selection ( Shericka Williams , Tonique Williams-Darling , Christine Amertil , Novlene Williams ), Athens , September 17, 2006
37. 3: 20.04 min United Kingdom ( Christine Ohuruogu , Marilyn Okoro , Lee McConnell , Nicola Sanders ), Osaka , September 2, 2007 
38. 3: 20.10 min German Democratic Republic ( Kirsten Emmelmann , Sabine Busch , Dagmar Neubauer , Petra Schersing ), Moscow , August 18, 1985 
39. 3: 20.12 min Soviet Union ( Tetjana Prorotschenko , Tatjana Goishchik , Nina Sjuskowa , Irina Nasarowa ), Moscow , August 1, 1980 
40. 3: 20.15 min United States ( Rochelle Stevens , Diane Dixon , Jearl Miles , Lillie Leatherwood ), Tokyo , September 1, 1991 
41. 3: 20.16 min Russia ( Olesja Krasnomowez , Natalja Nasarowa , Olesja Sykina , Natalja Antjuch ), Athens , August 28, 2004 
42. 3: 20.19 min Russia ( Julija Guschtschina , Tatjana Firowa , Xenija Ryschowa , Antonina Wladimirowna Kriwoschapka ), Moscow , August 17, 2013 
43. 3: 20.20 min Commonwealth of Independent States ( Jelena Rusina , Lyudmyla Dschyhalowa , Olga Nasarowa , Olha Bryshina ), Barcelona , August 8, 1992 
44. 3: 20.21 min German Democratic Republic ( Kirsten Emmelmann , Sabine Busch , Petra Schersing , Dagmar Neubauer ), Erfurt , June 23, 1985 
45. 3: 20.23 min German Democratic Republic ( Kirsten Siemon , Sabine Busch , Dagmar Rübsam , Marita Koch ), Karl-Marx-Stadt , July 10, 1982 
46. 3: 20.25 min Russia ( Lyudmila Litwinowa , Natalja Nasarowa , Tatjana Weschkurowa , Natalja Antjuch ), Osaka , September 2, 2007 
47. 3: 20.32 min Czechoslovakia ( Taťána Kocembová , Milena Matějkovičová-Strnadová , Zuzana Moravčíková , Jarmila Kratochvílová ), Helsinki , August 14, 1983 
48. 3: 20.32 min Russia ( Olesja Krasnomowez , Natalja Antjuch , Tatjana Firowa , Olesja Sykina ), Helsinki , August 13, 2005 
49. 3: 20.34 min Jamaica ( Stephenie Ann McPherson , Anneisha McLaughlin-Whilby , Shericka Jackson , Novlene Williams-Mills ), Rio de Janeiro , August 20, 2016 
50. 3: 20.35 min German Democratic Republic ( Gabriele Löwe , Barbara Krug , Christina Brehmer-Lathan , Marita Koch ), Moscow , August 1, 1980 

See also

• Relay race
• List of Olympic team abbreviations

literature

• Progression of World best performances and official IAAF World Records. 2003 edition. Monaco, 2003, pp. 141 ff. And P. 298 ff. (English)

Web links

• 4x400 meters Relay All Time - Eternal world best list of the IAAF, 4 × 400 m men
• 4x400 meters Relay All Time - Eternal world best list of the IAAF, 4 × 400 m women
• IAAF cancellation of the US world record from 1998 ( Memento from February 11, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )