4 × 400 metres relay

The 4 × 400 metres relay or long relay is an athletics track event in which teams consist of four runners who each complete 400 metres or one lap, totaling 1600 meters. It is traditionally the final event of a track meet. The first leg and the first bend of the second leg are run in lanes. Start lines are thus staggered over a greater distance than in an individual 400 metres race; the runners then typically move to the inside of the track. The slightly longer 4 × 440 yards relay, on an Imperial distance, was a formerly run British Commonwealth and American event, until metrication was completed in the 1970s.

Format

Relay race runners typically carry a relay baton which they must transfer between teammates. Runners have a 20 m box (usually marked with blue lines) in which to transfer the baton. The first transfer is made within the staggered lane lines; for the second and third transfers, runners typically line up across the track despite the fact that runners are usually running in line on the inside of the track. This prevents confusion and collisions during transfer. Unlike the 4 × 100 m relay, runners in the 4 × 400 typically look back and grasp the baton from the incoming runner, due to the fatigue of the incoming runner, and the wider margins allowed by the longer distance of the race. Consequently, disqualification is rare.

As runners have a running start, split times cannot be compared to individual 400 m performances. Internationally, the U.S. men's team has dominated the event, but have been challenged by Jamaica in the 1950s and Britain in the 1990s. 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

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 a set order – man, woman, man, woman – at future championships. Eventually, the format was added to the Olympics, starting with the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.

Records

World records

{|class=wikitable

!scope="colgroup" colspan=5| Men's Outdoor World Record

!scope="col"| Country

!scope="col"| Members

!scope="col"| Place

!scope="col"| Date

!scope="col"| Time

| || Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts, Butch Reynolds, Michael Johnson || Stuttgart, Germany || 22 August 1993 || 2:54.29

Note: The IAAF rescinded a time of 2:54.20 set at Uniondale on 22 July 1998 by the United States (Jerome Young, Antonio Pettigrew, Tyree Washington, Michael Johnson) on 12 August 2008 after Pettigrew admitted to using human growth hormone and EPO between 1997 and 2003.

{|class=wikitable

!scope="colgroup" colspan=5| Men's Indoor World Record

!scope="col"| Country

!scope="col"| Members

!scope="col"| Place

!scope="col"| Date

!scope="col"| Time

| || Amere Lattin, Obi Igbokwe, Jermaine Holt, Kahmari Montgomery || Clemson, United States || 9 February 2019 || 3:01.51

Note: The above world record was bettered by three teams at the 2018 NCAA Division I Championship on 10 March 2018 at the Gilliam Indoor Track Stadium in College Station, United States:

3:00.77 by the USC team of Zach Shinnick, Rai Benjamin, Ricky Morgan Jr., Michael Norman). This time was not record-eligible because Benjamin was a citizen of Antigua & Barbuda, and the others are United States citizens. Benjamin has since switched to represent the United States.
3:01.39 by the Texas A&M team of Ilolo Izu, Robert Grant, Devin Dixon and Mylik Kerley. All four runners represent the United States, and World Athletics currently lists this as the NACAC area record, but it has not been ratified as the world record.
3:01.43 by the Florida team of Kunle Fasasi, Grant Holloway, Chantz Sawyers, and Benjamin Lobo Vedel. This time was not record-eligible because Fasasi represents Nigeria, Holloway represents the United States, Sawyers represents Jamaica, and Vedel represents Denmark.

{|class=wikitable

!scope="colgroup" colspan=5| Women's Outdoor World Record

!scope="col"| Country

!scope="col"| Members

!scope="col"| Place

!scope="col"| Date

!scope="col"| Time

| || Tatyana Ledovskaya (BLR), Olga Nazarova (RUS), Mariya Pinigina (UKR), Olga Bryzgina (UKR) || Seoul, South Korea || 1 October 1988 || 3:15.17

{|class=wikitable

!scope="colgroup" colspan=5| Women's Indoor World Record

!scope="col"| Country

!scope="col"| Members

!scope="col"| Place

!scope="col"| Date

!scope="col"| Time

| || Yuliya Gushchina, Olga Kotlyarova, Olga Zaytseva, Olesya Krasnomovets || Glasgow, Scotland || 27 January 2006 || 3:23.37

Note: The above world record was bettered in a time of 3:21.75 by the University of Arkansas team of Amber Anning, Joanne Reid, Rosey Effiong, and Britton Wilson at the 2023 NCAA Division I Indoor Championship on 11 March 2023 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States. This time was not record-eligible because Anning was a citizen of Great Britain, Reid was a citizen of Jamaica, and Effiong and Wilson were United States citizens.

Olympic records

{| class="wikitable"

!scope="colgroup" colspan="5"| Men's Olympic Record

!scope="col"| Country

!scope="col"| Members

!scope="col"| Place

!scope="col"| Date

!scope="col"| Time

| || Christopher Bailey, Vernon Norwood, Bryce Deadmon, Rai Benjamin || Saint-Denis, France || 10 August 2024 || 2:54.43

{| class="wikitable"

!scope="colgroup" colspan="5"| Women's Olympic Record

!scope="col"| Country

!scope="col"| Members

!scope="col"| Place

!scope="col"| Date

!scope="col"| Time

| || Tatyana Ledovskaya, Olga Nazarova, Mariya Pinigina, Olga Bryzgina || Seoul, South Korea || 1 October 1988 || 3:15.17

Area records

Updated 22 May 2026.

{| class="wikitable defaultleft col3center col7center"

!scope="rowgroup" rowspan=2| Area

!scope="colgroup" colspan=4| Men

!scope="colgroup" colspan=4| Women

!scope="col"| Time

!scope="col"| Season

!scope="col"| Athletes

!scope="col"| Team

!scope="col"| Time

!scope="col"| Season

!scope="col"| Athletes

!scope="col"| Team

!scope="row"| Africa

| 2:54.47 || 2026 || Lee Eppie, Letsile Tebogo, Bayapo Ndori, Collen Kebinatshipi ||

| 3:21.04 || 1996 || Olabisi Afolabi, Fatima Yusuf, Charity Opara, Falilat Ogunkoya ||

!scope="row"| Asia

| 2:58.33 || 2024 || Yuki Joseph Nakajima, Kaito Kawabata, Fuga Sato, Kentaro Sato ||

| 3:24.28 || 1993 || An Xiaohong, Bai Xiaoyun, Cao Chunying, Ma Yuqin ||

!scope="row"| Europe

| 2:55.83 || 2024 || Alex Haydock-Wilson, Matthew Hudson-Smith, Lewis Davey, Charlie Dobson ||

| 3:15.17 || 1988 || Tatyana Ledovskaya, Olga Nazarova, Mariya Pinigina, Olha Bryzghina ||

!scope="row"| North, Central America and Caribbean

| 2:54.29 || 1993 || Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts, Butch Reynolds, Michael Johnson ||

| 3:15.27 || 2024 || Shamier Little, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, Gabrielle Thomas, Alexis Holmes ||

!scope="row"| Oceania

| 2:55.20 || 2026 || Luke van Ratingen, Reece Holder, Tom Reynolds, Aidan Murphy ||

| 3:23.81 || 2000 || Nova Peris, Tamsyn Manou, Melinda Gainsford-Taylor, Cathy Freeman ||

!scope="row"| South America

| 2:58.56 || 1999 || Eronilde de Araújo, Anderson Jorge dos Santos, Claudinei da Silva, Sanderlei Parrela ||

| 3:26.68 || 2011 || Geisa Coutinho, , Joelma Sousa, Jailma de Lima ||

All-time top 10 by country (outdoor)

Men

Correct as of May 2026.

{| class="wikitable"

!Rank

!Time

!Team

!Nation

!Date

!Place

!Ref

|2:54.29

|Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts, Butch Reynolds, Michael Johnson

|22 August 1993

|Stuttgart

|2:54.47

| align="left" |Lee Eppie, Letsile Tebogo, Bayapo Ndori, Collen Kebinatshipi

| rowspan="3" |3 May 2026

| rowspan="3" |Gaborone

| rowspan="3" |

|2:55.07

| align="left" |Mthi Mthimkulu, Lythe Pillay, Leendert Koekemoer, Zakithi Nene

|2:55.20

| align="left" |Luke van Ratingen, Reece Holder, Tom Reynolds, Aidan Murphy

|2:55.83

|Alex Haydock-Wilson, Matthew Hudson-Smith, Lewis Davey, Charles Dobson

|10 August 2024

|Saint-Denis

|2:57.75

|Jonathan Sacoor, Dylan Borlée, Kévin Borlée, Florent Mabille

|10 August 2024

|Saint-Denis

{| class="wikitable"

!Rank

!Time

!Team

!Nation

!Date

!Place

!Ref

|3:15.17

|Tatyana Ledovskaya, Olga Nazarova, Mariya Pinigina, Olga Bryzgina

|1 October 1988

|Seoul

|3:15.27

|Shamier Little, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, Gabrielle Thomas, Alexis Holmes

|10 August 2024

|Saint-Denis

|3:15.92

|Gesine Walther, Sabine Busch, Dagmar Rübsam-Neubauer, Marita Koch

|3 June 1984

|Erfurt

|3:18.38

|Yelena Ruzina, Tatyana Alekseyeva, Margarita Ponomaryova, Irina Privalova

|22 August 1993

|Stuttgart

|3:18.71

|Rosemarie Whyte, Davita Prendergast, Novlene Williams-Mills, Shericka Williams

|3 September 2011

|Deagu

|3:19.50

|Lieke Klaver, Cathelijn Peeters, Lisanne de Witte, Femke Bol

| rowspan="3" |10 August 2024

| rowspan="3" |Saint-Denis

| rowspan="3" |

All-time top 25 (outdoor)

Men

Updated May 2026.

{| class="wikitable"

!Rank

!Time

!Team

!Nation

!Date

!Place

!Ref

|2:54.29

|Andrew Valmon (44.43) Quincy Watts (43.59) Butch Reynolds (43.36) Michael Johnson (42.91)

|22 August 1993

|Stuttgart

|2:54.43

|Christopher Bailey (44.45) Vernon Norwood (43.26) Bryce Deadmon (43.54) Rai Benjamin (43.18)

|10 August 2024

|Saint-Denis

|2:54.47

|Lee Eppie (44.26) Letsile Tebogo (43.50) Bayapo Ndori (43.62) Collen Kebinatshipi (43.09)

|3 May 2026

|Gaborone

!10

|2:55.74

|Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts, Michael Johnson, Steve Lewis

|8 August 1992

|Barcelona

! rowspan="2" |11

|2:55.83

|Alex Haydock-Wilson (44.51) Matthew Hudson-Smith (43.09) Lewis Davey (44.90) Charles Dobson (43.33)

|10 August 2024

|Saint-Denis

!17

|2:56.60

|Iwan Thomas, Jamie Baulch, Mark Richardson, Roger Black

|3 August 1996

|Atlanta

!18

|2:56.65

|Iwan Thomas, Roger Black, Jamie Baulch, Mark Richardson

|10 August 1997

|Athens

!19

|2:56.69

|Fred Kerley (43.44) Michael Cherry (44.63) Wilbert London (44.43) Rai Benjamin (44.19)

|6 October 2019

|Doha

!20

|2:56.72

|Chris Brown, Demetrius Pinder, Michael Mathieu, Ramon Miller

|10 August 2012

|London

!21

|2:56.75

|Michael McDonald, Gregory Haughton, Danny McFarlane, Davian Clarke

|10 August 1997

|Athens

!22

|2:56.91

|Andrew Rock, Derrick Brew, Darold Williamson, Jeremy Wariner

|14 August 2005

|Helsinki

!23

|2:57.05

|Bryshon Nellum, Joshua Mance, Tony McQuay, Angelo Taylor

|10 August 2012

|London

!24

|2:57.18

|Liemarvin Bonevacia, Terrence Agard, Tony van Diepen, Ramsey Angela

|7 August 2021

|Tokyo

!25

|2:57.25

|David Verburg, Tony McQuay, Christian Taylor, LaShawn Merritt

|25 May 2014

|Nassau

Note

A USA team ran 2:54.20 in Uniondale in 1998 but the performance was annulled due to the use of performance-enhancing drugs by Antonio Pettigrew
A USA team ran 2:56.35 in Sydney in 2000 but the performance was annulled due to the use of performance-enhancing drugs by Antonio Pettigrew
A USA team ran 2:56.45 in Seville in 1999 but the performance was annulled due to the use of performance-enhancing drugs by Antonio Pettigrew
A USA team ran 2:56.47 in Athens in 1997 but the performance was annulled due to the use of performance-enhancing drugs by Antonio Pettigrew
A USA team ran 2:56.60 in Philadelphia in 2000 but the performance was annulled due to the use of performance-enhancing drugs by Antonio Pettigrew

Women

Correct as of September 2025.

|3:16.71

|Gwen Torrence (49.02) Maicel Malone-Wallace (49.43) Natasha Kaiser-Brown (49.50) Jearl Miles Clark (48.76)

|22 August 1993

|Stuttgart

|3:16.85

|Sydney McLaughlin (49.96) Allyson Felix (49.58) Dalilah Muhammad (48.97) Athing Mu (48.37)

|7 August 2021

|Tokyo

! rowspan="2" |8

| rowspan="2" |3:16.87

|Kirsten Emmelmann, Sabine Busch, Petra Müller, Marita Koch

|31 August 1986

|Stuttgart

|DeeDee Trotter (50.19) Allyson Felix (48.19) Francena McCorory (49.39) Sanya Richards-Ross (49.10)

|11 August 2012

|London

!10

|3:17.79

|Talitha Diggs (50.50) Abby Steiner (49.99) Britton Wilson (49.39) Sydney McLaughlin (47.91)

|24 July 2022

|Eugene

!11

|3:17.83

|Debbie Dunn (50.55) Allyson Felix (48.75) Lashinda Demus (50.10) Sanya Richards-Ross (48.43)

|23 August 2009

|Berlin

!12

|3:17.96

|Arkansas Razorbacks Amber Anning (50.52) Rosey Effiong (49.21) Nickisha Pryce (49.20) Kaylyn Brown (49.05)

|

|8 June 2024

|Eugene

!13

|3:18.09

|Sanya Richards-Ross (49.30) Allyson Felix (49.33) Jessica Beard (49.95) Francena McCorory (49.51)

|3 September 2011

|Daegu

! rowspan="2" |14

| rowspan="2" |3:18.29

|Lillie Leatherwood, Sherri Howard, Valerie Brisco-Hooks, Chandra Cheeseborough

|11 August 1984

|Los Angeles

|Dagmar Rübsam-Neubauer, Kirsten Emmelmann, Sabine Busch, Petra Müller

|1 October 1988

|Seoul

!16

|3:18.38

|Yelena Ruzina, Tatyana Alekseyeva, Margarita Khromova-Ponomaryova, Irina Privalova

|22 August 1993

|Stuttgart

!17

|3:18.43

|Tatyana Ledovskaya, Lyudmila Dzhigalova, Olga Nazarova, Olha Bryzhina

|1 September 1991

|Tokyo

!18

|3:18.54

|Mary Wineberg (51.00) Allyson Felix (48.55) Monique Henderson (50.06) Sanya Richards-Ross (48.93)

|23 August 2008

|Beijing

!19

|3:18.55

|DeeDee Trotter (51.39) Allyson Felix (48.01) Monique Henderson (50.24) Sanya Richards-Ross (48.91)

|2 September 2007

|Osaka

!20

|3:18.58

|Irina Nazarova, Nadiya Olizarenko, Mariya Pinigina, Olga Vladykina

|18 August 1985

|Moscow

!21

|3:18.63

|Dagmar Rübsam-Neubauer, Kirsten Emmelmann, Petra Müller, Sabine Busch

|6 September 1987

|Rome

!22

|3:18.71

|Rosemarie Whyte, Davita Prendergast, Novlene Williams-Mills, Shericka Williams

|3 September 2011

|Deagu

!23

|3:18.92

|Phyllis Francis (49.51) Sydney McLaughlin (49.78) Dalilah Muhammad (49.43) Wadeline Jonathas (50.20)

|6 October 2019

|Doha

!24

|3:19.01

|DeeDee Trotter (49.19) Monique Henderson (50.29) Sanya Richards-Ross (49.81) Monique Hennagan (49.72)

|28 August 2004

|Athens

!25

|3:19.02

|Quanera Hayes (50.60) Allyson Felix (48.60) Shakima Wimbley (49.50) Phyllis Francis (50.32)

|13 August 2017

|London

Note

A Russian team ran 3:18.82 in Beijing in 2008 but the performance was annulled due to the use of performance-enhancing drugs by Tatyana Firova

All-time top 10 by country (indoor)

Men

Correct as of March 2024.

{| class="wikitable"

!Rank

!Time

!Team

!Nation

!Date

!Place

!Ref

|3:01.39

|Illolo Izu, Robert Grant, Devin Dixon, Mylik Kerley

|10 March 2018

|College Station

|3:01.77

|Karol Zalewski, Rafał Omelko, Łukasz Krawczuk, Jakub Krzewina

|4 March 2018

|Birmingham

|3:02.51

|Dylan Borlée, Jonathan Borlée, Jonathan Sacoor, Kevin Borlée

|4 March 2018

|Birmingham

|3:02.52

|Deon Lendore, Jereem Richards, Asa Guevara, Lalonde Gordon

|4 March 2018

|Birmingham

|3:03.05

|Rico Lieder, Jens Carlowitz, Karsten Just, Thomas Schönlebe

|10 March 1991

|Sevilla

|3:03.20

|Allyn Condon, Solomon Wariso, Adrian Patrick, Jamie Baulch

|7 March 1999

|Maebashi

|3:03.69

|Errol Nolan, Allodin Fothergill, Akheem Gauntlett, Edino Steele

|9 March 2014

|Sopot

|3:04.09

|Daniel Němeček, Patrik Šorm, Jan Tesař, Pavel Maslák

|8 March 2015

|Prague

|3:04.25

|Liemarvin Bonevacia, Ramsey Angela, Terrence Agard, Tony van Diepen

|3 March 2024

|Glasgow

!10

|3:04.75

|Michael Mathieu, Alonzo Russell, Shavez Hart, Chris Brown

|20 March 2016

|Portland

Women

Correct as of March 2025.

{| class="wikitable"

!Rank

!Time

!Team

!Nation

!Date

!Place

!Ref

|3:23.37

|Olesya Krasnomovets-Forsheva, Olga Zaytseva, Olga Kotlyarova, Yuliya Gushchina

|28 January 2006

|Glasgow

|3:23.85

|Quanera Hayes, Georganne Moline, Shakima Wimbley, Courtney Okolo

|4 March 2018

|Birmingham

|3:24.34

|Lieke Klaver, Nina Franke, Cathelijn Peeters, Femke Bol

| rowspan="5" |9 March 2025

| rowspan="5" |Apeldoorn

| rowspan="5" |

|3:24.89

|Lina Nielsen, Hannah Kelly, Emily Newnham, Amber Anning

|3:25.31

|Lada Vondrová, Nikoleta Jíchová, Tereza Petržilková, Lurdes Gloria Manuel

|3:25.68

|Paula Sevilla, Eva Santidrián, Daniela Fra, Blanca Hervas

|3:25.80

|Camille Seri, Louise Maraval, Marjorie Veyssiere, Amandine Brossier

|3:26.09

|Justyna Święty-Ersetic, Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz, Aleksandra Gaworska, Małgorzata Hołub-Kowalik

|4 March 2018

|Birmingham

!10

|3:26.87

|Susan Andrews, Tania Van Heer, Tamsyn Lewis, Cathy Freeman

|7 March 1999

|Maebashi

All-time top 25 (indoor)

Men

Updated March 2026.

{| class="wikitable"

!Rank

!Time

!Team

!Nation

!Date

!Place

!Ref

|3:00.77

|USC Trojans Zach Shinnick (46.24) Rai Benjamin (44.35) Ricky Morgan Jr. (45.67) Michael Norman (44.52)

|

|10 March 2018

|College Station

|3:01.09

|Arkansas Razorbacks Connor Washington James Benson Ayden Owens-Delerme Christopher Bailey

|

|4 February 2023

|Albuquerque

|3:01.39

|Texas A&M Aggies Illolo Izu Robert Grant Devin Dixon Mylik Kerley

|10 March 2018

|College Station

|3:01.43

|Florida Gators Kunle Fasasi Grant Holloway Chantz Sawyers Benjamin Lobo Vedel

|

|10 March 2018

|College Station

|3:01.51

|Houston Cougars Amere Lattin Obi Ogbokwe Jermaine Holt Kahmari Montgomery

|9 February 2019

|Clemson

|3:01.52

|Justin Robinson Chris Robinson Demarius Smith Khaleb McRae

|22 March 2026

|Toruń

|3:01.56

|Texas A&M Aggies Illolo Izu Bryce Deadmon Kyree Johnson Devon Dixon

|9 February 2019

|Clemson

|3:01.77

|Karol Zalewski Rafał Omelko Łukasz Krawczuk Jakub Krzewina

|4 March 2018

|Birmingham

|3:01.78

|Alabama Crimson Tide Chris Robinson Demetrius Jackson Tarsis Gracious Orogot Khaleb McRae

|

|25 February 2023

|Fayetteville

!10

|3:01.96

|Kerron Clement Jeremy Wariner Wallace Spearmon Darold Williamson

|11 February 2006

|Fayetteville

!11

|3:01.97

|Fred Kerley Michael Cherry Aldrich Bailey Jr. Vernon Norwood

|4 March 2018

|Birmingham

!12

|3:01.98

|USC Trojans Zachary Shinnick Rai Benjamin Ricky Morgan Michael Norman

|10 February 2018

|Clemson

!13

|3:02.09

|Arkansas Razorbacks Connor Washington James Benson Ayden Owens-Delerme Christopher Bailey

|

|11 March 2023

|Albuquerque

!14

|3:02.13

|Kyle Clemons David Verburg Kind Butler Calvin Smith

|9 March 2014

|Sopot

!15

|3:02.18

|Florida Gators Jacory Patterson Emmanuel Bamidele Jevaughn Powell Ryan Willie

|

|11 February 2023

|Fayetteville

!16

|3:02.21

|Texas A&M Aggies

Auhmad Robinson Hossam Hatib Antonie Mathys Nortje Cutler Zamzow

|

|15 February 2025

|Clemson

!17

|3:02.23

|Florida Gators Kunle Fasasi Grant Holloway Chantz Sawyers Benjamin Lobo Vedel

|

|10 February 2018

|Clemson

! rowspan="2" |18

| rowspan="2" |3:02.35

|Texas A&M Aggies Illolo Izu Robert Grant Devon Dixon My'Lik Kerley

|25 February 2018

|College Station

|Arizona State Sun Devils Justin Robinson Kaleb Simpson Jayden Davis Gamali Felix

|

|9 March 2024

|Boston

!20

|3:02.45

|Kyle Clemons Calvin Smith Chris Giesting Vernon Norwood

|20 March 2016

|Portland

!21

|3:02.51

|Dylan Borlée Jonathan Borlée Jonathan Sacoor Kevin Borlée

|4 March 2018

|Birmingham

! rowspan="2" |22

| rowspan="2" |3:02.52

|Texas A&M Aggies Fred Kerley Richard Rose Devon Dixon My'Lik Kerley

|28 January 2017

|Fayetteville

|Deon Lendore Jereem Richards Asa Guevara Lalonde Gordon

|4 March 2018

|Birmingham

!24

|3:02.53

|Florida Gators Jevaughn Powell Robert Gregory Jenoah McKiver Reheem Hayles

|

|9 March 2024

|Boston

!25

|3:02.54

|Jonathan Sacoor (46.21 Dylan Borlée (45.67) Christian Iguacel (45.78) Alexander Doom (44.88)

|3 March 2024

|Glasgow

Women

Updated March 2026.

{| class="wikitable"

!Rank

!Time

!Team

!Nation

!Date

!Place

!Ref

|3:21.75

|Arkansas Razorbacks Amber Anning 51.47 Joanne Reid 50.52 Rosey Effiong 50.57 Britton Wilson 49.20

|

|11 March 2023

|Albuquerque

|3:23.37

|Olesya Krasnomovets-Forsheva Olga Zaytseva Olga Kotlyarova Yuliya Gushchina

|28 January 2006

|Glasgow

|3:23.68

|Arkansas Razorbacks Kaylyn Brown 52.09 Analisse Batista 50.73 Sanu Jallow 50.51 Sanaria Butler 50.31

|

|14 March 2026

|Fayetteville

|3:23.85

|Quanera Hayes Georganne Moline Shakima Wimbley Courtney Okolo

|4 March 2018

|Birmingham

|3:23.88

|Olesya Krasnomovets-Forsheva Olga Kotlyarova Tatyana Levina Natalya Nazarova

|7 March 2004

|Budapest

|3:24.09

|Arkansas Razorbacks Rosey Effiong Jayla Hollis Shafiqua Maloney Britton Wilson

|

|26 February 2022

|College Station

|3:24.25

|Tatyana Chebykina Svetlana Goncharenko Olga Kotlyarova Natalya Nazarova

|7 March 1999

|Maebashi

|3:24.34

|Lieke Klaver (50.98) Nina Franke (51.83) Cathelijn Peeters (51.11) Femke Bol (50.42)

|9 March 2025

|Apeldoorn

|3:24.48

|Georgia Bulldogs Shaqueena Foote 51.59 Skylar Brazzell 52.34 Vimbayi Maisvorewa 50.50 Dejanea Oakley 50.06

|

|14 March 2026

|Fayetteville

!10

|3:24.83

|Natasha Hastings Joanna Atkins Francena McCorory Cassandra Tate

|9 March 2014

|Sopot

!11

|3:24.89

|Lina Nielsen (51.24) Hannah Kelly (51.85) Emily Newnham (51.24) Amber Anning (50.56)

|9 March 2025

|Apeldoorn

!14

|3:25.20

|Arkansas Razorbacks Joanne Reid Sanaria Butler Kaylyn Brown Isabella Whittaker

|

|15 March 2025

|Virginia Beach

!15

|3:25.31

|Lada Vondrová (52.30) Nikoleta Jíchová (51.08) Tereza Petržilková (52.11) Lurdes Gloria Manuel (49.82)

|9 March 2025

|Apeldoorn

!17

|3:25.43

|Texas A&M Aggies Laila Owens Tierra Robinson-Jones Syaira Richardson Charokee Young

|

|26 February 2022

|College Station

!18

|3:25.59

|Arkansas Razorbacks Rosey Effiong Amber Anning Nickisha Pryce Sanu Jallow

|

|27 January 2024

|Fayetteville

!19

|3:25.66

|Lieke Klaver Eveline Saalberg Cathelijn Peeters Femke Bol

|5 March 2023

|Istanbul

!20

|3:25.67

|Texas Longhorns Rachel Helbling Kennedy Simon Julien Alfred Rhasidat Adeleke

|

|11 March 2023

|Albuquerque

!21

|3:25.68

|Paula Sevilla (51.54) Eva Santidrián (51.51) Daniela Fra (51.26) Blanca Hervas (51.37)

|9 March 2025

|Apeldoorn

!23

|3:25.80

|Camille Seri (52.32) Louise Maraval (51.03) Marjorie Veyssiere (52.65) Amandine Brossier (49.80)

|9 March 2025

|Apeldoorn

!25

|3:25.89

|Kentucky Wildcats Megan Moss Abby Steiner Karimah Davis Alexis Holmes

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|26 February 2022

|College Station

Olympic medalists

Men

Women

World Championships medalists

Men

Women

World Indoor Championships medalists

Men

|1991 Seville

| Rico Lieder Jens Carlowitz Karsten Just Thomas Schönlebe

| Raymond Pierre Charles Jenkins Jr. Andrew Valmon Antonio McKay Clifton Campbell* Willie Smith*

| Marco Vaccari Vito Petrella Alessandro Aimar Andrea Nuti

|1993 Toronto

| Darnell Hall Brian Irvin Jason Rouser Mark Everett

| Dazel Jules Alvin Daniel Neil de Silva Ian Morris

| Masayoshi Kan Seiji Inagaki Yoshihiko Saito Hiroyuki Hayashi

|1995 Barcelona

| Rod Tolbert Calvin Davis Tod Long Frankie Atwater

| Fabio Grossi Andrea Nuti Roberto Mazzoleni Ashraf Saber

| Masayoshi Kan Seiji Inagaki Tomonari Ono Hiroyuki Hayashi

|1997 Paris

| Jason Rouser Mark Everett Sean Maye Deon Minor

| Linval Laird Michael McDonald Dinsdale Morgan Greg Haughton Garth Robinson*

| Pierre-Marie Hilaire Rodrigue Nordin Loic Lerouge Fred Mango

|1999 Maebashi

| Andre Morris Dameon Johnson Deon Minor Milton Campbell Khadevis Robinson*

| Piotr Haczek Jacek Bocian Piotr Rysiukiewicz Robert Maćkowiak

| Allyn Condon Solomon Wariso Adrian Patrick Jamie Baulch Sean Baldock*

|2001 Lisbon

| Piotr Rysiukiewicz Piotr Haczek Jacek Bocian Robert Maćkowiak

| Aleksandr Ladeyshchikov Ruslan Mashchenko Boris Gorban Andrey Semyonov Dmitry Forshev*

| Michael McDonald Davian Clarke Michael Blackwood Danny McFarlane Greg Haughton*

|2003 Birmingham

| Leroy Colquhoun Danny McFarlane Michael Blackwood Davian Clarke Kemel Thompson*

| Jamie Baulch Timothy Benjamin Cori Henry Daniel Caines Mark Hylton* Jared Deacon*

| Rafał Wieruszewski Grzegorz Zajączkowski Marcin Marciniszyn Marek Plawgo Artur Gąsiewski* Piotr Rysiukiewicz*

|2004 Budapest

| Greg Haughton Leroy Colquhoun Michael McDonald Davian Clarke Richard James* Sanjay Ayre*

| Boris Gorban Dmitry Forshev Andrey Rudnitskiy Aleksandr Usov

| Robert Daly Gary Ryan David Gillick David McCarthy

|2006 Moscow

| Tyree Washington LaShawn Merritt Milton Campbell Wallace Spearmon James Davis* O.J. Hogans*

| Daniel Dąbrowski Marcin Marciniszyn Rafał Wieruszewski Piotr Klimczak Paweł Ptak* Piotr Kędzia*

| Konstantin Svechkar Aleksandr Derevyagin Yevgeniy Lebedev Dmitry Petrov Andrey Polukeyev*

|2008 Valencia

| James Davis Jamaal Torrance Greg Nixon Kelly Willie Joel Stallworth*

| Michael Blackwood Edino Steele Adrian Findlay DeWayne Barrett Aldwyn Sappleton*

| Arismendy Peguero Carlos Santa Pedro Mejía Yoel Tapia

|2010 Doha

| Jamaal Torrance Greg Nixon Tavaris Tate Bershawn Jackson LeJerald Betters* Kerron Clement*

| Cédric Van Branteghem Kevin Borlée Antoine Gillet Jonathan Borlée Nils Duerinck*

| Conrad Williams Nigel Levine Chris Clarke Richard Buck Luke Lennon-Ford*

|2012 Istanbul

| Frankie Wright Calvin Smith Jr. Manteo Mitchell Gil Roberts Jamaal Torrance* Quentin Iglehart-Summers*

| Conrad Williams Nigel Levine Michael Bingham Richard Buck Luke Lennon-Ford*

| Lalonde Gordon Renny Quow Jereem Richards Jarrin Solomon

|2014 Sopot

| Kyle Clemons David Verburg Kind Butler III Calvin Smith Jr. Clayton Parros* Ricky Babineaux*

| Conrad Williams Jamie Bowie Luke Lennon-Ford Nigel Levine Michael Bingham*

| Errol Nolan Allodin Fothergill Akheem Gauntlett Edino Steele Dane Hyatt* Jermaine Brown*

|2016 Portland

| Kyle Clemons Calvin Smith Jr. Christopher Giesting Vernon Norwood Elvyonn Bailey* Patrick Feeney*

| Michael Mathieu Alonzo Russell Shavez Hart Chris Brown Ashley Riley*

| Jarrin Solomon Lalonde Gordon Ade Alleyne-Forte Deon Lendore Rondel Sorrillo* Machel Cedenio*

|2018 Birmingham

| Karol Zalewski Rafał Omelko Łukasz Krawczuk Jakub Krzewina Patryk Adamczyk*

| Fred Kerley Michael Cherry Aldrich Bailey Vernon Norwood Marqueze Washington* Paul Dedewo*

| Dylan Borlée Jonathan Borlée Jonathan Sacoor Kevin Borlée

|2022 Belgrade

| Julien Watrin Alexander Doom Jonathan Sacoor Kevin Borlée Dylan Borlée*

| Bruno Hortelano Iñaki Cañal Manuel Guijarro Bernat Erta

| Taymir Burnet Nick Smidt Terrence Agard Tony van Diepen Jochem Dobber* Isayah Boers*

|2024 Glasgow

| Jonathan Sacoor Dylan Borlée Christian Iguacel Alexander Doom Tibo De Smet*

| Jacory Patterson Matthew Boling Noah Lyles Christopher Bailey Paul Dedewo* Trevor Bassitt*

| Liemarvin Bonevacia Ramsey Angela Terrence Agard Tony van Diepen Taymir Burnet* Isaya Klein Ikkink*

|2025 Nanjing

| Elija Godwin Brian Faust Jacory Patterson Christopher Bailey

| Rusheen McDonald Jasauna Dennis Kimar Farquharson Demar Francis

| Patrik Simon Enyingi Zoltán Wahl Árpád Kovács Attila Molnár

|2026 Toruń

| Justin Robinson Chris Robinson Demarius Smith Khaleb McRae Elija Godwin* TJ Tomlyanovich*

| Jonathan Sacoor Christian Iguacel Julien Watrin Alexander Doom Robin Vanderbemden* Dylan Borlée*

| Raheem Hayles Delano Kennedy Tyrice Taylor Kimar Farquharson Demar Francis*

Note: * Indicates athletes who ran only in the preliminary round and also received medals.

A USA team of Milton Campbell, Leonard Byrd, Trinity Gray and Jerome Young originally finished second in the 2001 World Indoor Championships, but was disqualified after Young was found to have used performance-enhancing drugs.
A USA team of James Davis, Jerome Young, Milton Campbell and Tyree Washington originally won in the 2003 World Indoor Championships, but was disqualified after Young was found to have used performance-enhancing drugs.

Women

|1991 Seville

| Sandra Seuser Katrin Schreiter Annett Hesselbarth Grit Breuer

| Marina Shmonina Lyudmila Dzhigalova Margarita Ponomaryova Aelita Yurchenko

| Terri Dendy Lillie Leatherwood Jearl Miles Diane Dixon

|1993 Toronto

| Deon Hemmings Beverly Grant Cathy Rattray-Williams Sandie Richards

| Trevaia Williams Terri Dendy Dyan Webber Natasha Kaiser-Brown

|none awarded

|1995 Barcelona

| Tatyana Chebykina Yelena Ruzina Yekaterina Kulikova Svetlana Goncharenko

| Naděžda Koštovalová Helena Dziurová Hana Benešová Ludmila Formanová

| Nelrae Pasha Tanya Dooley Kim Graham Flirtisha Harris

|1997 Paris

| Tatyana Chebykina Svetlana Goncharenko Olga Kotlyarova Tatyana Alekseyeva Natalya Sharova* Yekaterina Bakhvalova*

| Shanelle Porter Natasha Kaiser-Brown Anita Howard Jearl Miles Clark Carlette Guidry*

| Anja Rücker Anke Feller Heike Meißner Grit Breuer Anja Knippel*

|1999 Maebashi

| Tatyana Chebykina Svetlana Goncharenko Olga Kotlyarova Natalya Nazarovaa

| Susan Andrews Tania Van Heer Tamsyn Lewis Cathy Freeman

| Monique Hennagan Michelle Collins Zundra Feagin-Alexander Shanelle Porter

|2001 Lisbon

| Yuliya Nosova Olesya Zykina Yuliya Sotnikova Olga Kotlyarova

| Charmaine Howell Juliet Campbell Catherine Scott Sandie Richards

| Claudia Marx Birgit Rockmeier Florence Ekpo-Umoh Shanta Ghosh

|2003 Birmingham

| Natalya Antyukh Yuliya Pechonkina Olesya Zykina Natalya Nazarova

| Ronetta Smith Catherine Scott Sheryl Morgan Sandie Richards

| Monique Hennagan Meghan Addy Brenda Taylor Mary Wineberg

|2004 Budapest

| Olesya Forsheva Olga Kotlyarova Tatyana Levina Natalya Nazarova Olesya Zykina* Natalya Antyukh*

| Natallia Solohub Anna Kozak Ilona Vusovich Sviatlana Vusovich

| Angela Moroșanu Alina Rîpanu Maria Rus Ionela Târlea

|2006 Moscow

| Tatyana Levina Natalya Nazarova Olesya Forsheva Natalya Antyukh Yuliya Gushchina* Tatyana Veshkurova*

| Debbie Dunn Tiffany Williams Monica Hargrove Mary Wineberg Kia Davis*

| Natallia Solohub Anna Kozak Yulyana Yushchanka Ilona Vusovich

|2008 Valencia

| Yuliya Gushchina Tatyana Levina Natalya Nazarova Olesya Zykina

| Anna Kozak Iryna Khliustava Ilona Vusovich Sviatlana Vusovich

| Angel Perkins Miriam Barnes Shareese Woods Moushaumi Robinson

|2010 Doha

| Debbie Dunn DeeDee Trotter Natasha Hastings Allyson Felix

| Denisa Rosolová Jitka Bartoničková Zuzana Bergrová Zuzana Hejnová

| Kim Wall Vivki Barr Perri Shakes-Drayton Lee McConnell

|2012 Istanbul

| Shana Cox Nicola Sanders Christine Ohuruogu Perri Shakes-Drayton

| Leslie Cole Natasha Hastings Jernail Hayes Sanya Richards-Ross

| Angela Moroșanu Angela Panainte Adelina Pastor Elena Mirela Lavric

|2014 Sopot

| Natasha Hastings Joanna Atkins Francena McCorory Cassandra Tate Jernail Hayes* Monica Hargrove*

| Patricia Hall Anneisha McLaughlin Kaliese Spencer Stephenie Ann McPherson Verone Chambers* Natoya Goule*

| Eilidh Child Shana Cox Margaret Adeoye Christine Ohuruogu Victoria Ohuruogu*

|2016 Portland

| Natasha Hastings Quanera Hayes Courtney Okolo Ashley Spencer

| Ewelina Ptak Małgorzata Hołub Magdalena Gorzkowska Justyna Święty

| Adelina Pastor Mirela Lavric Andrea Miklós Bianca Răzor

|2018 Birmingham

| Quanera Hayes Georganne Moline Shakima Wimbley Courtney Okolo Joanna Atkins* Raevyn Rogers*

| Justyna Święty-Ersetic Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz Aleksandra Gaworska Małgorzata Hołub-Kowalik Joanna Linkiewicz* Natalia Kaczmarek*

| Meghan Beesley Hannah Williams Amy Allcock Zoey Clark Anyika Onuora*

|2022 Belgrade

| Junelle Bromfield Janieve Russell Roneisha McGregor Stephenie Ann McPherson Tiffany James*

| Lieke Klaver Eveline Saalberg Lisanne de Witte Femke Bol Andrea Bouma*

| Natalia Kaczmarek Iga Baumgart-Witan Kinga Gacka Justyna Święty-Ersetic Aleksandra Gaworska*

|2024 Glasgow

| Lieke Klaver Cathelijn Peeters Lisanne de Witte Femke Bol Myrte van der Schoot* Eveline Saalberg*

| Quanera Hayes Talitha Diggs Bailey Lear Alexis Holmes Jessica Wright* Na'Asha Robinson*

| Laviai Nielsen Lina Nielsen Ama Pipi Jessie Knight Hannah Kelly*

|2025 Nanjing

| Quanera Hayes Bailey Lear Rosey Effiong Alexis Holmes

| Justyna Święty-Ersetic Aleksandra Formella Anastazja Kuś Anna Gryc

| Ellie Beer Ella Connolly Bella Pasquali Jemma Pollard

|2026 Toruń

| Bailey Lear Rosey Effiong Paris Peoples Shamier Little Abbey Glynn* Brianna White*

| Lieke Klaver Myrte van der Schoot Nina Franke Eveline Saalberg Madelief van Leur* Elisabeth Paulina*

| Paula Sevilla Ana Prieto Rocío Arroyo Blanca Hervás Carmen Avilés* Daniela Fra*

Note: * Indicates athletes who ran only in the preliminary round and also received medals.

A Russian team of Svetlana Pospelova, Natalya Nazarova, Kseniya Vdovina and Tatyana Firova originally finished second in the 2010 World Indoor Championships, but was disqualified after Firova was found to have used performance-enhancing drugs.
A Jamaican team of Bobby-Gaye Wilkins, Clora Williams, Davita Prendergast and Novlene Williams-Mills originally finished third in the 2010 World Indoor Championships, but was disqualified after Wilkins was found to have used performance-enhancing drugs.

Notable splits

Men

Herb McKenley (Jamaica) ran a 44.6 split in the 1952 Helsinki Olympic final.
Ron Freeman (USA) ran a 43.2 split in the 1968 Mexico Olympic final.
Julius Sang (Kenya) ran a 43.6 split in the 1972 Munich Olympic final.
Alberto Juantorena (Cuba) ran a 43.7 split in the 1977 IAAF World Cup event as part of the Americas team.
Quincy Watts ran a 43.1 split and Steve Lewis (USA) ran a 43.4 split in the 1992 Barcelona Olympic final.
Butch Reynolds ran a 43.23 split and Michael Johnson (both USA) ran a 42.91 split in the 1993 Stuttgart World Championship final; the USA team's final time of 2:54.29 is the current world record.
Mark Richardson (GBR) ran a 43.57 split and Davian Clarke (JAM) ran a 43.51 split in the 1997 Athens World Championship final.
Jeremy Wariner (USA) ran a 43.10 split in the 2007 Osaka World Championship final.
Jeremy Wariner (USA) ran a 43.18 split in the 2008 Beijing Olympic final.
Michael Norman (USA) ran a 43.06 split in the 2018 NCAA West Preliminaries final.
Matthew Hudson-Smith (GBR) ran a 43.00 split, Letsile Tebogo (BOT) ran a 43.04 split, and Rai Benjamin (USA) ran a 43.13 in the 2024 Paris Olympics final.

Women

Jarmila Kratochvílová (CZE) ran a 47.6 split in the 1982 Athens European Championship final, a 47.75 split in the 1983 Helsinki World Championship final, and a 47.9 split in the 1983 Europa Cup in London.
Marita Koch (GDR) ran a 47.70 split in Erfurt 1984, a 47.9 split in the 1982 European Championship final, and a 47.9 split at the 1985 Canberra World Cup.
Allyson Felix (USA) ran a 47.72 split in the 2015 Beijing World Championships final, a 48.01 split in the 2007 Osaka World Championships final, and a 48.20 split in the 2012 London Olympic final.
Olga Nazarova and Olga Bryzgina (USSR) both ran a 47.80 split in the 1988 Seoul Olympics final; the Soviet team's final time of 3:15.17 is the current world record.
Sydney McLaughlin (USA) ran a 47.70 split in the 2024 Paris Olympics, and a 47.91 split at the 2022 World Championships in Eugene.
Femke Bol (NED) ran a 47.93 split in the 2024 Paris Olympics mixed 4 × 400 final.
Florence Griffith Joyner (USA) ran a 48.08 split in the 1988 Seoul Olympic final.

Notes and references

External links

IAAF list of 4x400-metres-relay records in XML