4 × 400 metres relay at the World Athletics Championships

The 4×400 metres relay at the World Championships in Athletics has been contested by both men and women since the inaugural edition in 1983. The competition features three formats in relation to gender: men, women, and mixed. The 2019 edition added in the mixed competition. The format utilizes one set of heats qualifying the top 8 into a final.

4 × 400 metres relay
at the World Championships in Athletics
Overview
GenderMen and women
Years heldMen: 19832019
Women: 19832019
Championship record
Men2:54.29 United States (1993)
Women3:09.34 United States (1993)
Reigning champion
Men United States (USA)
Women United States (USA)

The United States holds all the championship records in this event. For both the men and women, the record has been held since 1993 with a time of 2:54.29 for the men and 3:16.71 for the women. In the mixed competition, a time of 3:09.34 was set in 2019. For the men and the mixed records, they are also both world records.

Medalists

Men

Championships Gold Silver Bronze
1983 Helsinki
 Soviet Union (URS)
Sergey Lovachov
Aliaksandr Trashchyla
Nikolay Chernetskiy
Viktor Markin
 West Germany (FRG)
Erwin Skamrahl
Jörg Vaihinger
Harald Schmid
Hartmut Weber
Martin Weppler*
Edgar Nakladal*
 Great Britain (GBR)
Ainsley Bennett
Garry Cook
Todd Bennett
Phil Brown
Kriss Akabusi*
1987 Rome
 United States (USA)
Danny Everett
Roddie Haley
Antonio McKay
Butch Reynolds
Michael Franks*
Raymond Pierre*
 Great Britain (GBR)
Derek Redmond
Kriss Akabusi
Roger Black
Phil Brown
Todd Bennett*
Mark Thomas*
 Cuba (CUB)
Leandro Peñalver
Agustín Pavó
Lázaro Martínez
Roberto Hernández
1991 Tokyo
 Great Britain (GBR)
Roger Black
Derek Redmond
John Regis
Kriss Akabusi
Ade Mafe*
Mark Richardson*
 United States (USA)
Andrew Valmon
Quincy Watts
Danny Everett
Antonio Pettigrew
Jeff Reynolds*
Mark Everett*
 Jamaica (JAM)
Patrick O'Connor
Devon Morris
Winthrop Graham
Seymour Fagan
Howard Burnett*
1993 Stuttgart
 United States (USA)
Andrew Valmon
Quincy Watts
Butch Reynolds
Michael Johnson
Antonio Pettigrew*
Derek Mills*
 Kenya (KEN)
Kennedy Ochieng
Simon Kemboi
Abednego Matilu
Samson Kitur
 Germany (GER)
Rico Lieder
Karsten Just
Olaf Hense
Thomas Schönlebe
1995 Gothenburg
 United States (USA)
Marlon Ramsey
Derek Mills
Butch Reynolds
Michael Johnson
Kevin Lyles*
Darnell Hall*
 Jamaica (JAM)
Michael McDonald
Davian Clarke
Danny McFarlane
Greg Haughton
Dennis Blake*
 Nigeria (NGR)
Udeme Ekpeyong
Kunle Adejuyigbe
Jude Monye
Sunday Bada
1997 Athensdq1
 Great Britain (GBR)
Iwan Thomas
Roger Black
Jamie Baulch
Mark Richardson
Mark Hylton*
 Jamaica (JAM)
Michael McDonald
Greg Haughton
Danny McFarlane
Davian Clarke
Linval Laird*
 Poland (POL)
Tomasz Czubak
Piotr Rysiukiewicz
Piotr Haczek
Robert Maćkowiak
1999 Sevilledq2
 Poland (POL)
Tomasz Czubak
Robert Maćkowiak
Jacek Bocian
Piotr Haczek
Piotr Długosielski*
 Jamaica (JAM)
Michael McDonald
Greg Haughton
Danny McFarlane
Davian Clarke
Paston Coke*
Omar Brown*
 South Africa (RSA)
Jopie van Oudtshoorn
Hendrick Mokganyetsi
Adriaan Botha
Arnaud Malherbe
2001 Edmontondq3
 Bahamas (BAH)
Avard Moncur
Chris Brown
Troy McIntosh
Timothy Munnings
Carl Oliver*
 Jamaica (JAM)
Brandon Simpson
Christopher Williams
Greg Haughton
Danny McFarlane
Michael Blackwood*
Mario Watts*
 Poland (POL)
Rafał Wieruszewski
Piotr Haczek
Piotr Długosielski
Piotr Rysiukiewicz
Jacek Bocian*
2003 Saint-Denisdq4
 France (FRA)
Leslie Djhone
Naman Keïta
Stéphane Diagana
Marc Raquil
Ahmed Douhou*
 Jamaica (JAM)
Brandon Simpson
Danny McFarlane
Davian Clarke
Michael Blackwood
Michael Campbell*
Lansford Spence*
 Bahamas (BAH)
Avard Moncur
Dennis Darling
Nathaniel McKinney
Chris Brown
Carl Oliver*
2005 Helsinki
 United States (USA)
Andrew Rock
Derrick Brew
Darold Williamson
Jeremy Wariner
Miles Smith*
LaShawn Merritt*
 Bahamas (BAH)
Nathaniel McKinney
Avard Moncur
Andrae Williams
Chris Brown
Troy McIntosh*
 Jamaica (JAM)
Sanjay Ayre
Brandon Simpson
Lansford Spence
Davian Clarke
Michael Blackwood*
2007 Osaka
 United States (USA)
LaShawn Merritt
Angelo Taylor
Darold Williamson
Jeremy Wariner
Bershawn Jackson*
Kerron Clement*
 Bahamas (BAH)
Avard Moncur
Michael Mathieu
Andrae Williams
Chris Brown
Nathaniel McKinney*
 Poland (POL)
Marek Plawgo
Daniel Dąbrowski
Marcin Marciniszyn
Kacper Kozłowski
Rafał Wieruszewski*
Witold Bańka*
2009 Berlin
 United States (USA)
Angelo Taylor
Jeremy Wariner
Kerron Clement
LaShawn Merritt
Lionel Larry*
Bershawn Jackson*
 Great Britain (GBR)
Conrad Williams
Michael Bingham
Robert Tobin
Martyn Rooney
Dai Greene*
 Australia (AUS)
John Steffensen
Ben Offereins
Tristan Thomas
Sean Wroe
Joel Milburn*
2011 Daegu
 United States (USA)
Greg Nixon
Bershawn Jackson
Angelo Taylor
LaShawn Merritt
Jamaal Torrance*
Michael Berry*
 South Africa (RSA)
Shane Victor
Ofentse Mogawane
Willem de Beer
L. J. van Zyl
Oscar Pistorius*
 Jamaica (JAM)
Allodin Fothergill
Jermaine Gonzales
Riker Hylton
Leford Green
Lansford Spence*
2013 Moscowdq5
 United States (USA)
David Verburg
Tony McQuay
Arman Hall
LaShawn Merritt
James Harris*
Joshua Mance*
 Jamaica (JAM)
Rusheen McDonald
Edino Steele
Omar Johnson
Javon Francis
Javere Bell*
 Great Britain (GBR)
Conrad Williams
Martyn Rooney
Michael Bingham
Nigel Levine
Jamie Bowie*
2015 Beijing
 United States (USA)
David Verburg
Tony McQuay
Bryshon Nellum
LaShawn Merritt
Kyle Clemons*
Vernon Norwood*
 Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)
Renny Quow
Lalonde Gordon
Deon Lendore
Machel Cedenio
Jarrin Solomon*
 Great Britain (GBR)
Rabah Yousif
Delano Williams
Jarryd Dunn
Martyn Rooney
2017 London
 Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)
Jarrin Solomon
Jereem Richards
Machel Cedenio
Lalonde Gordon
Renny Quow*
 United States (USA)
Wil London
Gil Roberts
Michael Cherry
Fred Kerley
Bryshon Nellum*
Tony McQuay*
 Great Britain (GBR)
Matthew Hudson-Smith
Rabah Yousif
Dwayne Cowan
Martyn Rooney
Jack Green*
2019 Doha
 United States (USA)
Fred Kerley
Michael Cherry
Wil London
Rai Benjamin
Tyrell Richard*
Vernon Norwood*
Nathan Strother*
 Jamaica (JAM)
Akeem Bloomfield
Nathon Allen
Terry Thomas
Demish Gaye
Javon Francis*
 Belgium (BEL)
Jonathan Sacoor
Robin Vanderbemden
Dylan Borlée
Kevin Borlée
Julien Watrin*

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

Medalists by country

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 United States (USA)102012
2 Great Britain (GBR)2248
3 Bahamas (BAH)1214
4 Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)1102
5 Poland (POL)1034
6 Soviet Union (URS)1001
7 France (FRA)1001
8 Jamaica (JAM)07310
9 South Africa (RSA)0112
10 Germany (GER)0112
11 Australia (AUS)0011
12 Belgium (BEL)0011

Women

Championships Gold Silver Bronze
1983 Helsinki
 East Germany (GDR)
Kerstin Walther
Sabine Busch
Marita Koch
Dagmar Rübsam
Undine Bremer*
Ellen Fiedler*
 Czechoslovakia (TCH)
Taťána Kocembová
Milena Matějkovičová
Zuzana Moravčíková
Jarmila Kratochvílová
 Soviet Union (URS)
Yelena Korban
Marina Ivanova
Irina Baskakova
Mariya Pinigina
1987 Rome
 East Germany (GDR)
Dagmar Neubauer
Kirsten Emmelmann
Petra Müller
Sabine Busch
Cornelia Ullrich*
 Soviet Union (URS)
Aelita Yurchenko
Olga Nazarova
Mariya Pinigina
Olga Bryzgina
 United States (USA)
Diane Dixon
Denean Howard
Valerie Brisco
Lillie Leatherwood
1991 Tokyo
 Soviet Union (URS)
Tatyana Ledovskaya
Lyudmyla Dzhyhalova
Olga Nazarova
Olga Bryzgina
Anna Chuprina*
 United States (USA)
Rochelle Stevens
Diane Dixon
Jearl Miles
Lillie Leatherwood
Natasha Kaiser-Brown*
 Germany (GER)
Uta Rohländer
Katrin Krabbe
Christine Wachtel
Grit Breuer
Annett Hesselbarth*
Katrin Schreiter*
1993 Stuttgart
 United States (USA)
Gwen Torrence
Maicel Malone-Wallace
Natasha Kaiser
Jearl Miles
Terri Dendy*
Michelle Collins*
 Russia (RUS)
Yelena Rouzina
Tatyana Alekseyeva
Margarita Ponomaryova
Irina Privalova
Yelena Golesheva*
Vera Sychugova*
 Great Britain (GBR)
Linda Keough
Phylis Smith
Tracy Goddard
Sally Gunnell
1995 Gothenburg
 United States (USA)
Kim Graham
Rochelle Stevens
Camara Jones
Jearl Miles
Nicole Green*
 Russia (RUS)
Tatyana Chebykina
Svetlana Goncharenko
Yuliya Sotnikova
Yelena Andreyeva
Tatyana Zakharova*
 Australia (AUS)
Lee Naylor
Renée Poetschka
Melinda Gainsford
Cathy Freeman
1997 Athens
 Germany (GER)
Anke Feller
Uta Rohländer
Anja Rücker
Grit Breuer
 United States (USA)
Maicel Malone
Kim Graham
Kim Batten
Jearl Miles Clark
Michelle Collins*
Natasha Kaiser-Brown*
 Jamaica (JAM)
Inez Turner
Lorraine Graham
Deon Hemmings
Sandie Richards
Nadia Graham-Hutchinson*
1999 Seville
 Russia (RUS)
Tatyana Chebykina
Svetlana Goncharenko
Olga Kotlyarova
Natalya Nazarova
Natalya Sharova*
Yekaterina Bakhvalova*
 United States (USA)
Suziann Reid
Maicel Malone-Wallace
Michelle Collins
Jearl Miles Clark
Andrea Anderson*
 Germany (GER)
Anke Feller
Uta Rohländer
Anja Rücker
Grit Breuer
Anja Knippel*
2001 Edmonton
 Jamaica (JAM)
Sandie Richards
Catherine Scott-Pomales
Debbie-Ann Parris
Lorraine Fenton
Michelle Burgher*
Deon Hemmings*
 Germany (GER)
Florence Ekpo-Umoh
Shanta Ghosh
Claudia Marx
Grit Breuer
 Russia (RUS)
Irina Rosikhina
Yuliya Pechonkina
Anastasiya Kapachinskaya
Olesya Zykina
Natalya Shevtsova*
2003 Saint-Denis
 United States (USA)
Demetria Washington
Jearl Miles Clark
Me'Lisa Barber
Sanya Richards
DeeDee Trotter*
 Russia (RUS)
Anastasiya Kapachinskaya
Natalya Nazarova
Olesya Zykina
Yuliya Pechonkina (Nosova)
Svetlana Goncharenko*
Svetlana Pospelova*
 Jamaica (JAM)
Allison Beckford
Lorraine Fenton (Graham)
Ronetta Smith
Sandie Richards
Michelle Burgher*
2005 Helsinki
 Russia (RUS)
Yuliya Pechonkina
Olesya Krasnomovets
Natalya Antyukh
Svetlana Pospelova
Tatyana Firova*
Olesya Zykina*
 Jamaica (JAM)
Shericka Williams
Novlene Williams
Ronetta Smith
Lorraine Fenton
 Great Britain (GBR)
Lee McConnell
Donna Fraser
Nicola Sanders
Christine Ohuruogu
2007 Osaka
 United States (USA)
DeeDee Trotter
Allyson Felix
Mary Wineberg
Sanya Richards
Monique Hennagan*
Natasha Hastings*
 Jamaica (JAM)
Shericka Williams
Shereefa Lloyd
Davita Prendagast
Novlene Williams
Anastasia Le-Roy*
 Great Britain (GBR)
Christine Ohuruogu
Marilyn Okoro
Lee McConnell
Nicola Sanders
Donna Fraser*
2009 Berlindq1
 United States (USA)
Debbie Dunn
Allyson Felix
Lashinda Demus
Sanya Richards
Natasha Hastings*
Jessica Beard*
 Jamaica (JAM)
Rosemarie Whyte
Novlene Williams-Mills
Shereefa Lloyd
Shericka Williams
Kaliese Spencer*
 Great Britain (GBR)
Lee McConnell
Christine Ohuruogu
Vicki Barr
Nicola Sanders
Jenny Meadows*
2011 Daegudq2
 United States (USA)
Sanya Richards-Ross
Allyson Felix
Jessica Beard
Francena McCorory
Natasha Hastings*
Keshia Baker*
 Jamaica (JAM)
Rosemarie Whyte
Davita Prendergast
Novlene Williams-Mills
Shericka Williams
Shereefa Lloyd*
Patricia Hall*
 Great Britain (GBR)
Perri Shakes-Drayton
Nicola Sanders
Christine Ohuruogu
Lee McConnell
2013 Moscowdq3
 United States (USA)
Jessica Beard
Natasha Hastings
Ashley Spencer
Francena McCorory
Joanna Atkins*
 Great Britain (GBR)
Eilidh Child
Shana Cox
Margaret Adeoye
Christine Ohuruogu
 France (FRA)
Marie Gayot
Lénora Guion-Firmin
Muriel Hurtis-Houairi
Floria Guei
Phara Anacharsis*
2015 Beijing
 Jamaica (JAM)
Christine Day
Shericka Jackson
Stephenie Ann McPherson
Novlene Williams-Mills
Anastasia Le-Roy*
Chrisann Gordon*
 United States (USA)
Sanya Richards-Ross
Natasha Hastings
Allyson Felix
Francena McCorory
Phyllis Francis*
Jessica Beard*
 Great Britain (GBR)
Christine Ohuruogu
Anyika Onuora
Eilidh Child
Seren Bundy-Davies
Kirsten McAslan*
2017 London
 United States (USA)
Quanera Hayes
Allyson Felix
Shakima Wimbley
Phyllis Francis
Kendall Ellis*
Natasha Hastings*
 Great Britain (GBR)
Zoey Clark
Laviai Nielsen
Eilidh Doyle
Emily Diamond
Perri Shakes-Drayton*
 Poland (POL)
Małgorzata Hołub
Iga Baumgart
Aleksandra Gaworska
Justyna Święty
Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz*
Martyna Dąbrowska*
2019 Doha
 United States (USA)
Phyllis Francis
Sydney McLaughlin
Dalilah Muhammad
Wadeline Jonathas
Jessica Beard*
Allyson Felix*
Kendall Ellis*
Courtney Okolo*
 Poland (POL)
Iga Baumgart-Witan
Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz
Małgorzata Hołub-Kowalik
Justyna Święty-Ersetic
Anna Kiełbasińska*
 Jamaica (JAM)
Anastasia Le-Roy
Tiffany James
Stephenie Ann McPherson
Shericka Jackson
Roneisha McGregor*

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

Medalists by country

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 United States (USA)85114
2 Russia (RUS)3339
3 Jamaica (JAM)2428
4 East Germany (GDR)2002
5 Germany (GER)1124
6 Soviet Union (URS)1113
7 Great Britain (GBR)0167
8 Poland (POL)0112
9 Czechoslovakia (TCH)0101
10 Australia (AUS)0011

Mixed

Championships Gold Silver Bronze
2019 Doha
 United States (USA)
Wilbert London
Allyson Felix
Courtney Okolo
Michael Cherry
Tyrell Richard*
Jessica Beard*
Jasmine Blocker*
Obi Igbokwe*
 Jamaica (JAM)
Nathon Allen
Roneisha McGregor
Tiffany James
Javon Francis
Janieve Russell*
 Bahrain (BHR)
Musa Isah
Aminat Jamal
Salwa Eid Naser
Abbas Abubakar Abbas

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

Championship record progression

Men

Men's 4×100 metres relay World Championships record progression[1]
Time Nation Location Round Date Athletes
3.06.62 United States (USA)HelsinkiHeat 1Aug 13, 1983Babers, W.Smith, Phillips, Franks
3.02.13 United States (USA)HelsinkiSemifinalsAug 13, 1983Babers, Nix, W.Smith, Moses
3.00.79 Soviet Union (URS)HelsinkiFinalAug 14, 1983Lovachev, Troshchilo, Chernyetskiy, Markin
2.59.06 United States (USA)RomeHeat 2Sep 05, 1987Everett, Franks, Pierre, McKay
2.57.29 United States (USA)RomeFinalSep 06, 1987Everett, Haley, McKay, Reynolds
2.54.29 United States (USA)StuttgartFinalAug 22, 1993Valmon, Watts, Reynolds, M.Johnson

References

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