mixed 4 × 400 metres relay
{{short description|Mixed-gender track and field event covering 1600 metres}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox athletics event
|event= Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay
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|WRmixed= {{USA}} (Vernon Norwood (M), Shamier Little (F), Bryce Deadmon (M), Kaylyn Brown (F)) 3:07.41 (2024)
|CRmixed= {{USA}} (Justin Robinson (M), Rosey Effiong (F), Matthew Boling (M), Alexis Holmes (F)) 3:08.80 (2023)
|ORmixed= {{USA}} (Vernon Norwood (M), Shamier Little (F), Bryce Deadmon (M), Kaylyn Brown (F)) 3:07.41 (2024)
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The mixed 4 × 400 metres relay is a mixed-sex 4 × 400 metres relay in which teams field two men and two women. Initially, teams were free to arrange participants in any order. This created scenarios where mixed genders run on the same leg. This was changed in March 2022, where team members run in the order: man-woman-man-woman. It was introduced at the 2017 IAAF World Relays and was then held at the 2019 World Athletics Championships in Qatar.
Background
Part of the rationale for the event was that should teams put their men and women in different orders, there will be excitement in seeing large leads being reversed when men and women are running against each other.{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/athletics/2019/09/28/athletics-history-will-made-mixed-gender-4x400-metre-relay-debuts/|title = The mixed gender 4x400 metre relay - what you need to know ahead of World Championships debut|newspaper = The Telegraph|date = 28 September 2019|last1 = Bloom|first1 = Ben}} All the teams in the finals at the 2017 IAAF World Relays ran man-woman-woman-man. In the final of the event's World Athletics Championship debut in 2019, all but one team chose a man-woman-woman-man order, with the exception of Poland, who chose man-man-woman-woman."World Athletics Championships", BBC 2, 29 September 2019 In March 2022, the rule was changed so that every team must use the order man-woman-man-woman.{{Cite news|url=https://worldathletics.org/news/press-releases/competition-decisions-227th-council-meeting/|title = Key competition decisions made at 227th World Athletics Council Meeting|newspaper = World Athletics|date = 15 March 2022|last1 = Vernon|first1 = Dan}}
Michael Johnson commentating at the 2019 World Athletics Championships expressed a concern that, while entertaining, the mixed 4 × 400 metres event contributes to an overly busy schedule.
Poland won the inaugural Olympic 4 × 400 metres mixed relay at the 2020 Summer Olympics, held in 2021.{{Cite web|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/en/news/poland-wins-inaugural-olympic-4x400m-mixed-relay-gold|title=Olympic News - Sports News, Events & Athletes|access-date=2 August 2021|archive-date=5 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211005083358/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/en/news/poland-wins-inaugural-olympic-4x400m-mixed-relay-gold|url-status=dead}}
Records
= Global records =
| class="wikitable"
|+ {{sronly|Global records in the mixed 4 × 400 metres relay}} |
| scope="col"| Record
!scope="col"| Time !scope="col"| Country !scope="col"| Members !scope="col"| Place !scope="col"| Date !scope="col"|{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |
|---|
| scope="row"| World record
|rowspan="2"| 3:07.41 |rowspan="2"| {{flagu|United States}} |rowspan="2"| Vernon Norwood, Shamier Little, Bryce Deadmon, Kaylyn Brown |rowspan="2"| Saint-Denis, France |rowspan="2"| 2 August 2024 |rowspan="2"| |
| scope="row"| Olympic record |
| scope="row"| Short track world record
|3:12.44 |colspan="4" style="text-align:center"|Vacant |style="text-align:center"|"[https://worldathletics.org/news/press-releases/indoor-4x400m-mixed-relay-official-discipline Indoor 4x400m mixed relay added to rule book as official discipline]", World Athletics, 5 March 2025. Retrieved 6 March 2025. |
| scope="row"| Short track world best
| 3:15.63 {{AthAbbr|i}} | {{flagu|Netherlands}} | Nick Smidt, Eveline Saalberg, Tony van Diepen, Femke Bol | Apeldoorn, Netherlands | 6 March 2025 |
==Progression==
Main Article: Mixed 4 x 400 Metres relay world record progression
The first world record recognised by the IAAF was set by the US team at 3:12.42 in the first heat at the 2019 World Athletics Championships on 28 September 2019,{{Cite web|url=https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-championships/iaaf-world-championships-qat-2019-7125365/results/mixed/4x400-metres-relay/heats/summary|title = World Athletics Championships Doha2019 - 4X400 Metres Relay Mixed - Heats Summary|access-date=4 August 2024}} beating a prior world best by the US set in 2016. The US team then set a new record of 3:09.34 in the final the next day.{{cite web |date=29 September 2019 |title=World Athletics Championships Doha2019 - Results 4 × 400 m Relay Mixed − Final |url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/6033/AT-4X4-X-f----.RS6.pdf |access-date=3 October 2019 |publisher=IAAF}} During the 2023 World Athletics Championships, team USA bested the previous record with a time of 3:08:80. Team USA further improved the record in the first heat at the 2024 Olympics with a time of 3:07:41.{{Cite web |date=3 August 2024 |title= Paris Olympics 2024 - 4 x 400m Relay Mixed Round 1 Results |url=https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/results/athletics/4-x-400m-relay-mixed/rnd1-------- |access-date=3 August 2024 |website=Olympics.com}}
= Continental records =
== Notes ==
All-Time Top 25
- Correct as of August 2024.
=Short track=
- Correct as of 6 March 2025
All-Time Top 10 by Country
- Correct as of August 2024.
| class="wikitable"
!Rank !Time !Team !Nation !Date !Place !Ref |
| 1
|3:07.41 |Vernon Norwood, Shamier Little, Bryce Deadmon, Kaylyn Brown |{{flagu|United States}} |2 August 2024 |
|---|
| 2
|3:07.43 |Eugene Omalla, Lieke Klaver, Isaya Klein Ikkink, Femke Bol |{{flagu|Netherlands}} |3 August 2024 |
| 3
|3:08.01 |Samuel Reardon, Laviai Nielsen, Alex Haydock-Wilson, Amber Anning |{{Flagu|Great Britain}} |3 August 2024 |
| 4
|3:09.36 |Jonathan Sacoor, Helena Ponette, Alexander Doom, Naomi Van Den Broeck |{{Flagu|Belgium}} |3 August 2024 |
| 5
|3:09.82 |Lidio Andrés Feliz, Marileidy Paulino, Alexander Ogando, Fiordaliza Cofil |{{flagu|Dominican Republic}} |15 July 2022 |
| 6
|3:09.87 |Karol Zalewski, Natalia Kaczmarek, Justyna Święty-Ersetic, Kajetan Duszyński |{{Flagicon|POL}} Poland |31 July 2021 |
| 7
|3:09.92 |Christopher O'Donnell, Rhasidat Adeleke, Thomas Barr, Sharlene Mawdsley |{{Flagu|Ireland}} |7 June 2024 |Rome |
| 8
|3:10.60 |Muhammad Kounta, Louise Maraval, Téo Andant, Amandine Brossier |{{flagu|France}} |2 August 2024 |
| 8
|3:10.69 |Luca Sito, Anna Polinari, Eduardo Scotti, Alice Mangione |{{Flagu|Italy}} |7 June 2024 |Rome |
| 10
|3:11.06 |Reheem Hayles, Junelle Bromfield, Zandrion Barnes, Stephenie Ann McPherson |{{Flagu|Jamaica}} |2 August 2024 |
=Short track=
- Correct as of 6 March 2025
Olympic medalists
| {{MedalistTable|type=Year|columns=2}} | |||
| 2021
| {{flagIOCteam|POL|2020 Summer}} | 3:09.87 {{OlyR|athletics}}, {{AthAbbr|AR|European}}
| {{flagIOCteam|DOM|2020 Summer}} | 3:10.21 {{AthAbbr|NR|Dominican Republic}}
| {{flagIOCteam|USA|2020 Summer}} | 3:10.22 {{AthAbbr|SB}} |
| 2024
| {{flagIOCteam|NED|2024 Summer}} | 3:07.43 {{AthAbbr|AR|European}} {{AthAbbr| |
| {{flagIOCteam|USA|2024 Summer}} || 3:07.74
| {{flagIOCteam|GBR|2024 Summer}} || 3:08.01 {{AthAbbr|NR|United Kingdom}}
|}
World Athletics Championships
| {{MedalistTable|type=Year|columns=2}} | |||
| 2019
| {{flagteam|USA}} | 3:09.34 {{AthAbbr|WR}}
| {{flagteam|JAM}} | 3:11.78 {{AthAbbr|NR}}
| {{flagteam|BHR}} | 3:11.82 {{AthAbbr|AR}} |
| 2022
| {{flagteam|DOM}} | 3:09.82 {{AthAbbr|NR}}
| {{flagteam|NED}} | 3:09.90 {{AthAbbr|NR}}
| {{flagteam|USA}} | 3:10.16 |
| 2023
| {{flagteam|USA}} | 3:08.80 {{AthAbbr|WR}}
| {{flagteam|GBR}} | 3:11.06 {{AthAbbr|NR}}
| {{flagteam|CZE}} | 3:11.98 {{AthAbbr|NR}} |
World Athletics Relays
| {{MedalistTable|type=Year|columns=2}} | |||
| 2017
|{{flagteam|BAH}} | 3:14.42 {{AthAbbr|CR}}
|{{flagteam|USA}} | 3:17.29
|{{flagteam|JAM}} | 3:20.26 |
| 2019
|{{flagteam|USA}} | 3:16.43
|{{flagteam|CAN}} | 3:18.15
|{{flagteam|KEN}} | 3:19.43 |
| 2021
|{{flagteam|ITA}} | 3:16.60
|{{flagteam|BRA}} | 3:17.54
|{{flagteam|DOM}} | 3:17.58 |
| 2024
|{{flagteam|USA}} | 3:10.73 {{AthAbbr|CR}}
|{{flagteam|NED}} | 3:11.45
|{{flagteam|IRE}} | 3:11.53 |
References
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External links
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