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

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

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

All-time top 25

Men

  • 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 1:19.39Jon 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 1:19.45Santa Monica Track Club
Joe DeLoach, Leroy Burrell, Carl Lewis, Floyd Heard		  United States 27 April 1991 Philadelphia [13]
10 1:19.47Kenny 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

  • Updated April 2023.[29]
Rank Time Team Nation Date Place Ref
1 1:27.46 LaTasha Jenkins, LaTasha Colander-Richardson, Nanceen Perry
Marion Jones		  United States 29 April 2000 Philadelphia [30]
2 1:28.05 University of Texas
Rhasidat Adeleke
Julien Alfred
Kevona Davis
Lanae Thomas
 Ireland
 Saint Lucia
 Jamaica
 United States		 1 April 2023 Austin [31]
3 1:28.15 Marlies Göhr, Romy Schneider-Müller, Bärbel Eckert-Wöckel
Marita Koch		  East Germany 9 August 1980 Jena
4 1:28.77 Tumbleweed Track Club
Desiree Henry
Anyika Onuora
Tianna Bartoletta
Dafne Schippers
 United Kingdom
 United Kingdom
 United States
 Netherlands		 1 April 2017 Gainesville [32]
Pure Athletics
Kelly Ann Baptiste
Shakima Wimbley
Tori Bowie
Samantha Henry-Robinson
 Trinidad and Tobago
 United States
 United States
 Jamaica		 31 March 2018 Gainesville [33]
6 1:28.78 University of Oregon
Makenzie Dunmore, Hannah Cunliffe, Deajah Stevens, Ariana Washington		  United States 1 April 2017 Gainesville [34]
7 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 [35]
8 1:29.04 Jura Levy, Shericka Jackson, Shashalee Forbes, Elaine Thompson  Jamaica 22 April 2017 Nassau [36]
9 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 [37]
10 1:29.42 Texas A&M University
Jeneba Tarmoh, Gabby Mayo, Jessica Beard, Porscha Lucas		  United States 24 April 2010 Philadelphia [38]
11 1:29.45 Shalonda Solomon, Tawanna Meadows, Bianca Knight, Kimberlyn Duncan  United States 25 May 2014 Nassau [39]
12 1:29.61 Desiree Henry, Anyika Onuora, Bianca Williams, Asha Philip  Great Britain 25 May 2014 Nassau [40]
13 1:29.64[lower-alpha 1] Nike International
Tameka Roberts, Inger Miller, Nicole Green, Marion Jones		  United States 25 April 1998 Philadelphia [41]
14 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 [42]
15 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 [43]
16 1:29.86 Empire Athletics
Shalonda Solomon, Francena McCorory, Charonda Williams, Felicia Brown		  United States 1 April 2017 Gainesville [44]
17 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 [45]
18 1:29.96 Texas A&M University
LaKeidra Stewart, Ashley Collier, Jessica Beard, Dominique Duncan[lower-alpha 2]		  United States 30 April 2011 Philadelphia [46]
19 1:29.98 Texas A&M University
Ashton Purvis, Ashley Collier, Olivia Ekpone[lower-alpha 3], Kamaria Brown		  United States 27 April 2013 Philadelphia [47]
20 1:30.01 Angela Daigle, Debbie Dunn, Julian Clay, Shaunta Pelham  United States 24 April 2004 Philadelphia [48]
Louisiana State University
Cassandra Tate
Semoy Hackett
Rebecca Alexander
Kimberlyn Duncan
 United States
 Trinidad and Tobago
 United States
 United States		 31 March 2012 Austin [49]
22 1:30.04 Simone Facey, Sheri-Ann Brooks, Anneisha McLaughlin, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce  Jamaica 25 May 2014 Nassau [50]
23 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 [51]
24 1:30.20 Nike International
Celena Mondie-Milner, Nicole Green, Chryste Gaines, Inger Miller		  United States 26 April 1997 Philadelphia [52]
25 1:30.21 Texas A&M University
Ashton Purvis, Shamier Little, Olivia Ekpone, Kamaria Brown		  United States 26 April 2014 Philadelphia [53]

Notes

  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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  2. ↑ "Relay Team Comes Together In Record Time". Washington Post. 30 April 2000. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
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