4 × 200 metres relay
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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]- Men Italy: 1:21.10 (Stefano Tilli, Carlo Simionato, Giovanni Bongiorni, Pietro Mennea), Cagliari 29 September 1983[3]
- Women East Germany: 1:28.15 (Marlies Göhr, Romy Schneider-Müller, Bärbel Eckert-Wöckel, Marita Koch, Jena 9 August 1980
All-time top 25
[edit]Men
[edit]- Updated March 2020.[4]
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
[edit]- Updated April 2024.[29]
Notes
[edit]References
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- ^ "Area Outdoor Records - Men - EUROPE". iaaf.org. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
- ^ "All-time men's best 4 × 200m Relay". IAAF. 8 March 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
- ^ Simon Hart (25 May 2014). "Jamaica men break 4x200 metre relay record at IAAF World Relays in Nassau - and without Usain Bolt". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
- ^ "World Record Relay: Santa Monica 1:18.68". Track and Field News. June 1994. Archived from the original on 28 February 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
- ^ "World Record Relay: Santa Monica 1:18.68". Track and Field News. June 1994. Archived from the original on 28 February 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
- ^ "Carl & Co. are like a Broken Record". Sports Illustrated. 4 May 1992. Archived from the original on February 28, 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
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- ^ "Men's 4x200m final". UPI. 27 April 1991. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
- ^ "IAAF World Outdoor Lists 1999". IAAF. 28 August 2009. Archived from the original on 15 September 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
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- ^ "U.S. men also strong at Penn Relays". ESPN. 29 April 2000. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
- ^ "Horned Frogs Off To Fast Start At Penn Relays". TCU. 27 April 2001. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
- ^ "4×200m Relay Round 1 Heats Results". IAAF. 12 May 2019. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
- ^ "Nike team sets relay record". Tampa Bay Times. 26 April 1998. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
- ^ "Texas Relays - Longhorns Dominate". New York Times. 4 April 1999. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
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- ^ "Texas Relays - Longhorns Dominate". New York Times. 4 April 1999. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
- ^ "2017 Pepsi Florida Relays". Delta Timing. 1 April 2017. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
- ^ "U.S. Teams Look Sharp at Penn Relays". Los Angeles Times. 30 April 2000. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
- ^ "Johnson says farewell in style at Penn Relays". IAAF. 28 April 2001. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
- ^ "2014 College Men's 4x200 Championship of America". Penn Relays. 26 April 2014. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
- ^ "4×200m Relay Results". IAAF. 12 May 2019. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
- ^ "4×200m Metres Relay Result". IAAF. 24 May 2014. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
- ^ "All-time women's best 4 × 200m Relay". World Athletics. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ "Women's 4×200m Relay Results". World Athletics. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ "Relay Team Comes Together In Record Time". Washington Post. 30 April 2000. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
- ^ Rick Cantu; Danny Davis (1 April 2023). "Texas Relays notebook: Longhorns set meet record in 400-meter relay". statesman.com. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
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- ^ "2018 Pepsi Florida Relays". Delta Timing. 31 March 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
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- ^ "2022 Texas Relays Results" (PDF). texassports.com. 26 March 2022. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
- ^ "4×200m Relay Results" (PDF). IAAF. 22 April 2017. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
- ^ "Florida Relays — Comebacking De Grasse Powers Canada". deltatiming.com. 30 March 2019. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
- ^ "Women's 4 x 200 Relay Championship". Track & Field Results Reporting System (TFRRS). 24 April 2010. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
- ^ "4x200 Metres Relay Result". worldathletics. 25 May 2014. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
- ^ "4x200 Metres Relay Result". worldathletics. 25 May 2014. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
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- ^ "A&M wins women's 4x2". Texas A&M. 30 April 2011. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
- ^ "Aggies dominate final day of Penn Relay Carnival". Texas A&M. 27 April 2013. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
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- ^ "2012 Texas Relays". Flotrack. 31 March 2012. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
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- ^ "Early season sprinting highlights Texas Relays". IAAF. 6 April 2003. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
- ^ "Penn Relay Results". Courier-Post from Camden, NJ. 27 April 1997. Retrieved 28 February 2020.