4 × 400 metres relay

Track and field relay event covering 1600 metres

Athletics 4 × 400 metres relay
4 × 400 m men relay at the European Championships in Barcelona 2010 (Martyn Roney (GBR), Thomas Schneider (Ger), Kacper Kozłowski (POL), Jonathan Borlée (Bel), Vladimir Krasnov (Rus), Teddy Venel (Fra))
Men	United States (Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts, Butch Reynolds, Michael Johnson) 2: 54.29 (1993)
Women	Soviet Union (Tatyana Ledovskaya, Olga Nazarova, Mariya Pinigina, Olga Bryzgina) 3: 15.17 (1988)
Mixed	United States (Wilbert London (M), Allyson Felix (F), Courtney Okolo (F), Michael Cherry (M)) 3: 09.34 (2019)
Men	United States (LaShawn Merritt, Angelo Taylor, David Neville, Jeremy Wariner) 2: 55.39 (2008)
Women	Soviet Union (Tatyana Ledovskaya, Olga Nazarova, Mariya Pinigina, Olga Bryzgina) 3: 15.17 (1988)
Mixed	Poland (Karol Zalewski (M), Natalia Kaczmarek (F), Justyna Święty-Ersetic (f), Kajetan Duszyński (M)) 3.09.87 (2021)
Men	United States (Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts, Butch Reynolds, Michael Johnson) 2: 54.29 (1993)
Women	United States (Gwen Torrence, Maicel Malone-Wallace, Natasha Kaiser-Brown, Jearl Miles) 3: 16.71 (1993)
Mixed	United States (Wilbert London (M), Allyson Felix (F), Courtney Okolo (F), Michael Cherry (M)) 3: 09.34 (2019)

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. It is traditionally the final event of a track meet. At top class events, 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 was a formerly run British and American event, until metrication was completed in the 1970s.

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-gendered 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. ^[first]

Records [ edit ]

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. ^[3]

Note: The above world record was bettered by three teams at the 2018 NCAA Division I Championship on 10 March 2018 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. ^[5]
• 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.

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. ^[6] |–

All-time top 10 by country [ edit ]

Men [ edit ]

• Correct as of August 2021. ^{[7] [8]}

Rank	Time	Team	Nation	Date	Place	Ref
first	2: 54.29	Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts, Butch Reynolds, Michael Johnson	United States	22 August 1993	Stuttgart
2	2: 56.60	Iwan Thomas, Jamie Baulch, Mark Richardson, Roger Black	Great Britain	3 August 1996	Atlanta
3	2: 56.72	Chris Brown, Demetrius Pinder, Michael Mathieu, Ramon Miller	Bahamas	10 August 2012	London
4	2: 56.75	Michael McDonald, Gregory Haughton, Danny McFarlane, Davian Clarke	Jamaica	10 August 1997	Athens
5	2.57.18	Liemarvin Bonevacia, Terrance Agard, Tony van Diepen, Ramsey Angela	Netherlands	7 August 2021	Tokyo	[9]
6	2: 57.27	Ssac Makala, Abolokolololo, and bulb	Botswana	7 August 2021	Tokyo	[ten]
7	2: 57.88	Alexander Doom, Jonathan Sacoor, Dylan Borlee, Kevin Borlee	Belgium	7 August 2021	Tokyo	[11]
8	2: 58.00	Piotr Rysiukiewicz, Tomasz Czubak, Piotr Haczek, Robert Maćkowiak	Poland	22 July 1998	New York
9	2: 58.12	Jarrin Solomon, Jereem Richards, Machel Cedenio, Lalonde Gordon	Trinidad and Tobago	13 August 2017	London
ten	2: 58.56	Eronilde de Araújo, Claudinei da Silva, Anderson dos Santos, Sanderlei Parrela	Brazil	30 July 1999	Winnipeg

Women [ edit ]

Rank	Time	Team	Nation	Date	Place	Ref
first	3: 15.17	Tatyana Ledovskaya, Olga Nazarova, Mariya Pinigina, Olga Bryzgina	Soviet Union	1 October 1988	Seoul
2	3: 15.51	Denean Howard-Hill, Diane Dixon, Valerie Brisco-Hooks, Florence Griffith Joyner	United States
3	3: 15.92	Gesine Walther, Sabine Busch, Dagmar Rübsam-Neubauer, Marita Koch	German Democratic Republic	3 June 1984	Erfurt
4	3: 18.38	Yelena Ruzina, Tatyana Alekseyeva, Margarita Ponomaryova, Irina Privalova	Russia	22 August 1993	Stuttgart
5	3: 18.71	Rosemarie Whyte, Davita Prendergast, Novlene Williams-Mills, Shericka Williams	Jamaica	3 September 2011	Deagu
6	3: 20.04	Christine Ohuruogu, Marilyn Okoro, Lee McConnell, Nicola Sanders	Great Britain	2 September 2007	Osaka
7	3: 20.32	Taťána Kocembová, Milena Matějkovičová, Zuzana Moravčíková, Jarmila Kratochvílová	Czechoslovakia	14 August 1983	Helsinki
8	3: 20.53	Natalia Kaczmarek, Iga Baumgart-Witan, Malgorzata Holub-Kowalik, Justyna Saint-Ersetic	Poland	7 August 2021	Tokyo	[14]
9	3: 20.87	Eveline Saalberg, Lieke Klaver, Lisanne de Witte, Femke Bol	Netherlands	20 August 2022	Munich	[15]
ten	3: 21.04	In Ago afo, Fatima sulaf srifen, Chariri Orise opara, a donkey.	Nigeria	3 August 1996	Atlanta

Mixed [ edit ]

Rank	Time	Team	Nation	Date	Place	Ref
first	3: 09.34	Wilbert London, Allyson Felix, Courtney Okolo, Michael Cherry	United States	29 September 2019	Doha	[16]
2	3: 09.82	Lidio Andrés Happy, Marileidy Paulino, Alexander Ogando, Fiordaliza Cofil	Dominican Republic	15 July 2022	Eugene	[17]
3	3: 09.87	Karol Zalewski, Natalia Kaczmarek, Justyna Święty-Ersetic, Kajetan Duszyński	Poland	31 July 2021	Tokyo	[18]
4	3: 09.90	Liemarvin Bonevacia, Lieke Klaver, Tony van Diepen, Femke Bol	Netherlands	15 July 2022	Eugene	[17]
5	3: 11.51	Dylan Borlée, Imke Vervaet, Camille Laus, Kevin Borlée	Belgium	31 July 2021	Tokyo	[18]
6	3: 11.76	Sean Bailey, Junelle Bromfield, Stacey-Ann Williams, Karayme Bartley	Jamaica	30 July 2021	Tokyo	[19]
7	3: 11.82	Musa Isah, Aminat Yusuf Jamal, Salwa Eid Naser, abbas abubakar abbas	Bahrain	29 September 2019	Doha	[16]
8	3: 11.95	Cameron Chalmers, Zoey Clark, Emily Diamond, Lee Thompson	Great Britain	30 July 2021	Tokyo	[20]
9	3: 12.88	Cillin Greene, Phil Healy, Sophie Becker, Christopher O’Donnell	Ireland	30 July 2021	Tokyo	[20]
ten	3: 12.94	Marvin Schlegel, Corinna Schwab, Ruth Spelmeyer, Manuel Sanders	Germany	30 July 2021	Tokyo	[20]

All-time top 25 [ edit ]

Men [ edit ]

Rank	Time	Team	Nation	Date	Place	Ref
first	2: 54.29	Andrew Valmon (44.43) Quincy Watts (43.59) Butch Reynolds (43.36) Michael Johnson (42.91)	United States	22 August 1993	Stuttgart
2	2: 55.39	LaShawn Merritt, Angelo Taylor, David Neville, Jeremy Wariner	United States	23 August 2008	Beijing
3	2: 55.56	LaShawn Merritt, Angelo Taylor, Darold Williamson, Jeremy Wariner	United States	2 September 2007	Osaka
4	2: 55.70	Michael Cherry (43.87) Michael Norman (44.44) Bryce Deadmon (44.03) Rai Benjamin (43.36)	United States	7 August 2021	Tokyo	[21]
5	2: 55.74	Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts, Michael Johnson, Steve Lewis	United States	8 August 1992	Barcelona
6	2: 55.91	Otis Harris, Derrick Brew, Jeremy Wariner, Darold Williamson	United States	28 August 2004	Athens
7	2: 55.99	LaMont Smith, Alvin Harrison, Derek Mills, Anthuan Maybank	United States	3 August 1996	Atlanta
8	2: 56.16 A	Vincent Matthews, Ron Freeman, Larry James, Lee Evans	United States	20 October 1968	Mexico City
	2: 56.16	Danny Everett, Steve Lewis, Kevin Robinzine, Harry Reynolds	United States	1 October 1988	Seoul
ten	2: 56.17	Elijah Godwin (44.28) Michael Norman (43.64) Bryce Deadmon (43.82) Champion Allison (44.43)	United States	24 July 2022	Eugene	[22]
11	2: 56.60	Iwan Thomas, Jamie Baulch, Mark Richardson, Roger Black	Great Britain	3 August 1996	Atlanta
twelfth	2: 56.65	Iwan Thomas, Roger Black, Jamie Baulch, Mark Richardson	Great Britain	10 August 1997	Athens
13	2: 56.69	Fred Kerley (43.44) Michael Cherry (44.63) Wilbert London (44.43) Rai Benjamin (44.19)	United States	6 October 2019	Doha	[23]
14	2: 56.72	Chris Brown, Demetrius Pinder, Michael Mathieu, Ramon Miller	Bahamas	10 August 2012	London
15	2: 56.75	Michael McDonald, Gregory Haughton, Danny McFarlane, Davian Clarke	Jamaica	10 August 1997	Athens
16	2: 56.91	Andrew Rock, Derrick Brew, Darold Williamson, Jeremy Wariner	United States	14 August 2005	Helsinki
17	2: 57.05	Bryshon Nellum, Joshua Mance, Tony McQuay, Angelo Taylor	United States	10 August 2012	London
18	2: 57.18	Liemarvin Bonevacia, Terrance Agard, Tony van Diepen, Ramsey Angela	Netherlands	7 August 2021	Tokyo	[24]
19	2: 57.25	David Verburg, Tony McQuay, Christian Taylor, LaShawn Merritt	United States	25 May 2014	Nassau
20	2: 57.27	Ssac Makala, Abolokolololo, and bulb	Botswana	7 August 2021	Tokyo	[25]
21	2: 57.29	Danny Everett, Roddie Haley, Antonio McKay, Harry Reynolds	United States	6 September 1987	Rome
22	2: 57.30	Arman Hall, Tony McQuay, Gil Roberts, LaShawn Merritt	United States	20 August 2016	Rio de Janeiro
23	2: 57.32	Marlon Ramsey, Derek Mills, Harry Reynolds, Michael Johnson	United States	13 August 1995	Gothenburg
	2: 57.32	Nathaniel McKinney, Avard Moncur, Andrae Williams, Chris Brown	Bahamas	14 August 2005	Helsinki
25	2: 57.53	Roger Black, Derek Redmond, John Regis, Kriss Akabusi	Great Britain	1 September 1991	Tokyo

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
• A USA team ran 2:57.54 in Edmonton in 2001 but the performance was annulled due to the use of performance-enhancing drugs by Antonio Pettigrew

Women [ edit ]

• Correct as of July 2022. ^[13]

Rank	Time	Team	Nation	Date	Place	Ref
first	3: 15.17	Tatyana Ledovskaya, Olga Nazarova, Mariya Pinigina, Olha Bryzhina	Soviet Union	1 October 1988	Seoul
2	3: 15.51	Denean Howard-Hill, Diane Dixon, Valerie Brisco-Hooks, Florence Griffith Joyner	United States
3	3: 15.92	Gesine Walther, Sabine Busch, Dagmar Rübsam-Neubauer, Marita Koch	German Democratic Republic	3 June 1984	Erfurt
4	3: 16.71	Gwen Torrence, Maicel Malone-Wallace, Natasha Kaiser-Brown, Jearl Miles Clark	United States	22 August 1993	Stuttgart
5	3: 16.85	Sydney McLaughlin (49.96) Allyson Felix (49.58) Dalilah Muhammad (48.97) Athing mu (48.37)	United States	7 August 2021	Tokyo	[26]
6	3: 16.87	Kirsten Emmelmann, Sabine Busch, Petra Müller, Marita Koch	German Democratic Republic	31 August 1986	Stuttgart
		DeeDee Trotter, Allyson Felix, Francena McCorory, Sanya Richards-Ross	United States	11 August 2012	London
8	3: 17.79	Talitha Diggs (50.50) Abby Steiner (49.99) Britton Wilson (49.39) Sydney McLaughlin (47.91)	United States	24 July 2022	Eugene	[27]
9	3: 17.83	Debbie Dunn, Allyson Felix, Lashinda Demus, Sanya Richards-Ross	United States	23 August 2009	Berlin
ten	3: 18.09	Sanya Richards-Ross, Allyson Felix, Jessica Beard, Francena McCorory	United States	3 September 2011	Daegu
11	3: 18.29	Lillie Leatherwood, Sherri Howard, Valerie Brisco-Hooks, Chandra Cheeseborough	United States	11 August 1984	The Angels
		Dagmar Rübsam-Neubauer, Kirsten Emmelmann, Sabine Busch, Petra Müller	German Democratic Republic	1 October 1988	Seoul
13	3: 18.38	Yelena Ruzina, Tatyana Alekseyeva, Margarita Khromova-Ponomaryova, Irina Privalova	Russia	22 August 1993	Stuttgart
14	3: 18.43	Tatyana Ledovskaya, Lyudmila Dzhigalova, Olga Nazarova, Olha Bryzhina	Soviet Union	1 September 1991	Tokyo
15	3: 18.54	Mary Wineberg, Allyson Felix, Monique Henderson, Sanya Richards-Ross	United States	23 August 2008	Beijing
16	3: 18.55	DeeDee Trotter, Allyson Felix, Monique Henderson, Sanya Richards-Ross	United States	2 September 2007	Osaka
17	3: 18.58	Irina Nazarova, Nadiya Olizarenko, Mariya Pinigina, Olga Vladykina	Soviet Union	18 August 1985	Moscow
18	3: 18.63	Dagmar Rübsam-Neubauer, Kirsten Emmelmann, Petra Müller, Sabine Busch	German Democratic Republic	6 September 1987	Rome
19	3: 18.71	Rosemarie Whyte, Davita Prendergast, Novlene Williams-Mills, Shericka Williams	Jamaica	3 September 2011	Deagu
20	3: 18.92	Phyllis Francis (49.51) Sydney McLaughlin (49.78) Dalilah Muhammad (49.43) Wadeline Jonathas (50.20)	United States	6 October 2019	Doha	[28]
21	3: 19.01	DeeDee Trotter, Monique Henderson, Sanya Richards-Ross, Monique Hennagan	United States	28 August 2004	Athens
22	3: 19.02	Quanera Hayes, Allyson Felix, Shakima Wimbley, Phyllis Francis	United States	13 August 2017	London	[29]
23	3: 19.04	Kirsten Emmelmann, Sabine Busch, Dagmar Rübsam-Neubauer, Marita Koch	German Democratic Republic	11 September 1982	Athens
		Courtney Okolo, Natasha Hastings, Phyllis Francis, Allyson Felix	United States	20 August 2016	Rio de Janeiro
25	3: 19.12	Irina Baskakova, Irina Nazarova, Mariya Pinigina, Olga Vladykina	Soviet Union	18 August 1984	Prague

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

Mixed [ edit ]

Rank	Time	Team	Nation	Date	Place	Ref
first	3: 09.34	Wilbert London, Allyson Felix, Courtney Okolo, Michael Cherry	United States	29 September 2019	Doha	[16]
2	3: 09.82	Lidio Andrés Happy, Marileidy Paulino, Alexander Ogando, Fiordaliza Cofil	Dominican Republic	15 July 2022	Eugene	[17]
3	3: 09.87	Karol Zalewski, Natalia Kaczmarek, Justyna Święty-Ersetic, Kajetan Duszyński	Poland	31 July 2021	Tokyo	[18]
4	3: 09.90	Liemarvin Bonevacia, Lieke Klaver, Tony van Diepen, Femke Bol	Netherlands	15 July 2022	Eugene	[17]
5	3: 10.16	Elija Godwin, Allyson Felix, Vernon Norwood, Kennedy Simon	United States	15 July 2022	Eugene	[17]
6	3: 10.21	Lidio Andrés Happy, Marileidy Paulino, Anabel Medina, Alexander Ogando	Dominican Republic	31 July 2021	Tokyo	[18]
7	3: 10.22	Trevor Stewart, Kendall Ellis, Kaylin Whitney, Vernon Norwood	United States	31 July 2021	Tokyo	[18]
8	3: 10.36	Liemarvin Bonevacia, Lieke Klaver, Femke Bol, Ramsey Angela	Netherlands	31 July 2021	Tokyo	[18]
9	3: 10.44	Dariusz Kowaluk, Iga Baumgart, Małgorzata Hołub-Kowalik, Kajetan Duszyński	Poland	30 July 2021	Tokyo	[19]
ten	3: 10.69	Jochem Dobber, Lieke Klaver, Lisanne de Witte, Ramsey Angela	Netherlands	30 July 2021	Tokyo	[19]
11	3: 11.39	Elija Godwin, Lynna Irby, Taylor Manson, Bryce Deadmon	United States	30 July 2021	Tokyo	[20]
twelfth	3: 11.51	Dylan Borlée, Imke Vervaet, Camille Laus, Kevin Borlée	Belgium	31 July 2021	Tokyo	[18]
13	3: 11.75	Elija Godwin, Kennedy Simon, Vernon Norwood, Wadeline Jonathas	United States	15 July 2022	Eugene	[30]
14	3: 11.76	Sean Bailey, Junelle Bromfield, Stacey-Ann Williams, Karayme Bartley	Jamaica	30 July 2021	Tokyo	[19]
15	3: 11.78	Nathon Allen, Roneisha McGregor, Tffany James, Javon Francis	Jamaica	29 September 2019	Doha	[16]
16	3: 11.82	Musa Isah, Aminat Yusuf Jamal, Salwa Eid Naser, abbas abubakar abbas	Bahrain	29 September 2019	Doha	[16]
17	3: 11.95	Cameron Chalmers, Zoey Clark, Emily Diamond, Lee Thompson	Great Britain	30 July 2021	Tokyo	[19]
18	3: 12.05	Quincy Hall, Jaide Stepter-Baynes, Ismail Turner, Kaylin Whitney	United States	20 August 2022	Freeport	[thirty first]
19	3: 12.07	Nicklas Baker, Nicole Yeargin, Emily Diamond, Cameron Chalmers	Great Britain	31 July 2021	Tokyo	[18]
20	3: 12.27	Rabah Yousif, Zoey Clark, Emily Diamond, Martyn Rooney	Great Britain	29 September 2019	Doha	[16]
21	3: 12.31	Karol Zalewski, Justyna Święty-Ersetic, Kajetan Duszyński, Natalia Kaczmarek	Poland	15 July 2022	Eugene	[17]
22	3: 12.33	Wiktor Suwara, Rafał Omelko, Iga Baumgart-Witan, Justyna Święty-Ersetic	Poland	29 September 2019	Doha	[16]
23	3: 12.42	Tyrell Richard, Jessica Beard, Jasmine Blocker, Obi Igbokwe	United States	28 September 2019	Doha	[32]
24	3: 12.63	Liemarvin Bonevacia, Lieke Klaver, Tony van Diepen, Eveline Saalberg	Netherlands	15 July 2022	Eugene	[30]
25	3: 12.71	Demish Gaye, Tiffany James, Karayme Bartley, Stacey-Ann Williams	Jamaica	15 July 2022	Eugene	[17]

Olympic medalists [ edit ]

Men [ edit ]

Note : * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds and also received medals.

Women [ edit ]

Note : * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds and also received medals.

• ^nb1 Marion Jones was stripped of her Olympic medal in 2000.
• ^nb2 Crystal Cox was stripped of her Olympic medal in 2004.
• ^nb3 Dominique Blake was accidentally given her Olympic medal and she returned it in 2017. ^[33]
• ^a Original silver medalists, Russia, and 4th place finishers, Belarus, were stripped of their results for doping offenses. Following reallocation, Jamaica were promoted to the silver medal, and Great Britain to the bronze. ^[34]
• ^b Original silver medalists, Russia, were stripped of their medal for doping offenses. Following reallocation, Jamaica will be promoted to the silver medal, and Ukraine to the bronze. ^[35]

Mixed [ edit ]

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

World Championships medalists [ edit ]

Men [ edit ]

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

• ^DQ1 The United States team (Jerome Young, Antonio Pettigrew, Chris Jones and Tyree Washington) originally won the 1997 World Championships in a time of 2:56.47 minutes, but was disqualified in 2009 after Pettigrew admitted to doping during the period.
• ^dq2 The United States team (Jerome Davis, Antonio Pettigrew, Angelo Taylor and Michael Johnson) originally won the 1999 World Championships, but was disqualified in 2009 after Pettigrew admitted to doping during the period.
• ^DQ3 The United States team (Leonard Byrd, Antonio Pettigrew, Derrick Brew and Angelo Taylor) originally won the 2001 World Championships, but was disqualified in 2009 after Pettigrew admitted to doping during the period.
• ^DQ4 The United States team (Calvin Harrison, Tyree Washington, Derrick Brew and Jerome Young) originally won the 2003 World Championships, but was disqualified in 2004 after Harrison and Young were found to have used performance-enhancing drugs.
• ^dq5 The Russian team (Maksim Dyldin, Lev Mosin, Sergey Petukhov and Vladimir Krasnov) originally finished third in the 2013 World Championships, but was disqualified after Dyldin was found to have used performance-enhancing drugs.

Women [ edit ]

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

Mixed [ edit ]

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

World Indoor Championships medalists [ edit ]

Men [ edit ]

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

Women [ edit ]

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

Notable splits [ edit ]

Men [ edit ]

Women [ edit ]

Notes and references [ edit ]

External links [ edit ]