4 × 400 metres relay at the Olympics

4 × 400 metres relay
at the Olympic Games

The 2008 Olympic men's 4 × 400 m relay final

Overview
Sport| Athletics
Gender| Men, Women and Mixed
Years held| Men: 1912–2024
Women: 1972–2024
Mixed: 2020
Olympic record
Men| 2:54.43  United States (USA) (2024)
Women| 3:15.17  Soviet Union (URS) (1988)
Mixed| 3:07.41  United States (USA) (2024)
Reigning champion
Men|  United States (USA)
Women|  United States (USA)
Mixed|  Netherlands (NED)

The 4 × 400 metres relay at the Summer Olympics is the longest track relay event held at the multi-sport event. The men's relay has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since 1912 and the women's event has been continuously held since the 1972 Olympics. The inaugural mixed 4 × 400 metres relay was held at the 2020 Olympics. It is the most prestigious 4×400 m relay race at the elite level. At the 1908 Summer Olympics, a precursor to this event was held – the 1600 m medley relay. This event, with two legs of 200 m, one of 400 m, and a final leg of 800 m, was the first track relay in Olympic history.[1]

The competition has two parts: a first round and an eight-team final. Historically, there was a semi-final round, but this has been eliminated as selection is now determined by time, with the sixteen fastest nations during a pre-Olympic qualification period are entered.

Since 1984, teams may enter up to eight athletes for the event. Larger nations typically have up to four reserve runners in the first round in order to preserve the fitness of their top runners for the final. Heat runners of medal-winning teams receive medals even if they did not run in the final.

The Olympic records for the event are 2:54.43 for men, set by the United States in 2024; 3:15.17 for women, set by the Soviet Union in 1988 and 3:07.41 in mixed relay, set by the United States in 2024. The women's record is also the world record for the 4 × 400 metres relay. The first two women's Olympic finals (1972 and 1976) resulted in new world records for the winning East German teams. The men's world record has been profoundly shaped by Olympic competition with ten records set (1912, 1924, 1928, 1932, 1952, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1988, and 1992): the record has only been broken twice in a 4 × 400 m relay race outside of the multi-sport event.[2]

The United States is by far the most successful nation in the event. The country has won the men's race 18 times and the women's race seven times. As of 2024, no other country has won more than three golds in the event. Great Britain (two wins, thirteen medals), Jamaica (one win, eight medals) and the Soviet Union (three wins, four medals) are the next most successful nations.[3][4]

Participants in this event are often competitors in the 400 metres and 400 metres hurdles individual Olympic events (and, less commonly, the 800 metres and 200 metres).

Allyson Felix is the most successful athlete in the event, having four straight wins from 2008 to 2020. Steve Lewis, Jeremy Wariner, Bryce Deadmon and Rai Benjamin are the only men to win the title twice, and Chris Brown is the only man to reach the podium three times.

## Medal summary

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### Men

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1912 Stockholm
details |  United States (USA)
Mel Sheppard
Edward Lindberg
Ted Meredith
Charles Reidpath |  France (FRA)
Charles Lelong
Robert Schurrer
Pierre Failliot
Charles Poulenard |  Great Britain (GBR)
George Nicol
Ernest Henley
James Soutter
Cyril Seedhouse
1920 Antwerp
details |  Great Britain (GBR)
Cecil Griffiths
Robert Lindsay
John Ainsworth-Davis
Guy Butler |  South Africa (RSA)
Henry Dafel
Clarence Oldfield
Jack Oosterlaak
Bevil Rudd |  France (FRA)
Géo André
Gaston Féry
Maurice Delvart
André Devaux
1924 Paris
details |  United States (USA)
Commodore Cochran
Alan Helffrich
Oliver Macdonald
William Stevenson |  Sweden (SWE)
Artur Svensson
Erik Byléhn
Gustaf Wejnarth
Nils Engdahl |  Great Britain (GBR)
Edward Toms
George Renwick
Richard Ripley
Guy Butler
1928 Amsterdam
details |  United States (USA)
George Baird
Emerson Spencer
Fred Alderman
Ray Barbuti |  Germany (GER)
Otto Neumann
Harry Werner Storz
Richard Krebs
Hermann Engelhard |  Canada (CAN)
Alex Wilson
Phil Edwards
Stanley Glover
James Ball
1932 Los Angeles
details |  United States (USA)
Ivan Fuqua
Ed Ablowich
Karl Warner
Bill Carr |  Great Britain (GBR)
Crew Stoneley
Tommy Hampson
David Burghley
Godfrey Rampling |  Canada (CAN)
Ray Lewis
James Ball
Phil Edwards
Alex Wilson
1936 Berlin
details |  Great Britain (GBR)
Freddie Wolff
Godfrey Rampling
Bill Roberts
Godfrey Brown |  United States (USA)
Harold Cagle
Robert Young
Edward O’Brien
Al Fitch |  Germany (GER)
Helmut Hamann
Friedrich von Stülpnagel
Harry Voigt
Rudolf Harbig
1948 London
details |  United States (USA)
Arthur Harnden
Cliff Bourland
Roy Cochran
Mal Whitfield |  France (FRA)
Jean Kerebel
Francis Schewetta
Robert Chef d'Hôtel
Jacques Lunis |  Sweden (SWE)
Kurt Lundquist
Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt
Folke Alnevik
Rune Larsson
1952 Helsinki
details |  Jamaica (JAM)
Arthur Wint
Leslie Laing
Herb McKenley
George Rhoden |  United States (USA)
Ollie Matson
Gene Cole
Charles Moore
Mal Whitfield |  Germany (GER)
Hans Geister
Günther Steines
Heinz Ulzheimer
Karl-Friedrich Haas
1956 Melbourne
details |  United States (USA)
Lou Jones
Jesse Mashburn
Charles Jenkins
Tom Courtney |  Australia (AUS)
Leon Gregory
David Lean
Kevan Gosper
Graham Gipson |  Great Britain (GBR)
Peter Higgins
Michael Wheeler
John Salisbury
Derek Johnson
1960 Rome
details |  United States (USA)
Jack Yerman
Earl Young
Glenn Davis
Otis Davis |  United Team of Germany (EUA)
Hans-Joachim Reske
Manfred Kinder
Johannes Kaiser
Carl Kaufmann |  British West Indies (BWI)
Malcolm Spence
Jim Wedderburn
Keith Gardner
George Kerr
1964 Tokyo
details |  United States (USA)
Ollan Cassell
Mike Larrabee
Ulis Williams
Henry Carr |  Great Britain (GBR)
Tim Graham
Adrian Metcalfe
John Cooper
Robbie Brightwell |  Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)
Edwin Skinner
Kent Bernard
Edwin Roberts
Wendell Mottley
1968 Mexico City
details |  United States (USA)
Vincent Matthews
Ron Freeman
Larry James
Lee Evans |  Kenya (KEN)
Daniel Rudisha
Munyoro Nyamau
Naftali Bon
Charles Asati |  West Germany (FRG)
Helmar Müller
Manfred Kinder
Gerhard Hennige
Martin Jellinghaus
1972 Munich
details |  Kenya (KEN)
Charles Asati
Munyoro Nyamau
Robert Ouko
Julius Sang |  Great Britain (GBR)
Martin Reynolds
Alan Pascoe
David Hemery
David Jenkins |  France (FRA)
Gilles Bertould
Daniel Velasques
Francis Kerbiriou
Jacques Carette
1976 Montreal
details |  United States (USA)
Herman Frazier
Benny Brown
Fred Newhouse
Maxie Parks |  Poland (POL)
Ryszard Podlas
Jan Werner
Zbigniew Jaremski
Jerzy Pietrzyk |  West Germany (FRG)
Franz-Peter Hofmeister
Lothar Krieg
Harald Schmid
Bernd Herrmann
1980 Moscow
details |  Soviet Union (URS)
Remigijus Valiulis
Mikhail Linge
Nikolay Chernetskiy
Viktor Markin |  East Germany (GDR)
Klaus Thiele
Andreas Knebel
Frank Schaffer
Volker Beck |  Italy (ITA)
Stefano Malinverni
Mauro Zuliani
Roberto Tozzi
Pietro Mennea
1984 Los Angeles
details |  United States (USA)
Sunder Nix
Ray Armstead
Alonzo Babers
Antonio McKay |  Great Britain (GBR)
Kriss Akabusi
Garry Cook
Todd Bennett
Phil Brown |  Nigeria (NGR)
Sunday Uti
Moses Ugbisien
Rotimi Peters
Innocent Egbunike
1988 Seoul
details |  United States (USA)
Danny Everett
Steve Lewis
Kevin Robinzine
Butch Reynolds |  Jamaica (JAM)
Howard Davis
Devon Morris
Winthrop Graham
Bert Cameron |  West Germany (FRG)
Norbert Dobeleit
Edgar Itt
Jörg Vaihinger
Ralf Lübke
1992 Barcelona
details |  United States (USA)
Andrew Valmon
Quincy Watts
Michael Johnson
Steve Lewis
Darnell Hall
Charles Jenkins Jr. |  Cuba (CUB)
Lázaro Martínez
Héctor Herrera
Norberto Téllez
Roberto Hernández |  Great Britain (GBR)
Roger Black
David Grindley
Kriss Akabusi
John Regis
Du'aine Ladejo
Mark Richardson
1996 Atlanta
details |  United States (USA)
LaMont Smith
Alvin Harrison
Derek Mills
Anthuan Maybank
Jason Rouser |  Great Britain (GBR)
Iwan Thomas
Jamie Baulch
Mark Richardson
Roger Black
Du'aine Ladejo
Mark Hylton |  Jamaica (JAM)
Michael McDonald
Roxbert Martin
Greg Haughton
Davian Clarke
Dennis Blake
Garth Robinson
2000 Sydney
details
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Clement Chukwu
Jude Monye
Sunday Bada
Enefiok Udo-Obong
Nduka Awazie
Fidelis Gadzama |  Jamaica (JAM)
Michael Blackwood
Greg Haughton
Christopher Williams
Danny McFarlane
Sanjay Ayre
Michael McDonald |  Bahamas (BAH)
Avard Moncur
Troy McIntosh
Carl Oliver
Chris Brown
2004 Athens
details |  United States (USA)
Otis Harris
Derrick Brew
Jeremy Wariner
Darold Williamson
Kelly Willie
Andrew Rock |  Australia (AUS)
John Steffensen
Mark Ormrod
Patrick Dwyer
Clinton Hill |  Nigeria (NGR)
James Godday
Musa Audu
Saul Weigopwa
Enefiok Udo-Obong
2008 Beijing
details
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LaShawn Merritt
Angelo Taylor
David Neville
Jeremy Wariner
Kerron Clement
Reggie Witherspoon |  Bahamas (BAH)
Andretti Bain
Michael Mathieu
Andrae Williams
Chris Brown
Avard Moncur
Ramon Miller |  Great Britain (GBR)
Martyn Rooney
Andrew Steele
Robert Tobin
Michael Bingham
2012 London
details |  Bahamas (BAH)
Chris Brown
Michael Mathieu
Ramon Miller
Demetrius Pinder |  United States (USA)
Joshua Mance
Manteo Mitchell
Tony McQuay
Bryshon Nellum
Angelo Taylor |  Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)
Ade Alleyne-Forte
Lalonde Gordon
Deon Lendore
Jarrin Solomon
2016 Rio de Janeiro
details |  United States (USA)
Arman Hall
Tony McQuay
Gil Roberts
LaShawn Merritt
Kyle Clemons*
David Verburg*  |  Jamaica (JAM)
Peter Matthews
Nathon Allen
Fitzroy Dunkley
Javon Francis
Rusheen McDonald*  |  Bahamas (BAH)
Alonzo Russell
Michael Mathieu
Steven Gardiner
Chris Brown
Stephen Newbold*
2020 Tokyo
details |  United States (USA)
Michael Cherry
Michael Norman
Bryce Deadmon
Rai Benjamin
Trevor Stewart*
Randolph Ross*
Vernon Norwood*  |  Netherlands (NED)
Liemarvin Bonevacia
Terrence Agard
Tony van Diepen
Ramsey Angela
Jochem Dobber*  |  Botswana (BOT)
Isaac Makwala
Baboloki Thebe
Zibane Ngozi
Bayapo Ndori
2024 Paris
details |  United States (USA)
Christopher Bailey
Vernon Norwood
Bryce Deadmon
Rai Benjamin
Quincy Wilson*  |  Botswana (BOT)
Bayapo Ndori
Busang Collen Kebinatshipi
Anthony Pesela
Letsile Tebogo |  Great Britain (GBR)
Alex Haydock-Wilson
Matthew Hudson-Smith
Lewis Davey
Charlie Dobson
Samuel Reardon*
Toby Harries*

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

#### Multiple medalists

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Rank  | Athlete  | Nation  | Olympics  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze  | Total

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1= | Steve Lewis |  United States (USA) | 1988–1992 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2
1= | Jeremy Wariner |  United States (USA) | 2004–2008 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2
1= | LaShawn Merritt |  United States (USA) | 2008, 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2
1= | Rai Benjamin |  United States (USA) | 2021–2024 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2
1= | Bryce Deadmon |  United States (USA) | 2021–2024 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2
6 | Chris Brown |  Bahamas (BAH) | 2000, 2008–2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4
7 | Michael Mathieu |  Bahamas (BAH) | 2008–2012 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3
8= | Godfrey Rampling |  Great Britain (GBR) | 1932–1936 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2
8= | Mal Whitfield |  United States (USA) | 1948–1952 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2
8= | Charles Asati |  Kenya (KEN) | 1968–1972 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2
8= | Munyoro Nyamau |  Kenya (KEN) | 1968–1972 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2
8= | Ramon Miller |  Bahamas (BAH) | 2008–2012 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2
8= | Angelo Taylor |  United States (USA) | 2008–2012 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2
14= | Guy Butler |  Great Britain (GBR) | 1920–1924 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2
14= | Enefiok Udo-Obong |  Nigeria (NGR) | 2000–2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2
16= | Mark Richardson |  Great Britain (GBR) | 1992–1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2
16= | Roger Black |  Great Britain (GBR) | 1992–1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2
16= | Du'aine Ladejo |  Great Britain (GBR) | 1992–1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2
16= | Avard Moncur |  Bahamas (BAH) | 2000–2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2
16= | Bayapo Ndori |  Botswana (BOT) | 2020–2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2

#### Medals by country

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Rank  | Nation  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze  | Total

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1 |  United States (USA) | 19 | 3 | 0 | 22
2 |  Great Britain (GBR) | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13
3 |  Jamaica (JAM) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5
4 |  Bahamas (BAH) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4
5 |  Kenya (KEN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2
6 |  Nigeria (NGR) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3
7 |  Soviet Union (URS) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1
8= |  France (FRA) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4
8= |  Germany (GER)[nb] | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4
10 |  Australia (AUS) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2
11= |  Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2
11= |  Botswana (BOT) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2
13= |  Cuba (CUB) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1
13= |  East Germany (GDR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1
13= |  Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1
13= |  Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1
13= |  South Africa (RSA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1
18 |  West Germany (FRG) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3
19= |  Canada (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2
19= |  Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2
21= |  British West Indies (BWI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1
21= |  Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1

* nb The German total includes teams both competing as Germany and the United Team of Germany, but not East or West Germany.

### Women

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1972 Munich
details |  East Germany (GDR)
Dagmar Käsling
Rita Kühne
Helga Seidler
Monika Zehrt |  United States (USA)
Mable Fergerson
Madeline Manning
Cheryl Toussaint
Kathy Hammond |  West Germany (FRG)
Anette Rückes
Inge Bödding
Hildegard Falck
Rita Wilden
1976 Montreal
details |  East Germany (GDR)
Doris Maletzki
Brigitte Rohde
Ellen Streidt
Christina Brehmer |  United States (USA)
Debra Sapenter
Sheila Ingram
Pamela Jiles
Rosalyn Bryant |  Soviet Union (URS)
Inta Kļimoviča
Lyudmila Aksyonova
Natalya Sokolova
Nadezhda Ilyina
1980 Moscow
details |  Soviet Union (URS)
Tatyana Prorochenko
Tatyana Goyshchik
Nina Zyuskova
Irina Nazarova |  East Germany (GDR)
Gabriele Löwe
Barbara Krug
Christina Lathan
Marita Koch |  Great Britain (GBR)
Linsey MacDonald
Michelle Probert
Joslyn Hoyte-Smith
Donna Hartley
1984 Los Angeles
details |  United States (USA)
Lillie Leatherwood
Sherri Howard
Valerie Brisco-Hooks
Chandra Cheeseborough
Diane Dixon*
Denean Howard*  |  Canada (CAN)
Charmaine Crooks
Jillian Richardson
Molly Killingbeck
Marita Payne
Dana Wright*  |  West Germany (FRG)
Heike Schulte-Mattler
Ute Thimm
Heidi-Elke Gaugel
Gaby Bußmann
1988 Seoul
details |  Soviet Union (URS)
Tatyana Ledovskaya
Olga Nazarova
Mariya Pinigina
Olha Bryzhina
Lyudmyla Dzhyhalova*  |  United States (USA)
Denean Howard
Diane Dixon
Valerie Brisco-Hooks
Florence Griffith-Joyner
Sherri Howard*
Lillie Leatherwood*  |  East Germany (GDR)
Dagmar Neubauer-Rübsam
Kirsten Emmelmann
Sabine Busch
Petra Müller
Grit Breuer*
1992 Barcelona
details |  Unified Team (EUN)
Yelena Ruzina
Lyudmyla Dzhyhalova
Olga Nazarova
Olha Bryzhina
Marina Shmonina*
Liliya Nurutdinova*  |  United States (USA)
Natasha Kaiser-Brown
Gwen Torrence
Jearl Miles
Rochelle Stevens
Denean Howard-Hill*
Dannette Young*  |  Great Britain (GBR)
Phylis Smith
Sandra Douglas
Jennifer Stoute
Sally Gunnell
1996 Atlanta
details |  United States (USA)
Rochelle Stevens
Maicel Malone
Kim Graham
Jearl Miles
Linetta Wilson*  |  Nigeria (NGR)
Olabisi Afolabi
Fatima Yusuf
Charity Opara
Falilat Ogunkoya |  Germany (GER)
Uta Rohländer
Linda Kisabaka
Anja Rücker
Grit Breuer
2000 Sydney
details |  United States (USA)
Jearl Miles Clark
Monique Hennagan
LaTasha Colander
~~Marion Jones~~[nb1]
Andrea Anderson*  |  Jamaica (JAM)
Sandie Richards
Catherine Scott
Deon Hemmings
Lorraine Graham
Charmaine Howell*
Michelle Burgher*  |  Russia (RUS)
Yuliya Sotnikova
Svetlana Goncharenko
Olga Kotlyarova
Irina Privalova
Natalya Nazarova*
Olesya Zykina*
2004 Athens
details |  United States (USA)
DeeDee Trotter
Monique Henderson
Sanya Richards
Monique Hennagan
~~Crystal Cox~~[nb2]*
Moushaumi Robinson*  |  Russia (RUS)
Olesya Krasnomovets
Natalya Nazarova
Olesya Zykina
Natalya Antyukh
Tatyana Firova*
Natalya Ivanova*  |  Jamaica (JAM)
Novlene Williams
Michelle Burgher
Nadia Davy
Sandie Richards
Ronetta Smith*
2008 Beijing
details[a] |  United States (USA)
Mary Wineberg
Allyson Felix
Monique Henderson
Sanya Richards
Natasha Hastings*  |  Jamaica (JAM)
Shericka Williams
Shereefa Lloyd
Rosemarie Whyte
Novlene Williams
Bobby-Gaye Wilkins*  |  Great Britain (GBR)
Christine Ohuruogu
Kelly Sotherton
Marilyn Okoro
Nicola Sanders
2012 London
details[b] |  United States (USA)
DeeDee Trotter
Allyson Felix
Francena McCorory
Sanya Richards-Ross
Keshia Baker*
Diamond Dixon*  |  Jamaica (JAM)
Christine Day
Rosemarie Whyte
Shericka Williams
Novlene Williams-Mills
Shereefa Lloyd*
~~Dominique Blake~~[nb3] |  Ukraine (UKR)
Alina Lohvynenko
Olha Zemlyak
Hanna Yaroshchuk
Nataliya Pyhyda
2016 Rio de Janeiro
details |  United States (USA)
Allyson Felix
Phyllis Francis
Natasha Hastings
Courtney Okolo
Taylor Ellis-Watson*
Francena McCorory*  |  Jamaica (JAM)
Stephenie Ann McPherson
Anneisha McLaughlin-Whilby
Shericka Jackson
Novlene Williams-Mills
Christine Day*
Chrisann Gordon*  |  Great Britain (GBR)
Eilidh Doyle
Anyika Onuora
Emily Diamond
Christine Ohuruogu
Kelly Massey*
2020 Tokyo
details |  United States (USA)
Sydney McLaughlin
Allyson Felix
Dalilah Muhammad
Athing Mu
Kendall Ellis*
Lynna Irby*
Wadeline Jonathas*
Kaylin Whitney*  |  Poland (POL)
Natalia Kaczmarek
Iga Baumgart-Witan
Małgorzata Hołub-Kowalik
Justyna Święty-Ersetic
Anna Kiełbasińska*  |  Jamaica (JAM)
Roneisha McGregor
Janieve Russell
Shericka Jackson
Candice McLeod
Junelle Bromfield*
Stacey-Ann Williams*
2024 Paris
details |  United States (USA)
Shamier Little
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone
Gabrielle Thomas
Alexis Holmes
Quanera Hayes*
Aaliyah Butler*
Kaylyn Brown*  |  Netherlands (NED)
Lieke Klaver
Cathelijn Peeters
Lisanne de Witte
Femke Bol
Eveline Saalberg*
Myrte van der Schoot*  |  Great Britain (GBR)
Victoria Ohuruogu
Laviai Nielsen
Nicole Yeargin
Amber Anning
Yemi Mary John*
Hannah Kelly*
Jodie Williams*
Lina Nielsen*

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.[5]
* 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.[6]
* 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.[7]

#### Multiple medalists

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Rank  | Athlete  | Nation  | Olympics  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze  | Total

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1 | Allyson Felix |  United States (USA) | 2008–2021 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4
2 | Sanya Richards-Ross |  United States (USA) | 2004–2012 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3
3 | Jearl Miles-Clark |  United States (USA) | 1992–2000 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3
4= | Olga Nazarova |  Soviet Union (URS)
Unified Team (EUN) | 1988–1992 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2
4= | Olga Bryzgina |  Soviet Union (URS)
Unified Team (EUN) | 1988–1992 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2
4= | Lyudmila Dzhigalova |  Soviet Union (URS)
Unified Team (EUN) | 1988–1992 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2
4= | Monique Hennagan |  United States (USA) | 2000–2004 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2
4= | Monique Henderson |  United States (USA) | 2004–2008 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2
4= | DeeDee Trotter |  United States (USA) | 2004–2012 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2
4= | Natasha Hastings |  United States (USA) | 2008–2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2
4= | Francena McCorory |  United States (USA) | 2012–2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2
4= | Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone |  United States (USA) | 2021–2024 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2
13 | Denean Howard-Hill |  United States (USA) | 1984–1992 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3
14= | Christina Lathan |  East Germany (GDR) | 1976–1980 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2
14= | Lillie Leatherwood |  United States (USA) | 1984–1988 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2
14= | Sherri Howard |  United States (USA) | 1984–1988 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2
14= | Valerie Brisco-Hooks |  United States (USA) | 1984–1988 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2
14= | Diane Dixon |  United States (USA) | 1984–1988 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2
14= | Rochelle Stevens |  United States (USA) | 1992–1996 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2
20 | Novlene Williams-Mills |  Jamaica (JAM) | 2004–2016 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4
21= | Shereefa Lloyd |  Jamaica (JAM) | 2008–2012 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2
21= | Rosemarie Whyte |  Jamaica (JAM) | 2008–2012 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2
21= | Shericka Williams |  Jamaica (JAM) | 2008–2012 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2
21= | Christine Day |  Jamaica (JAM) | 2012–2016 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2
25= | Sandie Richards |  Jamaica (JAM) | 2000–2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2
25= | Natalya Nazarova |  Russia (RUS) | 2000–2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2
25= | Olesya Zykina |  Russia (RUS) | 2000–2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2
25= | Michelle Burgher |  Jamaica (JAM) | 2000–2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2
25= | Shericka Jackson |  Jamaica (JAM) | 2016-2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2
30= | Grit Breuer |  East Germany (GDR)
Germany (GER) | 1988–1996 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2
30= | Christine Ohuruogu |  Great Britain (GBR) | 2008–2016 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2

#### Medalists by country

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Rank  | Nation  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze  | Total

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1 |  United States (USA) | 9 | 4 | 0 | 13
2 |  East Germany (GDR) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4
3 |  Soviet Union (URS) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3
4 |  Unified Team (EUN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1
5 |  Jamaica (JAM) | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6
6 |  Russia (RUS) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2
7= |  Canada (CAN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1
7= |  Nigeria (NGR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1
7= |  Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1
7= |  Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1
11 |  Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5
12 |  West Germany (FRG) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2
13= |  Germany (GER) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1
13= |  Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1

### Mixed

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2020 Tokyo
details |  Poland (POL)
Karol Zalewski
Natalia Kaczmarek
Justyna Święty-Ersetic
Kajetan Duszyński
Dariusz Kowaluk*
Iga Baumgart-Witan*
Małgorzata Hołub-Kowalik*  |  Dominican Republic (DOM)
Lidio Andrés Feliz
Marileidy Paulino
Anabel Medina
Alexander Ogando
Luguelín Santos*  |  United States (USA)
Trevor Stewart
Kendall Ellis
Kaylin Whitney
Vernon Norwood
Elija Godwin*
Lynna Irby*
Taylor Manson*
Bryce Deadmon*
2024 Paris
details |  Netherlands (NED)
Eugene Omalla
Lieke Klaver
Isaya Klein Ikkink
Femke Bol
Cathelijn Peeters*  |  United States (USA)
Vernon Norwood
Shamier Little
Bryce Deadmon
Kaylyn Brown |  Great Britain (GBR)
Sam Reardon
Laviai Nielsen
Alex Haydock-Wilson
Amber Anning
Nicole Yeargin*

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

#### Medalists by country

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1 |  Poland (POL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1
1=  | Netherlands (NED)  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 1
3  |  United States (USA) | 0  | 1  | 1  | 2
4 |  Dominican Republic (DOM) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1
5 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1

## 1908 Olympic medley relay

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1908 London
details |  United States (USA)
William Hamilton
Nate Cartmell
John Taylor
Mel Sheppard |  Germany (GER)
Arthur Hoffmann
Hans Eicke
Otto Trieloff
Hanns Braun |  Hungary (HUN)
Pál Simon
Frigyes Wiesner
József Nagy
Ödön Bodor

## Top ten fastest Olympic times

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Fastest men's times at the Olympics[8] | Rank  | Time (sec)  | Nation  | Athletes  | Games  | Round  | Date

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1 | 2:54.43 |  United States (USA) | Christopher Bailey, Vernon Norwood, Bryce Deadmon, Rai Benjamin | 2024 | Final | 10 August
2 | 2:54.53 |  Botswana (BOT) | Bayapo Ndori, Busang Kebinatshipi, Anthony Pesela, Letsile Tebogo | 2024 | Final | 10 August
3 | 2:55.39 |  United States (USA) | LaShawn Merritt, Angelo Taylor, David Neville, Jeremy Wariner | 2008 | Final | 23 August
4 | 2:55.70 |  United States (USA) | Michael Cherry, Michael Norman, Bryce Deadmon, Rai Benjamin | 2020 | Final | 7 August
5 | 2:55.74 |  United States (USA) | Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts, Michael Johnson, Steve Lewis | 1992 | Final | 8 August
6 | 2:55.83 |  Great Britain (GBR) | Alex Haydock-Wilson, Matthew Hudson-Smith, Lewis Davey, Charlie Dobson | 2024 | Final | 10 August
7 | 2:55.91 |  United States (USA) | Otis Harris, Derrick Brew, Jeremy Wariner, Darold Williamson | 2004 | Final | 28 August
8 | 2:55.99 |  United States (USA) | LaMont Smith, Alvin Harrison, Derek Mills, Anthuan Maybank | 1996 | Final | 3 August
9  | 2:56.16  |  United States (USA) | Vincent Matthews, Ronald Freeman, Larry James, Lee Evans | 1968 | Final | 10 October
United States (USA) | Danny Everett, Steve Lewis, Kevin Robinzine, Harry Reynolds | 1988 | Final | 1 October
Fastest women's times at the Olympics[9] | Rank  | Time (sec)  | Nation  | Athletes  | Games  | Round  | Date

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1 | 3:15.17 |  Soviet Union (URS) | Tatyana Ledovskaya, Olga Nazarova, Mariya Pinigina, Olga Bryzgina | 1988 | Final | 1 October
2 | 3:15.27 |  United States (USA) | Shamier Little, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, Gabrielle Thomas, Alexis Holmes | 2024 | Final | 10 August
3 | 3:15.51 |  United States (USA) | Denean Hill, Diane Dixon, Valerie Brisco-Hooks, Florence Griffith Joyner | 1988 | Final | 1 October
4 | 3:16.85 |  United States (USA) | Sydney McLaughlin, Allyson Felix, Dalilah Muhammad, Athing Mu | 2020 | Final | 7 August
5 | 3:16.87 |  United States (USA) | DeeDee Trotter, Allyson Felix, Francena McCorory, Sanya Richards-Ross | 2012 | Final | 10 August
6  | 3:18.29  |  United States (USA) | Lillie Leatherwood, Sherri Howard, Valerie Brisco-Hooks, Chandra Cheeseborough | 1984 | Final | 11 August
East Germany (GDR) | Dagmar Neubauer, Kirsten Emmelmann, Sabine Busch, Petra Schersing | 1988 | Final | 1 October
8 | 3:18.54 |  United States (USA) | Mary Wineberg, Allyson Felix, Monique Henderson, Sanya Richards | 2008 | Final | 23 August
9 | 3:19.01 |  United States (USA) | DeeDee Trotter, Monique Henderson, Sanya Richards, Monique Hennagan | 2004 | Final | 28 August
10 | 3:19.06 |  United States (USA) | Courtney Okolo, Natasha Hastings, Phyllis Francis, Allyson Felix | 2016 | Final | 20 August

## References

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Participation and athlete data

* Athletics Men's 4 × 400 metres Relay Medalists. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-02-07.
* Athletics Women's 4 × 400 metres Relay Medalists. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-02-07.
* Athletics Men's 1,600 metres Medley Relay Medalists. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-02-07.

Olympic record progressions

* Mallon, Bill (2012). TRACK & FIELD ATHLETICS - OLYMPIC RECORD PROGRESSIONS. Track and Field News. Retrieved on 2014-02-07.

Specific

1. ^ Athletics at the 1908 London Summer Games: Men's 1,600 metres Medley Relay. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-02-08.
2. ^ "13th IAAF World Championships In Athletics: IAAF Statistics Handbook. Daegu 2011. (Part 5 of 5)". Monte Carlo: IAAF Media & Public Relations Department. 2011. pp. 546, 562, 705. Archived from the original (pdf) on 2013-10-11. Retrieved 2013-03-12.
3. ^ Athletics Men's 4 × 400 metres Relay Medalists[dead link‍]. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-02-07.
4. ^ Athletics Women's 4 × 400 metres Relay Medalists. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-02-07.
5. ^ "Track and Field Olympians to be Recognized". University Park, Pennsylvania. October 4, 2012. Retrieved 2016-08-14. "Blake, a member of Penn State's NCAA Champion 4x400 in 2008, also had a successful London experience, earning a bronze medal as a member of Jamaica's 4x400 relay pool."
6. ^ https://www.reuters.com/article/us-olympics-rio-doping-russia/russia-stripped-of-beijing-2008-4x400m-womens-silver-medal-idUSKCN10U242
7. ^ https://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/38825752
8. ^ "Men's 4 × 400 m".
9. ^ "Women's 4 × 400 m".

## External links

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* IAAF 4×400 metres relay homepage
* Official Olympics website
* Olympic athletics records from Track & Field News

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Summary

Men|

* 1912
* 1920
* 1924
* 1928
* 1932
* 1936
* 1948
* 1952
* 1956
* 1960
* 1964
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* 1972
* 1976
* 1980
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Women|

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* 1948
* 1952
* 1956
* 1960
* 1964
* 1968
* 1972
* 1976
* 1980
* 1984
* 1988
* 1992
* 1996
* 2000
* 2004
* 2008
* 2012
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* 2020
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Mixed|

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* 1956
* 1960
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* 1968
* 1972
* 1976
* 1980
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* 2008
* 2012
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See also: 1908 Men's medley relay

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