4 × 400 metres relay

{{Short description|Track and field relay event covering 1600 metres}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}} {{Infobox athletics event |event= 4 × 400 metres relay |image= 4 x 400 m men final Barcelona 2010.jpg |image_upright= 1.15 |caption= 4 × 400 m men relay at the 2010 European Championships (Martyn Rooney (GBR), Thomas Schneider (GER), Kacper Kozłowski (sprinter) (POL), Jonathan Borlée (BEL), Vladimir Krasnov (RUS), Teddy Venel (FRA)) |WRmen= {{flagu|United States}} (Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts, Butch Reynolds, Michael Johnson) 2:54.29 (1993) |ORmen= {{flagu|United States}} (Christopher Bailey, Vernon Norwood, Bryce Deadmon, Rai Benjamin) 2:54.43 (2024) |CRmen = {{flagu|United States}} (Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts, Butch Reynolds, Michael Johnson) 2:54.29 (1993) |WRwomen= {{flagu|Soviet Union}} (Tatyana Ledovskaya, Olga Nazarova, Mariya Pinigina, Olga Bryzgina) 3:15.17 (1988) |ORwomen={{flagu|Soviet Union}} (Tatyana Ledovskaya, Olga Nazarova, Mariya Pinigina, Olga Bryzgina) 3:15.17 (1988) |CRwomen={{flagu|United States}} (Isabella Whittaker, Lynna Irby, Aaliyah Butler, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone) 3:16.61 (2025) }}

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, totaling 1600 meters. It is traditionally the final event of a track meet. 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''', on an Imperial distance, was a formerly run British Commonwealth and American event, until metrication was completed in the 1970s.

==Format== 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 === {{main|Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay}}

Mixed-sex 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.<ref>{{cite news|title=Key competition decisions made at 227th World Athletics Council Meeting|url=https://www.worldathletics.org/news/press-releases/competition-decisions-227th-council-meeting|publisher=World Athletics|date=15 March 2022|access-date=9 April 2022}}</ref> Eventually, the format was added to the Olympics, starting with the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.

==Records== {{see also|Men's 4 × 400 metres relay world record progression|Women's 4 × 400 metres relay world record progression|Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay#Records}}

=== World records === {|class=wikitable |- !scope="colgroup" colspan=5| Men's Outdoor World Record<ref>{{cite web|title=4x400 Metres Relay Records – outdoor|url=http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/records/inout=o/discType=5/disc=4X4/detail.html|publisher=International Association of Athletics Federations|access-date=1 September 2011}}</ref> |- !scope="col"| Country !scope="col"| Members !scope="col"| Place !scope="col"| Date !scope="col"| Time |- |{{flagu|United States}} || Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts, Butch Reynolds, Michael Johnson || Stuttgart, Germany || 22 August 1993 || 2:54.29 |} ''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.<ref>{{cite news|title=IAAF deletes Americans' 4 × 400 m world record from the books|url=http://thestar.com.my/sports/story.asp?file=/2008/8/13/olympics/22071007&sec=Olympics|access-date=1 September 2011|work=The Star|location=Malaysia|date=13 August 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019125624/http://thestar.com.my/sports/story.asp?file=%2F2008%2F8%2F13%2Folympics%2F22071007&sec=Olympics|archive-date=19 October 2012}}</ref>

{|class=wikitable |- !scope="colgroup" colspan=5| Men's Indoor World Record<ref>{{cite web|title=4x400 Metres Relay Records – indoor|url=https://worldathletics.org/records/by-discipline/relays/4x400-metres-relay/indoor/men|publisher=World Athletics|access-date=14 August 2021}}</ref> |- !scope="col"| Country !scope="col"| Members !scope="col"| Place !scope="col"| Date !scope="col"| Time |- |{{flagu|United States}} || Amere Lattin, Obi Igbokwe, Jermaine Holt, Kahmari Montgomery || Clemson, United States || 9 February 2019 || 3:01.51 |}

''Note:'' The above world record was bettered by three teams at the 2018 NCAA Division I Championship on 10 March 2018 at the Gilliam Indoor Track Stadium 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.<ref>{{cite news|title=Norman breaks world indoor 400m record at NCAA Indoor Championships|url=https://www.iaaf.org/news/report/ncaa-indoor-championships-2018-norman-400-wor|publisher=IAAF|author=Roy Jordan|date=10 March 2018|access-date=12 March 2018}}</ref> * 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.

{|class=wikitable |- !scope="colgroup" colspan=5| Women's Outdoor World Record |- !scope="col"| Country !scope="col"| Members !scope="col"| Place !scope="col"| Date !scope="col"| Time |- |{{flagu|USSR}} || Tatyana Ledovskaya (BLR), Olga Nazarova (RUS), Mariya Pinigina (UKR), Olga Bryzgina (UKR) || Seoul, South Korea || 1 October 1988 || 3:15.17 |} {|class=wikitable |- !scope="colgroup" colspan=5| Women's Indoor World Record |- !scope="col"| Country !scope="col"| Members !scope="col"| Place !scope="col"| Date !scope="col"| Time |- |{{flagu|Russia}} || Yuliya Gushchina, Olga Kotlyarova, Olga Zaytseva, Olesya Krasnomovets || Glasgow, Scotland || 27 January 2006 || 3:23.37 |} ''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.<ref>{{cite news|title=Alfred, Garland and Wilson threaten world records at NCAA Indoor Championships|url=https://worldathletics.org/news/report/ncaa-indoor-championships-alfred-garland-wilson-records|publisher=World Athletics|date=12 March 2023|access-date=23 March 2023}}</ref>

=== Olympic records === {| class="wikitable" |- !scope="colgroup" colspan="5"| Men's Olympic Record |- !scope="col"| Country !scope="col"| Members !scope="col"| Place !scope="col"| Date !scope="col"| Time |- |{{flagu|United States}} || Christopher Bailey, Vernon Norwood, Bryce Deadmon, Rai Benjamin || Saint-Denis, France || 10 August 2024 || 2:54.43 |} {| class="wikitable" |- !scope="colgroup" colspan="5"| Women's Olympic Record |- !scope="col"| Country !scope="col"| Members !scope="col"| Place !scope="col"| Date !scope="col"| Time |- |{{flagu|Soviet Union}} || Tatyana Ledovskaya, Olga Nazarova, Mariya Pinigina, Olga Bryzgina || Seoul, South Korea || 1 October 1988 || 3:15.17 |}

=== Area records === * Updated 22 May 2026.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Men's 4x400 Metres Relay {{!}} Stats {{!}} World Athletics |url=https://worldathletics.org/records/by-discipline/relays/4x400-metres-relay/outdoor/men |access-date=2026-05-13 |website=worldathletics.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Men's 4x400 Metres Relay {{!}} Stats {{!}} World Athletics |url=https://worldathletics.org/records/by-discipline/relays/4x400-metres-relay/outdoor/women |access-date=2026-05-13 |website=worldathletics.org}}</ref> {{Table alignment}} {| class="wikitable defaultleft col3center col7center" |- !scope="rowgroup" rowspan=2| Area !scope="colgroup" colspan=4| Men !scope="colgroup" colspan=4| Women |- !scope="col"| Time !scope="col"| Season !scope="col"| Athletes !scope="col"| Team !scope="col"| Time !scope="col"| Season !scope="col"| Athletes !scope="col"| Team |- !scope="row"| Africa {{small|(''records'')}} | '''2:54.47''' || 2026 || Lee Eppie, Letsile Tebogo, Bayapo Ndori, Collen Kebinatshipi || {{BOT}} | '''3:21.04''' || 1996 || Olabisi Afolabi, Fatima Yusuf, Charity Opara, Falilat Ogunkoya || {{NGR}} |- !scope="row"| Asia {{small|(''records'')}} | '''2:58.33''' || 2024 || Yuki Joseph Nakajima, Kaito Kawabata, Fuga Sato, Kentaro Sato || {{JPN}} | '''3:24.28''' || 1993 || An Xiaohong, Bai Xiaoyun, Cao Chunying, Ma Yuqin || {{CHN}} |- !scope="row"| Europe {{small|(''records'')}} | '''2:55.83''' || 2024 || Alex Haydock-Wilson, Matthew Hudson-Smith, Lewis Davey, Charlie Dobson || {{GBN}} | '''3:15.17''' '''{{AthAbbr|WR}}''' || 1988 || Tatyana Ledovskaya, Olga Nazarova, Mariya Pinigina, Olha Bryzghina || {{URS}} |- !scope="row"| North, Central America and Caribbean {{small|(''records'')}} | '''2:54.29''' '''{{AthAbbr|WR}}''' || 1993 || Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts, Butch Reynolds, Michael Johnson || {{USA}} | '''3:15.27''' || 2024 || Shamier Little, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, Gabrielle Thomas, Alexis Holmes || {{USA}} |- !scope="row"| Oceania {{small|(''records'')}} | '''2:55.20''' || 2026 || Luke van Ratingen, Reece Holder, Tom Reynolds, Aidan Murphy || {{AUS}} | '''3:23.81''' || 2000 || Nova Peris, Tamsyn Manou, Melinda Gainsford-Taylor, Cathy Freeman || {{AUS}} |- !scope="row"| South America {{small|(''records'')}} | '''2:58.56''' || 1999 || Eronilde de Araújo, Anderson Jorge dos Santos, Claudinei da Silva, Sanderlei Parrela || {{BRA}} | '''3:26.68''' || 2011 || Geisa Coutinho, {{ill|Bárbara de Oliveira|es|Bárbara de Oliveira|pl|Bárbara de Oliveira|pt|Bárbara de Oliveira}}, Joelma Sousa, Jailma de Lima || {{BRA}} |}

== All-time top 10 by country (outdoor) == ===Men=== *Correct as of May 2026.<ref>{{cite web|title=All-time men's best 4 × 400m Relay|url=https://www.iaaf.org/records/toplists/relays/4x400-metres-relay/outdoor/men/senior|publisher=IAAF|date=24 August 2019|access-date=24 August 2019}}</ref><ref name="auto2">{{cite web|title=All-time men's best 4 × 400m Relay|url=http://www.alltime-athletics.com/m4x400ok.htm|publisher=alltime-athletics.com|date=13 August 2017|access-date=13 August 2017}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" !Rank !Time !Team !Nation !Date !Place !Ref |- !1 |'''2:54.29''' |Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts, Butch Reynolds, Michael Johnson |{{flagu|United States}} |22 August 1993 |Stuttgart | |- !2 |'''2:54.47''' | align="left" |Lee Eppie, Letsile Tebogo, Bayapo Ndori, Collen Kebinatshipi |{{flagu|Botswana}} | rowspan="3" |3 May 2026 | rowspan="3" |Gaborone | rowspan="3" |<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |date=3 April 2026|title=RESULTS Men's 4X400 Metres Relay - Final|url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7216920/AT-4X4-M-f----.RS6.pdf|access-date=5 May 2026|website=World Athletics}}</ref> |- !3 |'''2:55.07''' | align="left" |Mthi Mthimkulu, Lythe Pillay, Leendert Koekemoer, Zakithi Nene |{{flagu|South Africa}} |- !4 |'''2:55.20''' | align="left" |Luke van Ratingen, Reece Holder, Tom Reynolds, Aidan Murphy |{{flagu|Australia}} |- !5 |'''2:55.83''' |Alex Haydock-Wilson, Matthew Hudson-Smith, Lewis Davey, Charles Dobson |{{flagu|Great Britain}} |10 August 2024 |Saint-Denis |<ref name=":13" /> |- !6 |'''2:56.72''' |Chris Brown, Demetrius Pinder, Michael Mathieu, Ramon Miller |{{flagu|Bahamas}} |10 August 2012 |London | |- !7 |'''2:56.75''' |Michael McDonald, Gregory Haughton, Danny McFarlane, Davian Clarke |{{flagu|Jamaica}} |10 August 1997 |Athens | |- !8 |'''2.57.18''' |Liemarvin Bonevacia, Terrence Agard, Tony van Diepen, Ramsey Angela |{{flagu|Netherlands}} |7 August 2021 |Tokyo |<ref name="men's 4x400 m">{{cite web|title=Men's 4 × 400 m Relay Final Results|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/ATH/OG2020-_ATH_C73E_ATHM4X400M------------FNL-000100--.pdf|website=olympics.com|date=7 August 2021|access-date=26 August 2021|archive-date=7 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210807131910/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/ATH/OG2020-_ATH_C73E_ATHM4X400M------------FNL-000100--.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- !9 |'''2:57.75''' |Jonathan Sacoor, Dylan Borlée, Kévin Borlée, Florent Mabille |{{flagu|Belgium}} |10 August 2024 |Saint-Denis |<ref name=":13" /> |- !10 |'''2:58.00''' |Piotr Rysiukiewicz, Tomasz Czubak, Piotr Haczek, Robert Maćkowiak |{{flagu|Poland}} |22 July 1998 |New York | |}

===Women=== *Correct as of August 2024.<ref>{{cite web|title=All-time women's best 4 × 400m Relay|url=https://www.iaaf.org/records/toplists/relays/4x400-metres-relay/outdoor/women/senior|publisher=IAAF|date=24 August 2019|access-date=24 August 2019}}</ref><ref name="auto6">{{cite web|title=All-time women's best 4 × 400m Relay|url=http://www.alltime-athletics.com/w4x400ok.htm|publisher=alltime-athletics.com|date=13 August 2017|access-date=13 August 2017}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" !Rank !Time !Team !Nation !Date !Place !Ref |- !1 |'''3:15.17''' |Tatyana Ledovskaya, Olga Nazarova, Mariya Pinigina, Olga Bryzgina |{{flagu|Soviet Union}} |1 October 1988 |Seoul | |- !2 |'''3:15.27''' |Shamier Little, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, Gabrielle Thomas, Alexis Holmes |{{flagu|United States}} |10 August 2024 |Saint-Denis |<ref name=":14">{{Cite web |title=4x400 Metres Relay Result {{!}} The XXXIII Olympic Games |url=https://worldathletics.org/results/olympic-games/2024/the-xxxiii-olympic-games-7153115/women/4x400-metres-relay/final/result |access-date=2024-08-10 |website=worldathletics.org |language=en}}</ref> |- !3 |'''3:15.92''' |Gesine Walther, Sabine Busch, Dagmar Rübsam-Neubauer, Marita Koch |{{flagu|German Democratic Republic}} |3 June 1984 |Erfurt | |- !4 |'''3:18.38''' |Yelena Ruzina, Tatyana Alekseyeva, Margarita Ponomaryova, Irina Privalova |{{flagu|Russia}} |22 August 1993 |Stuttgart | |- !5 |'''3:18.71''' |Rosemarie Whyte, Davita Prendergast, Novlene Williams-Mills, Shericka Williams |{{flagu|Jamaica}} |3 September 2011 |Deagu | |- !6 |'''3:19.50''' |Lieke Klaver, Cathelijn Peeters, Lisanne de Witte, Femke Bol |{{flagu|Netherlands}} | rowspan="3" |10 August 2024 | rowspan="3" |Saint-Denis | rowspan="3" |<ref name=":14" /> |- !7 |'''3:19.72''' |Victoria Ohuruogu, Laviai Nielsen, Nicole Yeargin, Amber Anning |{{flagu|Great Britain}} |- !8 |'''3:19.90''' |Sophie Becker, Rhasidat Adeleke, Phil Healy, Sharlene Mawdsley |{{flagu|Ireland}} |- !9 |'''3:20.32''' |Taťána Kocembová, Milena Matějkovičová, Zuzana Moravčíková, Jarmila Kratochvílová |{{flagu|Czechoslovakia}} |14 August 1983 |Helsinki | |- !10 |'''3:20.53''' |Natalia Kaczmarek, Iga Baumgart-Witan, Malgorzata Holub-Kowalik, Justyna Swiety-Ersetic |{{flagu|Poland}} |7 August 2021 |Tokyo |<ref>{{cite web|title=Women's 4 × 400 m Relay Final Results|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/ATH/OG2020-_ATH_C73E_ATHW4X400M------------FNL-000100--.pdf|website=olympics.com|date=7 August 2021|access-date=26 August 2021|archive-date=9 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210809081625/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/ATH/OG2020-_ATH_C73E_ATHW4X400M------------FNL-000100--.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> |}

==All-time top 25 (outdoor)== ===Men=== *Updated May 2026.

{| class="wikitable" !Rank !Time !Team !Nation !Date !Place !Ref |- !1 |2:54.29 |Andrew Valmon (44.43) Quincy Watts (43.59) Butch Reynolds (43.36) Michael Johnson (42.91) |{{flagu|United States}} |22 August 1993 |Stuttgart | |- !2 |2:54.43 |Christopher Bailey (44.45) Vernon Norwood (43.26) Bryce Deadmon (43.54) Rai Benjamin (43.18) |{{flagu|United States}} |10 August 2024 |Saint-Denis |<ref name=":13">{{Cite web |title=4x400 Metres Relay Result {{!}} The XXXIII Olympic Games |url=https://worldathletics.org/results/olympic-games/2024/the-xxxiii-olympic-games-7153115/men/4x400-metres-relay/final/result |access-date=2024-08-10 |website=worldathletics.org |language=en}}</ref> |- !3 |2:54.47 |Lee Eppie (44.26) Letsile Tebogo (43.50) Bayapo Ndori (43.62) Collen Kebinatshipi (43.09) |{{flagu|Botswana}} |3 May 2026 |Gaborone |<ref name=":4" /> |- !4 |2:54.53 |Bayapo Ndori (44.30) Busang Collen Kebinatshipi (43.39) Anthony Pesela (43.80) Letsile Tebogo (43.04) |{{flagu|Botswana}} |10 August 2024 |Saint-Denis |<ref name=":13" /> |- !5 |2:55.07 | align="left" |Mthi Mthimkulu (44.40) Lythe Pillay (42.66) Leendert Koekemoer (44.36) Zakithi Nene (43.65) |{{flagu|South Africa}} | rowspan="2" |3 May 2026 | rowspan="2" |Gaborone | rowspan="2" |<ref name=":4" /> |- !6 |2:55.20 | align="left" |Luke van Ratingen (44.86) Reece Holder (43.12) Tom Reynolds (43.43) Aidan Murphy (43.79) |{{flagu|Australia}} |- !7 |2:55.39 |LaShawn Merritt, Angelo Taylor, David Neville, Jeremy Wariner |{{flagu|United States}} |23 August 2008 |Beijing | |- !8 |2:55.56 |LaShawn Merritt, Angelo Taylor, Darold Williamson, Jeremy Wariner |{{flagu|United States}} |2 September 2007 |Osaka |- !9 |2:55.70 |Michael Cherry (43.87) Michael Norman (44.44) Bryce Deadmon (44.03) Rai Benjamin (43.36) |{{flagu|United States}} |7 August 2021 |Tokyo |<ref>{{cite web|title=Men's 4 × 400 m Relay Final Results|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/ATH/OG2020-_ATH_C73E_ATHM4X400M------------FNL-000100--.pdf|website=olympics.com|date=7 August 2021|access-date=26 August 2021|archive-date=7 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210807131910/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/ATH/OG2020-_ATH_C73E_ATHM4X400M------------FNL-000100--.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- !10 |2:55.74 |Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts, Michael Johnson, Steve Lewis |{{flagu|United States}} |8 August 1992 |Barcelona | |- ! rowspan="2" |11 |2:55.83 |Alex Haydock-Wilson (44.51) Matthew Hudson-Smith (43.09) Lewis Davey (44.90) Charles Dobson (43.33) |{{flagu|Great Britain}} |10 August 2024 |Saint-Denis |<ref name=":13" /> |- |2:55.91 |Otis Harris, Derrick Brew, Jeremy Wariner, Darold Williamson |{{flagu|United States}} |28 August 2004 |Athens | |- !13 |2:55.99 |LaMont Smith, Alvin Harrison, Derek Mills, Anthuan Maybank |{{flagu|United States}} |3 August 1996 |Atlanta | |- !14 |2:56.16 {{AthAbbr|A}} |Vincent Matthews, Ron Freeman, Larry James, Lee Evans |{{flagu|United States}} |20 October 1968 |Mexico City | |- !15 |2:56.16 |Danny Everett, Steve Lewis, Kevin Robinzine, Harry Reynolds |{{flagu|United States}} |1 October 1988 |Seoul | |- !16 |2:56.17 |Elija Godwin (44.28) Michael Norman (43.64) Bryce Deadmon (43.82) Champion Allison (44.43) |{{flagu|United States}} |24 July 2022 |Eugene |<ref>{{cite web |title=Men's 4 × 400 m Relay Final Results |url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7137279/AT-4X4-M-f----.RS6.pdf |work=World Athletics |date=24 July 2022 |access-date=6 August 2022}}</ref> |- !17 |2:56.60 |Iwan Thomas, Jamie Baulch, Mark Richardson, Roger Black |{{flagu|Great Britain}} |3 August 1996 |Atlanta | |- !18 |2:56.65 |Iwan Thomas, Roger Black, Jamie Baulch, Mark Richardson |{{flagu|Great Britain}} |10 August 1997 |Athens | |- !19 |2:56.69 |Fred Kerley (43.44) Michael Cherry (44.63) Wilbert London (44.43) Rai Benjamin (44.19) |{{flagu|United States}} |6 October 2019 |Doha |<ref>{{cite web|title=4 × 400 m Relay Men − Final − Results|url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/6033/AT-4X4-M-f----.RS6.pdf?v=-408215284|date=6 October 2019|publisher=IAAF|access-date=8 October 2019}}</ref> |- !20 |2:56.72 |Chris Brown, Demetrius Pinder, Michael Mathieu, Ramon Miller |{{flagu|Bahamas}} |10 August 2012 |London | |- !21 |2:56.75 |Michael McDonald, Gregory Haughton, Danny McFarlane, Davian Clarke |{{flagu|Jamaica}} |10 August 1997 |Athens | |- !22 |2:56.91 |Andrew Rock, Derrick Brew, Darold Williamson, Jeremy Wariner |{{flagu|United States}} |14 August 2005 |Helsinki | |- !23 |2:57.05 |Bryshon Nellum, Joshua Mance, Tony McQuay, Angelo Taylor |{{flagu|United States}} |10 August 2012 |London | |- !24 |2:57.18 |Liemarvin Bonevacia, Terrence Agard, Tony van Diepen, Ramsey Angela |{{flagu|Netherlands}} |7 August 2021 |Tokyo |<ref>{{cite web|title=Men's 4 × 400 m Relay Final Results|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/ATH/OG2020-_ATH_C73E_ATHM4X400M------------FNL-000100--.pdf|website=olympics.com|date=7 August 2021|access-date=26 August 2021|archive-date=7 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210807131910/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/ATH/OG2020-_ATH_C73E_ATHM4X400M------------FNL-000100--.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- !25 |2:57.25 |David Verburg, Tony McQuay, Christian Taylor, LaShawn Merritt |{{flagu|United States}} |25 May 2014 |Nassau | |} '''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

===Women=== *Correct as of September 2025.<ref name="auto6"/>

{| class="wikitable" !Rank !Time !Team !Nation !Date !Place !Ref |- !1 |3:15.17 |Tatyana Ledovskaya (50.12) Olga Nazarova (47.82) Mariya Pinigina (49.43) Olha Bryzhina (47.80) |{{flagu|Soviet Union}} |1 October 1988 |Seoul | |- !2 |3:15.27 |Shamier Little (49.48) Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone (47.71) Gabrielle Thomas (49.3) Alexis Holmes (48.78) |{{flagu|United States}} |10 August 2024 |Saint-Denis |<ref name=":14" /> |- !3 |3:15.51 |Denean Howard-Hill (49.82) Diane Dixon (49.17) Valerie Brisco-Hooks (48.44) Florence Griffith Joyner (48.08) |{{flagu|United States}} |1 October 1988 |Seoul | |- !4 |3:15.92 |Gesine Walther, Sabine Busch, Dagmar Rübsam-Neubauer, Marita Koch |{{flagu|German Democratic Republic}} |3 June 1984 |Erfurt | |- !5 |3:16.61 |Isabella Whittaker (50.12) Lynna Irby-Jackson (48.71) Aaliyah Butler (49.96) Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone (47.82) |{{flagu|United States}} |21 September 2025 |Tokyo |<ref>{{cite web|title=Women's 4×400m Relay Final Results|url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7190593/AT-4X4-W-f----.RS6.pdf|website=World Athletics|date=21 September 2025|access-date=22 September 2025}}</ref> |- !6 |3:16.71 |Gwen Torrence (49.02) Maicel Malone-Wallace (49.43) Natasha Kaiser-Brown (49.50) Jearl Miles Clark (48.76) |{{flagu|United States}} |22 August 1993 |Stuttgart | |- !7 |3:16.85 |Sydney McLaughlin (49.96) Allyson Felix (49.58) Dalilah Muhammad (48.97) Athing Mu (48.37) |{{flagu|United States}} |7 August 2021 |Tokyo |<ref>{{cite web|title=Women's 4 × 400 m Relay Final Results|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/ATH/OG2020-_ATH_C73E_ATHW4X400M------------FNL-000100--.pdf|website=olympics.com|date=7 August 2021|access-date=26 August 2021|archive-date=9 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210809081625/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/ATH/OG2020-_ATH_C73E_ATHW4X400M------------FNL-000100--.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- ! rowspan="2" |8 | rowspan="2" |3:16.87 |Kirsten Emmelmann, Sabine Busch, Petra Müller, Marita Koch |{{flagu|German Democratic Republic}} |31 August 1986 |Stuttgart | |- |DeeDee Trotter (50.19) Allyson Felix (48.19) Francena McCorory (49.39) Sanya Richards-Ross (49.10) |{{flagu|United States}} |11 August 2012 |London | |- !10 |3:17.79 |Talitha Diggs (50.50) Abby Steiner (49.99) Britton Wilson (49.39) Sydney McLaughlin (47.91) |{{flagu|United States}} |24 July 2022 |Eugene |<ref>{{cite web|title=Women's 4 × 400 m Relay Final Results|url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7137279/AT-4X4-W-f----.RS6.pdf|work=World Athletics|date=24 July 2022|access-date=6 August 2022}}</ref> |- !11 |3:17.83 |Debbie Dunn (50.55) Allyson Felix (48.75) Lashinda Demus (50.10) Sanya Richards-Ross (48.43) |{{flagu|United States}} |23 August 2009 |Berlin | |- !12 |3:17.96 |''Arkansas Razorbacks'' Amber Anning (50.52) Rosey Effiong (49.21) Nickisha Pryce (49.20) Kaylyn Brown (49.05) |{{flagu|United Kingdom}} {{flagu|United States}} {{flagu|Jamaica}} {{flagu|United States}} |8 June 2024 |Eugene |<ref>{{Cite web|title=Women 4x400 M Relay Result|url=https://flashresults.ncaa.com/Outdoor/2024/032-2_compiled.htm|website=flashresults.ncaa.com|date=8 June 2024|access-date=14 June 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Pryce, Long and Jones impress in sprints at NCAA Championships|url=https://worldathletics.org/news/report/ncaa-championships-2024-pryce-long-jones-valby|website=World Athletics|author=Jon Mulkeen|date=9 June 2024|access-date=14 June 2024}}</ref> |- !13 |3:18.09 |Sanya Richards-Ross (49.30) Allyson Felix (49.33) Jessica Beard (49.95) Francena McCorory (49.51) |{{flagu|United States}} |3 September 2011 |Daegu | |- ! rowspan="2" |14 | rowspan="2" |3:18.29 |Lillie Leatherwood, Sherri Howard, Valerie Brisco-Hooks, Chandra Cheeseborough |{{flagu|United States}} |11 August 1984 |Los Angeles | |- |Dagmar Rübsam-Neubauer, Kirsten Emmelmann, Sabine Busch, Petra Müller |{{flagu|German Democratic Republic}} |1 October 1988 |Seoul | |- !16 |3:18.38 |Yelena Ruzina, Tatyana Alekseyeva, Margarita Khromova-Ponomaryova, Irina Privalova |{{flagu|Russia}} |22 August 1993 |Stuttgart | |- !17 |3:18.43 |Tatyana Ledovskaya, Lyudmila Dzhigalova, Olga Nazarova, Olha Bryzhina |{{flagu|USSR}} |1 September 1991 |Tokyo | |- !18 |3:18.54 |Mary Wineberg (51.00) Allyson Felix (48.55) Monique Henderson (50.06) Sanya Richards-Ross (48.93) |{{flagu|United States}} |23 August 2008 |Beijing | |- !19 |3:18.55 |DeeDee Trotter (51.39) Allyson Felix (48.01) Monique Henderson (50.24) Sanya Richards-Ross (48.91) |{{flagu|United States}} |2 September 2007 |Osaka | |- !20 |3:18.58 |Irina Nazarova, Nadiya Olizarenko, Mariya Pinigina, Olga Vladykina |{{flagu|USSR}} |18 August 1985 |Moscow | |- !21 |3:18.63 |Dagmar Rübsam-Neubauer, Kirsten Emmelmann, Petra Müller, Sabine Busch |{{flagu|German Democratic Republic}} |6 September 1987 |Rome | |- !22 |3:18.71 |Rosemarie Whyte, Davita Prendergast, Novlene Williams-Mills, Shericka Williams |{{flagu|Jamaica}} |3 September 2011 |Deagu | |- !23 |3:18.92 |Phyllis Francis (49.51) Sydney McLaughlin (49.78) Dalilah Muhammad (49.43) Wadeline Jonathas (50.20) |{{flagu|United States}} |6 October 2019 |Doha |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/6033/AT-4X4-W-f----.RS6.pdf|title=4 x 400 Metres Relay Women − Final − Results|publisher=IAAF|date=6 October 2019|access-date=8 October 2019}}</ref> |- !24 |3:19.01 |DeeDee Trotter (49.19) Monique Henderson (50.29) Sanya Richards-Ross (49.81) Monique Hennagan (49.72) |{{flagu|United States}} |28 August 2004 |Athens | |- !25 |3:19.02 |Quanera Hayes (50.60) Allyson Felix (48.60) Shakima Wimbley (49.50) Phyllis Francis (50.32) |{{flagu|United States}} |13 August 2017 |London |<ref>{{cite web|title=4 × 400 m Relay Results|url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/5151/AT-4X4-W-f----.RS6.pdf?v=220770694|publisher=IAAF|date=13 August 2017|access-date=13 August 2017}}</ref> |} '''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

== All-time top 10 by country (indoor) == ===Men=== *Correct as of March 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |title=4x400 Metres Relay Short Track Men |url=https://worldathletics.org/records/all-time-toplists/relays/4x400-metres-relay-short-track/all/men/senior?regionType=world&timing=electronic&page=1&bestResultsOnly=true&firstDay=1900-01-01&lastDay=2024-03-03&maxResultsByCountry=all&eventId=204609&ageCategory=senior |access-date=3 March 2024 |website=worldathletics.org}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" !Rank !Time !Team !Nation !Date !Place !Ref |- !1 |3:01.39 |Illolo Izu, Robert Grant, Devin Dixon, Mylik Kerley |{{flagu|United States}} |10 March 2018 |College Station | |- !2 |3:01.77 |Karol Zalewski, Rafał Omelko, Łukasz Krawczuk, Jakub Krzewina |{{flagu|Poland}} |4 March 2018 |Birmingham |<ref>[https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/6019/AT-4X4-M-f----.RS6.pdf Final results]</ref> |- !3 |3:02.51 |Dylan Borlée, Jonathan Borlée, Jonathan Sacoor, Kevin Borlée |{{Flagu|Belgium}} |4 March 2018 |Birmingham |<ref>[https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/6019/AT-4X4-M-f----.RS6.pdf Final results]</ref> |- !4 |3:02.52 |Deon Lendore, Jereem Richards, Asa Guevara, Lalonde Gordon |{{flagu|Trinidad and Tobago}} |4 March 2018 |Birmingham |<ref>[https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/6019/AT-4X4-M-f----.RS6.pdf Final results]</ref> |- !5 |3:03.05 |Rico Lieder, Jens Carlowitz, Karsten Just, Thomas Schönlebe |{{Flagu|Germany}} |10 March 1991 |Sevilla | |- !6 |3:03.20 |Allyn Condon, Solomon Wariso, Adrian Patrick, Jamie Baulch |{{Flagu|Great Britain}} |7 March 1999 |Maebashi | |- !7 |3:03.69 |Errol Nolan, Allodin Fothergill, Akheem Gauntlett, Edino Steele |{{flagu|Jamaica}} |9 March 2014 |Sopot | |- !8 |3:04.09 |Daniel Němeček, Patrik Šorm, Jan Tesař, Pavel Maslák |{{Flagu|Czech Republic}} |8 March 2015 |Prague | |- !9 |3:04.25 |Liemarvin Bonevacia, Ramsey Angela, Terrence Agard, Tony van Diepen |{{flagu|Netherlands}} |3 March 2024 |Glasgow |<ref>{{Cite web|date=3 March 2024|title=Results 4 x 400 Metres Relay Men - Final|url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7180312/AT-4X4sh-M-f----.RS6.pdf|access-date=4 March 2024|website=World Athletics}}</ref> |- !10 |3:04.75 |Michael Mathieu, Alonzo Russell, Shavez Hart, Chris Brown |{{flagu|Bahamas}} |20 March 2016 |Portland |<ref>[http://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/5681/AT-4X4-M-f----.RS6.pdf Final results]</ref> |}

===Women=== *Correct as of March 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |date=3 March 2024 |title=4x400 Metres Relay Short Track Women |url=https://worldathletics.org/records/all-time-toplists/relays/4x400-metres-relay-short-track/all/women/senior?regionType=world&timing=electronic&page=1&bestResultsOnly=true&firstDay=1900-01-01&lastDay=2024-03-03&maxResultsByCountry=all&eventId=204610&ageCategory=senior |access-date=3 March 2024 |website=World Athletics}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" !Rank !Time !Team !Nation !Date !Place !Ref |- !1 |3:23.37 |Olesya Krasnomovets-Forsheva, Olga Zaytseva, Olga Kotlyarova, Yuliya Gushchina |{{flagu|Russia}} |28 January 2006 |Glasgow | |- !2 |3:23.85 |Quanera Hayes, Georganne Moline, Shakima Wimbley, Courtney Okolo |{{flagu|United States}} |4 March 2018 |Birmingham |<ref name=":7">[https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/6019/AT-4X4-W-f----.RS6.pdf Final results]</ref> |- !3 |3:24.34 |Lieke Klaver, Nina Franke, Cathelijn Peeters, Femke Bol |{{flagu|Netherlands}} | rowspan="5" |9 March 2025 | rowspan="5" |Apeldoorn | rowspan="5" |<ref>{{Cite web |date=9 March 2025 |title=Results 4x400m Relay Women - Final |url=https://reneaprdsnstg001.blob.core.windows.net/publicfiles-container/EICH2025_C73D_ATHW4X400M------------FNL-000100--.pdf?sv=2024-11-04&se=2075-03-09T18%3A54%3A41Z&sr=b&sp=r&sig=rl6NazbcGf7WtAX6dts0hxdomNiSYSQBZQiPk3ZJ8YA%3D |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250309194239/https://reneaprdsnstg001.blob.core.windows.net/publicfiles-container/EICH2025_C73D_ATHW4X400M------------FNL-000100--.pdf?sv=2024-11-04&se=2075-03-09T18%3A54%3A41Z&sr=b&sp=r&sig=rl6NazbcGf7WtAX6dts0hxdomNiSYSQBZQiPk3ZJ8YA%3D |archive-date=9 March 2025 |access-date=9 March 2025 |website=European Athletics}}</ref> |- !4 |3:24.89 |Lina Nielsen, Hannah Kelly, Emily Newnham, Amber Anning |{{Flagu|Great Britain}} |- !5 |3:25.31 |Lada Vondrová, Nikoleta Jíchová, Tereza Petržilková, Lurdes Gloria Manuel |{{flagu|Czech Republic}} |- !6 |3:25.68 |Paula Sevilla, Eva Santidrián, Daniela Fra, Blanca Hervas |{{flagu|Spain}} |- !7 |3:25.80 |Camille Seri, Louise Maraval, Marjorie Veyssiere, Amandine Brossier |{{flagu|France}} |- !8 |3:26.09 |Justyna Święty-Ersetic, Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz, Aleksandra Gaworska, Małgorzata Hołub-Kowalik |{{flagu|Poland}} |4 March 2018 |Birmingham |<ref name=":7" /> |- !9 |3:26.54 |Patricia Hall, Anneisha McLaughlin, Kaliese Spencer, Stephenie Ann McPherson |{{flagu|Jamaica}} |9 March 2014 |Sopot |<ref>[https://iaafmedia.s3.amazonaws.com/competitiondocuments/pdf/4952/AT-4X4-W-f----.RS6.pdf?v=347621854 Final results]</ref> |- !10 |3:26.87 |Susan Andrews, Tania Van Heer, Tamsyn Lewis, Cathy Freeman |{{Flagu|Australia}} |7 March 1999 |Maebashi | |}

==All-time top 25 (indoor)== ===Men=== *Updated March 2026.

{| class="wikitable" !Rank !Time !Team !Nation !Date !Place !Ref |- !1 |3:00.77 |''USC Trojans'' Zach Shinnick (46.24) Rai Benjamin (44.35) Ricky Morgan Jr. (45.67) Michael Norman (44.52) |{{flagu|United States}} {{flagu|Antigua and Barbuda}} {{flagu|United States}} {{flagu|United States}} |10 March 2018 |College Station |<ref>{{cite news|title=Norman breaks world indoor 400m record at NCAA Indoor Championships|url=https://www.iaaf.org/news/report/ncaa-indoor-championships-2018-norman-400-wor|publisher=IAAF|author=Roy Jordan|date=10 March 2018|access-date=4 March 2024}}</ref> |- !2 |3:01.09 |''Arkansas Razorbacks'' Connor Washington James Benson Ayden Owens-Delerme Christopher Bailey |{{flagu|United States}} {{flagu|United States}} {{flagu|Puerto Rico}} {{flagu|United States}} |4 February 2023 |Albuquerque | |- !3 |3:01.39 |''Texas A&M Aggies'' Illolo Izu Robert Grant Devin Dixon Mylik Kerley |{{flagu|United States}} |10 March 2018 |College Station |<ref>{{cite news |author=Roy Jordan |date=10 March 2018 |title=Norman breaks world indoor 400m record at NCAA Indoor Championships |url=https://www.iaaf.org/news/report/ncaa-indoor-championships-2018-norman-400-wor |access-date=4 March 2024 |publisher=IAAF}}</ref> |- !4 |3:01.43 |''Florida Gators'' Kunle Fasasi Grant Holloway Chantz Sawyers Benjamin Lobo Vedel |{{flagu|Nigeria}} {{flagu|United States}} {{flagu|Jamaica}} {{flagu|Denmark}} |10 March 2018 |College Station |<ref>{{cite news |author=Roy Jordan |date=10 March 2018 |title=Norman breaks world indoor 400m record at NCAA Indoor Championships |url=https://www.iaaf.org/news/report/ncaa-indoor-championships-2018-norman-400-wor |access-date=4 March 2024 |publisher=IAAF}}</ref> |- !5 |3:01.51 |''Houston Cougars'' Amere Lattin Obi Ogbokwe Jermaine Holt Kahmari Montgomery |{{flagu|United States}} |9 February 2019 |Clemson | |- !6 |3:01.52 |Justin Robinson Chris Robinson Demarius Smith Khaleb McRae |{{flagu|United States}} |22 March 2026 |Toruń |<ref>{{cite web|title=Men's 4×400m Final Results|url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7199326/AT-4X4sh-M-f----.RS6.pdf|website=World Athletics|date=22 March 2026|access-date=24 March 2026}}</ref> |- !7 |3:01.56 |''Texas A&M Aggies'' Illolo Izu Bryce Deadmon Kyree Johnson Devon Dixon |{{flagu|United States}} |9 February 2019 |Clemson | |- !8 |3:01.77 |Karol Zalewski Rafał Omelko Łukasz Krawczuk Jakub Krzewina |{{flagu|Poland}} |4 March 2018 |Birmingham |<ref>[https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/6019/AT-4X4-M-f----.RS6.pdf Final results]</ref> |- !9 |3:01.78 |''Alabama Crimson Tide'' Chris Robinson Demetrius Jackson Tarsis Gracious Orogot Khaleb McRae |{{flagu|United States}} {{flagu|United States}} {{flagu|Uganda}} {{flagu|United States}} |25 February 2023 |Fayetteville | |- !10 |3:01.96 |Kerron Clement Jeremy Wariner Wallace Spearmon Darold Williamson |{{flagu|United States}} |11 February 2006 |Fayetteville | |- !11 |3:01.97 |Fred Kerley Michael Cherry Aldrich Bailey Jr. Vernon Norwood |{{flagu|United States}} |4 March 2018 |Birmingham |<ref>[https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/6019/AT-4X4-M-f----.RS6.pdf Final results]</ref> |- !12 |3:01.98 |''USC Trojans'' Zachary Shinnick Rai Benjamin Ricky Morgan Michael Norman |{{flagu|United States}} |10 February 2018 |Clemson | |- !13 |3:02.09 |''Arkansas Razorbacks'' Connor Washington James Benson Ayden Owens-Delerme Christopher Bailey |{{flagu|United States}} {{flagu|United States}} {{flagu|Puerto Rico}} {{flagu|United States}} |11 March 2023 |Albuquerque | |- !14 |3:02.13 |Kyle Clemons David Verburg Kind Butler Calvin Smith |{{flagu|United States}} |9 March 2014 |Sopot | |- !15 |3:02.18 |''Florida Gators'' Jacory Patterson Emmanuel Bamidele Jevaughn Powell Ryan Willie |{{flagu|United States}} {{flagu|Nigeria}} {{flagu|Jamaica}} {{flagu|United States}} |11 February 2023 |Fayetteville | |- !16 |3:02.21 |''Texas A&M Aggies'' Auhmad Robinson Hossam Hatib Antonie Mathys Nortje Cutler Zamzow |{{flagu|United States}} {{flagu|Morocco}} {{flagu|South Africa}} {{flagu|United States}} |15 February 2025 |Clemson |<ref>{{Cite web |date=15 February 2025 |title=Clemson Tiger Paw Invitational Men's 4x400 Metres Relay Short Track Final 1 |url=https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7221840?eventId=204609&gender=M |access-date=11 March 2025 |website=World Athletics}}</ref> |- !17 |3:02.23 |''Florida Gators'' Kunle Fasasi Grant Holloway Chantz Sawyers Benjamin Lobo Vedel |{{flagu|Nigeria}} {{flagu|United States}} {{flagu|Jamaica}} {{flagu|Denmark}} |10 February 2018 |Clemson | |- ! rowspan="2" |18 | rowspan="2" |3:02.35 |''Texas A&M Aggies'' Illolo Izu Robert Grant Devon Dixon My'Lik Kerley |{{flagu|United States}} |25 February 2018 |College Station | |- |''Arizona State Sun Devils'' Justin Robinson Kaleb Simpson Jayden Davis Gamali Felix |{{flagu|United States}} {{flagu|United States}} {{flagu|United States}} {{flagu|Grenada}} |9 March 2024 |Boston | |- !20 |3:02.45 |Kyle Clemons Calvin Smith Chris Giesting Vernon Norwood |{{flagu|United States}} |20 March 2016 |Portland | |- !21 |3:02.51 |Dylan Borlée Jonathan Borlée Jonathan Sacoor Kevin Borlée |{{Flagu|Belgium}} |4 March 2018 |Birmingham |<ref>[https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/6019/AT-4X4-M-f----.RS6.pdf Final results]</ref> |- ! rowspan="2" |22 | rowspan="2" |3:02.52 |''Texas A&M Aggies'' Fred Kerley Richard Rose Devon Dixon My'Lik Kerley |{{flagu|United States}} |28 January 2017 |Fayetteville | |- |Deon Lendore Jereem Richards Asa Guevara Lalonde Gordon |{{flagu|Trinidad and Tobago}} |4 March 2018 |Birmingham |<ref>[https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/6019/AT-4X4-M-f----.RS6.pdf Final results]</ref> |- !24 |3:02.53 |''Florida Gators'' Jevaughn Powell Robert Gregory Jenoah McKiver Reheem Hayles |{{flagu|Jamaica}} {{flagu|United States}} {{flagu|United States}} {{flagu|Jamaica}} |9 March 2024 |Boston | |- !25 |3:02.54 |Jonathan Sacoor (46.21 Dylan Borlée (45.67) Christian Iguacel (45.78) Alexander Doom (44.88) |{{flagu|Belgium}} |3 March 2024 |Glasgow |<ref>{{cite web |date=3 March 2024 |title=Men's 4×400m Relay Final Results |url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7180312/AT-4X4sh-M-f----.RS6.pdf |access-date=4 March 2024 |work=World Athletics}}</ref> |}

===Women=== *Updated March 2026.

{| class="wikitable" !Rank !Time !Team !Nation !Date !Place !Ref |- !1 |3:21.75 {{AthAbbr|A}} |''Arkansas Razorbacks'' Amber Anning ''51.47'' Joanne Reid ''50.52'' Rosey Effiong ''50.57'' Britton Wilson ''49.20'' |{{flagu|England}} {{flagu|Jamaica}} {{flagu|United States}} {{flagu|United States}} |11 March 2023 |Albuquerque |<ref>[https://flashresults.ncaa.com/Indoor/2023/025-1-03.htm NCAA Indoor Championships Albuquerque, NM - March 10-11, 2023 - Women 4x400 M Relay (Finals) section 3 splits] NCAA</ref> |- !2 |3:23.37 |Olesya Krasnomovets-Forsheva Olga Zaytseva Olga Kotlyarova Yuliya Gushchina |{{flagu|Russia}} |28 January 2006 |Glasgow | |- !3 |3:23.68 |''Arkansas Razorbacks'' Kaylyn Brown ''52.09'' Analisse Batista ''50.73'' Sanu Jallow ''50.51'' Sanaria Butler ''50.31'' |{{flagu|United States}} {{flagu|United States}} {{flagu|The Gambia}} {{flagu|United States}} |14 March 2026 |Fayetteville | |- !4 |3:23.85 |Quanera Hayes Georganne Moline Shakima Wimbley Courtney Okolo |{{flagu|United States}} |4 March 2018 |Birmingham | |- !5 |3:23.88 |Olesya Krasnomovets-Forsheva Olga Kotlyarova Tatyana Levina Natalya Nazarova |{{flagu|Russia}} |7 March 2004 |Budapest | |- !6 |3:24.09 |''Arkansas Razorbacks'' Rosey Effiong Jayla Hollis Shafiqua Maloney Britton Wilson |{{flagu|United States}} {{flagu|United States}} {{flagu|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines}} {{flagu|United States}} |26 February 2022 |College Station | |- !7 |3:24.25 |Tatyana Chebykina Svetlana Goncharenko Olga Kotlyarova Natalya Nazarova |{{flagu|Russia}} |7 March 1999 |Maebashi | |- !8 |3:24.34 |Lieke Klaver (50.98) Nina Franke (51.83) Cathelijn Peeters (51.11) Femke Bol (50.42) |{{flagu|Netherlands}} |9 March 2025 |Apeldoorn |<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |date=9 March 2025 |title=Results 4x400m Relay Women - Final |url=https://reneaprdsnstg001.blob.core.windows.net/publicfiles-container/EICH2025_C73D_ATHW4X400M------------FNL-000100--.pdf?sv=2024-11-04&se=2075-03-09T18%3A54%3A41Z&sr=b&sp=r&sig=rl6NazbcGf7WtAX6dts0hxdomNiSYSQBZQiPk3ZJ8YA%3D |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250311190750/https://reneaprdsnstg001.blob.core.windows.net/publicfiles-container/EICH2025_C73D_ATHW4X400M------------FNL-000100--.pdf?sv=2024-11-04&se=2075-03-09T18%3A54%3A41Z&sr=b&sp=r&sig=rl6NazbcGf7WtAX6dts0hxdomNiSYSQBZQiPk3ZJ8YA%3D |archive-date=11 March 2025 |access-date=11 March 2025 |website=European Athletics}}</ref> |- !9 |3:24.48 |''Georgia Bulldogs'' Shaqueena Foote ''51.59'' Skylar Brazzell ''52.34'' Vimbayi Maisvorewa ''50.50'' Dejanea Oakley ''50.06'' |{{flagu|Jamaica}} {{flagu|United States}} {{flagu|Zimbabwe}} {{flagu|Jamaica}} |14 March 2026 |Fayetteville | |- !10 |3:24.83 |Natasha Hastings Joanna Atkins Francena McCorory Cassandra Tate |{{flagu|United States}} |9 March 2014 |Sopot |<ref>{{cite web |date=9 March 2014 |title=Women's 4×400m Relay Final Results |url=https://iaafmedia.s3.amazonaws.com/competitiondocuments/pdf/4952/AT-4X4-W-f----.RS6.pdf?v=347621854 |access-date=4 March 2023 |work=IAAF}}</ref> |- !11 |3:24.89 |Lina Nielsen (51.24) Hannah Kelly (51.85) Emily Newnham (51.24) Amber Anning (50.56) |{{Flagu|Great Britain}} |9 March 2025 |Apeldoorn |<ref name=":8" /> |- !12 |3:24.91 |Tatyana Levina Natalya Nazarova Olesya Krasnomovets-Forsheva Natayla Antyukh |{{flagu|Russia}} |12 March 2006 |Moscow | |- !13 |3:25.07 |Lieke Klaver (50.26) Cathelijn Peeters (51.99) Lisanne de Witte (52.28) Femke Bol (50.54) |{{flagu|Netherlands}} |3 March 2024 |Glasgow |<ref>{{cite web|title=Women's 4×400m Final Results|url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7180312/AT-4X4sh-W-f----.RS6.pdf|work=World Athletics|date=3 March 2024|access-date=4 March 2024}}</ref> |- !14 |3:25.20 |''Arkansas Razorbacks'' Joanne Reid Sanaria Butler Kaylyn Brown Isabella Whittaker |{{flagu|Jamaica}} {{flagu|United States}} {{flagu|United States}} {{flagu|United States}} |15 March 2025 |Virginia Beach |<ref>{{cite web|title=4×400m Relay Results|url=https://flashresults.ncaa.com/Indoor/2025/025-1.pdf|website=flashresults.ncaa.com|date=15 March 2025|access-date=1 April 2025}}</ref> |- !15 |3:25.31 |Lada Vondrová (52.30) Nikoleta Jíchová (51.08) Tereza Petržilková (52.11) Lurdes Gloria Manuel (49.82) |{{flagu|Czech Republic}} |9 March 2025 |Apeldoorn |<ref name=":8" /> |- !16 |3:25.34 |Quanera Hayes (52.33) Talitha Diggs (50.50) Bailey Lear (52.02) Alexis Holmes (50.49) |{{flagu|United States}} |3 March 2024 |Glasgow |<ref>{{cite web|title=Women's 4×400m Final Results|url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7180312/AT-4X4sh-W-f----.RS6.pdf|work=World Athletics|date=3 March 2024|access-date=4 March 2024}}</ref> |- !17 |3:25.43 |''Texas A&M Aggies'' Laila Owens Tierra Robinson-Jones Syaira Richardson Charokee Young |{{flagu|United States}} {{flagu|United States}} {{flagu|United States}} {{flagu|Jamaica}} |26 February 2022 |College Station | |- !18 |3:25.59 |''Arkansas Razorbacks'' Rosey Effiong Amber Anning Nickisha Pryce Sanu Jallow |{{flagu|United States}} {{flagu|Great Britain}} {{flagu|Jamaica}} {{flagu|United States}} |27 January 2024 |Fayetteville | |- !19 |3:25.66 |Lieke Klaver Eveline Saalberg Cathelijn Peeters Femke Bol |{{flagu|Netherlands}} |5 March 2023 |Istanbul | |- !20 |3:25.67 {{AthAbbr|A}} |''Texas Longhorns'' Rachel Helbling Kennedy Simon Julien Alfred Rhasidat Adeleke |{{flagu|United States}} {{flagu|United States}} {{flagu|Saint Lucia}} {{flagu|Ireland}} |11 March 2023 |Albuquerque |<ref>{{cite web |date=11 March 2023 |title=4x400m Relay Results |url=https://flashresults.ncaa.com/Indoor/2023/025-1_compiled.htm |access-date=4 March 2024 |website=flashresults.com}}</ref> |- !21 |3:25.68 |Paula Sevilla (51.54) Eva Santidrián (51.51) Daniela Fra (51.26) Blanca Hervas (51.37) |{{flagu|Spain}} |9 March 2025 |Apeldoorn |<ref name=":8" /> |- !22 |3:25.73 |''Cique Elite'' Quanera Hayes Maya Singletary Karimah Davis |{{flagu|United States}} |14 February 2025 |Clemson |<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 February 2025 |title=Clemson Tiger Paw Invitational Women's 4x400 Metres Relay Short Track Final 1 |url=https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7221840?eventId=204610&gender=W |access-date=11 March 2025 |website=World Athletics}}</ref> |- !23 |3:25.80 |Camille Seri (52.32) Louise Maraval (51.03) Marjorie Veyssiere (52.65) Amandine Brossier (49.80) |{{flagu|France}} |9 March 2025 |Apeldoorn |<ref name=":8" /> |- !24 |3:25.81 |Bailey Lear Rosey Effiong Paris Peoples Shamier Little |{{flagu|United States}} |22 March 2026 |Toruń |<ref>{{cite web|title=Women's 4×400m Final Results|url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7199326/AT-4X4sh-W-f----.RS6.pdf|website=World Athletics|date=22 March 2026|access-date=24 March 2026}}</ref> |- !25 |3:25.89 |''Kentucky Wildcats'' Megan Moss Abby Steiner Karimah Davis Alexis Holmes |{{flagu|Bahamas}} {{flagu|United States}} {{flagu|United States}} {{flagu|United States}} |26 February 2022 |College Station | |}

==Olympic medalists== {{main|4 × 400 metres relay at the Olympics}}

===Men=== {{Olympic medalists in men's 4 × 400 metres relay}}

===Women=== {{Olympic medalists in women's 4 × 400 metres relay}}

==World Championships medalists== {{main|4 × 400 metres relay at the World Championships in Athletics}} ===Men=== {{World Championships in Athletics medalists in men's 4 × 400 metres relay}}

===Women=== {{World Championships in Athletics medalists in women's 4 × 400 metres relay}}

==World Indoor Championships medalists== ===Men=== {| {{MedalistTable}} |- |1991 Seville {{DetailsLink|1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay}} |{{flagu|Germany}} Rico Lieder Jens Carlowitz Karsten Just Thomas Schönlebe |{{flagu|United States}} Raymond Pierre Charles Jenkins Jr. Andrew Valmon Antonio McKay Clifton Campbell* Willie Smith* |{{flagu|Italy}} Marco Vaccari Vito Petrella Alessandro Aimar Andrea Nuti |- |1993 Toronto {{DetailsLink|1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay}} |{{flagu|United States}} Darnell Hall Brian Irvin Jason Rouser Mark Everett |{{flag|Trinidad and Tobago}} Dazel Jules Alvin Daniel Neil de Silva Ian Morris |{{flagu|Japan}} Masayoshi Kan Seiji Inagaki Yoshihiko Saito Hiroyuki Hayashi |- |1995 Barcelona {{DetailsLink|1995 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay}} |{{flagu|United States}} Rod Tolbert Calvin Davis Tod Long Frankie Atwater |{{flagu|Italy}} Fabio Grossi Andrea Nuti Roberto Mazzoleni Ashraf Saber |{{flagu|Japan}} Masayoshi Kan Seiji Inagaki Tomonari Ono Hiroyuki Hayashi |- |1997 Paris {{DetailsLink|1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay}} |{{flagu|United States}} Jason Rouser Mark Everett Sean Maye Deon Minor |{{flag|Jamaica}} Linval Laird Michael McDonald Dinsdale Morgan Greg Haughton Garth Robinson* |{{flagu|France}} Pierre-Marie Hilaire Rodrigue Nordin Loic Lerouge Fred Mango |- |1999 Maebashi {{DetailsLink|1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay}} |{{flagu|United States}} Andre Morris Dameon Johnson Deon Minor Milton Campbell Khadevis Robinson* |{{flag|Poland}} Piotr Haczek Jacek Bocian Piotr Rysiukiewicz Robert Maćkowiak |{{flagu|Great Britain and N.I.}} Allyn Condon Solomon Wariso Adrian Patrick Jamie Baulch Sean Baldock* |- |2001 Lisbon {{DetailsLink|2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay}} |{{flag|Poland}} Piotr Rysiukiewicz Piotr Haczek Jacek Bocian Robert Maćkowiak |{{flagu|Russia}} Aleksandr Ladeyshchikov Ruslan Mashchenko Boris Gorban Andrey Semyonov Dmitry Forshev* |{{flag|Jamaica}} Michael McDonald Davian Clarke Michael Blackwood Danny McFarlane Greg Haughton* |- |2003 Birmingham {{DetailsLink|2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay}} |{{flag|Jamaica}} Leroy Colquhoun Danny McFarlane Michael Blackwood Davian Clarke Kemel Thompson* |{{flagu|Great Britain and N.I.}} Jamie Baulch Timothy Benjamin Cori Henry Daniel Caines Mark Hylton* Jared Deacon* |{{flag|Poland}} Rafał Wieruszewski Grzegorz Zajączkowski Marcin Marciniszyn Marek Plawgo Artur Gąsiewski* Piotr Rysiukiewicz* |- |2004 Budapest {{DetailsLink|2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay}} |{{flag|Jamaica}} Greg Haughton Leroy Colquhoun Michael McDonald Davian Clarke Richard James* Sanjay Ayre* |{{flagu|Russia}} Boris Gorban Dmitry Forshev Andrey Rudnitskiy Aleksandr Usov |{{flag|Ireland}} Robert Daly Gary Ryan David Gillick David McCarthy |- |2006 Moscow {{DetailsLink|2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay}} |{{flagu|United States}} Tyree Washington LaShawn Merritt Milton Campbell Wallace Spearmon James Davis* O.J. Hogans* |{{flag|Poland}} Daniel Dąbrowski Marcin Marciniszyn Rafał Wieruszewski Piotr Klimczak Paweł Ptak* Piotr Kędzia* |{{flagu|Russia}} Konstantin Svechkar Aleksandr Derevyagin Yevgeniy Lebedev Dmitry Petrov Andrey Polukeyev* |- |2008 Valencia {{DetailsLink|2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay}} |{{flagu|United States}} James Davis Jamaal Torrance Greg Nixon Kelly Willie Joel Stallworth* |{{flag|Jamaica}} Michael Blackwood Edino Steele Adrian Findlay DeWayne Barrett Aldwyn Sappleton* |{{flag|Dominican Republic}} Arismendy Peguero Carlos Santa Pedro Mejía Yoel Tapia |- |2010 Doha {{DetailsLink|2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay}} |{{flagu|United States}} Jamaal Torrance Greg Nixon Tavaris Tate Bershawn Jackson LeJerald Betters* Kerron Clement* |{{flagu|Belgium}} Cédric Van Branteghem Kevin Borlée Antoine Gillet Jonathan Borlée Nils Duerinck* |{{flagu|Great Britain and N.I.}} Conrad Williams Nigel Levine Chris Clarke Richard Buck Luke Lennon-Ford* |- |2012 Istanbul {{DetailsLink|2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay}} |{{flagu|United States}} Frankie Wright Calvin Smith Jr. Manteo Mitchell Gil Roberts Jamaal Torrance* Quentin Iglehart-Summers* |{{flagu|Great Britain and N.I.}} Conrad Williams Nigel Levine Michael Bingham Richard Buck Luke Lennon-Ford* |{{flag|Trinidad and Tobago}} Lalonde Gordon Renny Quow Jereem Richards Jarrin Solomon |- |2014 Sopot {{DetailsLink|2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay}} |{{flagu|United States}} Kyle Clemons David Verburg Kind Butler III Calvin Smith Jr. Clayton Parros* Ricky Babineaux* |{{flagu|Great Britain and N.I.}} Conrad Williams Jamie Bowie Luke Lennon-Ford Nigel Levine Michael Bingham* |{{flag|Jamaica}} Errol Nolan Allodin Fothergill Akheem Gauntlett Edino Steele Dane Hyatt* Jermaine Brown* |- |2016 Portland {{DetailsLink|2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay}} |{{flagu|United States}} Kyle Clemons Calvin Smith Jr. Christopher Giesting Vernon Norwood Elvyonn Bailey* Patrick Feeney* |{{flag|Bahamas}} Michael Mathieu Alonzo Russell Shavez Hart Chris Brown Ashley Riley* |{{flag|Trinidad and Tobago}} Jarrin Solomon Lalonde Gordon Ade Alleyne-Forte Deon Lendore Rondel Sorrillo* Machel Cedenio* |- |2018 Birmingham {{DetailsLink|2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay}} |{{flagteam|POL}} Karol Zalewski Rafał Omelko Łukasz Krawczuk Jakub Krzewina Patryk Adamczyk* |{{flagteam|USA}} Fred Kerley Michael Cherry Aldrich Bailey Vernon Norwood Marqueze Washington* Paul Dedewo* |{{flagteam|BEL}} Dylan Borlée Jonathan Borlée Jonathan Sacoor Kevin Borlée |- |2022 Belgrade {{DetailsLink|2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay}} |{{flagteam|BEL}} Julien Watrin Alexander Doom Jonathan Sacoor Kevin Borlée Dylan Borlée* |{{flagteam|ESP}} Bruno Hortelano Iñaki Cañal Manuel Guijarro Bernat Erta |{{flagteam|NED}} Taymir Burnet Nick Smidt Terrence Agard Tony van Diepen Jochem Dobber* Isayah Boers* |- |2024 Glasgow {{DetailsLink|2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay}} |{{flagteam|BEL}} Jonathan Sacoor Dylan Borlée Christian Iguacel Alexander Doom Tibo De Smet* |{{flagteam|USA}} Jacory Patterson Matthew Boling Noah Lyles Christopher Bailey Paul Dedewo* Trevor Bassitt* |{{flagteam|NED}} Liemarvin Bonevacia Ramsey Angela Terrence Agard Tony van Diepen Taymir Burnet* Isaya Klein Ikkink* |- |2025 Nanjing {{DetailsLink|2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay}} |{{flagteam|USA}} Elija Godwin Brian Faust Jacory Patterson Christopher Bailey |{{flagteam|JAM}} Rusheen McDonald Jasauna Dennis Kimar Farquharson Demar Francis |{{flagteam|HUN}} Patrik Simon Enyingi Zoltán Wahl Árpád Kovács Attila Molnár |- |2026 Toruń {{DetailsLink|2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay}} |{{flagteam|USA}} Justin Robinson Chris Robinson Demarius Smith Khaleb McRae Elija Godwin* TJ Tomlyanovich* |{{flagteam|BEL}} Jonathan Sacoor Christian Iguacel Julien Watrin Alexander Doom Robin Vanderbemden* Dylan Borlée* |{{flagteam|JAM}} Raheem Hayles Delano Kennedy Tyrice Taylor Kimar Farquharson Demar Francis* |} '''Note''': * Indicates athletes who ran only in the preliminary round and also received medals. * A USA team of Milton Campbell, Leonard Byrd, Trinity Gray and Jerome Young originally finished second in the 2001 World Indoor Championships, but was disqualified after Young was found to have used performance-enhancing drugs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-indoor-championships/news/mens-4x400-metre-relay-final|title=2001 World Indoor Championships men's 4x400m final|access-date=12 November 2020}}</ref> * A USA team of James Davis, Jerome Young, Milton Campbell and Tyree Washington originally won in the 2003 World Indoor Championships, but was disqualified after Young was found to have used performance-enhancing drugs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.worldathletics.org/news/news/men-4x400-metres-final|title=2003 World Indoor Championships men's 4x400m final|access-date=12 November 2020}}</ref>

===Women=== {| {{MedalistTable}} |- |1991 Seville {{DetailsLink|1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay}} |{{flagu|Germany}} Sandra Seuser Katrin Schreiter Annett Hesselbarth Grit Breuer |{{flag|Soviet Union}} Marina Shmonina Lyudmila Dzhigalova Margarita Ponomaryova Aelita Yurchenko |{{flagu|United States}} Terri Dendy Lillie Leatherwood Jearl Miles Diane Dixon |- |1993 Toronto {{DetailsLink|1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay}} |{{flag|Jamaica}} Deon Hemmings Beverly Grant Cathy Rattray-Williams Sandie Richards |{{flagu|United States}} Trevaia Williams Terri Dendy Dyan Webber Natasha Kaiser-Brown |''none awarded'' |- |1995 Barcelona {{DetailsLink|1995 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay}} |{{flagu|Russia}} Tatyana Chebykina Yelena Ruzina Yekaterina Kulikova Svetlana Goncharenko |{{flag|Czech Republic}} Naděžda Koštovalová Helena Dziurová Hana Benešová Ludmila Formanová |{{flagu|United States}} Nelrae Pasha Tanya Dooley Kim Graham Flirtisha Harris |- |1997 Paris {{DetailsLink|1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay}} |{{flagu|Russia}} Tatyana Chebykina Svetlana Goncharenko Olga Kotlyarova Tatyana Alekseyeva Natalya Sharova* Yekaterina Bakhvalova* |{{flagu|United States}} Shanelle Porter Natasha Kaiser-Brown Anita Howard Jearl Miles Clark Carlette Guidry* |{{flagu|Germany}} Anja Rücker Anke Feller Heike Meißner Grit Breuer Anja Knippel* |- |1999 Maebashi {{DetailsLink|1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay}} |{{flagu|Russia}} Tatyana Chebykina Svetlana Goncharenko Olga Kotlyarova Natalya Nazarovaa |{{flagu|Australia}} Susan Andrews Tania Van Heer Tamsyn Lewis Cathy Freeman |{{flagu|United States}} Monique Hennagan Michelle Collins Zundra Feagin-Alexander Shanelle Porter |- |2001 Lisbon {{DetailsLink|2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay}} |{{flagu|Russia}} Yuliya Nosova Olesya Zykina Yuliya Sotnikova Olga Kotlyarova |{{flag|Jamaica}} Charmaine Howell Juliet Campbell Catherine Scott Sandie Richards |{{flagu|Germany}} Claudia Marx Birgit Rockmeier Florence Ekpo-Umoh Shanta Ghosh |- |2003 Birmingham {{DetailsLink|2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay}} |{{flagu|Russia}} Natalya Antyukh Yuliya Pechonkina Olesya Zykina Natalya Nazarova |{{flag|Jamaica}} Ronetta Smith Catherine Scott Sheryl Morgan Sandie Richards |{{flagu|United States}} Monique Hennagan Meghan Addy Brenda Taylor Mary Wineberg |- |2004 Budapest {{DetailsLink|2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay}} |{{flagu|Russia}} Olesya Forsheva Olga Kotlyarova Tatyana Levina Natalya Nazarova Olesya Zykina* Natalya Antyukh* |{{flag|Belarus}} Natallia Solohub Anna Kozak Ilona Vusovich Sviatlana Vusovich |{{flag|Romania}} Angela Moroșanu Alina Rîpanu Maria Rus Ionela Târlea |- |2006 Moscow {{DetailsLink|2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay}} |{{flagu|Russia}} Tatyana Levina Natalya Nazarova Olesya Forsheva Natalya Antyukh Yuliya Gushchina* Tatyana Veshkurova* |{{flagu|United States}} Debbie Dunn Tiffany Williams Monica Hargrove Mary Wineberg Kia Davis* |{{flag|Belarus}} Natallia Solohub Anna Kozak Yulyana Yushchanka Ilona Vusovich |- |2008 Valencia {{DetailsLink|2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay}} |{{flagu|Russia}} Yuliya Gushchina Tatyana Levina Natalya Nazarova Olesya Zykina |{{flag|Belarus}} Anna Kozak Iryna Khliustava Ilona Vusovich Sviatlana Vusovich |{{flagu|United States}} Angel Perkins Miriam Barnes Shareese Woods Moushaumi Robinson |- |2010 Doha {{DetailsLink|2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay}} |{{flagu|United States}} Debbie Dunn DeeDee Trotter Natasha Hastings Allyson Felix |{{flag|Czech Republic}} Denisa Rosolová Jitka Bartoničková Zuzana Bergrová Zuzana Hejnová |{{flagu|Great Britain and N.I.}} Kim Wall Vivki Barr Perri Shakes-Drayton Lee McConnell |- |2012 Istanbul {{DetailsLink|2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay}} |{{flagu|Great Britain and N.I.}} Shana Cox Nicola Sanders Christine Ohuruogu Perri Shakes-Drayton |{{flagu|United States}} Leslie Cole Natasha Hastings Jernail Hayes Sanya Richards-Ross |{{flag|Romania}} Angela Moroșanu Angela Panainte Adelina Pastor Elena Mirela Lavric |- |2014 Sopot {{DetailsLink|2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay}} |{{flagu|United States}} Natasha Hastings Joanna Atkins Francena McCorory Cassandra Tate Jernail Hayes* Monica Hargrove* |{{flag|Jamaica}} Patricia Hall Anneisha McLaughlin Kaliese Spencer Stephenie Ann McPherson Verone Chambers* Natoya Goule* |{{flagu|Great Britain and N.I.}} Eilidh Child Shana Cox Margaret Adeoye Christine Ohuruogu Victoria Ohuruogu* |- |2016 Portland {{DetailsLink|2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay}} |{{flagu|United States}} Natasha Hastings Quanera Hayes Courtney Okolo Ashley Spencer |{{flag|Poland}} Ewelina Ptak Małgorzata Hołub Magdalena Gorzkowska Justyna Święty |{{flag|Romania}} Adelina Pastor Mirela Lavric Andrea Miklós Bianca Răzor |- |2018 Birmingham {{DetailsLink|2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay}} |{{flagteam|USA}} Quanera Hayes Georganne Moline Shakima Wimbley Courtney Okolo Joanna Atkins* Raevyn Rogers* |{{flagteam|POL}} Justyna Święty-Ersetic Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz Aleksandra Gaworska Małgorzata Hołub-Kowalik Joanna Linkiewicz* Natalia Kaczmarek* |{{flagteam|GBR}} Meghan Beesley Hannah Williams Amy Allcock Zoey Clark Anyika Onuora* |- |2022 Belgrade {{DetailsLink|2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay}} |{{flagteam|JAM}} Junelle Bromfield Janieve Russell Roneisha McGregor Stephenie Ann McPherson Tiffany James* |{{flagteam|NED}} Lieke Klaver Eveline Saalberg Lisanne de Witte Femke Bol Andrea Bouma* |{{flagteam|POL}} Natalia Kaczmarek Iga Baumgart-Witan Kinga Gacka Justyna Święty-Ersetic Aleksandra Gaworska* |- |2024 Glasgow {{DetailsLink|2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay}} |{{flagteam|NED}} Lieke Klaver Cathelijn Peeters Lisanne de Witte Femke Bol Myrte van der Schoot* Eveline Saalberg* |{{flagteam|USA}} Quanera Hayes Talitha Diggs Bailey Lear Alexis Holmes Jessica Wright* Na'Asha Robinson* |{{flagteam|GBR}} Laviai Nielsen Lina Nielsen Ama Pipi Jessie Knight Hannah Kelly* |- |2025 Nanjing {{DetailsLink|2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay}} |{{flagteam|USA}} Quanera Hayes Bailey Lear Rosey Effiong Alexis Holmes |{{flagteam|POL}} Justyna Święty-Ersetic Aleksandra Formella Anastazja Kuś Anna Gryc |{{flagteam|AUS}} Ellie Beer Ella Connolly Bella Pasquali Jemma Pollard |- |2026 Toruń {{DetailsLink|2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay}} |{{flagteam|USA}} Bailey Lear Rosey Effiong Paris Peoples Shamier Little Abbey Glynn* Brianna White* |{{flagteam|NED}} Lieke Klaver Myrte van der Schoot Nina Franke Eveline Saalberg Madelief van Leur* Elisabeth Paulina* |{{flagteam|SPA}} Paula Sevilla Ana Prieto Rocío Arroyo Blanca Hervás Carmen Avilés* Daniela Fra* |} '''Note''': * Indicates athletes who ran only in the preliminary round and also received medals. * A Russian team of Svetlana Pospelova, Natalya Nazarova, Kseniya Vdovina and Tatyana Firova originally finished second in the 2010 World Indoor Championships, but was disqualified after Firova was found to have used performance-enhancing drugs.<ref name="auto1">{{cite web|url=https://www.worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-indoor-championships/news/event-report-womens-4x400-metres-relay-fina|title=2010 World Indoor Championships - Women's 4x400m Relay Final|access-date=12 November 2020}}</ref> * A Jamaican team of Bobby-Gaye Wilkins, Clora Williams, Davita Prendergast and Novlene Williams-Mills originally finished third in the 2010 World Indoor Championships, but was disqualified after Wilkins was found to have used performance-enhancing drugs.<ref name="auto1"/> * A Russian team of Yuliya Gushchina, Kseniya Ustalova, Marina Karnaushchenko and Aleksandra Fedoriva originally finished third in the 2012 World Indoor Championships, but was disqualified in 2019 after Gushchina was found to have used performance-enhancing drugs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-indoor-championships/news/event-report-womens-4x400-metres-relay-fi|title=2012 World Indoor Championships - Women's 4x400m Relay Final|access-date=12 November 2020}}</ref>

==Notable splits== ===Men=== * Herb McKenley (Jamaica) ran a 44.6 split in the 1952 Helsinki Olympic final. * Ron Freeman (USA) ran a 43.2 split in the 1968 Mexico Olympic final. * Julius Sang (Kenya) ran a 43.6 split in the 1972 Munich Olympic final. * Alberto Juantorena (Cuba) ran a 43.7 split in the 1977 IAAF World Cup event as part of the Americas team. * Quincy Watts ran a 43.1 split and Steve Lewis (USA) ran a 43.4 split in the 1992 Barcelona Olympic final. * Butch Reynolds ran a 43.23 split and Michael Johnson (both USA) ran a 42.91 split in the 1993 Stuttgart World Championship final; the USA team's final time of 2:54.29 is the current world record. * Mark Richardson (GBR) ran a 43.57 split and Davian Clarke (JAM) ran a 43.51 split in the 1997 Athens World Championship final. * Jeremy Wariner (USA) ran a 43.10 split in the 2007 Osaka World Championship final. * Jeremy Wariner (USA) ran a 43.18 split in the 2008 Beijing Olympic final. * Michael Norman (USA) ran a 43.06 split in the 2018 NCAA West Preliminaries final.<ref>{{cite news|title=Norman and Benjamin the latest stars to shine in the IAAF Diamond League|url=https://www.iaaf.org/news/feature/michael-norman-rai-benjamin-diamond-league|access-date=15 January 2019|newspaper=IAAF|date=1 July 2018}}</ref> * Matthew Hudson-Smith (GBR) ran a 43.00 split, Letsile Tebogo (BOT) ran a 43.04 split, and Rai Benjamin (USA) ran a 43.13 in the 2024 Paris Olympics final.<ref>{{cite web |date=10 August 2024 |title=Men's 4 x 400m Relay - Final results |url=https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/ATH/OG2024_ATH_C73D_ATHM4X400M------------FNL-000100--.pdf |access-date=11 August 2024 |website=Olympics}}</ref>

===Women=== * Jarmila Kratochvílová (CZE) ran a 47.6 split in the 1982 Athens European Championship final, a 47.75 split in the 1983 Helsinki World Championship final, and a 47.9 split in the 1983 Europa Cup in London. * Marita Koch (GDR) ran a 47.70 split in Erfurt 1984, a 47.9 split in the 1982 European Championship final, and a 47.9 split at the 1985 Canberra World Cup. * Allyson Felix (USA) ran a 47.72 split in the 2015 Beijing World Championships final, a 48.01 split in the 2007 Osaka World Championships final, and a 48.20 split in the 2012 London Olympic final. * Olga Nazarova and Olga Bryzgina (USSR) both ran a 47.80 split in the 1988 Seoul Olympics final; the Soviet team's final time of 3:15.17 is the current world record. * Sydney McLaughlin (USA) ran a 47.70<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2024/08/10/usa-womens-4x400-olympics-gold-medal/74751695007/ | title=Team USA wins women's 4x400 for eighth consecutive Olympic gold medal | website=USA Today }}</ref> split in the 2024 Paris Olympics, and a 47.91 split at the 2022 World Championships in Eugene. * Femke Bol (NED) ran a 47.93 split in the 2024 Paris Olympics mixed 4 × 400 final. * Florence Griffith Joyner (USA) ran a 48.08 split in the 1988 Seoul Olympic final.

== Notes and references == {{reflist}}

==External links== {{portal|Sport of athletics}} *[https://iaaf.gekko.de/?a=relays&d=4x400-metres-relay IAAF list of 4x400-metres-relay records in XML]

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