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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 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 ...
Teen star Quincy Wilson, now officially the youngest ever male track Olympian for Team USA, ran his first race on Friday after competing in the men's 4x400 meter relay qualifier at the Paris Olympics.
Both the men's and the women's relay teams won gold in the 4x400-meter relay finals on Saturday, Aug. 10, and Masai Russell also came in first in the women's 100-meter hurdles final.
Rai Benjamin confidently told USA TODAY Sports the U.S. men’s 4x400 relay team “got something for” the competition in the final. He was correct.
The mixed 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 30 and 31 July 2021 at the Japan National Stadium. [1] There were 16 competing relay teams, with each team having four members (two men and two women).
The mixed 4 × 400 metres relay is a mixed-sex 4 × 400 metres relay in which teams field two men and two women. Since March 2022, team members have to run in the order man-woman-man-woman. It was introduced at the 2017 IAAF World Relays and was then held at the 2019 World Athletics Championships in Qatar.
Since the mixed 4x400-meter relay is a newer, less-prestigious event that comes early in a meet, top American stars seldom risk fatigue or injury to participate. ... The U.S. benefits from having ...