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The 4 × 400 metres relay at the World Championships in Athletics has been contested by both men and women since the inaugural edition in 1983. The competition features three formats in relation to gender: men, women, and mixed. The 2019 edition added in the mixed competition. The format utilizes one set of heats qualifying the top 8 into a final.
The United States entered as the defending Olympic champions while Jamaica was the reigning world champions from 2015, having defeated the Americans there.Great Britain entered with the fastest time recorded that year (3:25.05 minutes), which it had achieved to win the 2016 European title.
The World Chess Championship 2016 was a chess match between the reigning world champion Magnus Carlsen and the challenger Sergey Karjakin to determine the World Chess Champion. [1] Carlsen had been world champion since 2013 , while Karjakin qualified as challenger by winning the 2016 Candidates Tournament .
RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 20 (Reuters) - The United States won the Olympic women's 4x400 meters relay gold medal on Saturday in 3 minutes 19.06 seconds, their sixth straight victory in the event at the ...
Women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2015 World Championships The finish, Novlene Williams-Mills celebrates ahead of Francena McCorory Venue Beijing National Stadium Dates 29 August (heats) 30 August (final) Competitors 74 from 16 nations Winning time 3:19.13 Medalists Christine Day Shericka Jackson Stephenie Ann McPherson Novlene Williams-Mills Anastasia Le-Roy * Chrisann Gordon * Jamaica ...
The women's 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium on 23 and 24 July. Medalists [ edit ]
Women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships Venue Oregon Convention Center Dates March 20 Competitors 24 from 6 nations Teams 6 Winning time 3:26.38 Medalists Natasha Hastings Quanera Hayes Courtney Okolo Ashley Spencer United States Ewelina Ptak Małgorzata Hołub Magdalena Gorzkowska Justyna Święty Poland Adelina Pastor Elena Mirela Lavric Andrea Miklós ...
Karjakin won the 2016 World Blitz Chess Championship, which took place on 29 and 30 December 2016. Before the last round, Carlsen was leading with 16.0/20, while Karjakin was half a point behind. In the last round, Carlsen drew with Peter Leko, while Karjakin won against Baadur Jobava. Thus, they both finished the tournament with 16½/21.