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27 unusual facts about 4 × 400 metres relay


Ade Alleyne-Forte

He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Andrew Rock

In the 2004 Olympic Games, Rock ran for the American 4x400m relay team in the qualifying heats, securing the team a place in the final.

2005: World Outdoor 400m silver medalist, World Outdoor 4x400m gold medalist, ranked #2 in the United States and #3 in the World

Later in the meet, he led off the 4x400m relay team to yet another World Championship gold medal.

Andrey Rudnitskiy

The next year the relay team finished seventh at the 2005 World Championships with Forshev, Rudnitskiy, Oleg Mishukov and Yevgeniy Lebedev.

Anja Knippel

At the 1999 World Indoor Championships she finished fourth in the 4 × 400 metres relay, together with teammates Anja Rücker, Ulrike Urbansky and Grit Breuer.

Brice Panel

Panel competed for the men's 4×400 m relay at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, along with his teammates Teddy Venel, Richard Maunier, and Ydrissa M'Barke.

Christine Day

She represented Jamaica at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the individual 400m and in the 4x400 metre relay.

Cowin Mills

Mills competed for the men's 4×400 m relay at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, along with his teammates Ato Modibo, Jovon Toppin, and Stann Waithe.

Dimitrios Gravalos

Gravalos competed for the men's 4×400 m relay at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, along with his teammates Stylianos Dimotsios, Konstadinos Anastasiou, and Pantelis Melachroinoudis.

Emmily Pinheiro

Pinheiro competed for the women's 4×400 m relay at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, along with her teammates Lucimar Teodoro, Maria Laura Almirão, and Josiane Tito.

Gaolesiela Salang

He was a member of the Botswana 4 x 400 metres relay team that finished eighth at the 2004 Olympic Games.

Jessie Barr

Jessie Barr (born 24 July 1989 in Waterford, Republic of Ireland) is an Irish athlete who will compete at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Women's 4 × 400 metres relay.

John Steffensen

Steffensen competed in the 2004 Olympics, and was a part of the Australian team that won the silver medal in 4 x 400 metres relay.

Keshia Baker

She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the 4×400 m relay event, running in the heats and winning a gold medal.

Konstadinos Anastasiou

Anastasiou competed for the men's 4×400 m relay at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, along with his teammates Stylianos Dimotsios, Dimitrios Gravalos, and Pantelis Melachroinoudis.

Michelle Carey

Michelle Carey (born 20 March 1981 in Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish athlete who competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Women's 4 × 400 metres relay.

Oleksandra Ryzhkova

In the 4 x 400 metres relay she competed at the 2003 World Championships and the 2004 Olympic Games without reaching the final.

Pedro Mejía

Mejia competed for the men's 4×400 m relay at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, along with his teammates Yoel Tapia, Carlos Yohelin Santa, and Arismendy Peguero.

Pieter Smith

Smith competed for the men's 4×400 m relay at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, along with his teammates L. J. van Zyl, Ofentse Mogawane, and Alwyn Myburgh.

Rajwinder Kaur

Kaur finished seventh in the 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2004 Summer Olympics, together with teammates Satti Geetha, K. M. Beenamol and Chitra K. Soman.

René Herms

He won the silver medal in 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2000 World Junior Championships, became European junior champion in 2001 and finished seventh at the 2002 European Championships.

Sanjay Ayre

Together with Brandon Simpson, Lansford Spence and Davian Clarke he won a bronze medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics.

Shana Cox

Competing in her first major competition for Great Britain, Cox won a gold medal in the women's 4x400 metres relay at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Istanbul, Turkey, as part of a team that also included Nicola Sanders, Christine Ohuruogu and Perri Shakes-Drayton.

Shericka Williams

She also won bronze in the 4x400m relay with Shereefa Lloyd, Rosemarie Whyte and Novlene Williams

Stann Waithe

Waithe competed for the men's 4×400 m relay at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, along with his teammates Ato Modibo, Jovon Toppin, and Cowin Mills.

Yoel Tapia

Tapia competed for the men's 4×400 m relay at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, along with his teammates Pedro Mejía, Arismendy Peguero, and Carlos Yohelin Santa.


1982 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

These are the official results of the Men's 4x400 metres event at the 1982 European Championships in Athens, Greece.

1982 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay

These are the official results of the Women's 4x400 metres event at the 1982 European Championships in Athens, Greece.

1990 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

These are the official results of the Men's 4x400 metres event at the 1990 European Championships in Split, Yugoslavia.

1990 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay

These are the official results of the Women's 4x400 metres event at the 1990 European Championships in Split, Yugoslavia.

Chitra Soman

Soman finished seventh in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2004 Summer Olympics, together with teammates Satti Geetha, K. M. Beenamol and Rajwinder Kaur.

Elif Yıldırım

Elif Yıldırım qualified as the youngest of her country's national athletics team for participation in the 4x400 m relay event at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Korinna Fink

She finished sixth in 4 x 400 m relay at the 2005 World Championships, together with teammates Claudia Marx, Claudia Hoffman and Ulrike Urbansky and fifth at the 2006 European Championships with Hoffmann, Anja Pollmächer and Marx.

Olga Tereshkova

She made her first appearance on the senior world stage when she took part in the 4 x 400 relay race at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics.

Sathi Geetha

Geetha finished seventh in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2004 Summer Olympics, together with teammates K. M. Beenamol, Chitra K. Soman and Rajwinder Kaur.

Zuzana Hejnová

She did however, reach the final with the Czech relay team in the 4 × 400 metres relay in a team which included her, Zuzana Bergrová, Denisa Ščerbová, and Jitka Bartoníčková.