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unusual facts about 4 x 400 metres relay



Alain Rohr

Rohr finished fourth in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2004 World Indoor Championships, together with teammates Cédric El-Idrissi, Martin Leiser and Andreas Oggenfuss.

Aleksandr Usov

Usov won the silver medal in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2004 World Indoor Championships, together with teammates Dmitriy Forshev, Boris Gorban and Andrey Rudnitskiy.

Andreas Oggenfuss

Oggenfuss finished fourth in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2004 World Indoor Championships, together with teammates Alain Rohr, Cédric El-Idrissi and Martin Leiser.

Andrey Rudnitskiy

Rudnitskiy won the silver medal in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2004 World Indoor Championships, together with teammates Dmitriy Forshev, Boris Gorban and Aleksandr Usov.

Ashwini Nachappa

She also represented India in two World Championships, one in 1987 in Rome (she was the member of the 4 x 400 m relay) and another in 1991 in Tokyo (she was the member of the 4 x 400 m relay).

Assane Diallo

Diallo finished eighth in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1999 World Championships, together with teammates Ousmane Niang, Ibou Faye and Ibrahima Wade.

Benedict Cayenne

Benedict Cayenne (born 22 March 1944 in Barrackpore) is a retired athlete from Trinidad and Tobago who specialized in the 800 metres and 4 x 400 metres relay.

Boris Gorban

Gorban won the silver medal in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2001 World Indoor Championships, establishing a national record of 3:04.82 minutes together with teammates Aleksandr Ladeyshchikov, Ruslan Mashchenko and Andrey Semyonov.

Carole Kaboud Mebam

She also holds the national record in 4 x 400 metres relay with 3:27.08 minutes, achieved together with teammates Mirelle Nguimgo, Delphine Atangana and Hortense Béwouda in August 2003 in Paris.

Cédric El-Idrissi

El-Idrissi finished fourth in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2004 World Indoor Championships, together with teammates Alain Rohr, Martin Leiser and Andreas Oggenfuss.

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.

Dahmar Wartts-Smiles

He was also a member of the US# 3 2008 high school indoor 4x400m relay team from Meade Senior High School in Fort Meade, MD that placed 2nd at the National Scholastic Indoor Championships making him an NSIC All-American.

Dmitriy Forshev

Forshev won the silver medal in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2004 World Indoor Championships, together with teammates Boris Gorban, Andrey Rudnitskiy and Aleksandr Usov.

Ewelina Sętowska-Dryk

She won a bronze medal in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2006 European Championships, together with teammates Monika Bejnar, Grażyna Prokopek and Anna Jesień.

Gaolesiela Salang

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

Hortense Béwouda

She currently holds the national record in 4 x 400 metres relay with 3:27.08 minutes, achieved together with teammates Mireille Nguimgo, Carole Kaboud Mebam and Delphine Atangana in August 2003 in Paris.

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.

Ken Harnden

Together with Tawanda Chiwira, Phillip Mukomana and Savieri Ngidhi he holds the Zimbabwean record in 4 x 400 metres relay with 3:00.79 minutes, achieved during the heats at the 1997 World Championships in Athens.

Konstantin Svechkar

Svechkar won bronze medals in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2005 Universiade, together with teammates Dmitriy Petrov, Alexander Borshchenko and Vladislav Frolov, and at the 2006 World Indoor Championships with Aleksandr Derevyagin, Yevgeniy Lebedev and Dmitriy Petrov.

Martin Leiser

Leiser finished fourth in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2004 World Indoor Championships, together with teammates Alain Rohr, Cédric El-Idrissi and Andreas Oggenfuss.

Mireille Nguimgo

She also holds the national record in 4 x 400 metres relay with 3:27.08 minutes, achieved together with teammates Carole Kaboud Mebam, Delphine Atangana and Hortense Béwouda in August 2003 in Paris.

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.

Ousmane Niang

Niang finished eighth in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1999 World Championships, together with teammates Assane Diallo, Ibou Faye and Ibrahima Wade.

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.

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.

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.

Shana Woods

While still a sophomore at Long Beach Poly, she joined her teammates, including senior Shalonda Solomon in setting national high school records in the 4 x 400 metres relay, 4 x 200 metres relay and indoor 4 x 400 metres relay.

Yevgeniy Lebedev

Lebedev won the bronze medal in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2006 World Indoor Championships, together with teammates Konstantin Svechkar, Aleksandr Derevyagin and Dmitriy Petrov.


see also

Ute Thimm

With the German 4 x 400-metres-relay she finished fourth in the Finals of the 1988 Summer Olympics in 3'2249 with her colleagues Helga Arendt, Andrea Thomas and Gudrun Abt.