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4x400m relay Men
OLYMPIC RECORD EVOLUTION 4x400m relay Men
ATHLETE
NAME
SCORE
OLYMPIC GAME
DATE
COUNTRY
TIME
[minutes:seconds, 1/100 of a second]
1912
3:19
Stockholm 1912
14 JULY
3:16.60
Stockholm 1912
15 JULY
1924
3:16
Paris 1924
13 JULY
1928
3:14.20
Amsterdam 1928
05 AUGUST
1932
3:11.80
Los Angeles 1932
06 AUGUST
3:08.20
Los Angeles 1932
07 AUGUST
1952
3:03.90
Helsinki 1952
27 JULY
1960
3:02.20
Rome 1960
08 SEPTEMBER
1964
3:00.70
Tokyo 1964
21 OCTOBER
1968
2:56.16
Mexico 1968
20 OCTOBER
1992
2:55.74
Barcelona 1992
08 AUGUST
2008
2:55.39
Beijing 2008
23 AUGUST
All records in this event
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All events
MEN'S EVENTS
10000m men
100m men
110m hurdles men
1500m men
200m men
20km walk men
3000m steeplechase men
400m men
400m hurdles men
4x100m relay men
4x400m relay men
5000m men
50km walk men
800m men
decathlon men
discus throw men
hammer throw men
high jump men
javelin throw men
long jump men
marathon men
pole vault men
shot put men
triple jump men
WOMEN'S EVENTS
10000m women
100m women
100m hurdles women
1500m women
200m women
20km race walk women
3000m steeplechase women
400m women
400m hurdles women
4x100m relay women
4x400m relay women
5000m women
800m women
discus throw women
hammer throw women
heptathlon women
high jump women
javelin throw women
long jump women
marathon women
pole vault women
shot put women
New Olympic Record
2’55.39’’
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Olympic medallists
Gold medals
Chris BROWN
Demetrius PINDER
Michael MATHIEU
Ramon MILLER
4x400m relay men United States of America Beijing 2008
Angelo TAYLOR
David NEVILLE
Jeremy WARINER
LaShawn MERRITT
4x400m relay men United States of America Athens 2004
Darold WILLIAMSON
Derrick BREW
Kelly WILLIE
Otis HARRIS
4x400m relay men NIGERIA Sydney 2000
Clement CHUKWU
Enefiok UDO OBONG
Fidelis GADZAMA
Jude MONYE
Nduka AWAZIE
Sunday BADA
4x400m relay men UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Atlanta 1996
Alvin HARRISON
Anthuan MAYBANK
Derek MILLS
Jason ROUSER
Lamont SMITH
4x400m relay men UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Barcelona 1992
Andrew VALMON
Charles L. JENKINS
Darnell HALL
Michael JOHNSON
Quincy WATTS
Steve LEWIS
4x400m relay men UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Seoul 1988
Daniel EVERETT
Harry Butch . REYNOLDS
Kevin Bernard ROBINZINE
4x400m relay men UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Los Angeles 1984
Alonzo C. BABERS
Antonio Ricardo MCKAY
Raymond ARMSTEAD
Sunder L. NIX
4x400m relay men USSR Moscow 1980
Mikhail LINGE
Nikolai CHERNETSKI
Remigius VALIULIS
Viktor MARKIN
4x400m relay men UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Montreal 1976
Benjamin Gene BROWN
Frederick Vaughn NEWHOUSE
Herman Ronald FRAZIER
Maxwell Lander PARKS
4x400m relay men KENYA Munich 1972
Charles ASATI
Hezekiah Munyoro NYAMAU
Julius SANG
Robert OUKO
4x400m relay men UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Mexico 1968
George Lawrence JAMES
Lee Edward EVANS
Ronald John III FREEMAN
Vincent Edward MATTHEWS
4x400m relay men UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Tokyo 1964
Henry CARR
Michael Denny LARRABEE
Ollan Conley CASSELL
Ulis C. WILLIAMS
4x400m relay men UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Rome 1960
Earl Verdelle YOUNG
Glenn Ashby DAVIS
John Lloyd YERMAN
Otis Crandall DAVIS
4x400m relay men UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Melbourne / Stockholm 1956
Charles Lamont JENKINS
Jesse William MASHBURN
Louis Woodard III JONES
Thomas William COURTNEY
4x400m relay men JAMAICA Helsinki 1952
Arthur WINT
Herbert MCKENLEY
Leslie LAING
Vincent George RHODEN
4x400m relay men UNITED STATES OF AMERICA London 1948
Arthur Harold HARNDEN
Clifford Frederick BOURLAND
Malvin Groston WHITFIELD
Roy Braxton COCHRAN
4x400m relay men GREAT BRITAIN Berlin 1936
Arthur Godfrey Kilner BROWN
Frederick Ferdinand WOLFF
Godfrey Lionel RAMPLING
William ROBERTS
4x400m relay men UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Los Angeles 1932
Edgar Allen ABLOWICH
Ivan William FUQUA
Karl De Witt WARNER
William Arthur CARR
4x400m relay men UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Amsterdam 1928
Emerson Lane SPENCER
Frederick Pitt ALDERMAN
George Hetzel BAIRD
Raymond James BARBUTI
4x400m relay men UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Paris 1924
Alan HELFFRICH
Commodore COCHRANE
J. Oliver MACDONALD
William STEPHENSON
4x400m relay men GREAT BRITAIN Antwerp 1920
Cecil Richmond GRIFFITHS
Guy Montagu BUTLER
John Creyghton AINSWORTH-DAVIS
Robert Alexander LINDSAY
4x400m relay men UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Stockholm 1912
Charles Decker REIDPATH
Edward F. LINDBERG
James Edwin MEREDITH
Melvin SHEPPARD
4x400m relay men UNITED STATES OF AMERICA London 1908
John Baxter TAYLOR
John Nathaniel CARTMELL
William Frank HAMILTON
Silver medals
Angelo TAYLOR
Bryshon NELLUM
Joshua MANCE
Manteo MITCHELL
Tony MCQUAY
4x400m relay men Bahamas Beijing 2008
Andrae WILLIAMS
Andretti BAIN
Christopher BROWN
Michael MATHIEU
4x400m relay men Australia Athens 2004
Andrew ROCK
Clinton HILL
John STEFFENSEN
Mark ORMROD
Patrick DWYER
4x400m relay men JAMAICA Sydney 2000
Christopher WILLIAMS
Danny MCFARLANE
Greg HAUGHTON
Michael BLACKWOOD
Michael MCDONALD
Sanjay AYRE
4x400m relay men GREAT BRITAIN Atlanta 1996
Duaine LADEJO
Iwan THOMAS
Jamie BAULCH
Mark Ashton RICHARDSON
Mark HYLTON
Roger BLACK
4x400m relay men CUBA Barcelona 1992
Hector HERRERA ORTIZ
Lazaro MARTINEZ DESPAIGNE
Norberto TELLEZ
Roberto HERNANDEZ PRENDES
4x400m relay men JAMAICA Seoul 1988
Bertland CAMERON
Devon MORRIS
Howard DAVIS
Winthrop GRAHAM
4x400m relay men GREAT BRITAIN Los Angeles 1984
Gary Peter COOK
Kriss Kezie Uche AKABUSI
Philip Andrew BROWN
Todd Anthony BENNETT
4x400m relay men GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC Moscow 1980
Andreas KNEBEL
Frank SCHAFFER
Klaus THIELE
Volker BECK
4x400m relay men POLAND Montreal 1976
Jan WERNER
Jerzy PIETRZYK
Ryszard PODLAS
Zbigniew JAREMSKI
4x400m relay men GREAT BRITAIN Munich 1972
Alan Peter PASCOE
David Andrew JENKINS
David Peter HEMERY
Martin Edward REYNOLDS
4x400m relay men KENYA Mexico 1968
Charles ASATI
Daniel Matasi RUDISHA
Hezekiah Munyoro NYAMAU
Naftali BON
4x400m relay men GREAT BRITAIN Tokyo 1964
Adrian Peter METCALFE
John Hugh COOPER
Robbie Ian BRIGHTWELL
Timothy Joseph Michael GRAHAM
4x400m relay men UNIFIED TEAM OF GERMANY Rome 1960
Carl KAUFMANN
Hans-Joachim RESKE
Johannes KAISER
Manfred KINDER
4x400m relay men AUSTRALIA Melbourne / Stockholm 1956
David Francis LEAN
Graham Chater GIPSON
Leonard Stuart GREGORY
Richard Kevan GOSPER
4x400m relay men UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Helsinki 1952
Charles Hewes Jr. MOORE
Gerrard Eugene COLE
Malvin Groston WHITFIELD
Oliver Adrian MATSON
4x400m relay men FRANCE London 1948
Francois SCHEWETTA
Jacques LUNIS
Jean KEREBEL
Robert CHEF D'HOTEL
4x400m relay men UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Berlin 1936
Alfred Lord FITCH
Edward T. O'BRIEN
Harold D. CAGLE
Robert Clark YOUNG
4x400m relay men GREAT BRITAIN Los Angeles 1932
Crew Hallett STONELEY
David George BURGHLEY
Godfrey Lionel RAMPLING
Thomas HAMPSON
4x400m relay men GERMANY Amsterdam 1928
Harry STORZ
Hermann ENGELHARD
Otto NEUMANN
Richard KREBS
4x400m relay men SWEDEN Paris 1924
Arthur SVENSSON
Erik BYLEHN
Gustaf WEIJNARTH
Nils ENGDAHL
4x400m relay men SOUTH AFRICA Antwerp 1920
Bevil Gordon D'Urban RUDD
Clarence Winston OLDFIELD
Harry DAVEL
Jack OOSTERLAAK
4x400m relay men FRANCE Stockholm 1912
Charles Alexandre Casimir POULENARD
Charles Louis LELONG
Pierre FAILLIOT
Robert SCHURRER
4x400m relay men GERMANY London 1908
Artur HOFFMANN
Hans BRAUN
Hans EICKE
Otto P. TRIELOFF
Bronze medals
Ade ALLEYNE-FORTE
Deon LENDORE
Jarrin SOLOMON
Lalonde GORDON
4x400m relay men Russian Federation Beijing 2008
Anton KOKORIN
Denis ALEXEEV
Maksim DYLDIN
Vladislav FROLOV
4x400m relay men Nigeria Athens 2004
Enefiok UDO OBONG
James GODDAY
Musa AUDU
Saul WEIGOPWA
4x400m relay men BAHAMAS Sydney 2000
Avard MONCUR
Carl OLIVER
Christopher BROWN
Troy MCINTOSH
4x400m relay men JAMAICA Atlanta 1996
Davian CLARKE
Dennis Anthony BLAKE
Garth ROBINSON
Greg HAUGHTON
Michael MCDONALD
Roxbert MARTIN
4x400m relay men GREAT BRITAIN Barcelona 1992
David Allan GRINDLEY
Duaine LADEJO
John Paul Lyndon REGIS
Kriss Kezie Uche AKABUSI
Mark Ashton RICHARDSON
Roger BLACK
4x400m relay men FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY Seoul 1988
Edgar ITT
Jörg VAIHINGER
Norbert DOBELEIT
Ralf LUBKE
4x400m relay men NIGERIA Los Angeles 1984
Innocent EGBUNIKE
Moses UGBUSIEN
Rotimi PETERS
Sunday UTI
4x400m relay men ITALY Moscow 1980
Mauro ZULIANI
Pietro MENNEA
Roberto TOZZI
Stefano MALINVERNI
4x400m relay men FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY Montreal 1976
Bernd HERRMANN
Franz-Peter HOFMEISTER
Harald SCHMID
Lothar KRIEG
4x400m relay men FRANCE Munich 1972
Daniel Roger VELASQUES
Francis KERBIROU
Gilles BERTOULD
Jacques CARETTE
4x400m relay men FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY Mexico 1968
Gerhard HENNIGE
Helmar MULLER
Manfred KINDER
Martin JELLINGHAUS
4x400m Relay Men Trinidad And Tobago Tokyo 1964
Edwin ROBERTS
Edwin SKINNER
Kent Bede BERNARD
Wendell Adrian MOTTLEY
4x400m relay men WEST INDIES FEDERATION (BWI, JAM & BAR) Rome 1960
George Ezekiel KERR
James WEDDERBURN
Keith Alvin Saint GARDNER
Malcolm A.E. SPENCE
4x400m relay men GREAT BRITAIN Melbourne / Stockholm 1956
Derek James Neville JOHNSON
Francis Peter HIGGINS
John Edward SALISBURY
Michael Keith Valentine WHEELER
4x400m relay men GERMANY Helsinki 1952
Günther STEINES
Hans GEISTER
Heinz ULZHEIMER
Karl-Friedrich HAAS
4x400m relay men SWEDEN London 1948
Folke ALNEVIK
Kurt LUNDQUIST
Lars-Erik WOLFBRANDT
Rune LARSSON
4x400m relay men GERMANY Berlin 1936
Friedrich VON STÜLPNAGEL
Harry C. VOIGT
Helmut HAMANN
Rudolf HARBIG
4x400m relay men CANADA Los Angeles 1932
Alexander S. WILSON
James A. BALL
Philip EDWARDS
Raymond Gray LEWIS
4x400m relay men CANADA Amsterdam 1928
Stanley GLOVER
4x400m relay men GREAT BRITAIN Paris 1924
Edward James TOMS
George Russell RENWICK
Guy Montagu BUTLER
Richard N. RIPLEY
4x400m relay men FRANCE Antwerp 1920
Gaston FERY
Georges ANDRE
Jean André DEVAUX
Maurice DELVART
4x400m relay men GREAT BRITAIN Stockholm 1912
Cyril Norman SEEDHOUSE
Ernest John HENLEY
George NICOL
James Tindal SOUTTER
4x400m relay men HUNGARY London 1908
G. RACZ
Jozsef NAGY
Ödön BODOR
Pal SIMON