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4 × 200 m relay, men

Record

1 min 18.63 s

Holder
Nickel Ashmeade Warren Weir Jermaine Brown Yohan Blake
Date
Place
Nassau
Standing since
2014 (12 years)

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4 × 200 m relay, men
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How the record evolved

Chart of the 4 × 200 m relay, men record, from 1919 to 2014 1919 2026 1 min 27.8 s 1 min 18.63 s

The last record set in each decade, up to the current record (highlighted).

YearRecordHolder
1 min 18.63 sNickel Ashmeade Warren Weir Jermaine Brown Yohan Blake
1 min 18.68 s
1 min 19.38 s
1 min 20.26 s
1 min 22.1 s
1 min 22.6 s
1 min 24.0 s
1 min 25.0 s
1 min 25.8 s
1 min 27.8 s

Put them in order

Sort these records from the oldest to the most recent.

  1. 1 min 24.0 s
  2. 1 min 20.26 s
  3. 1 min 18.63 sNickel Ashmeade Warren Weir Jermaine Brown Yohan Blake
  4. 1 min 27.8 s

What to remember

Nassau, Bahamas, May 24, 2014: at the World Relays, the Jamaican team of Nickel Ashmeade, Warren Weir, Jermaine Brown and Yohan Blake ran the 4 × 200 m in 1 min 18.63 s, an average of 36.63 km/h (22.76 mph).

The event is official and its records are ratified, yet it is rarely run: neither the Olympics nor the World Championships hold it, and it is found mostly at high school level and in some leagues. Each runner covers 200 metres, half a lap of a standard track. The World Relays put it on their programme from 2014, the very year of this record, and the first recognised record, by the AIK Stockholm club, dates from 1908 with 1:36.0.

In 1919, the record stood at 1 min 27.8 s; it went down to 1 min 19.38 s in 1989, then 1 min 18.68 s in 1994. Over 95 years the time fell by 10.4%. Ashmeade had already won the 4 × 100 m world title in Moscow in 2013, running the third leg.

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