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4 × 400 metres relay at the Olympics

Index 4 × 400 metres relay at the Olympics

The 4×400 metres relay at the Summer Olympics is the longest track relay event held at the multi-sport event. [1]

46 relations: Antonio Pettigrew, Arthur Hoffmann (athlete), Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics, Athletics at the Summer Olympics, Ödön Bodor, Chris Brown (sprinter), Crystal Cox, Frigyes Mezei, Germany at the Olympics, Great Britain at the Olympics, Hanns Braun, Hans Eicke, Jamaica at the Olympics, József Nagy (athlete), Jeremy Wariner, Jerome Young, John Taylor (athlete), List of Olympic records in athletics, Marion Jones, Mel Sheppard, Men's 4 × 400 metres relay world record progression, Multi-sport event, Nathaniel Cartmell, Otto Trieloff, Pál Simon, Relay race, Sanya Richards-Ross, Soviet Union at the Olympics, Sprint medley relay, Steve Lewis (sprinter), Summer Olympic Games, Track & Field News, United States at the Olympics, United Team of Germany, USA Today, William Hamilton (athlete), Women's 4 × 400 metres relay world record progression, 1908 Summer Olympics, 1912 Summer Olympics, 1972 Summer Olympics, 200 metres at the Olympics, 2000 Summer Olympics, 4 × 400 metres relay, 400 metres at the Olympics, 400 metres hurdles at the Olympics, 800 metres at the Olympics.

Antonio Pettigrew

Antonio Pettigrew (November 3, 1967 – August 10, 2010) was an American sprinter who specialized in the 400 meters.

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Arthur Hoffmann (athlete)

Arthur ("Aute") Hoffmann (10 December 1887 – 4 April 1932) was a German athlete.

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Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics

At the 1908 Summer Olympics held in London, England, 26 athletics events were contested, all for men only.

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Athletics at the Summer Olympics

Athletics has been contested at every Summer Olympics since the birth of the modern Olympic movement at the 1896 Summer Olympics.

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Ödön Bodor

Ödön Bodor (born 24 January 1882 in Kapuvár – 22 January 1927 in Budapest) was a Hungarian athlete.

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Chris Brown (sprinter)

Christopher "Chris" Brown (born 15 October 1978), also known as "Fireman", is a Bahamian track and field athlete from the Bahamian island of Eleuthera, who mainly competes in the 400 m. In addition to winning medals in individual contests, he has also won four World Championships medals in the relay.

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Crystal Cox

Crystal Cox (born March 28, 1979 in Norfolk, Virginia) is an American track and field athlete who was on the national team at the 2004 Athens Summer Olympics and appeared as a contestant on the seventeenth season of the reality series Survivor.

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Frigyes Mezei

Frigyes Mezei (Friedrich Wiesner; 26 September 1887 in Mór – 22 March 1938 in Budapest) was a Hungarian athlete.

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Germany at the Olympics

Athletes from Germany have taken part in most of the Olympic Games since the first modern Games in 1896.

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Great Britain at the Olympics

Great Britain or Team GB is the team that sends athletes from the United Kingdom (UK), all but three of its overseas territories, and the three Crown dependencies, to the Olympic Games.

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Hanns Braun

Hanns Braun (26 October 1886 – 9 October 1918) was a German athlete.

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Hans Eicke

Hans Eicke (December 1, 1884 – August 22, 1947) was a German athlete.

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Jamaica at the Olympics

Jamaica first participated at the Olympic Games in 1948, and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then.

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József Nagy (athlete)

József Nagy (October 2, 1881 – date of death unknown) was a Hungarian athlete.

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Jeremy Wariner

Jeremy Mathew Wariner (born January 31, 1984) is a retired American track athlete specializing in the 400 meters.

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Jerome Young

Jerome Young (born August 14, 1976) in Clarendon, Jamaica, is a former sprint athlete.

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John Taylor (athlete)

John Baxter Taylor Jr. (November 3, 1882, Washington, D.C. – December 2, 1908, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) was an American track and field athlete, notable as the first African American to win an Olympic gold medal.

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List of Olympic records in athletics

The modern Summer Olympic Games have been held every four years since the first Games in 1896 (except 1916 due to the First World War, and 1940 and 1944 due to the Second World War) and Olympic records are recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in each event.

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Marion Jones

Marion Lois Jones (born October 12, 1975), also known as Marion Jones-Thompson, is an American former world champion track and field athlete and a former professional basketball player for Tulsa Shock in the WNBA.

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Mel Sheppard

Melvin Whinfield "Peerless Mel" Sheppard (September 5, 1883 – January 4, 1942) was an American athlete, member of the Irish American Athletic Club and winner of four gold medals at the 1908 Summer Olympics and 1912 Summer Olympics.

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Men's 4 × 400 metres relay world record progression

The first world record in the 4 x 400 metres for men (athletics) was recognized by the International Amateur Athletics Federation, now known as the International Association of Athletics Federations, in 1912.

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Multi-sport event

A multi-sport event is an organized sporting event, often held over multiple days, featuring competition in many different sports among organized teams of athletes from (mostly) nation-states.

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Nathaniel Cartmell

Nathaniel John Cartmell (January 13, 1883 – August 23, 1967), also known as Nat and Nate, was an American athlete who won medals at two editions of the Olympic Games. He is also known for being the first head coach of the North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team.

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Otto Trieloff

Otto Paul Trieloff (17 November 1885 – 6 July 1967) was a German athlete.

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Pál Simon

Pál Simon (December 31, 1881 – February 25, 1922) was a Hungarian athlete.

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Relay race

A relay race is a racing competition where members of a team take turns completing parts of racecourse or performing a certain action.

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Sanya Richards-Ross

Sanya Richards-Ross (born February 26, 1985) is a Jamaican-American former track and field athlete who competed internationally for the United States.

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Soviet Union at the Olympics

The Soviet Union first participated at the Olympic Games in 1952, and competed at the Games on 18 occasions subsequently.

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Sprint medley relay

The sprint medley relay (SMR) is a track and field event in which teams of four athletes compete over sprinting distances as part of a relay race.

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Steve Lewis (sprinter)

Steven Earl Lewis (born May 16, 1969) is a former American track and field athlete, winner of three gold medals at the 1988 Summer Olympics and 1992 Summer Olympics.

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Summer Olympic Games

The Summer Olympic Games (Jeux olympiques d'été) or the Games of the Olympiad, first held in 1896, is an international multi-sport event that is hosted by a different city every four years.

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Track & Field News

Track & Field News is an American monthly sports magazine founded in 1948 by brothers Bert Nelson and Cordner Nelson, focused on the world of track and field.

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United States at the Olympics

The United States of America has sent athletes to every celebration of the modern Olympic Games except the 1980 Summer Olympics, during which it led a boycott.

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United Team of Germany

The United Team of Germany (Gesamtdeutsche Mannschaft) competed in the 1956, 1960, and 1964 Winter and Summer Olympic Games as a united team of athletes from West Germany and East Germany.

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USA Today

USA Today is an internationally distributed American daily, middle-market newspaper that serves as the flagship publication of its owner, the Gannett Company.

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William Hamilton (athlete)

William Franklin "Red" Hamilton (August 11, 1883 – August 1, 1955) was an American sprinter who competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London.

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Women's 4 × 400 metres relay world record progression

The following table shows the world record progression in the women's 4 x 400 metres relay.

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1908 Summer Olympics

The 1908 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the IV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was held in 1908 in London, United Kingdom from 27 April to 31 October 1908.

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1912 Summer Olympics

The 1912 Summer Olympics (Swedish: Olympiska sommarspelen 1912), officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Stockholm, Sweden, between 5 May and 22 July 1912.

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1972 Summer Olympics

The 1972 Summer Olympics (German: Olympische Sommerspiele 1972), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from August 26 to September 11, 1972.

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200 metres at the Olympics

The 200 metres at the Summer Olympics has been contested since the second edition of the multi-sport event.

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2000 Summer Olympics

The 2000 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and commonly known as Sydney 2000 or the Millennium Olympic Games/Games of the New Millennium, were an international multi-sport event which was held between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

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4 × 400 metres relay

The 4 × 400 metres relay or long relay is an athletics track event in which teams consist of four runners who each complete 400 metres or one lap.

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400 metres at the Olympics

The 400 metres at the Summer Olympics has been contested since the first edition of the multi-sport event.

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400 metres hurdles at the Olympics

The 400 metres hurdles at the Summer Olympics is the longest hurdling event held at the multi-sport event.

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800 metres at the Olympics

The 800 metres at the Summer Olympics has been contested since the first edition of the multi-sport event.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4_×_400_metres_relay_at_the_Olympics

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