2024 World Athletics Relays – Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay

The mixed 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2024 World Athletics Relays took place in three rounds at the Thomas Robinson Stadium in Nassau, The Bahamas, on 4 and 5 May 2024. It was the fourth time that this mixed-sex relay was contested at the World Athletics Relays. The event was also an Olympic qualification: fourteen teams qualified for the mixed 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.

On 4 May, thirty national teams competed in round 1, where eight teams qualified for the finals and the Summer Olympics, and the rest advanced to a repechage round on 5 May, where another six teams qualified for the Summer Olympics. In round 1, the team of the Netherlands set a championship record of 3:12.16 minutes, which was improved by the team of the United States to 3:11.52 minutes shortly after, and the team of Ireland set a national record of 3:12.50 minutes. In the repechage round, national records were set by the teams of The Bahamas, Switzerland, and Canada in of 3:12.81 minutes, 3:14.12 minutes, and 3:14.66 minutes respectively.

On 5 May, seven teams competed in the final, which was won by the team of the United States in a championship record of 3:10.73 minutes, followed by the teams of the Netherlands in 3:11.45 minutes and Ireland in a national record of 3:11.53 minutes. Outside the medals, the team of Nigeria set an African record of 3:12.87 minutes.

Background At the World Athletics Relays, the mixed 4 × 400 metres relay was introduced at the 2017 edition in Nassau, The Bahamas, and had been contested three times before 2024. The 2024 edition was held on the 400-metres track of the Thomas Robinson Stadium in Nassau."A Look at the World Athletics Relays" (PDF), World Athletics. Retrieved 25 July 2024. For these mixed-sex races, each of the four team members was to run one lap in the mandated running order man–woman–man–woman."Key competition decisions made at 227th World Athletics Council Meeting" (press release), World Athletics, 15 March 2022. Retrieved 21 December 2024.

At the start of the 2024 edition, the world record was 3:08.80 min set by the team of the United States in 2023, the championship record was 3:14.42 min set by the Bahamian team in 2017, and the world leading time was 3:13.26 min set by the Ghanaian team on 19 March 2024."Results – 4 x 400 Metres Relay Mixed – Final" (PDF), World Athletics, 2 May 2021. Retrieved 20 December 2024."Season Top Lists – Senior 2024 – 4x400 Metres Relay mixed", World Athletics. Retrieved 15 April 2025. The Italian team was the previous winner after their victory in this event in 2021.

+Records before the 2024 World Athletics RelaysRecordNationLocationDateWorld record3:08.80Budapest, Hungary19 August 2023Championship record3:14.42Nassau, The Bahamas23 April 2017World leading3:13.26Accra, Ghana19 March 2024African record"All time Top lists – Senior 4x400 Metres Relay Mixed – Africa", World Athletics. Retrieved 20 December 2024.Asian record"All time Top lists – Senior 4x400 Metres Relay Mixed – Asia", World Athletics. Retrieved 20 December 2024.3:11.82Doha, Qatar29 September 2019North, Central American and Caribbean record"All time Top lists – Senior 4x400 Metres Relay Mixed – North and Central America", World Athletics. Retrieved 20 December 2024.3:08.80Budapest, Hungary19 August 2023South American record"All time Top lists – Senior 4x400 Metres Relay Mixed – South America", World Athletics. Retrieved 20 December 2024.3:14.48Mexico City, Mexico7 April 2024European record"All time Top lists – Senior 4x400 Metres Relay Mixed – Europe", World Athletics. Retrieved 20 December 2024.3:09.87Tokyo, Japan31 July 2021Oceanian record"All time Top lists – Senior 4x400 Metres Relay Mixed – Oceania", World Athletics. Retrieved 20 December 2024.3:17.00Gold Coast, Australia12 June 2021

Rounds

Round 1 On 4 May 2024, round 1 was held in four heats, starting at 19:05 (UTC−4)."Mixed 4x400 Metres Relay – Timetable", World Athletics. Retrieved 25 July 2024. The first two relay teams of each heat qualified for the final () and simultaneously qualified for the mixed 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France ()."Results – 4 x 400 Metres Relay Mixed – Olympic Qualifying Round 1" (PDF), World Athletics, 4 May 2024. Retrieved 25 July 2024. The other teams advanced into a repechage round, where they got another chance for Olympic qualification."Key info for World Athletics Relays Bahamas 24", World Athletics, 29 April 2024. Retrieved 25 July 2024.

In the first heat, the Dutch and the Dominican team qualified for the final and the Olympics, and the Dutch set a new championship record of 3:12.16 min. In the second heat, the American and the Nigerian team qualified for the final and the Olympics, where the Americans broke the championship record again in a time of 3:11.52 min; the Bahraini team did not finish (), because their third runner didn't complete his lap."Race Analysis – 4 x 400 Metres Relay Mixed - Olympic Qualifying Round 1", World Athletics, 4 May 2024. Retrieved 29 April 2025. In the third heat, the Irish and the Belgian team qualified for the final and the Olympics, where the Irish set a new national record () of 3:12.50 min. In the fourth heat, the Polish and French team qualified for the final and the Olympics; the Mexican team was disqualified () for a fault at recovering a dropped baton ()."Competition and Technical Rules Applicable to In-competition Warnings and/or Disqualifications (L, YC, YRC, RC, DQ)" (PDF), World Athletics, 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2024.

+Results of round 1RankHeatNationAthletesNotes12Matthew Boling, Lynna Irby-Jackson, Ryan Willie, Kendall Ellis3:11.52, , 21Isayah Boers, Lieke Klaver, Isaya Klein Ikkink, Femke Bol3:12.16, , 33Cillin Greene, Rhasidat Adeleke, Thomas Barr, Sharlene Mawdsley3:12.50, , 43Jonathan Sacoor, Imke Vervaet, Christian Iguacel, Camille Laus3:13.18, , 53 Brodie Young, Ama Pipi, Charles Dobson, Laviai Nielsen3:13.5264Maksymilian Szwed, Iga Baumgart-Witan, Kajetan Duszynski, Natalia Kaczmarek3:13.53, , 72Samuel Ogazi, Ella Onojuvwevwo, Chidi Okezie, Esther Elo Joseph3:13.79, 81Alexander Ogando, Anabel Medina, Yeral Nuñez, Marileidy Paulino3:14.39, , 93Ricky Petrucciani, Giulia Senn, Lionel Spitz, Annina Fahr3:14.47104Thomas Jordier, Amandine Brossier, Gilles Biron, Louise Maraval3:14.71, , 111Roshawn Clarke, Leah Anderson, Rusheen McDonald, Janieve Russell3:14.83121Alonzo Russell, Shaunae Miller-Uibo, Steven Gardiner, Shania Adderley3:14.86133David García, Bianca Hervas, Julio Arenas, Carmen Avilés3:15.47144Oleksandr Pohorilko, Tetyana Melnyk, Danylo Danylenko, Anna Ryzhykova3:15.70152Mhti Mthimkulu, Shirley Nekhubui, Antonie Matthys Nortje, Zenéy Geldenhuys3:15.95164Vit Müller, Tereza Petržilková, Patrik Šorm, Lada Vondrová3:16.56174Tyler Floyd, Lauren Gale, Callum Robinson, Madeline Price3:16.65181Marvin Schlegel, Alica Schmidt, Jean Paul Bredau, Johanna Martin3:16.74192Attila Molnár, Sára Mátó, Patrik Simon Enyingi, Janka Molnár3:16.80202Lapo Bianciardi, Alessandra Bonora, Riccardo Meli, Anna Polinari3:16.88213Malachi Austin, Aliyah Abrams, Daniel Williams, Tianna Springer3:17.31223João Coelho, Fatoumata Diallo, Ricardo dos Santos, Cátia Azevedo3:17.56234Busang Collen Kebinatshipi, Lydia Jele, Anthony Pesela, Obakeng Kamberuka3:18:48243Kennedy Kimeu Muthoki, Mercy Chebet, Kevin Kipkorir, Maureen Nyatichi Thomas3:19.90252Rajesh Ramesh, Rupal, Avinash Krishna Kumar, Jyothika Sri Dandi3:20.36264Takuho Yoshizu, Nanako Matsumoto, Kenki Imaizumi, Yuna Iwata3:20.92271Jhon Perlaza, Jennifer Padilla, Nicolás Salinas, Lina Licona3:21.07281Tiago Lemes Da Silva, Gabriele Aline Grunow, Douglas Hernandes Mendes, Tabata Vitorino3:28.012Musa Isah, Kemi Adekoya, Abbas Yusuf Ali, Salwa Eid Naser4Valente Mendoza, Mariana Gancedo Ontaneda, Luis Avilés Ferreiro, Paola Morán

Repechage round On 5 May 2024, the three heats of the repechage round for the Olympic qualification were held, starting at 19:05 (UTC−4)."Results – 4 x 400 Metres Relay Mixed – Olympic Qualifying Round 2" (PDF), World Athletics, 14 May 2024. Retrieved 25 July 2024. Six relay teams, the first two teams of each heat, qualified for the mixed 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2024 Paris Olympics ().

In the first heat, the Bahamanian and the Jamaican team qualified for the Olympics, where the Bahamanians set a national record () of 3:12.81 min; the Brazilian team did not start (). In the second heat, the German and the Swiss team qualified for the Olympics, where the Swiss set a national record of 3:14.12 min; the Canadian team set a national record of 3:14.66 min and the Czech and the Indian team did not start. In the third heat, the British and the Ukrainian team were the last two teams to qualify for the Olympics.

+Results of the repechage roundRankHeatNationAthletesNotes11Steven Gardiner, Shania Adderley, Alonzo Russell, Shaunae Miller-Uibo3:12.81, ,23 Brodie Young, Laviai Nielsen, Charles Dobson, Nicole Yeargin3:12.99, 32Manuel Sanders, Alica Schmidt, Emil Agyekum, Johanna Martin3:13.85, 42Ricky Petrucciani, Annina Fahr, Lionel Spitz, Giulia Senn3:14.12, 51Zandrion Barnes, Leah Anderson, Rusheen McDonald, Janieve Russell3:14.49, 63Oleksandr Pohorilko, Tetyana Melnyk, Danylo Danylenko, Anna Ryzhykova3:14.49, 72Michael Roth, Lauren Gale, Callum Robinson, Madeline Price3:14.6683David García, Bianca Hervas, Julio Arenas, Berta Segura3:15.1191Mhti Mthimkulu, Shirley Nekhubui, Lythe Pillay, Zenéy Geldenhuys3:15.96101Kentaro Sato, Fuka Idoabigail, Kenki Imaizumi, Yuna Iwata3:16.02113Anthony Pesela, Obakeng Kamberuka, Boitumelo Masilo, Lydia Jele3:16.39122Lapo Bianciardi, Anna Polinari, Riccardo Meli, Alice Mangione3:16.47133João Coelho, Cátia Azevedo, Omar Elkhatib, Fatoumata Diallo3:17.03141Daniel Williams, Tianna Springer, Malachi Austin, Aliyah Abrams3:17.65151Abbas Yusuf Ali, Kemi Adekoya, Abbas Abubakar Abbas, Salwa Eid Naser3:18.21162Kevin Kipkorir, Mercy Chebet, Brian Onyari Tinega, Maureen Nyatichi Thomas3:18.76171Patrik Simon Enyingi, Sára Mátó, Attila Molnár, Janka Molnár3:18.78183Luis Avilés Ferreiro, Mariana Gancedo Ontaneda, Alejandro Diaz, Paola Morán3:19.81193Nicolás Salinas, Lina Licona, Jhon Perlaza, Jennifer Padilla3:21.29122

Final

On 5 May 2024, the final was held, starting at 21:40 (UTC−4). Eight teams had qualified, but only seven competed in the final race, because the Polish team did not start ().

During the opening leg, Matthew Boling of the United States took the lead and was the first to hand over the baton, followed by Isayah Boers of the Netherlands, Florent Mabille of Belgium, and Cillin Greene of Ireland. During the second leg, Lynna Irby-Jackson of the United States was able to keep the Americans in the lead, while Rhasidat Adeleke of Ireland moved up from fourth to second position, Lieke Klaver of the Netherlands moved down from second to third, and Imke Vervaet of Belgium dropped to sixth position. During the third leg, the running order of the first three teams remained unchanged: Willington Wright of the United States was first to hand over the baton, Thomas Barr of Ireland second, and Isaya Klein Ikkink of the Netherlands third. During the anchor leg, Kendall Ellis of United States was able to keep her team in the lead, while Femke Bol of the Netherlands switched positions with Sharlene Mawdsley of Ireland."Race Analysis – 4 x 400 Metres Relay Mixed - World Athletics Relays Final", World Athletics, 5 May 2024. Retrieved 29 April 2025.