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2024 World Athletics Relays – Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay
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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.
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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.[1] 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.[2]
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.[3][4][5] The Italian team was the previous winner after their victory in this event in 2021.[1]
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Round 1
On 4 May 2024, round 1 was held in four heats, starting at 19:05 (UTC−4).[12] The first two relay teams of each heat qualified for the final (Q) and simultaneously qualified for the mixed 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France (*OQ).[3] The other teams advanced into a repechage round, where they got another chance for Olympic qualification.[13]
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.[3] 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 (DNF), because their third runner didn't complete his lap.[3][14] 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 (NR) of 3:12.50 min.[3] In the fourth heat, the Polish and French team qualified for the final and the Olympics; the Mexican team was disqualified (DQ) for a fault at recovering a dropped baton (TR24.6).[3][15]
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).[12][16] Six relay teams, the first two teams of each heat, qualified for the mixed 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2024 Paris Olympics (*OQ).[16]
In the first heat, the Bahamanian and the Jamaican team qualified for the Olympics, where the Bahamanians set a national record (NR) of 3:12.81 min; the Brazilian team did not start (DNS).[16] 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.[16] In the third heat, the British and the Ukrainian team were the last two teams to qualify for the Olympics.[16]
Final
On 5 May 2024, the final was held, starting at 21:40 (UTC−4).[12] Eight teams had qualified, but only seven competed in the final race, because the Polish team did not start (DNS).[3][17]
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.[17][18]
The race was won by the American team in a new championship record (CR) of 3:10.73 min, followed by the Dutch team in 3:11.45 min and the Irish team in 3:11.53 min, which was a new national record (NR).[17][19][20] First-leg runner Boling had the fastest male split time of 45.11 s and second-leg runner Adeleke had the fastest female split time of 48.45 s, which was "sensational" as the fastest female split at the World Athletics Relays ever, according to Jon Mulkeen in a report for World Athletics.[18][21] Outside the medals in fourth place, the Nigerian team set a new African area record (AR) of 3:12.87 min.[17] The Belgian team was disqualified (DQ) for a fault at recovering a dropped baton (TR24.6).[15][17]
Teams of the United States also won the men's and women's 4 × 100 m relay and the women's 4 × 400 m relay at this tournament. The men's 4 × 400 m relay was not won by the Americans, who had been disqualified in round 1, but by the team of Botswana.[22]
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