IAAF/BTC WORLD RELAYS FACTS & FIGURES IAAF/BTC World Relays .........................................................................................1 IAAF World and Olympic Relay Medallists.............................................................3 World All-Time Top 10 Lists....................................................................................6 World and Continental Records .............................................................................8 The Fastest-Ever 4x400m Relay splits ................................................................12 National Records..................................................................................................14 NASSAU 2015 ★ IAAF WORLD RELAYS 1 IAAF/BTC WORLD RELAYS Venues - 2014: Nassau (24/25 May); 2015 Nassau (3/4 May); 2017 Nassau Year Stadium Countries Athletes Men Women 2014 Thomas A. Robinson Stadium 41 470 276 194 PAST RESULTS (The winning mark in each event is the meeting unless where stated, WR = IAAF World Record) Team Standings (Scoring 8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1) 2014 1st-United States 60 2nd-Jamaica 41 3rd-Kenya 35 4th-Great Britain &NI 24 5th-Australia 21 6th-Trinidad & Tobago 19 DATE FIRST SECOND THIRD MEN 4x100 Metres Relay 25 May 14 Jamaica 37.77* Trinidad & Tobago 38.04 Great Britain & NI 38.19 Nesta Carter Keston Bledman Richard Kilty Nickel Ashmeade Marc Burns Harry Aikines-Aryeetey Julian Forte Rondel Sorrillo James Ellington Yohan Blake 9.1 Richard Thompson 9.0 Dwain Chambers 9.3 * Meeting record set in heat 2: 37.71 Jamaica (Nesta Carter, Kemar Bailey-Cole, Julian Forte, Andrew Fisher 9.1) 25 May 14 4x200 Metres Relay 24 May 14 Jamaica 1:18.63WR St Kitts & Nevis 1:20.51 France 1:20.66 Nickel Ashmeade 20.5 Antoine Adams Christophe Lemaitre Warren Weir 19.2 Lestrod Roland Yannick Fonsat Jermaine Brown 19.6 B. J. Lawrence Ben Bassaw 19.8 Yohan Blake 19.4 Allistar Clarke Ken Romain 20.5 4x400 Metres Relay 25 May 14 United States 2:57.25 Bahamas 2:57.59 Trinidad & Tobago 2:58.34 David Verburg 44.7 LaToy Williams 44.9 Lalonde Gordon 44.4 Tony McQuay 44.2 Demetrius Pinder 43.8 Renny Quow 44.5 Christian Taylor 44.6 Chris Brown 44.3 Machel Cedenio 44.4 LaShawn Merritt 43.8 Michael Mathieu 44.6 Jarrin Solomon 45.1 4x800 Metres Relay 24 May 14 Kenya 7:08.40 Poland 7:08.69 United States 7:09.06 Ferguson Cheruiyot 1:46.0 Karol Konieczny 1:48.9 Michael Rutt 1:48.6 Sammy Kirongo 1:45.7 Szymon Krawczyk 1:49.1 Robby Andrews 1:47.2 Job Kinyor 1:47.9 Marcin Lewandowski 1:45.9 Brandon Johnson 1:48.1 Alfred Kipketer 1:48.8 Adam Kszczot 1:44.8 Duane Solomon 1:45.2 4x1500 Metres Relay 25 May 14 Kenya 14:22.22WR United States 14:40.80 Ethiopia 14:41.22 Collins Cheboi 3:38.6 Patrick Casey 3:38.2 Mekonnen Gebremedhin 3:39.9 Silas Kiplagat 3:32.5 David Torrence 3:36.6 Soresa Fida 3:37.5 James Magut 3:38.8 Will Leer 3:39.3 Zebene Alemayehu 3:46.5 Asbel Kiprop 3:32.4 Leonel Manzano 3:46.7 Aman Wote 3:37.4 WOMEN 4x100 Metres Relay 24 May 14 United States 41.88 Jamaica 42.28 Trinidad & Tobago 42.66 Tianna Bartoletta Carrie Russell Kamaria Durant Alex Anderson Kerron Stewart Michelle-Lee Ahye Jeneba Tarmoh Schillonie Calvert Reyare Thomas Lakeisha Lawson 10.2 Samantha Henry-Robinson 10.4 Kai Selvon 10.3 4x200 Metres Relay 25 May 14 United States 1:29.45 Great Britain & NI 1:29.61 Jamaica 1:30.04 Shalonda Solomon Desiree Henry Simone Facey Tawanna Meadows Anyika Onuora Sheri-Ann Brooks Bianca Knight 22.0 Bianca Williams 22.2 Anneisha McLaughlin 23.4 Kimberlyn Duncan 22.0 Asha Philip 22.2 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce 22.1 2 NASSAU 2015 ★ IAAF WORLD RELAYS DATE FIRST SECOND THIRD 4x400 Metres Relay 25 May 14 United States 3:21.73 Jamaica 3:23.26 Nigeria 3:23.41 Deedee Trotter 50.8 Kaliese Spencer 51.1 Folasade Abugan 52.1 Sanya Richards-Ross 50.3 Novlene Williams-Mills 49.8 Regina George 49.6 Natasha Hastings 50.0 Anastasia Le-Roy 51.2 Omolara Omotoso 50.9 Joanna Atkins 50.7 Shericka Jackson 51.2 Patience George 50.9 4x800 Metres Relay 25 May 14 United States 8:01.58 Kenya 8:04.28 Russia 8:08.19 Chanelle Price 2:01.0 Agatha Kimaswai 2:03.8 Irina Maracheva 2:02.6 Geena Lara 2:02.8 Sylvia Chesebe 2:01.7 Yelena Kobeleva 2:01.9 Ajee Wilson 1:59.1 Janeth Jepkosgei 1:59.6 Tatyana Myazina 2:02.3 Brenda Martinez 1:58.7 Eunice Sum 1:59.2 Svetlana Rogozina 2:01.4 4x1500 Metres Relay 24 May 14 Kenya 16:33.58WR United States 16:55.33 Australia 17:08.65 Mercy Cherono 4:07.5 Heather Kampf 4:09.2 Zoe Buckman 4:08.0 Faith Kipyegon 4:08.5 Katie Mackey 4:19.4 Bridey Delaney 4:15.6 Irene Jelagat 4:10.5 Kate Grace 4:16.6 Brittany McGowan 4:29.1 Hellen Obiri 4:07.1 Brenda Martinez 4:10.2 Melissa Duncan 4:16.0 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– PLACING TABLES –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– OVERALL MEN Gold Silver Bronze 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th Points Gold Silver Bronze 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th Points USA 5 2 1 - - - - - 60 USA 1 1 1 - - - - - 21 JAM 2 2 1 - 1 - - 1 41 KEN 2 - - - 1 - - - 20 KEN 3 1 - - 1 - - - 35 JAM 2 - - - - - - 1 17 GBR - 1 1 1 1 - 1 - 24 TTO - 1 1 - - - - - 13 AUS - - 1 3 - - - - 21 GBR - - 1 1 - - - - 11 TTO - 1 2 - - - - - 19 BAH - 1 - - - 1 - - 10 FRA - - 1 1 - 2 - 1 18 POL - 1 - - - 1 - - 10 BAH - 1 - 1 - 1 - - 15 AUS - - - 2 - - - - 10 POL - 1 - - 1 1 - - 14 ESP - - - - 2 - - - 8 NGR - - 1 1 - - 1 - 13 SKN - 1 - - - - - - 7 BRA - - - 1 - - 2 1 10 BRA - - - 1 - - 1 - 7 ESP - - - - 2 - - - 8 FRA - - 1 - - - - - 6 SKN - 1 - - - - - - 7 ETH - - 1 - - - - - 6 ROU - - - 1 - - 1 - 7 BAR - - - 1 - - - - 5 ETH - - 1 - - - - - 6 JPN - - - - 1 - - - 4 RUS - - 1 - - - - - 6 CUB - - - - 1 - - - 4 BAR - - - 1 - - - - 5 CAN - - - - - 1 - - 3 GER - - - - - 1 1 - 5 VEN - - - - - 1 - - 3 CUB - - - - 1 - - - 4 MEX - - - - - 1 - - 3 JPN - - - - 1 - - - 4 GER - - - - - - 1 - 2 SUI - - - - 1 - - - 4 CHN - - - - - - 1 - 2 MEX - - - - - 1 - 1 4 BER - - - - - - 1 - 2 CAN - - - - - 1 - - 3 QAT - - - - - - 1 - 2 ITA - - - - - 1 - - 3 SVK - - - - - - - 1 1 VEN - - - - - 1 - - 3 Totals 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 2 177 BER - - - - - - 1 - 2 CHN - - - - - - 1 - 2 WOMEN QAT - - - - - - 1 - 2 Gold Silver Bronze 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th Points SVK - - - - - - - 1 1 USA 4 1 - - - - - - 39 Totals 10 10 10 10 9 9 9 5 346 JAM - 2 1 - 1 - - - 24 KEN 1 1 - - - - - - 15 Additional competing countries: GBR - 1 - - 1 - 1 - 13 BEL, CAY, DOM, IVB, ISV, KSA, NED, PNG, PUR, TKS, UGA, UKR NGR - - 1 1 - - 1 - 13 FRA - - - 1 - 2 - 1 12 Ukraine were effectively 8th in the men’s 4x100m (and therefore qualified for the 2015 AUS - - 1 1 - - - - 11 World Championships) as they won the ‘B’ final and France did not start in the main final ROU - - - 1 - - 1 - 7 TTO - - 1 - - - - - 6 RUS - - 1 - - - - - 6 BAH - - - 1 - - - - 5 SUI - - - - 1 - - - 4 POL - - - - 1 - - - 4 GER - - - - - 1 - - 3 ITA - - - - - 1 - - 3 BRA - - - - - - 1 1 3 MEX - - - - - - - 1 1 Totals 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 169 NASSAU 2015 ★ WORLD & OLYMPIC MEDALLISTS 3 IAAF WORLD AND OLYMPIC RELAY MEDALLISTS This section contains lists of first three finishers in the 4 x 100m and 4x400m relay races at every IAAF World Championships and Olympic Games. IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS MEN YEAR GOLD SILVER BRONZE 4 x 100 Metres Relay 1983 United States 37.86 Italy 38.37 USSR 38.41 1987 United States 37.90 USSR 38.02 Jamaica 38.41 1991 United States 37.50 France 37.87 Great Britain & NI 38.09 1993 United States 37.48 Great Britain & NI 37.77 Canada 37.83 1995 Canada 38.31 Australia 38.50 Italy 39.07 1997 Canada 37.86 Nigeria 38.07 Great Britain & NI 38.14 1999 United States 37.59 Great Britain & NI 37.73 Nigeria 37.91 2001 South Africa 38.47 Trinidad & Tobago 38.58 Australia 38.83 2003 United States 38.06 Brazil 38.26 Netherlands 38.87 2005 France 38.08 Trinidad & Tobago 38.10 Great Britain & NI 38.27 2007 United States 37.78 Jamaica 37.89 Great Britain & NI 37.90 2009 Jamaica 37.31 Trinidad & Tobago 37.62 Great Britain & NI 38.02 2011 Jamaica 37.04 France 38.20 Saint Kitts & Nevis 38.49 2013 Jamaica 37.36 United States 37.66 Canada 37.92 4 x 400 Metres Relay 1983 USSR 3:00.79 FR of Germany 3:01.83 Great Britain & NI 3:03.53 1987 United States 2:57.29 Great Britain & NI 2:58.86 Cuba 2:59.16 1991 Great Britain & NI 2:57.53 United States 2:57.57 Jamaica 3:00.10 1993 United States 2:54.29 Kenya 2:59.82 Germany 2:59.99 1995 United States 2:57.32 Jamaica 2:59.88 Nigeria 3:03.18 1997 Great Britain & NI 2:56.65 Jamaica 2:56.75 Poland 3:00.26 1999 Poland 2:58.91 Jamaica 2:59.34 South Africa 3:00.20 2001 Bahamas 2:58.19 Jamaica 2:58.39 Poland 2:59.71 2003 France 2:58.96 Jamaica 2:59.60 Bahamas 3:00.53 2005 United States 2:56.91 Bahamas 2:57.32 Jamaica 2:58.07 2007 United States 2:55.56 Bahamas 2:59.18 Poland 3:00.05 2009 United States 2:57.86 Great Britain & NI 3:00.53 Australia 3:00.90 2011 United States 2:59.31 South Africa 2:59.87 Jamaica 3:00.10 2013 United States 2:58.71 Jamaica 2:59.88 Russia 2:59.90 WOMEN 4 x 100 Metres Relay 1983 GDR 41.76 Great Britain & NI 42.71 Jamaica 42.73 1987 United States 41.58 GDR 41.95 USSR 42.33 1991 Jamaica 41.94 USSR 42.20 Germany 42.33 1993 Russia 41.49 United States 41.49 Jamaica 41.94 1995 United States 42.12 Jamaica 42.25 Germany 43.01 1997 United States 41.47 Jamaica 42.10 France 42.21 1999 Bahamas 41.92 France 42.06 Jamaica 42.15 2001 Germany 42.32 France 42.39 Jamaica 42.40 2003 France 41.78 United States 41.83 Russia 42.66 2005 United States 41.78 Jamaica 41.99 Belarus 42.56 2007 United States 41.98 Jamaica 42.01 Belgium 42.75 2009 Jamaica 42.06 Bahamas 42.29 Germany 42.87 2011 United States 41.56 Jamaica 41.70 Ukraine 42.51 2013 Jamaica