4 x 400m Relay Record Tables

4x400m Records

The 4x400m relay has been contested in the Olympics since 1912 for men and 1972 for women.

The first 500m of the relay distance is usually run within lanes, after which runners break to the inside. Handovers after this take place across the track with the positions of the incoming runners at the start of the final straight determining the standing order from the rail.

For relays, the youngest member of the relay team determines the age group of the team.

Where Centre records are better performances than National or World records, this likely indicates that the athlete either failed to apply for the record within the application window or was unable to meet the stricter paperwork requirements. More recent records could still be in the processing stage at World or National level.

Electronic times are required. Some historical times that predate this requirement may be hand-times (h). Where it is not readily evident that a historical hand timed record or electronic time is faster, both will be listed. [I believe any time given with a single decimal is hand timed but unless marked it is not explicitly expressed.]

Note: Athletes move. Wellington records applicable to athletes registered to Wellington at time of performance. Island championship records applicable to athletes registered to that island at time of performance. NZ records applicable to athletes registered appropriately to NZMA at time of performance. Oceania championship records applicable to athletes registered to OMA at time of performance. World records quote national affiliation of athlete at time of performance.

Prior to the September 2016 agreement on shared membership between Athletics New Zealand and New Zealand Masters Athletics, only those masters athletes who had joined NZMA were eligible to claim records. Now domestic Masters Records can be claimed by both ANZ and NZMA members.

	NZ National	World	World Indoor
M35	no record	3:17.82 Baird Brown Collins Beardsell GBR (2015)	3:22.03 Joachim Thomas Winslow Wensel USA (2006)
M40	3:48.90 Don Parker Nigel Hopkins David Rowell Reg House (1987)	3:20.83 Allah Morning Gonera Blackwell USA (2001)	3:25.04 Thomas Wensel Mulazim Winslow USA (2010)
M45	3:51.65 David Sirl Ron Robertson Murray Savage Malcolm Fraser (1987)	3:22.79 Vickers Gomes Bridges Woodard USA (2017)	3:36.17 Nilsson Didrikson Sunneborn Hagg SWE (2020)
M50	3:56.79 Mike Weddell David Rowell Ron Robertson Ashley McLaughlin (1999)	3:31.76 Sullivan Moody Gatling Blackwell USA (2011)	3:37.21 Winslow Wensel Echeadia Mulazim USA (2020)
M55	no record	3:40.62 Allie Haywood Collins Grant USA (2010)	4:02.76 Groger Poschwatta Liesicke Weise GER (2022)
M60	no record	3:51.33 Collins Grant Haywood Allie USA (2013)	3:58.03 RIddle Allie Haywood Blake USA (2014)
M65	no record	4:01.03 Ortan Allie Jones Haywood USA (2019)	4:24.16 Schaffman Taft Somerville Haywood USA (2019)
M70	no record	4:17.47 Scheidt Nehren Klaus Muller FIN (2009)	4:26.15 Perlis Pierce Cash Allie USA (2018)
M75	no record	4:47.85 Jakob Klaus Knorr Muller GER (2015)	5:24.52 Stewart Ukonmaanaho Dargie Bhullar CAN (2022)
M80	no record	5:32.29 Carr Harrod Coffey Hughes AUS (2012)	5:57.21 Darimont Knorr Keck Wendt CAN (2022)
M85	no record	6:53.22 Vecchi Marchioni Bertaggia Paderno ITA (2022)	no record
M90	no record	9:23.29 Tsuruga Kudo Mitsuya Tanaka JPN (2022)	12:54.81 Rogers Ross Hemphill Englert USA (2015)
	NZ National	World	World Indoor

	NZ National	World	World Indoor
W35	4:25.70 Andrea Harris Angie Ross Sally Gibbs Vanessa Story (2016)	3:50.80 Mitchell Mathews Beadhall Gabriel GBR (1999)	4:05.13 Reynolds de Boer Penado Heath USA (2016)
W40	4:09.11 Christine Turner Margaret August Noni Callander Helen Clent (1987)	3:56.02 Seidel Gazda-Sagolla Kroner Heidrich GER (2002)	4:03.72 Friend-Uhl, Gentile Walles McGower USA (2016)
W45	4:29.87 Tui Ramanui Sue Waru Chris Waring Wendy Brown (1997)	4:01.22 Forster Motti Mogentale Brims AUS (2011)	4:22.46 Eronn Take Akervall Hermundstad SWE (2020)
W50	4:43.32 Sheryl Gower Chris Waring Lynne Mackay Wendy Brown (2001)	4:10.80 Mahady Horder Saunders-Mullins Powell GBR (2009)	4:22.10 McGowan Harvey J Rohl DeOliveira USA (2022)
W55	no record	4:23.52 McDonald Valle Rohl Brockner USA (2021)	4:27.07 Brockner Harvey A Collier McDonald USA (2022)
W60	5:25.81 Sheryl Gower Tui Ashe Chris Waring Shirley Barber (2011)	4:41.85 West Godsell Horder Powell GBR (2018)	5:00.53 Tolfes Karnevack Sjoqvist Wizen SWE (2020)
W65	no record	4:52.76 Davis Blurton Flynn Peake AUS (2017)	6:55.32 Hudnall Lucking Mullis Dubow Aderhold USA (2019)
W70	no record	5:32.95 Macliver Hampson Lang Allison AUS (2015)	7:21.74 Harada Szawlowksi Parsi Hayes USA (2010)
W75	6:58.70 Marcia Petley Dawn Cumming Clasina van der Veeken Margaret Peters (2009)	6:53.27 Robinson Worsley Michelsohn Green USA (2019)	8:42.71 Robinson Staab Radle Berger USA (2022)
W80	no record	7:59.18 Green Daprano Langenwalter Hurrell USA (2018)	no record
	NZ National	World	World Indoor

World Records from World Masters Athletics as at 3 February 2023.

Oceania Championship Records from Oceania Athletics as at September 2019.

NZ Records from NZ Masters Athletics as at 16 February 2023.

NZMA Championship Records from NZ Masters Athletics as at 16 February 2023.

South Island Championship Records from NZ Masters Athletics as at February 2023.

North Island Championship Records from NZ Masters Athletics as at January 2023.

Wellington Records as at 7 May 2023.