4x400m relay men legal analytics

4x400m relay table View source
Top mark
2:54.29
United States
Stuttgart · 1993-08-22
10th-place mark
2:55.99
gap: +1.70
100th-place mark
2:58.71
gap: +4.42
Distinct athletes
244
2508 canonical perfs
Years contested
1960–2025
6 historical WRs
World-record progression 6 world records since 1960

Canonical list: All-time men's best 4x400m relay. Lower mark = better. Hover a dot for the holder & venue.

Best mark per year 64 years

The single best canonical mark for each year. Hover a dot for the holder.

Entries per year depth growth on the all-time list
1960: 2 performances1963: 2 performances1964: 5 performances1965: 1 performance1966: 2 performances1967: 4 performances1968: 11 performances1969: 8 performances1970: 1 performance1971: 5 performances1972: 21 performances1973: 4 performances1974: 1 performance1975: 8 performances1976: 17 performances1977: 10 performances1978: 8 performances1979: 12 performances1980: 11 performances1981: 17 performances1982: 21 performances1983: 32 performances1984: 39 performances1985: 42 performances1986: 33 performances1987: 61 performances1988: 32 performances1989: 27 performances1990: 29 performances1991: 35 performances1992: 47 performances1993: 57 performances1994: 42 performances1995: 44 performances1996: 58 performances1997: 51 performances1998: 43 performances1999: 63 performances2000: 44 performances2001: 53 performances2002: 39 performances2003: 45 performances2004: 62 performances2005: 55 performances2006: 34 performances2007: 44 performances2008: 43 performances2009: 44 performances2010: 39 performances2011: 54 performances2012: 64 performances2013: 45 performances2014: 73 performances2015: 84 performances2016: 69 performances2017: 63 performances2018: 56 performances2019: 83 performances2020: 1 performance2021: 59 performances2022: 98 performances2023: 106 performances2024: 139 performances2025: 106 performances1960197019801990200020102020013919602025
Decade leaders best canonical mark of each decade
  1. 1960s 2:56.16A United States 1968-10-20
  2. 1970s 2:58.65 United States 1976-07-31
  3. 1980s 2:56.16 United States 1988-10-01
  4. 1990s 2:54.29 United States 1993-08-22
  5. 2000s 2:55.39 United States 2008-08-23
  6. 2010s 2:56.69 United States 2019-10-06
  7. 2020s 2:54.43 United States 2024-08-10