4 × mile relay
The 4 × mile relay is an athletics track event in which teams comprise four runners who each complete one mile (1,609.344 metres) or slightly more than 4 laps on a standard 400 metre track.
The event is not often run as most legacy 440 yard tracks have been converted to 400 metres, thus making 4 × 1500 or 4 × 1600 metres easier to manage. However, the Penn Relays still includes an annual "Championship of America" 4 × mile event for men. [1]
The World Athletics governing body does not recognise a World Record in this event. The World Best for men in the event is a time of 15:49.08 by an Irish team of Eamonn Coghlan, Marcus O'Sullivan, Frank O'Mara and Ray Flynn in 1985, representing an average of 3:57.3 per mile for each runner.
All-time top 10[]
Men[]
- Correct as of November 2020.[2]
Rank | Time | Team | Athletes | Date | Place | Ref |
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1 | 15:49.08 | Ireland | Eamonn Coghlan , Marcus O'Sullivan , Frank O'Mara , Ray Flynn | 17 August 1985 | Dublin | |
2 | 15:59.57 | New Zealand | Tony Rogers , , , John Walker | 2 March 1983 | Auckland | |
3 | 16:02.4 | New Zealand | , , , Dick Quax | 3 February 1972 | Auckland | |
4 | 16:03.24 | University of Oregon | Matt Centrowitz , Andrew Wheating , Shadrack Biwott , Galen Rupp | 9 May 2009 | Eugene | |
5 | 16:03.68 i | , Henry Wynne , Brannon Kidder , Izaic Yorks | 26 January 2019 | New York City | ||
6 | 16:04.54 | University of Michigan | , Mike Woods , Nick Willis , Nathan Brannen | 30 April 2005 | Philadelphia | |
7 | 16:05.0 | Oregon Track Club | Roscoe Divine , Wade Bell , Arne Kvalheim , | 30 May 1968 | Eugene | |
8 | 16:07.96 | University of Arkansas | Sharif Karie , Michael Power , , Seneca Lassiter | 24 April 1999 | Philadelphia | |
9 | 16:08.54 | Athletics West | , Doug Padilla , , Chuck Aragon | 4 May 1984 | Eugene | |
10 | 16:08.81 | University of Arkansas | , Sharif Karie , , | 29 April 2000 | Philadelphia |
Women[]
- Correct as of November 2020.
Rank | Time | Team | Athletes | Date | Place | Ref |
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1 | 18:39.58 | University of Oregon | , , , | 5 May 1985 | Eugene | |
2 | 19:00.46 | Athletics West | , , , | 5 May 1985 | Eugene | |
3 | 19:17.3 | , , , | 10 July 1993 | Oxford | ||
4 | 19:25.91 | Stanford University | , , Alicia Craig , Sara Bei | 24 April 2003 | Des Moines | |
5 | 19:48.84 | Clemson University | , , , | 13 March 1982 | Tallahassee | |
6 | 19:52.57 | University of Kentucky | 25 March 1989 | Stanford | ||
7 | 19:52.82 | Colorado State University | , , , | 24 April 2003 | Drake Relays | |
8 | 19:53.42 | University of Kansas | , , , | 24 April 2003 | Drake Relays | |
9 | 19:54.6 | USC | , , , | 28 March 1987 | Stanford | |
10 | 19:56.80 | Suffern High School | , , , | 4 June 2006 | New Rochelle |
References[]
- ^ "Penn Relays: Penn wins 4×Mile for 1st time since 1950".
- ^ "All-time men's best 4 × mile Relay". 6 Sep 2020. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
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