2022 World Athletics Championships – Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay explained

Event:Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay
Competition:2022 World Championships
Venue:Hayward Field
Dates:15 July (heats & final)
Competitors:85
Nations:16
Win Value:3:09.82
Gold:Lidio Andres Feliz
Marileidy Paulino
Alexander Ogando
Fiordaliza Cofil
Goldnoc:DOM
Silver:Liemarvin Bonevacia
Lieke Klaver
Tony van Diepen
Femke Bol
Silvernoc:NED
Bronze:Elija Godwin
Allyson Felix
Vernon Norwood
Kennedy Simon
Bronzenoc:USA
Prev:2019
Next:2023

The mixed 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2022 World Athletics Championships was held at the Hayward Field in Eugene on 15 July 2022.[1]

The winning margin was 0.08 seconds which as of 2024 is the only time this mixed relay was won by less than two seconds at these championships.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows:[2]

width=23% align=centerRecordwidth=31% align=centerAthlete & width=8% align=centerwidth=20% align=centerLocationwidth=18% align=centerDate
World Record
Wilbert London, Allyson Felix, Courtney Okolo, Michael Cherry
align=center rowspan=23:09.34Doha, Qatar29 September 2019
Championship Record
World Leading3:15.58Benin City, Nigeria26 June 2022
African Record
Ifeanyi Ojeli, Imaobong Uko, Samson Nathaniel, Patience Okon George
3:13.60Tokyo, Japan30 July 2021
Asian Record
Musa Isah, Aminat Jamal, Salwa Eid Naser, Abbas Abubakar Abbas
3:11.82Doha, Qatar29 September 2019
North, Central American and Caribbean Record
Wilbert London, Allyson Felix, Courtney Okolo, Michael Cherry
3:09.34Doha, Qatar29 September 2019
South American Record
Pedro Burmann, Tiffani Marinho, Tábata de Carvalho, Anderson Henriques
3:15.89Tokyo, Japan30 July 2021
European Record
Karol Zalewski, Natalia Kaczmarek, Justyna Święty-Ersetic, Kajetan Duszyński
3:09.87Tokyo, Japan31 July 2021
Oceanian Record
Bendere Oboya, Anneliese Rubie-Renshaw, Tyler Gunn, Alex Beck
3:17.00Gold Coast, Australia12 June 2021
The following records were matched or set at the competition:

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was to finish in the first 12 at 2021 World Relays, completed by 4 top lists' teams.[3]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC−7), was as follows:

DateTimeRound
15 July 11:45 Heats
19:50 Final

Results

Heats

The first three in each heat (Q) and the next two fastest (q) qualify for the final.[4]

Rank Heat Nation Athletes Time Notes
1 1 3:11.75 Q,
2 1 3:12.63 Q,
3 2 3:13.22 Q,
4 1 3:13.70 Q,
5 2 3:13.88 Q,
6 1 3:13.89 q,
7 2 3:13.95 Q,
8 1 3:14.59 q,
9 1 3:14.75
10 1 3:16.01
11 2 3:16.14
12 2 3:16.80
13 1 3:17.31
14 2 3:18.19
15 2 3:19.73
2

Final

Rank Nation Athletes Time Notes
3:09.82 ,
3:09.90
3:10.16
4 3:12.31
5 3:12.71
6 3:16.21
7 3:16.45
8 3:16.86

Notes and References

  1. https://www.worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-championships/oregon22/timetable/bydiscipline/mixed/4x400-metres-relay Timetable
  2. Web site: 4 × 400 Metres Relay Mixed − Records. IAAF. 9 July 2022.
  3. News: Qualifying. World Athletics. 9 July 2022.
  4. https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7137279/AT-4X4-X-h----.SL2.pdf Qualification start list