Athletics 2020/Mixed 4x400 metre relay

Mixed 4x400 metre relay
General information
Sport	Athletics 2020
Date	30-31 July 2021
Competitors	15 teams
Venue	Tokyo Olympic Stadium
Medalists
	Poland
	Dominican Republic
	United States

The mixed 4x400 metre relay of Athletics 2020 during the 2020 Summer Olympics was held on 30-31 July 2021 in the Tokyo Olympic Stadium. With 15 teams competing, the event was won by the team from Poland, with Dominican Republic taking the silver medal and United States taking bronze.

Format

The competition exists out of two rounds, with each team conducting four laps of 400 metres in each round. Each athlete in a team takes part in a quarter of the race, with the fastest three teams in the heats advancing to the final, as well as the fastest non-qualifiers. The team with the fastest time in the final is the winner.

Preview

Fifteen teams qualified for the inaugural edition of the event with the United States as one of the big favorites, though with a new event, many other teams had medal chances. Jamaica won a silver medal at the most recent world championships, with Great Britain just missing out on a medal. A few months before the Olympic Games at the 2021 World Relays, the Dominican Republic took the bronze medal, just ahead of Belgium. Germany had the world leading time of 2021, with Ukraine and Nigeria within half a second, but other potential medal contenders and outsiders also included Poland, India, and the Netherlands.

Current Records

Record	Date	Nat.	Name	Time
WR	29 September 2019		Michael Cherry	3:09.34
			Allyson Felix
			Wilbert London
			Courtney Okolo

Summary

Heats

Heat 1 Results
Rank	Team	Time	Info
1	United States	3:11.39	Q
2	Dominican Republic	3:12.74	Q, NR
3	Belgium	3:12.75	Q, NR
4	Ireland	3:12.88	q, NR
5	Germany	3:12.94	q, NR
6	Spain	3:13.29	NR
7	Nigeria	3:13.60	AR

Heat 2 Results
Rank	Team	Time	Info
1	Poland	3:10.44	Q, AR
2	Netherlands	3:10.69	Q, NR
3	Jamaica	3:11.76	Q, NR
4	Great Britain	3:11.95	q, NR
5	Italy	3:13.51	NR
6	Ukraine	3:14.21
7	Brazil	3:15.89	AR
8	India	3:19.93

Final

Final Results
Rank	Team	Time	Info
1	Poland	3:09.87	OR
2	Dominican Republic	3:10.21	NR
3	United States	3:10.22
4	Netherlands	3:10.36	NR
5	Belgium	3:11.51	NR
6	Great Britain	3:12.07
7	Jamaica	3:14.95
8	Ireland	3:15.04
-	Germany	DQ

Results

Result	Team
	Poland
	Dominican Republic
	United States
4	Netherlands
5	Belgium
6	Great Britain
7	Jamaica
8	Ireland
9	Germany
10	Spain
11	Italy
12	Nigeria
13	Ukraine
14	Brazil
15	India