 | In the relay events the runners must each run a certain distance than hand off the baton to the next runner. As the runner with the baton approaches the next runner will start running while the other one gives it to him/her. The relay events are the 4x100m relay,the 4x200m relay, the 4x400m relay, the 4x800m relay, and the 4x1500m relay. Here are the best times for each one: 4x100m Men: 37.04 Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt Women: 41.37 Silke Möller, Sabine Rieger, Ingrid Auerswald, Marlies Göhr 4x200m Men: 1:18.68 Mike Marsh, Leroy Burrell, Floyd Heard, Carl Lewis Women: 1:27.46 LaTasha Jenkins, LaTasha Colander-Richardson, Nanceen Perry, Marion Jones 4x400m Men: 2:54.29 Quincy Watts, Andrew Valmon, Butch Reynolds, Michael Johnson Women: 3:15.17 Tatyana Ledovskaya, Olga Nazarova, Maria Pinigina, Olga Bryzgina 4x800m Men: 7:02.43 Joseph Mutua, William Yiampoy, Ismael Kombich, Wilfred Bungei Women: 7:50.17 Nadezhda Olizarenko, Lyubov Gurina, Lyudmila Borisova, Irina Podyalovskaya 4x1500m Men: 14:36.23 William Biwott, Gideon Gathimba, Geoffrey Rono, Augustine Choge Women: 17:08.34 Chanelle Price, Phoebe Wright, Rolanda Bell, Sarah Bowman
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