FLASH: USA smashes mixed 4x400m world record in heats at Paris 2024 Olympic Games – World Athletics

FLASH: Little more than an hour into the first stadium evening session of athletics at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, the first track and field world record* was broken by USA in the mixed 4x400m relay.

The quartet of Vernon Norwood, Shamier Little, Bryce Deadmon and Kaylyn Brown clocked 3:07.41 to smash the previous mark – set when the USA won the world title in Budapest last year – by more than a second.

Norwood put the US team into an early lead, then Little extended it on the second leg. Deadmon opened up a significant gap on the chasing pack on leg three, then Brown anchored them to a clear victory, crossing the line more than three seconds ahead of France, who set a national record of 3:10.60. Belgium was third in 3:10.74, also a national record.

*Subject to the usual ratification procedure

Stats

Mixed 4x400m relay all-time list
Mixed 4x400m relay world record progression

Source: World Athletics