The 400m relay is the fast way of saying "4x100 meter relay".
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The mile relay is another way of saying the 1600m relay or 4x400m relay. This event involves 4 runners each running and handing off a baton after completing 400m
the total distance you run is 400m. so it is the same thing. all 4x100 means is that there are 4 people running 100 meters.
between each of the people there are 100 meters
Well if its your typical 400m track, then 4 times.
Oscar Pistorius is the first double amputee runner to take part in the Olympic Games. He is competing in the 400m and the 4 x 400m relay races.
2 - indiv medly and 400m freestyle relay
At the Bejing Olympics he broke 7 word records. The 200 and 400m IM, the 200m Butterfly, the 4x100 free and medely relay, and the 4x200m free relay
400 meters. See, that event is a RELAY, so each swims 400m.
A relay involves 4 people passing on a baton for the race (4X100, 4X400 etc.) A dash is like a sprint and is run individually (100m 200m 400m etc.) The difference is that a relay is run with more than one person.