The mixed 4 × 400 metres relay was held as a straight final at the 2026 World Athletics Ultimate Championship at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest, Hungary on 13 September 2026. It was the first time the World Ultimate Championship is held. Teams qualified by competition placement or by their world ranking.
Background + Global records before the 2026 World Athletics Ultimate Championship Record Athlete (nation) Location Date World record 3:07.41 (Vernon Norwood, Shamier Little, Bryce Deadmon, Kaylyn Brown) Saint-Denis, France 2 August 2024 World lead 3:07.47 (Bryce Deadmon, Paris Peoples, Jenoah McKiver, Bailey Lear) Gaborone, Botswana 3 May 2026
+ Area records before the 2026 World Athletics Ultimate Championship Record Athlete (nation) Location Date African record 3:09.87 (George Mutinda, Mercy Oketch, Kelvin Tonui, Mercy Chebet) Doha, Qatar 2 May 2026 Asian record 3:11.82 (Musa Isah, Aminat Yusuf Jamal, Salwa Eid Naser, Abbas Abubakar Abbas) Gaborone, Botswana 29 September 2019 European record 3:07.43 (Eugene Omalla, Lieke Klaver, Isaya Klein Ikkink, Femke Bol) Saint-Denis, France 3 August 2024 North, Central American,and Caribbean record 3:07.41 (Vernon Norwood, Shamier Little, Bryce Deadmon, Kaylyn Brown) 2 August 2024 Oceanian record 3:10.57 (Cooper Sherman, Ellie Beer, Thomas Reynolds, Mia Gross) Gaborone, Botswana 2 May 2026 South American record 3:14.42 (, Lina Esther Licona Torres, Daniel Balanta, Evelis Aguilar) Bogotá, Colombia 5 April 2025
Qualification For the mixed 4 × 400 metres relay, nine teams qualified, five by their finishing position at the 2026 World Relays, three by their position at the World Athletics Rankings for the event on 3 September 2026 and finally Hungary were awarded an entry due to being the host country.
Results Final The final was held on 13 September at 19:53 (UTC+2).
Place Lane Nation Athletes Time Notes 6 Chris Bailey, Alexis Holmes, Jacory Patterson, Aaliyah Butler 3:08.32 2 8 Ben Jefferies, Yemi Mary John, Toby Harries, Charlotte Henrich 3:09.40 3 9 Jonas Phijffers, Lieke Klaver, Keenan Blake, Myrte van der Schoot 3:09.57 4 2 Jonathan Sacoor, Helena Ponette, Daniel Segers, Camille Laus 3:10.85 5 7 Karsten Warholm, Amalie Iuel, Håvard Bentdal Ingvaldsen, Henriette Jæger 3:11.31 6 5 Zandrion Barnes, Shana Kaye Anderson, Assinie Wilson, Stacey-Ann Williams 3:11.46 7 3 Edoardo Scotti, Anna Polinari, Lorenzo Benati, Alessandra Bonora 3:11.56 8 1 Patrik Simon Enyingi, , Attila Molnár, Sophia Akuchi Emmanuel 3:16.73 9 4 Boniface Mweresa, Mercy Chebet, Kelvin Tonui, 3:18.42
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