4x200, 4x800, and 4x1600 relays exist as well, but they are rarer, especially at the high school level, where schools generally have only one or two competitive strong runners in such events.
A team may be disqualified from a relay for:
Based on the speed of the runners, the generally accepted strategy used in setting up a 4 person relay team is: second fastest, third fastest, slowest, then fastest (anchor). Each segment of the relay (the distance run by one person) is referred to as a leg.
The world's longest relay race is Japan's Prince Takamatsu Cup Nishinippon Round-Kyūshū Ekiden, which begins in Nagasaki and continues for 1064 km.
Notable long distance relay race include: American Odyssey Relay - Gettysburg, PA to Washington, DC - 200 miles in total, more or less Southern Odyssey Relay - The ultimate 24 hour, 200 mile team relay race, a 2-day relay race through Georgia's best running hot spots. Reno-Tahoe Odyssey Relay - The Reno-Tahoe Odyssey is the most fun you'll ever have seeing the Reno-Tahoe area. Ragnar Relay Wasatch Back - The largest long distance relay in the world. Hood to Coast - The original long distance relay race. Wild West Relay - Fort Collins to Steamboat Springs, CO Green Mountain Relay - Jeffersonville to Bennington, VT Ragnar Relay Series The world's largest relay series with 13 relay races around the United States Texas Independence Relay - Gonzales, TX to Houston, TX Sunset to Sunrise Relay - Ft. Myers to Jensen Beach, FL Cascade Lakes Relay - 2nd Longest relay race in the United States Capital to Coast Relay - Longest relay race in the United States, Austin to Corpus Christi, TX
Shorter long distance relay races have also proven to be popular. These shorter races range from to , but still incorporate the team aspect. The most popular ones in this category include: The 100on100 Heart of Vermont Relay River To River Relay in Southern Illinois Market To Market Relay from Omaha to Lincoln, Nebraska Brew To Brew from Lawerence to Kansas City, Kansas, Lake Tahoe Relay which is approximately around Lake Tahoe.
==Medley relay== Medley relay events are also occasionally held in track meets, usually consisting of teams of four runners running progressively longer distances. The Distance Medley Relay consists of four legs run at distances of 1200, 400, 800, and 1600 metres, in that order. The Sprint Medley Relay usually consists of four legs run at distances of 400, 200, 200, and 800 meters, though a more uncommon variant of 200, 100, 100 and 400 meters (Sometimes called a Short Sprint Medley) also exists. See also Swedish relay.
In medley swimming, each swimmer uses a different stroke (in this order): backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly, and freestyle, with the added limitation that the freestyle swimmer cannot use any of the first three strokes. At competitive levels, essentially all freestyle swimmers use the front crawl. Note that this order is different from that for the individual medley, in which a single swimmer swims butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, and freestyle, in that order.
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