{"id":703,"date":"2014-05-21T11:27:27","date_gmt":"2014-05-21T11:27:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/track\/?p=703"},"modified":"2014-05-21T11:27:27","modified_gmt":"2014-05-21T11:27:27","slug":"million-for-world-relays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/track\/pre-event\/million-for-world-relays","title":{"rendered":"$1.4million up for grabs at World Relays"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"IAAF<\/a><\/p>\n

A total prize purse of USD $1.4million will be paid by the IAAF for the men’s and women’s races at the inaugural IAAF World Relays in Nassau, The Bahamas, on 24-25 May.<\/p>\n

Team prize money for each race<\/h2>\n

(all amounts are in US$)
\n1st \u2013 50,000
\n2nd \u2013 30,000
\n3rd \u2013 20,000
\n4th \u2013 12,000
\n5th \u2013 10,000
\n6th \u2013 8000
\n7th \u2013 6000
\n8th \u2013 4000<\/p>\n

World record bonus<\/p>\n

Any team who breaks a world record in Nassau will be awarded a USD $50,000 bonus by the IAAF.<\/p>\n

The current ratified world records are:<\/p>\n

Men
\n4x100m: Jamaica 36.84, 11 August 2012, London
\n4x200m: United States 1:18.68, 17 April 1994, Walnut
\n4x400m: United States 2:54.29, 22 August 1993, Stuttgart
\n4x800m: Kenya 7:02.43, 25 August 2006, Brussels
\n4x1500m: Kenya 14:36.23, 4 September 2009, Brussels<\/p>\n

Women
\n4x100m: United States 40.82, 10 August 2012, London
\n4x200m: United States 1:27.46, 29 April 2000, Philadelphia
\n4x400m: USSR 3:15.17, 1 October 1988, Seoul
\n4x800m: USSR 7:50.17, 5 August 1984, Moscow
\n4x1500m: Kenya 17:05.72*, 26 April 2014, Nairobi<\/p>\n

NOTE: The payment of all prize money is dependent upon athletes undergoing and clearing the usual anti-doping procedures.<\/p>\n

Timetable<\/p>\n

Saturday 24 May (times are local; GMT -4 hours):
\n17:30 Men\u2019s 4x200m heats
\n17:49 Women\u2019s 4x100m heats
\n18:14 Men\u2019s 4x800m final
\n18:38 Women\u2019s 4x400m heats
\n19:12 Men\u2019s 4x400m heats
\n19:43 Women\u2019s 4x1500m final
\n20:15 Men\u2019s 4x200m final
\n20:33 Women\u2019s 4x100m final B
\n20:42 Women\u2019s 4x100m final<\/p>\n

Sunday 25 May
\n17:30 Women\u2019s 4x200m heats
\n17:49 Men\u2019s 4x100m heats
\n18:14 Women\u2019s 4x400m final B
\n18:26 Women\u2019s 4x400m final
\n18:46 Men\u2019s 4x1500m final
\n19:17 Women\u2019s 4x800m final
\n19:41 Men\u2019s 4x400m final B
\n19:52 Men\u2019s 4x400m final
\n20:11 Women\u2019s 4x200m final
\n20:28 Men\u2019s 4x100m final B
\n20:37 Men\u2019s 4x100m final<\/p>\n

*subject to the usual ratification procedures<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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