A total prize purse of USD $1.4million will be paid by the IAAF for the men's and women's races at the inaugural IAAF World Relays in Nassau, The Bahamas, on 24-25 May.
Team prize money for each race (all amounts are in US$)
1st 50,000
2nd 30,000
3rd 20,000
4th 12,000
5th 10,000
6th 8000
7th 6000
8th 4000
World record bonus
Any team who breaks a world record in Nassau will be awarded a USD $50,000 bonus by the IAAF.
The current ratified world records are:
Men
4x100m: Jamaica 36.84, 11 August 2012, London
4x200m: United States 1:18.68, 17 April 1994, Walnut
4x400m: United States 2:54.29, 22 August 1993, Stuttgart
4x800m: Kenya 7:02.43, 25 August 2006, Brussels
4x1500m: Kenya 14:36.23, 4 September 2009, Brussels
Women
4x100m: United States 40.82, 10 August 2012, London
4x200m: United States 1:27.46, 29 April 2000, Philadelphia
4x400m: USSR 3:15.17, 1 October 1988, Seoul
4x800m: USSR 7:50.17, 5 August 1984, Moscow
4x1500m: Kenya 17:05.72*, 26 April 2014, Nairobi
NOTE: The payment of all prize money is dependent upon athletes undergoing and clearing the usual anti-doping procedures.
Timetable
Saturday 24 May (times are local; GMT -4 hours):
17:30 Mens 4x200m heats
17:49 Womens 4x100m heats
18:14 Mens 4x800m final
18:38 Womens 4x400m heats
19:12 Mens 4x400m heats
19:43 Womens 4x1500m final
20:15 Mens 4x200m final
20:33 Womens 4x100m final B
20:42 Womens 4x100m final
Sunday 25 May
17:30 Womens 4x200m heats
17:49 Mens 4x100m heats
18:14 Womens 4x400m final B
18:26 Womens 4x400m final
18:46 Mens 4x1500m final
19:17 Womens 4x800m final
19:41 Mens 4x400m final B
19:52 Mens 4x400m final
20:11 Womens 4x200m final
20:28 Mens 4x100m final B
20:37 Mens 4x100m final
*subject to the usual ratification procedures
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