Talk:Relay race

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University of Wisconsin Caption
"The final leg runner for The University of Wisconsin, home of the Badgers of the Big Ten Athletics Conference, brings home the win to the Badgers of the University of Wisconsin in the State of Wisconsin, America."

Who is responsible for this? I think I have already forgotten where the University of Wisconsin is located. 64.45.254.203 (talk) 20:03, 25 May 2010 (UTC) in a relay race you have these rules, The baton can only be passed within the exchange zone, which is 20 meters long. Exchanges made outside the zone—based on the position of the baton, not the runners' feet—result in disqualification. Passers must remain in their lanes after the pass to avoid blocking other runners if u cheat you and your team will be disqulified. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:82:4380:740:643A:8E7F:AF79:5901 (talk) 17:47, 19 January 2021 (UTC)

Improper exchange
One method of disqualification is apparently: "Making an improper baton exchange". Can anyone define how it could be 'improper'? User:A.K.A.47
 * I would imagine this is for judges to decide. It would cover a number of infractions, for example: if runners were to toss the baton to one another that would be an improper exchange. Sillyfolkboy (talk) (edits) WIKIPROJECT ATHLETICS NEEDS YOU!  17:30, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

Fun Relay Race
Have the kids form two teams with at least three people on a team. Get two plastic cups and puts a small hole in the bottom. Each team has two buckets. Put the first one right in front of them and the next one about 30 to 40 feet away. Fill the closest bucket half way with water. Set the time for one minute. The first person on each team fills the cup with water and runs it over to the second bucket. Since the water has a hole in the bottom, water will fall out. Players must not cover the hole while running with it. When the player gets to the second bucket, he/she must dump out the rest of the water in the cup, run over to the next player and slap his/her hand then get in the back of the line. At the end of the minute (or whatever time you decide on) measure the ammount of water in each teams' second bucket. The team with the most water wins! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.86.161.243 (talk) 19:48, 28 June 2008 (UTC)


 * I don't see how this remark is relevant to our article. --Austrian (talk) 21:44, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

Strategy
Why is second fastest, third fastest, slowest, then fastest (anchor) the generally accepted strategy? And why is the strategy different in swimming? Has experience shown that these strategies are really the best, on average? --Austrian (talk) 21:44, 21 August 2008 (UTC)


 * There is no way that this strategy is the generally accepted to be the best. It may be the most common but that does not make it generally accepted to be the best. I'd suggest removing this sentence. --MATThematical (talk) 20:26, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

Handoff analysis
I removed: " All runners run approximately 400 metres, however the second runner's distance is longer than the other runners. This is because the runners are lined up the same distance apart, except for the fourth runners; who are all lined up the same distance from the third runner. "

Lets do the math. In a 4x400; handoffs tend to take place early in the zone. The actual 400 metres distance would occur in the center of the zone, 10 meters after the beginning of the zone where the athletes are lined up. So if you are going to get technical, the first runner runs less, 390 metres plus the handoff distance, for this purpose lets say 3+ metres, so 393 metres. The second leg and third leg would also pass in the same spot, making their legs about equal, without a strategic adjustment. With the final pass occurring at the same spot, the final runner would go about 407 metres.

Strategic adjustment: There is no specification as to where the outgoing athlete has to stand. If a team has one exceptional runner, to maximize their running distance by placing them in one of the middle legs, they are allowed to place the outgoing runner following that exceptional athlete later into the zone, allowing the exceptional runner to run as far as an extra 16-17 metres. . . with the risk that the handoff take place before the end of the zone (a situation that is normally quite uncommon in a 4x400). Trackinfo (talk) 19:10, 28 February 2013 (UTC)

Original relay race
I was wanting to know what do used instead of a baton in Ancient Greece 69.131.208.61 (talk) 01:24, 24 February 2022 (UTC)