Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's 800 metres of the lap, he collapsed on the track from exhaustion. Sheppard then took the lead, with Lunghi and Just immediately behind. The time at the 400 metres mark was only 53 seconds. Just could not keep up the pace, fading back to fifth place. Lunghi's efforts were not enough for him to stay with Sheppard the entire way, and Sheppard won by 11 yards; the first four finishers broke James Lightbody's Olympic record of four years earlier. Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's 800 metres The men's 800 metres made its fourth Olympic appearance at the 1908 Summer
4 × 200 metres relay would break into lane one and make a third exchange in lane one of the second standard 4x100 metres relay zone. Indoors, the event is popular because each leg is one lap of a standard 200 metre indoor track. The men's world record was set at the inaugural IAAF World Relay Championships in Nassau, Bahamas. The record was set by a Jamaican team consisting of Nickel Ashmeade, Warren Weir, Jermaine Brown and Yohan Blake in a time of 1:18.63. The women's world record is 1:27.46, set by a squad called Team USA "Blue" LaTasha Jenkins, LaTasha Colander-Richardson, Nanceen Perry, and