The best Bavarian mark for a "Sweden relay" is
1:53.8m
TSV 1860 München (Rainer Schubert,Hans Jäger,Bernd Darams,Lothar Loohs)
30.05.1966
This form of relay was quite popular in the 50s and 60s in Germany.
Tomas Magnusson
Swede in Germany
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Von: Hans-Erik Pettersson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
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"Sweden relay."
The Swedish quartette (club: KA 2 IF)
Christer Garpenborg pb 100m: 10.25
Rolf Trulson pb 200m: 21.38
Thorsten Johanssson pb 200/300m: 20.61/33.5
Gert Möller pb 400m 46.93
ran 1.53.6 in 1973.
This is the best Swedish mark I have seen.
Maybe still the best mark in Sweden!?
There is no officiell record reqognized for this relay in Sweden.
Hans-Erik Pettersson
Sweden
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Subject: Re: t-and-f: Michael Johnson's last race
> In a message dated Tue, 3 Jul 2001 9:18:14 AM Eastern Daylight Time, "Post, Marty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> << The IAAF is reporting on its website that Michael Johnson will run his last
> race on Sept 15 in Yokohama anchoring something called a "Sweden relay."
>
> Apparently it's a four person relay with the first three sections of 100
> meters, 200 meters and 300 meters, before the final 400.
>
> I've never heard of it. Has it been run much before? I'm wondering if it has, then the "world record/world best performance" is so soft, that it's a setup so that MJ would get to go out on the final 400 of his career by anchoring a WR.>>
>
> this is one from a bygone era, and I don't believe ever contested much. If there's an existing "WR," wouldn't surprise me if it's slower than the kilo record itself.
>
> gh
