NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships – Men's 1,600 meter relay

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This is a list of the NCAA outdoor champions in the 4x440 yard relay until 1975, and the metric 4x400 meters relay being contested after metrication occurred in 1976. Hand timing was used until 1973, starting in 1974 fully automatic timing was used.

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Champions

Key
y=yards
A=Altitude assisted

4x440 yards relay

YearSchoolTime
1964California3:07.4y
1965California3:07.5y
1966 UCLA
Gene Gail, Don Domansky Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada, Ron Copeland, Bob Frey
3:07.5y
1967Iowa3:06.8Ay
1968Villanova3:08.6y
1969 UCLA
John Smith, Len Van Howegen, Andy Young, Wayne Collett
3:03.4y
1970 UCLA
Bob Langston, John Smith, Brad Lyman, Wayne Collett
3:06.1y
1971 UCLA
Warren Edmonson, Reggie Echols, John Smith, Wayne Collett
3:04.4y
1972 UCLA
Reggie Echols, Ron Gaddis, Benny Brown, John Smith
3:05.4y
1973 UCLA
Ron Gaddis, Gordon Peppars, Maxie Parks, Benny Brown
3:04.3y
1974 UCLA
Lynnsey Guerrero, Benny Brown, Jerome Walters, Jr., Maxie Parks
3:06.63y
1975Washington3:05.10Ay

4x400 meters relay

YearSchoolTime
1976Arizona State3:03.49
1977Southern California3:04.50
1978Villanova3:05.09
1979Louisiana State3:04.67
1980 Tennessee
Alburtos Horne, Darryal Wilson, Lamar Preyor, Anthony Blair
3:03.94
1981 Tennessee
Darryl Canady, Darryal Wilson, David Patrick, Anthony Blair
3:03.08
1982Mississippi State3:03.49A
1983Texas Christian3:02.09
1984Oklahoma3:03.06
1985 Baylor
Darnell Chase, Derwin Graham, Johnny Thomas, Willie Caldwell
3:00.84
1986Southern Methodist3:01.62
1987 UCLA
Anthony Washington, Kevin Young, Henry Thomas, Danny Everett
3:00.55
1988 UCLA
Steve Lewis, Kevin Young, Danny Everett, Henry Thomas
2:59.91
1989Texas A&M3:00.91A
1990 Baylor
Daniel Fredericks, Todd Thompson, Tony Miller, Michael Johnson
3:01.86
1991 Baylor
Daniel Fredericks, Lester Crenshaw, Ethridge Green, Corey Williams
3:02.52
1992Georgia Tech2:59.95
1993Ohio State3:00.82
1994Georgia Tech3:01.75
1995 Baylor
Michael Ford, Raoul Howard, Corey Williams, Deon Minor
3:01.57
1996 Baylor
Raoul Howard, Darrin Strong, Marlon Ramsey, Michael Ford
3:01.25
1997Oklahoma3:01.25
1998Georgia Tech3:01.89
1999 UCLA
Michael Granville, Terrence Williams, Malachi Davis, Brian Fell
3:02.12
2000 Baylor
Bayano Kamani Flag of Panama.svg  Panama, Zsolt Szeglet Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary, Floyd Thompson, Brandon Couts
3:01.45
2001 Baylor
Zsolt Szeglet Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary, Bayano Kamani Flag of Panama.svg  Panama, Floyd Thompson, Brandon Couts
3:03.89
2002South Carolina3:02.16
2003Louisiana State3:02.01
2004 Baylor
Wil Fitts, Braelon Davis, Jeremy Wariner, Darold Williamson
3:01.03
2005Louisiana State2:59.59
2006Louisiana State3:01.58
2007 Baylor
Reggie Witherspoon, LeJerald Betters, Kevin Mutai, Quentin Summers
3:00.04
2008 Baylor
Marcus Boyd, Justin Boyd, LeJerald Betters, Quentin Iglehart-Summers
3:00.22
2009Florida State
Kevin Williams, Kevin Borlée Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium, Charles Clark, Jonathan Borlée Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
2:59.99
2010 Texas A&M
Tran Howell, Demetrius Pinder Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas, Bryan Miller, Tabarie Henry Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  United States Virgin Islands
3:00.89
2014 Texas A&M
Aldrich Bailey, Jr., Carlyle Roudette Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago, Bralon Taplin Flag of Grenada.svg  Grenada, Deon Lendore Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago
2:59.60
2017 Texas A&M
Richard Rose, Mylik Kerley, Robert Grant, Fred Kerley
2:59.98
2018 USC Trojans
Ricky Morgan Jr., Rai Benjamin, Zachary Shinnick, Michael Norman
2:59.00
2019 Texas A&M 2:59.05
2021 North Carolina A&T Aggies
Daniel Stokes (Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico), Randolph Ross, Akeem Sirleaf (Flag of Liberia.svg  Liberia), Trevor Stewart
3:00.92

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