$1,4m Will be Paid at World Realys

 A total prize of USD $1.4 million is on offer to top finishing teams for this weekend's world relay's championships in Bahamas.

There will be also a bonus of $50,000 for braking the world record. 

The IAAF also replaced the 4x1500m relay with distance medley relay (DMR). The unofficial men's DMR world record stands at  10:42.57 (indoors) and was set this year by the USA on February 7 in Boston, while women's record of 9:15.56 was set back in 2006 in Philadelphia. 

1st – 50,000 

2nd – 30,000

 3rd – 20,000

 4th – 12,000 

5th – 10,000 

6th – 8000 

7th – 6000

8th – 4000 

World Relays championships event and world records

Men 

4x100m: Jamaica 36.84, 11 August 2012, London 

4x200m: Jamaica 1:18.63, 24 May 2014, Nassau

 4x400m: United States 2:54.29, 22 August 1993, Stuttgart 

4x800m: Kenya 7:02.43, 25 August 2006, Brussels 

Distance medley*: Kenya 9:15.56, 29 April 2006, Philadelphia

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

Distance medley*: United States 10:42.57 (indoors), 7 February 2015, Boston