The 4 × 800 metres relay is an athletics track event in which teams consist of four runners who each complete 800 metres or 2 laps on a standard 400 metre track.
The IAAF ratifies world records in the event and it became a world championship event in 2014 as part of the IAAF World Relays .
The men's world record is 7:02.43 by a Kenyan team of Joseph Mutua , William Yiampoy , Ismael Kombich and Wilfred Bungei , set August 25, 2006, at the Memorial Van Damme meet in Brussels, Belgium . The women's world record is 7:50.17, set by a team representing the Soviet Union , Nadiya Olizarenko , Lyubov Gurina , Lyudmila Borisova and Irina Podyalovskaya on August 15, 1984, in Moscow .[ 1]
Updated September 2021.[ 2]
Rank
Time
Team
Nation
Date
Place
Ref
1
7:02.43
Joseph Mutua , William Yiampoy , Ismael Kombich , Wilfred Bungei
Kenya
25 August 2006
Brussels
2
7:02.82
Santa Monica Track Club Jebreh Harris , Khadevis Robinson , Sam Burley , David Krummenacker
United States
25 August 2006
Brussels
3
7:03.89
Peter Elliott , Garry Cook , Steve Cram , Sebastian Coe
Great Britain
30 August 1982
London
4
7:04.70
Gideon van Oudtshoorn , Hezekiél Sepeng , Jurgens Kotzé , Johan Botha
South Africa
6 June 1999
Stuttgart
5
7:04.84
Duane Solomon , Eric Sowinski , Casimir Loxsom , Robby Andrews
United States
2 May 2015
Nassau
6
7:04.89
St. Patrick's School David Kiptoo Singoei , Joseph Tengelei , William Chirchir , Japheth Kimutai
Kenya
6 June 1999
Stuttgart
7
7:06:12
BeneluxBram Som David Fiegen Arnoud Okken Thomas Matthys
Netherlands Luxembourg Netherlands Belgium
25 August 2006
Brussels
8
7:06.5
Santa Monica Track Club James Robinson , David Mack , Earl Jones , Johnny Gray
United States
26 April 1986
Walnut
9
7:06.66
Majid Saeed Sultan , Salem Amer Al-Badri , Abdulrahman Suleiman , Ali Abubaker Kamal
Qatar
25 August 2006
Brussels
10
7:07.1
Kericho ?, ?, ?, Abraham Kiplagat
Kenya
7 March 2014
Nairobi
11
7:07.40
Leonid Masunov , Aleksandr Kostyetskiy , Vasiliy Matveyev , Viktor Kalinkin
Soviet Union
5 August 1984
Moscow
12
7:08.0
Chicago Track Club Tom Bach , Ken Sparks , Lowell Paul , Rick Wohlhuter
United States
12 May 1973
Durham
13
7:08.1
Vladimir Podolyako , Nikolay Kirov , Vladimir Malozyemlin , Anatoliy Reshetnyak
Soviet Union
12 August 1978
Podolsk
14
7:08.3 A
Kenya Defence Forces
Kenya
7 March 2014
Nairobi
15
7:08.30 A
Abraham Kiplagat , Robert Biwott , Edward Kemboi , Cornelius Kiplangat
Kenya
26 April 2014
Nairobi
Updated September 2021.[ 3]
Rank
Time
Team
Nation
Date
Place
Ref
1
7:50.17
Nadezhda Olizarenko , Lyubov Gurina , Lyudmila Borisova , Irina Podyalovskaya
Soviet Union
5 August 1984
Moscow
2
7:51.62
Nina Ruchayeva , Ravilya Agletdinova , Nadezhda Loboyko , Valentina Parkhuta
Soviet Union
5 August 1984
Moscow
3
7:52.24
Yekaterina Podkopayeva , Nadezhda Loboyko , Nadezhda Olizarenko , Ravilya Agletdinova
Soviet Union
4 August 1985
Leningrad
4
7:52.3
Tatyana Providokhina , Valentina Gerasimova , Svetlana Styrkina , Tatyana Kazankina
Soviet Union
16 August 1976
Podolsk
5
7:54.10
Elfi Zinn , Gunhild Hoffmeister , Anita Weiß , Ulrike Bruns
German Democratic Republic
6 August 1976
Karl-Marx-Stadt
6
7:56.6
Russia Zoya Rigel , Lyubov Gurina , Yekaterina Podkopayeva , Tatyana Mishkel
Soviet Union
8 September 1980
Donetsk
7
7:56:6
Ukraine Lyubov Smolka , Maryna Sheberova , Svetlana Popova , Tamara Koba
Soviet Union
8 September 1980
Donetsk
8
7:56.9
Leningrad Zoya Rigel , Lyubov Gurina , Olga Dvirna , Lyudmila Veselkova
Soviet Union
8 September 1980
Donetsk
9
7:57.08
Olga Kuzenkova , Natalya Betekhtina , Olga Burkanova , Svetlana Masterkova
Russia
5 June 1993
Portsmouth
10
7:57.21
Liliana Salageanu , Mitica Constantin , Violeta Szekely , Laura Itcou
Romania
5 June 1993
Portsmouth
11
7:58.5
Lithuania Ana Ambrazienė , Danguolė Bislytė , Laima Juknavičienė , Laimutė Baikauskaitė
Soviet Union
8 September 1980
Donetsk
12
7:59.6
Russia Olga Mineyeva , Maria Enkina , Nadezhda Olizarenko , Yekaterina Podkopayeva
Soviet Union
24 July 1979
Moscow
13
8:00.62
Chanelle Price , Maggie Vessey , Molly Beckwith-Ludlow , Alysia Johnson Montaño
United States
3 May 2015
Nassau
[ 4]
14
8:00.84
Russia Nina Ruchayeva , Nadezhda Loboyko , Olga Nelyubova , Lyubov Gurina
Soviet Union
19 July 1987
Bryansk
15
8:01.58
Chanelle Price , Geena Lara , Ajee' Wilson , Brenda Martinez
United States
25 May 2014
Nassau