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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]
All-time top 15
Men
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
Benelux
Bram 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
Women
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
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