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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 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 10 Performances
Men
Correct as of November 2020.[2]
Rank
Time
Team
Athletes
Date
Place
Ref
1
7:02.43
Kenya
Joseph Mutua Mwengi , William Yiampoy , Ismael Kombich , Wilfred Bungei
25 August 2006
Brussels
2
7:02.82
Santa Monica Track Club
Jebreh Harris , Khadevis Robinson , Sam Burley , David Krummenacker
25 August 2006
Brussels
3
7:03.89
Great Britain & N.I.
Peter Elliott , Garry Cook , Steve Cram , Sebastian Coe
30 August 1982
London
4
7:04.70
South Africa
Gideon van Oudtshoorn , Hezekiél Sepeng , Jurgens Kotzé , Johan Botha
6 June 1999
Stuttgart
5
7:04.84
USA
Duane Solomon , Eric Sowinski , Casimir Loxsom , Robby Andrews
2 May 2015
Nassau
6
7:04.89
St. Patrick's School
David Kiptoo Singoei , Joseph Tengelei , William Chirchir , Japheth Kimutai
6 June 1999
Stuttgart
7
7:06:12
Benelux
Bram Som , David Fiegen , Arnoud Okken , Thomas Matthys
25 August 2006
Brussels
8
7:06.5
Santa Monica Track Club
James Robinson , David Mack , Earl Jones , Johnny Gray
26 April 1986
Walnut
9
7:06.66
Qatar
Majid Saeed Sultan , Salem Amer Al-Badri , Abdulrahman Suleiman , Ali Abubaker Kamal
25 August 2006
Brussels
10
7:07.1
Kericho
?, ?, ?, Abraham Kiplagat
7 March 2014
Nairobi
Women
Correct as of November 2020.[3]
Rank
Time
Team
Athletes
Date
Place
Ref
1
7:50.17
Soviet Union I
Nadezhda Olizarenko , Lyubov Gurina , Lyudmila Borisova , Irina Podyalovskaya
5 August 1984
Moscow
2
7:51.62
Soviet Union II
Nina Ruchayeva , Ravilya Agletdinova , Nadezhda Loboyko , Valentina Parkhuta
5 August 1984
Moscow
3
7:52.24
Soviet Union
Yekaterina Podkopayeva , Nadezhda Loboyko , Nadezhda Olizarenko , Ravilya Agletdinova
4 August 1985
Leningrad
4
7:52.3
Soviet Union
Tatyana Providokhina , Valentina Gerasimova , Svetlana Styrkina , Tatyana Kazankina
16 August 1976
Podolsk
5
7:54.10
German Democratic Republic
Elfi Zinn , Gunhild Hoffmeister , Anita Weiß , Ulrike Bruns
6 August 1976
Karl-Marx-Stadt
6
7:56.6
Russian SFSR
Zoya Rigel , Lyubov Gurina , Yekaterina Podkopayeva , Tatyana Mishkel
8 September 1980
Donetsk
7
7:56:6
Ukrainian SSR
Lyubov Smolka , Maryna Sheberova , Svetlana Popova , Tamara Koba
8 September 1980
Donetsk
8
7:56.9
Leningrad
Zoya Rigel , Lyubov Gurina , Olga Dvirna , Lyudmila Veselkova
8 September 1980
Donetsk
9
7:57.08
Russia
Olga Kuzenkova , Natalya Betekhtina , Olga Burkanova , Svetlana Masterkova
5 June 1993
Portsmouth
10
7:57.21
Romania
Liliana Salageanu , Mitica Constantin , Violeta Szekely , Laura Itcou
5 June 1993
Portsmouth
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