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 10
Men
- Correct as of September 2021.[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 September 2021.[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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