4 × 800 metres relay

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

Correct as of September 2021.^[2]

Rank	Time	Team	Nation	Date	Place
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		Soviet Union	5 August 1984	Moscow
12	7:08.0	Chicago Track Club	United States	12 May 1973	Durham
13	7:08.1		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

Correct as of 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	Zoya Rigel, Lyubov Gurina, Yekaterina Podkopayeva, Tatyana Mishkel	Russian SFSR	8 September 1980	Donetsk
7	7:56:6	Lyubov Smolka, Maryna Sheberova, Svetlana Popova, Tamara Koba	Ukrainian SSR	8 September 1980	Donetsk
8	7:56.9	Zoya Rigel, Lyubov Gurina, Olga Dvirna, Lyudmila Veselkova	Leningrad	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	Ana Ambrazienė, Danguolė Bislytė, Laima Juknavičienė, Laimutė Baikauskaitė	Lithuanian SSR	8 September 1980	Donetsk
12	7:59.6	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	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