The 4 × 800 metres relay is an
athletics
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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
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in the event and it became a world championship event in 2014 as part of the
IAAF World Relays
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.
The men's world record is 7:02.43 by a
Kenya
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n team of
Joseph Mutua,
William Yiampoy,
Ismael Kombich and
Wilfred Bungei
Wilfred Kipkemboi Bungei (born 24 July 1980) is a Kenyan retired Middle-distance runner, who won the 800 m gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He also won at the World indoor Championships in Moscow 2006 the 800 metres title, ...
, set August 25, 2006, at the
Memorial Van Damme
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meet in
Brussels, Belgium. The women's world record is 7:50.17, set by a team representing the
Soviet Union
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Nadiya Olizarenko,
Lyubov Gurina,
Lyudmila Borisova and
Irina Podyalovskaya on August 15, 1984, in
Moscow
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All-time top 15
Men
*Correct as of September 2021.
Women
*Correct as of September 2021.
References
External links
IAAF list of 4x800-metres-relay records in XML
Track relay races
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