2017 IAAF World Relays – Men's 4 × 800 metres relay explained

Event:	Men's 4 x 800 metres relay
Competition:	2017 IAAF World Relays
Venue:	Thomas Robinson Stadium
Dates:	23 April (final)
Competitors:	28
Nations:	7
Gold:	Brannon Kidder Erik Sowinski Casimir Loxsom Clayton Murphy
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Alfred Kipketer Kipyegon Bett Timothy Kitum Ferguson Cheruiyot Rotich
Silvernoc:	KEN
Bronze:	Artur Kuciapski Mateusz Borkowski Adam Kszczot Marcin Lewandowski
Bronzenoc:	POL
Prev:	2015

The men's 4 x 800 metres relay at the 2017 IAAF World Relays was held at the Thomas Robinson Stadium on 23 April.

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:

World record	Kenya (Joseph Mutua, William Yiampoy, Ismael Kombich, Wilfred Bungei)	7:02.43	Brussels, Belgium	25 August 2006
Championship record	United States (Duane Solomon, Erik Sowinski, Casimir Loxsom, Robby Andrews)	7:04.84	Nassau, Bahamas	2 May 2015
World Leading	University of Florida	7:18.11	Gainesville, United States	1 April 2017
African Record	Kenya (Joseph Mutua, William Yiampoy, Ismael Kombich, Wilfred Bungei)	7:02.43	Brussels, Belgium	25 August 2006
Asian Record	Qatar (Majed Saeed Sultan, Salem Amer Al-Badri, Abdulrahman Suleiman, Abubaker Ali Kamal)	7:06.66	Brussels, Belgium	25 August 2006
North, Central American and Caribbean record	United States (Jebreh Harris, Khadevis Robinson, Samuel Burley, David Krummenacker)	7:02.82	Brussels, Belgium	25 August 2006
South American Record	No official record
European Record	(Peter Elliott, Garry Cook, Steve Cram, Sebastian Coe)	7:03.89	London, Great Britain	30 August 1982
Oceanian record	Australia (Josh Ralph, Ryan Gregson, Jordan Williamsz, Jared West)	7:11.48	Nassau, Bahamas	24 May 2014

Results

Final

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Rank	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes	Points
			7:13.16	WL	8
			7:13.70	SB	7
			7:18.74	SB	6
4			7:20.10	SB	5
5			7:20.92	NR	4
6			7:28.25	SB	3
7			8:12.57		2

Notes and References

1. https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/5978/AT-4X8-M-f----.RS6.pdf?v=-367475664 Final Results