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]
| Rank | Time | Team | Nation | Date | Place | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7:02.43 | Joseph Mutua, 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 | Peter Elliott, Garry Cook, Steve Cram, Sebastian Coe | 30 August 1982 | London | |||
| 4 | 7:04.70 | Gideon van Oudtshoorn, Hezekiél Sepeng, Jurgens Kotzé, Johan Botha | 6 June 1999 | Stuttgart | |||
| 5 | 7:04.84 | 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 | 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 | |||
| 11 | 7:07.40 | Leonid Masunov, Aleksandr Kostyetskiy, Vasiliy Matveyev, Viktor Kalinkin | 5 August 1984 | Moscow | |||
| 12 | 7:08.0 | Chicago Track Club Tom Bach, Ken Sparks, Lowell Paul, Rick Wohlhuter | 12 May 1973 | Durham | |||
| 13 | 7:08.1 | Vladimir Podolyako, Nikolay Kirov, Vladimir Malozyemlin, Anatoliy Reshetnyak | 12 August 1978 | Podolsk | |||
| 14 | 7:08.3 | Kenya Defence Forces | 7 March 2014 | Nairobi | |||
| 15 | 7:08.30 | Abraham Kiplagat, Robert Biwott, Edward Kemboi, Cornelius Kiplangat | 26 April 2014 | Nairobi |