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.
All-time top 15※
Men※
- Updated September 2021.
Women※
- Updated September 2021.
References※
- ^ "100 Metres - women - senior - outdoor - 2021". www.worldathletics.org.
- ^ "All-time men's best 4 × 800m Relay". 9 September 2021. Archived from the original on 28 May 2006. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
- ^ "All-time women's best 4 × 800m Relay". 9 September 2021. Archived from the original on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
- ^ "Women's 4×800m Relay Results" (PDF). IAAF. 3 May 2015. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
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