4 × 800 metres relay
| Athletics 4 × 800 metres relay | |
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| World records | |
| Men |  Kenya (Joseph Mutua, William Yiampoy, Ismael Kombich, Wilfred Bungei) 7:02.43 (2006) |
| Women |  Soviet Union (Nadezhda Olizarenko, Lyubov Gurina, Lyudmila Borisova, Irina Podyalovskaya) 7:50.17 (1984) |
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]
The imperial distance analogue to the event is the 4 × 880 yards relay, also known as the two-mile relay, contested at a total of 3,520 yards (3,218.688 m) which is slightly longer than the 3200 m metric distance. It was contested at the AIAW Indoor Track and Field Championships and other American and British meets until the switch to metric in the 1980s.[2]
All-time top 15
[edit]Men
[edit]- Updated September 2021.[3]
Women
[edit]- Updated September 2021.[4]
References
[edit]- ↑ "100 Metres - women - senior - outdoor - 2021". www.worldathletics.org.
- ↑ "eTrack eTN1982_04_NCAAInd_AIAWInd" (PDF). Track and Field News.
- ↑ "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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