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

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Men's 4 x 800 metres relay
at the 2017 IAAF World Relays
Venue Thomas Robinson Stadium
Dates23 April (final)
Competitors28 from 7 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
  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.

Contents

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:

World record Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
(Joseph Mutua, William Yiampoy, Ismael Kombich, Wilfred Bungei)
7:02.43 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Brussels, Belgium 25 August 2006
Championship recordFlag of the United States.svg  United States
(Duane Solomon, Erik Sowinski, Casimir Loxsom, Robby Andrews)
7:04.84 Flag of the Bahamas.svg Nassau, Bahamas 2 May 2015
World Leading University of Florida 7:18.11 Flag of the United States.svg Gainesville, United States 1 April 2017
African Record Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
(Joseph Mutua, William Yiampoy, Ismael Kombich, Wilfred Bungei)
7:02.43 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Brussels, Belgium 25 August 2006
Asian Record Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar
(Majed Saeed Sultan, Salem Amer Al-Badri, Abdulrahman Suleiman, Abubaker Ali Kamal)
7:06.66 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Brussels, Belgium25 August 2006
North, Central American and Caribbean record Flag of the United States.svg  United States
(Jebreh Harris, Khadevis Robinson, Samuel Burley, David Krummenacker)
7:02.82 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Brussels, Belgium25 August 2006
South American Record No official record
European Record Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
(Peter Elliott, Garry Cook, Steve Cram, Sebastian Coe)
7:03.89 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg London, Great Britain 30 August 1982
Oceanian record Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
(Josh Ralph, Ryan Gregson, Jordan Williamsz, Jared West)
7:11.48 Flag of the Bahamas.svg Nassau, Bahamas 24 May 2014

Schedule

DateTimeRound
23 April 201720:47 Final

All times are local times (UTC-4)

Results

Final

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RankNationAthletesTimeNotesPoints
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the United States.svg  United States Brannon Kidder, Erik Sowinski, Casimir Loxsom, Clayton Murphy 7:13.16WL8
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Kenya.svg  Kenya Alfred Kipketer, Kipyegon Bett, Timothy Kitum, Ferguson Cheruiyot Rotich 7:13.70SB7
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Poland.svg  Poland Artur Kuciapski, Mateusz Borkowski, Adam Kszczot, Marcin Lewandowski 7:18.74SB6
4Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Josh Ralph, Jordan Williamsz, James Gurr, Luke Mathews 7:20.10SB5
5Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico José Eduardo Rodríguez, Alexis Sotelo, Gamaliel Moctezuma, Jesús Tonatiu López 7:20.92 NR 4
6Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar Jamal Hairane, Musaab Adam Ali, Hamza Driouch, Hashim Salah Mohamed 7:28.25SB3
7ART flag (2022).svg  ART Gai Nyang, Paulo Amotun, Wiyual Puok, Dominic Lokinyomo Lobalu 8:12.572

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