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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
VenueThomas Robinson Stadium
Dates23 April (final)
Competitors28 from 7 nations
Medalists
gold medal    United States
silver medal    Kenya
bronze medal    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.

Records

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Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:

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

Schedule

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Date Time Round
23 April 2017 20:47 Final

All times are local times (UTC-4)

Results

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Final

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Rank Nation Athletes Time Notes Points
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States Brannon Kidder, Erik Sowinski, Casimir Loxsom, Clayton Murphy 7:13.16 WL 8
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Kenya Alfred Kipketer, Kipyegon Bett, Timothy Kitum, Ferguson Cheruiyot Rotich 7:13.70 SB 7
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Poland Artur Kuciapski, Mateusz Borkowski, Adam Kszczot, Marcin Lewandowski 7:18.74 SB 6
4  Australia Josh Ralph, Jordan Williamsz, James Gurr, Luke Mathews 7:20.10 SB 5
5  Mexico José Eduardo Rodríguez, Alexis Sotelo, Gamaliel Moctezuma, Jesús Tonatiu López 7:20.92 NR 4
6  Qatar Jamal Hairane, Musaab Adam Ali, Hamza Driouch, Hashim Salah Mohamed 7:28.25 SB 3
7  ART Gai Nyang, Paulo Amotun, Wiyual Puok, Dominic Lokinyomo Lobalu 8:12.57 2

References

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