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All-time men's best 4x800m relays

' - time converted from 4x880m relay

        1      7:02.43    Kenya                           1           Bruxelles              25.08.2006

                          Joseph Mutua Mwengi              (1:46.73)  10.12.78               KEN
                          William Yiampoy                  (1:44.38)  17.05.74               KEN
                          Ismael Kombich                   (1:45.92)  16.10.85               KEN
                          Wilfred Bungei                   (1:45.40)  24.07.80               KEN

        2      7:02.82    United States                   2           Bruxelles              25.08.2006

                          Jabreh Harris                    (1:47.05)  22.09.78               USA
                          Khadevis Robinson                (1:44.03)  19.07.76               USA
                          Sam Burley                       (1:46.05)  13.02.81               USA
                          David Krummenacker               (1:45.69)  24.05.75               USA

        3      7:03.89    Great Britain & N.I.            1           London                 30.08.1982

                          Peter Elliott                    (1:49.14)  09.10.62               GBR
                          Garry Cook                       (1:46.20)  10.01.58               GBR
                          Steve Cram                       (1:44.54)  14.10.60               GBR
                          Sebastian Coe                    (1:44.01)  29.09.56               GBR

        4      7:04.70    Republic of South Africa        1           Stuttgart              06.06.1999

                          Gideon van Oudtshoorn            (1:46.9)   23.09.76               RSA
                          Hezekiél Sepeng                  (1:45.2)   30.06.74               RSA
                          Jurgens Kotzé                    (1:48.3)   11.04.73               RSA
                          Johan Botha                      (1:44.3)   10.01.74               RSA

        5      7:04.89    St. Patrick's School            2           Stuttgart              06.06.1999

                          David Kiptoo Singoei             (1:46.4)   26.06.65               KEN
                          Joseph Tengelei                  (1:48.2)   08.12.70               KEN
                          William Chirchir                 (1:45.7)   06.02.79               KEN
                          Japheth Kimutai                  (1:44.6)   20.12.78               KEN

        6      7:06.12    Benelux                         3           Bruxelles              25.08.2006

                          Bram Som                         (1:44.91)  20.02.80               NED
                          David Fiegen                     (1:47.25)  03.09.84               LUX
                          Arnoud Okken                     (1:46.12)  20.04.82               NED
                          Thomas Matthys                   (1:47.84)  04.09.85               BEL

        7      7:06.5     Santa Monica Track Club         1           Walnut                 26.04.1986

                          James Robinson                   (1:49.8)   27.08.54               USA
                          David Mack                       (1:46.7)   30.05.61               USA
                          Earl Jones                       (1:45.2)   17.07.64               USA
                          Johnny Gray                      (1:44.8)   19.06.60               USA

        8      7:06.66    Qatar                           4           Bruxelles              25.08.2006

                          Majid Saeed Sultan               (1:45.81)  03.11.86               QAT
                          Salem Amer Al-Badri              (1:46.71)  12.12.85               QAT
                          Abdulrahman Sulaiman             (1:45.89)  10.01.84               QAT
                          Ali Abubaker Kamal               (1:48.25)  03.12.83               QAT

        9      7:07.40    Soviet Union                    1           Moskva                 05.08.1984

                          Leonid Masunov                              05.05.62               UKR
                          Aleksandr Kostyetskiy                       14.01.60               RUS
                          Vasiliy Matveyev                            04.02.64               RUS
                          Viktor Kalinkin                             23.02.60               RUS

        10     7:08.0'    Chicago Track Club              1           Durham                 12.05.1973

                          Tom Bach                         (1:50.5y)  25.09.49               USA
                          Ken Sparks                       (1:47.1y)  25.01.45               USA
                          Lowell Paul                      (1:48.0y)  03.03.44               USA
                          Rick Wohlhuter                   (1:44.8y)  23.12.48               USA

        11     7:08.1     Soviet Union                    1           Podolsk                12.08.1978

                          Vladimir Ponomaryev              (1:47.0)   10.08.52               RUS
                          Nikolay Kirov                    (1:47.6)   22.10.57               BLR
                          Vladimir Malozyemlin             (1:47.0)   26.01.56               RUS
                          Anatoliy Reshetnyak              (1:46.5)   14.04.55               UKR

        12     7:08.5     Federal Republic of Germany     1           Wiesbaden              13.08.1966

                          Manfred Kinder                   (1:46.9)   20.04.38               FRG
                          Walter Adams                     (1:47.5)   15.03.45               FRG
                          Dieter Bogatzki                  (1:47.9)   25.01.42               FRG
                          Franz-Josef Kemper               (1:46.2)   30.09.45               FRG

        13     7:08.96    Arizona State University        1           Tempe                  07.04.1984

                          Pete Richardson                  (1:47.5)   19.04.63               USA
                          Eddie Davis                      (1:47.8)   11.04.63               USA
                          Treg Scott                       (1:48.1)   22.09.64               USA
                          Mike Stahr                       (1:45.6)   09.12.64               USA

        14     7:09.1'    Kenya                           1           London                 05.09.1970

                          Naftali Bon                      (1:49.8y)  09.10.45               KEN
                          Mynyoro Hezekiah Nyamau          (1:49.8y)  05.12.42               KEN
                          Thomas Saisi                     (1:46.6y)  19.07.45               KEN
                          Robert Ouko                      (1:45.4y)  24.11.48               KEN

        15     7:10.03    Santa Monica Track Club         2           Tempe                  07.04.1984

                          Charlie Taliaferro               (1:50.2)   08.10.56               USA
                          Scott Rider                      (1:48.0)   08.12.59               USA
                          Mark Handelsman                  (1:46.2)   09.06.61               ISR
                          Jeff West                        (1:45.7)   02.12.61               USA

        16     7:10.14    Bud Light Track America         3           Tempe                  07.04.1984

                          Cardell Williams                 (1:49.0)   08.12.60               USA
                          Randy Stephens                   (1:48.3)   22.06.60               USA
                          Jack McIntosh                    (1:47.2)   22.06.59               USA
                          James Mays                       (1:45.7)   15.08.59               USA

        17     7:10.3     Federal Republic of Germany     2           Wiesbaden              13.08.1966

                          Bodo Tümmler                     (1:47.6)   08.12.43               FRG
                          Harald Norpoth                   (1:47.4)   22.08.42               FRG
                          Jörg Balke                       (1:47.2)   23.03.36               FRG
                          Herbert Missalla                 (1:48.1)   05.06.35               FRG

        18     7:11.1     Byelorussia (URS)               1           Moskva                 25.07.1979

                                                                                             BLR
                                                                                             BLR
                                                                                             BLR
                                                                                             BLR

        19     7:11.17    Penn State Univeristy           1           Philadelphia           27.04.1985

                          Vance Watson                     (1:49.3)                          USA
                          Steve Shisler                    (1:47.9)                          USA
                          Chris Mills                      (1:48.5)   14.02.66               USA
                          Randy Moore                      (1:45.5)   18.11.62               USA

        20     7:11.3     Italy                           1           Sheffield              05.06.1992

                          Andrea Giocondi                             17.01.69               ITA
                          Alberto Barsotti                            29.02.64               ITA
                          Giuseppe D'Urso                             15.09.69               ITA
                          Andrea Benvenuti                            13.12.69               ITA

        21     7:11.42    Belarus                         1           Portsmouth             05.06.1993

                          Vadim Talanov                               31.01.69               BLR
                          Mikhail Ryabukhin                           25.03.67               BLR
                          Igor Borisov                                12.08.67               BLR
                          Dmitriy Sereda                              18.03.72               BLR

        22     7:11.6     Republic of South Africa        1           Johannesburg           30.04.1973

                          Donald Timm                                 14.04.49               RSA
                          Claude de Marigny                           25.08.51               RSA
                          Marcello Fiasconaro                         19.07.49               ITA
                          Danie Malan                                 26.06.50               RSA

        23     7:11.62    Great Britain & N.I. II         2           London                 30.08.1982

                          Rob Harrison                     (1:47.83)  05.06.59               GBR
                          Steve Caldwell                   (1:49.04)  07.12.57               GBR
                          Chris McGeorge                   (1:45.91)  13.01.62               GBR
                          Graham Williamson                (1:48.84)  15.06.60               GBR

        24     7:11.96    Russia                          2           Portsmouth             05.06.1993

                          Sergey Melnikov                             08.11.68               RUS
                          Sergey Samoylov                             71                     RUS
                          Andrey Loginov                              27.11.72               RUS
                          Aleksey Oleynikov                           10.08.72               RUS

        25     7:12.0     Kenya A                         1           Mombasa                18.06.1978

                                                                                             KEN
                                                                                             KEN
                                                                                             KEN
                                                                                             KEN

        26     7:12.1'    Federal Republic of Germany     1           Fulda                  13.06.1968

                          Bodo Tümmler                     (1:49.4y)  08.12.43               FRG
                          Walter Adams                     (1:47.5y)  15.03.45               FRG
                          Harald Norpoth                   (1:50.0y)  22.08.42               FRG
                          Franz-Josef Kemper               (1:47.7y)  30.09.45               FRG

        27     7:12.15    Vfb Stuttgart                   1           Krefeld                26.07.1986

                          Andreas Baranski                            10.03.60               FRG
                          Hans Allmandinger                           17.07.58               FRG
                          Herbert Wursthorn                           22.06.57               FRG
                          Matthias Assmann                            02.02.57               FRG

        28     7:12.2'    Great Britain & N.I.            1           London                 22.06.1966

                          Graeme Grant                     (1:49.5y)  24.05.46               GBR
                          Mike Varrah                      (1:48.9y)  19.10.44               GBR
                          Chris Carter                     (1:49.0y)  25.12.42               GBR
                          John Boulter                     (1:48.2y)  18.11.40               GBR

        28     7:12.2     Great Britain & N.I.            2           Sheffield              05.06.1992

                          Matthew Yates                    (1:49.2)   04.02.69               GBR
                          Martin Steele                    (1:45.9)   20.09.62               GBR
                          Kevin McKay                      (1:48.4)   09.02.69               GBR
                          Steve Heard                      (1:48.6)   29.04.62               GBR

        30     7:12.29    Villanova University            1           Philadelphia           24.04.1982

                          Marcus O'Sullivan                (1:50.2)   22.12.61               IRL
                          Mike England                     (1:46.6)   29.02.60               USA
                          John Hunter                      (1:46.5)   15.04.56               IRL
                          John Marshall                    (1:49.0)   05.11.63               USA

        30     7:12.29    Santa Monica Track Club         1           Philadelphia           24.04.1992

                          Christian Cushing-Murray         (1:50.8)   18.10.67               USA
                          Tracy Baskin                     (1:48.4)   03.11.65               USA
                          George Kersh                     (1:45.8)   03.07.68               USA
                          Johnny Gray                      (1:47.2)   19.06.60               USA

        32     7:12.62    Georgetown University           2           Philadelphia           24.04.1982

                          Aubrey McKithen                  (1:49.5)                          USA
                           Caton                           (1:47.9)                          USA
                          Brian McNelis                    (1:46.1)   14.04.62               USA
                          John Gregorek                    (1:49.2)   15.04.60               USA

        32     7:12.62    Santa Monica Track Club         1           Tempe                  02.04.1983

                          Charlie Taliaferro               (1:50.7)   08.10.56               USA
                          Johnny Gray                      (1:49.5)   19.06.60               USA
                          Jeff West                        (1:45.5)   02.12.61               USA
                          David Mack                       (1:47.0)   30.05.61               USA

        34     7:12.66    Great Britain & N.I.            3           Portsmouth             05.06.1993

                          Steve Heard                      (1:49.6)   29.04.62               GBR
                          David Sharpe                     (1:48.7)   08.07.67               GBR
                          Matthew Yates                    (1:48.0)   04.02.69               GBR
                          Curtis Robb                      (1:46.4)   07.06.72               GBR

        35     7:12.7     Russia (URS)                    2           Moskva                 25.07.1979

                                                                                             RUS
                                                                                             RUS
                                                                                             RUS
                                                                                             RUS

        36     7:12.81    Richmond University             3           Philadelphia           24.04.1982

                          Edwin Koech                      (1:49.4)   23.07.61               KEN
                          Phil Norgate                     (1:48.5)   15.09.61               GBR
                          Henry Kimalei                    (1:47.1)   06.01.56               KEN
                          Sosthenes Bitok                  (1:47.1)   23.03.57               KEN

        37     7:12.96    Santa Monica Track Club         1           Walnut                 27.04.1985

                          Mark Handelsman                  (1:50.9)   09.06.61               ISR
                          David Mack                       (1:47.1)   30.05.61               USA
                          Jeff West                        (1:48.1)   02.12.61               USA
                          Johnny Gray                      (1:46.9)   19.06.60               USA

        38     7:13.1     Ukraine (URS)                   3           Moskva                 25.07.1979

                                                                                             UKR
                                                                                             UKR
                                                                                             UKR
                                                                                             UKR

        39     7:13.2     Russia (URS)                    1           Tbilisi                15.09.1978

                          Vladimir Malozyemlin                        26.01.56               RUS
                          Viktor Byelokoskov                          56                     RUS
                          Vladimir Sheronov                           14.06.55               RUS
                          Valeriy Abramov                             22.08.56               RUS

        40     7:13.4     Leningrad (URS)                 4           Moskva                 25.07.1979

                                                                                             SOV
                                                                                             SOV
                                                                                             SOV
                                                                                             SOV

        40     7:13.40    Athletic Attic                  2           Tempe                  02.04.1983

                          James Mays                       (1:48.2)   15.08.59               USA
                          Phillip Rolle                    (1:48.4)   20.09.56               USA
                          Randy Stephens                   (1:48.6)   22.06.60               USA
                          Jack McIntosh                    (1:48.2)   22.06.59               USA

        42     7:13.48    University of Arkansas          4           Philadelphia           24.04.1982

                          Roger Jones                      (1:50.9)   22.11.58               USA
                          Tom Moloney                      (1:49.3)   11.03.60               IRL
                          Randy Stephens                   (1:46.7)   22.06.60               USA
                          Stanley Redwine                  (1:46.6)   10.04.61               USA

        43     7:13.5'    Soviet Union                    2           London                 22.06.1966

                          Aleksandr Usantsev               (1:51.0y)  20.09.44               SOV
                          Remir Mitrofanov                 (1:49.2y)  22.01.40               SOV
                          Oleg Raiko                       (1:47.0y)  08.06.45               RUS
                          Vadim Mikhailov                  (1:48.8y)  30.09.38               RUS

        44     7:13.6     France                          1           Bourges                23.06.1979

                          Roqui Sanchez                    (1:49.1)   12.12.52               FRA
                          Joël Riquelme                    (1:47.8)   04.10.57               FRA
                          Philippe Dupont                  (1:48.9)   31.05.58               FRA
                          Roger Milhau                     (1:47.8)   29.03.55               FRA

        45     7:13.7'    Olympic Training I              1           Eugene                 01.08.1970

                          Marcel Philippe                  (1:49.1y)  16.09.51               FRA
                          Dean Bjerke                      (1:50.4y)                         USA
                          Ralph Schultz                    (1:48.9y)  04.06.47               USA
                          Lowell Paul                      (1:47.8y)  03.03.44               USA

        45     7:13.7     United States                   2           Bourges                23.06.1979

                          Todd Harbour                     (1:48.3)   24.03.59               USA
                          Gerald Masterson                 (1:47.3)   06.05.54               USA
                          Evan White                       (1:49.6)   18.06.57               USA
                          Robert Cassleman                 (1:48.5)   18.07.52               USA

        47     7:13.75    Georgetown University           1           Philadelphia           24.04.2004

                          Ezra Richards                    (1:51.0)   03.02.81               TRI
                          Ali Salah Najjar                 (1:47.4)   29.01.81               USA
                          Chris Lukezic                    (1:47.6)   24.04.84               USA
                          Jesse O'Connell                  (1:47.8)   20.03.82               USA

        48     7:13.87    University of Arkansas          1           Philadelphia           24.04.1999

                          Ryan Stanley                     (1:49.9)   13.06.77               USA
                          Sharif Karie                     (1:48.6)   01.01.78               SOM
                          James Karanu                     (1:46.3)   05.01.76               KEN
                          Seneca Lassiter                  (1:49.1)   12.03.77               USA

        49     7:13.9'    Kansas State University         1           Des Moines             24.04.1970

                          Dale Alexander                   (1:50.7y)  28.04.49               USA
                          Dave Peterson                    (1:48.8y)                         USA
                          Bob Barratti                     (1:50.3y)                         USA
                          Ken Swenson                      (1:46.5y)  18.04.48               USA

        50     7:13.95    Georgetown University           2           Philadelphia           27.04.1985

                          John Pedati                      (1:49.4)                          USA
                           Frenshaw                        (1:48.5)                          USA
                          Kevin King                       (1:48.9)   11.08.63               USA
                          Miles Irish                      (1:47.2)   23.08.64               USA

        51     7:13.96    MTV 1881 Ingolstadt             2           Krefeld                26.07.1986

                          Franz-Josef Modlmaier                       02.10.63               FRG
                          Armin Steller                                                      FRG
                          Hans-Peter Ferner                           06.06.56               FRG
                          Hans Lang                                   22.05.57               FRG

        52     7:14.21    Vfb Stuttgart                   1           Dortmund               01.01.1983

                          Herbert Wursthorn                           22.06.57               FRG
                          Andreas Baranski                            10.03.60               FRG
                          Hans Allmandinger                           17.07.58               FRG
                          Matthias Assmann                            02.02.57               FRG

        53     7:14.3     Moskva (URS)                    5           Moskva                 25.07.1979

                                                                                             SOV
                                                                                             SOV
                                                                                             SOV
                                                                                             SOV

        53     7:14.3     Russia                          3           Sheffield              05.06.1992

                          D Volodin                                                          RUS
                          T Voytetskiy                                                       RUS
                          Oleg Stepanov                               20.11.70               RUS
                          Aleksey Oleynikov                           10.08.72               RUS

        55     7:14.34    University of Florida           1           Philadelphia           24.04.1993

                          Dedric Jones                     (1:49.3)   22.03.71               USA
                          Lewis Lacy                       (1:48.0)   12.01.71               USA
                          Steve Adderly                    (1:50.5)   04.06.71               USA
                          Scott Peters                     (1:46.5)   14.07.71               USA

        56     7:14.37    Emmendin                        2           Dortmund               30.07.1983

                          Harald Olbrich                              03.02.59               FRG
                          Reinhard Aechtle                            26.08.53               FRG
                          Ulrich Hildebrandt                          14.11.57               FRG
                          Ulrich Karck                                28.11.57               FRG

        57     7:14.48    Bud Light                       1           Tempe                  06.04.1985

                          Jack McIntosh                    (1:49.8)   22.06.59               USA
                          James Mays                       (1:47.8)   15.08.59               USA
                          Michael Shea                     (1:50.5)   13.04.60               USA
                          Frank O'Mara                     (1:46.4)   17.07.60               IRL

        58     7:14.54    George Mason University         1           Philadelphia           27.04.1996

                          Miklós Arpasi                    (1:50.81)  03.04.72               HUN
                          Alex Morgan                      (1:46.64)  27.12.72               JAM
                          Mohamed Ibrahim Aden             (1:48.95)  11.11.72               SOM
                          Julius Achon                     (1:48.14)  12.12.76               UGA

        59     7:14.64    University of Virginia          5           Philadelphia           24.04.1982

                          Theo Hodge                       (1:50.2)   20.05.61               USA
                          Ray Brown                        (1:46.7)   11.08.61               USA
                          Darrell Earman                   (1:49.5)                          USA
                          John Hinton                      (1:48.3)   01.05.62               USA

        60     7:14.65    Penn State University           1           Philadelphia           25.04.1987

                          Steve Balkey                     (1:51.4)   30.10.65               USA
                          Aaaron Ankeny                    (1:49.4)                          USA
                          Chris Mills                      (1:46.1)   14.02.66               USA
                          Ray Levitre                      (1:47.8)   24.01.64               USA

        60     7:14.65    Fiamme Azzurre (ITA)            1           Vigevano               28.09.1991

                          Riccardo Cardone                            24.02.67               ITA
                          Davide Tirelli                              12.08.66               ITA
                          Andrea Benvenuti                            13.12.69               ITA
                          Giuseppe D'Urso                             15.09.69               ITA

        62     7:14.72    Abilene Christian University    1           Philadelphia           29.04.1995

                          Peter Engelbrecht                (1:49.7)   22.07.72               RSA
                          Ozzie Mdziniso                   (1:49.7)   28.09.70               SWZ
                          Thomas Korir                     (1:49.5)   20.07.68               KEN
                          Savieri Nghidi                   (1:45.9)   02.03.68               ZIM

        63     7:14.86    University of Arkansas          2           Philadelphia           25.04.1987

                          Doug Consiglio                   (1:51.3)   10.01.64               CAN
                          Gary Taylor                      (1:48.7)   01.06.63               GBR
                           Moncreiffe                      (1:47.5)                          USA
                          Butch Brown                      (1:47.4)   27.04.61               USA

        64     7:14.89    Nebraska                        1           Des Moines             26.04.1985

                          Paul O'Callaghan                 (1:49.8)   01.06.64               IRL
                          Glenn Cunningham                 (1:46.8)                          USA
                          Regis Humphrey                   (1:49.6)   05.10.65               USA
                          Jean Verster                     (1:48.6)   23.04.65               RSA

        65     7:14.9'    Univ. of Southern California    1           Los Angeles            13.05.1966

                          John Link                        (1:51.7y)                         USA
                          Bruce Bess                       (1:49.7y)  04.09.44               USA
                          David Buck                       (1:48.2y)  26.04.45               USA
                          Dennis Carr                      (1:47.8y)  25.10.45               USA

        65     7:14.9'    Great Britain & N.I.            2           London                 05.09.1970

                          Martin Bilham                    (1:50.0y)  03.12.46               GBR
                          David Cropper                    (1:49.0y)  26.12.45               GBR
                          Mike MacLean                     (1:48.4y)  04.05.46               GBR
                          Paul Browne                      (1:50.0y)  03.02.49               GBR

        65     7:14.9     Kenya                           4           Sheffield              05.06.1992

                          Lucas Sang                       (1:52.9)   12.02.61               KEN
                          Jonah Birir                                 27.12.71               KEN
                          Nixon Kiprotich                             04.12.62               KEN
                          Joseph Chesire                              12.11.57               KEN

indoor marks

        1      7:13.94    Global Athletics & Mktg (USA)   1           Boston                 06.02.2000

                          Joey Woody                       (1:49.34)  22.05.73               USA
                          Karl Paranya                     (1:48.31)  27.06.75               USA
                          Rich Kenah                       (1:48.48)  04.08.70               USA
                          David Krummernacker              (1:47.81)  24.05.75               USA

        2      7:14.78    Reebook Encalve                 2           Boston                 06.02.2000

                          Elliot Gaskins                   (1:50.66)  03.01.74               USA
                          Kevin Murphy                     (1:49.19)  30.01.75               USA
                          Mike Schroer                     (1:48.23)  29.04.74               USA
                          Bryan Woodward                   (1:46.70)  03.08.74               USA

indoors - oversized track

        1      7:14.6'    Santa Monica TC                 1           Houston                16.02.1980

                          Gerald Masterson                            06.05.54               USA
                          Don Frichtel                                                       USA
                          Johnny Gray                                 19.06.60               USA
                          David Rafferty                              01.06.54               GBR

Many thanks to Alan Sigmon who contributed with his compiled data for my website.

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