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All-time men's best 4x800m relays

' - time converted from 4x880y relay

            Sam Burley                                     13.02.81                    USA
                          David Krummenacker                             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                                       20.02.80                    NED
                          David Fiegen                                   03.09.84                    LUX
                          Arnoud Okken                                   20.04.82                    NED
                          Thomas Matthys                                 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                             03.11.86                    QAT
                          Salem Amer Al-Badri                            12.12.85                    QAT
                          Abdulrahman Suleiman                           10.01.84                    QAT
                          Ali Abubaker Kamal                             08.11.83                    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                                20.04.71                    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
                          Richard 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
                          Evans 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
                          Phil Franshaw                       (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
                          Wayne Moncrieffe                    (1:47.5)   64                          CAN
                          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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