2015 IAAF World Relays – Men's 4 × 800 metres relay

Men's 4 x 800 metres relay2014 IAAF World Relays
Venue	Thomas Robinson Stadium
Dates	2 May (final)
Competitors	20 from 5 nations
Winning time	7:04.84
Medalists
Duane Solomon Erik Sowinski Casimir Loxsom Robby Andrews United States   Karol Konieczny Kamil Gurdak Marcin Lewandowski Adam Kszczot Poland   Jared West Josh Ralph Ryan Gregson Jordan Williamsz Australia

Events at the 2015 World Relays
Events
4 × 100 m relay		men		women
4 × 200 m relay		men		women
4 × 400 m relay		men		women
4 × 800 m relay		men		women
Distance medley relay		men		women

The men's 4 x 800 metres relay at the 2015 IAAF World Relays was held at the Thomas Robinson Stadium on 2 May.

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:

World record	Kenya (Joseph Mutua, William Yiampoy, Ismael Kombich, Wilfred Bungei)	7:02.43	Brussels, Belgium	25 August 2006
Championship record	Kenya (Ferguson Cheruiyot Rotich, Sammy Kibet Kirongo, Job Koech Kinyor, Alfred Kipketer)	7:08.40	Nassau, Bahamas	24 May 2014
World Leading	Kenya	7:09.1	Nairobi, Kenya	10 April 2015
African Record	Kenya (Joseph Mutua, William Yiampoy, Ismael Kombich, Wilfred Bungei)	7:02.43	Brussels, Belgium	25 August 2006
Asian Record	Qatar (Majed Saeed Sultan, Salem Amer Al-Badri, Abdulrahman Suleiman, Abubaker Ali Kamal)	7:06.66	Brussels, Belgium	25 August 2006
North, Central American and Caribbean record	United States (Jebreh Harris, Khadevis Robinson, Samuel Burley, David Krummenacker)	7:02.82	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	London, Great Britain	30 August 1982
Oceanian record	Australia (Josh Ralph, Ryan Gregson, Jordan Williamsz, Jared West)	7:11.48	Nassau, Bahamas	24 May 2014

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
2 May 2015	20:09	Final

All times are local times (UTC-4)

Results

KEY:

CR

Championship record

SB

Seasonal best

Final

The final was started at 20:13.

Rank	Lane	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
	4	United States	Duane Solomon, Erik Sowinski, Casimir Loxsom, Robby Andrews	7:04.84	CR, WL
	5	Poland	Karol Konieczny, Kamil Gurdak, Marcin Lewandowski, Adam Kszczot	7:09.98	SB
	7	Australia	Jared West, Josh Ralph, Ryan Gregson, Jordan Williamsz	7:16.30	SB
4	3	Mexico	Bryan Martínez, César Daniel Belman, Gamaliel Moctezuma, Omar Rosales	7:22.61	SB
	6	Kenya	Alfred Kipketer, Nicholas Kiplangat Kipkoech, Timothy Kitum, Jeremiah Kipkorir Mutai	DQ	170.19