4 × 800 m relay (indoor), women

What to remember

At the Millrose Games in New York on February 3, 2018, four American women passed the baton over the indoor 4 × 800 m: Chrishuna Williams, Raevyn Rogers, Charlene Lipsey and Ajeé Wilson finished in 8 min 05.89 s, an average of 23.709 km/h (14.732 mph).

Each runner covers 800 metres before handing over. The event is mostly run at major American universities, and it became a world championship event in 2014 as part of the IAAF World Relays. Its imperial cousin, the 4 × 880 yards or two-mile relay, is slightly longer than the metric 3200 m.

The world records quoted for the event are 7:50.17 for the Soviet Union women's team in Moscow in 1984, and 7:02.43 for a Kenyan men's team in Brussels in 2006.