The 4x800m Relay is not a common relay format. One of the few times we see it at top level competition is at the IAAF World Relays, founded in 2014. It is not contested at World Masters Championships.
For relays, the youngest member of the relay team determines the age group of the team.
| World | World Indoor | |
|---|---|---|
| M35 | 7:51.47 Perez Sotomayor Pous Gil ESP (2016) | 7:54.51 Gil Perez Sotomayor Pous ESP (2017) |
| M40 | 7:54.17 Hinton Pope Paul Young USA (2004) | 7:49.90 Winslow Blondin Williams Berra USA (2014) |
| M45 | 8:26.22 Allende Aramburu Roman Salinas ESP (2022) | 8:30.40 Rodriguez Nozal Guerrero Martin-Pozo ESP (2021) |
| M50 | 8:25.79 Duren Johansson Olsson Bjorkman SWE (2016) | 8:29.95 Brady Lau Novak Yuen USA (2022) |
| M55 | 9:05.00 Sempere Saco Cerrato Mayoral ESP (2022) | 9:00.85 Cerrato Aranda Merino Saco ESP (2022) |
| M60 | 9:30.92 Schmanski Grant Chantry Haywood USA (2015) | 9:50.90 Schmanski McGregor Samaha Chantry USA (2018) |
| M65 | 10:19.89 Landa Alonso Cabestany Rodrigiez ESP (2022) | 10:41.58 Entenza Cepeda Gonzalez Rodriguez ESP (2022) |
| M70 | 10:35.59 Webster Thorp Jackson Oxland GBR (2022) | 10:57.99 Shaheed Wigger Cash Patton USA (2020) |
| M75 | 12:27.64 Sewart Riggins Pawluk Harton CAN (2022) | 13:07.96 Dargie Ukonmaanaho Harton Stewart CAN (2022) |
| M80 | 14:01.14 Ebermann Muller Girault Beecker GER (2013) | 17:52.69 LeVasseur Askew Cordero Hosken USA (2018) |
| M85 | no record | no record |
| M90 | 28:17.10 Ross Rogers Englert Boyle USA (2014) | 29:47.68 Rogers Ross Englert Dixon USA (2015) |
| World | World Indoor | |
|---|---|---|
| W35 | 9:25.27 Rizzo Metz Reifer McGrath USA (2011) | 9:05.25 Hogberg Liljegren Faager Tilgner SWE (2020) |
| W40 | 9:16.91 Boyle Babcock Cummins MacMillan CAN (2016) | 9:25.49 Valle Ballou Olen Genet USA (2010) |
| W45 | 9:51.25 Gimenez Capdevila Cebrian Carabante ESP (2022) | 10:12.76 Rodriquez Gonzlez Revuelta Aranzubia ESP (2021) |
| W50 | 10:14.64 Olen Allin Ballou Valle USA (2019) | 10:09.38 Morata Munoz Ruiz Gutierrez ESP (2019) |
| W55 | 10:37.07 Jasper Hayden Rath Rohl USA (2021) | 10:37.94 Saint-Louis Chiti McDonald Stobbe USA (2022) |
| W60 | 11:06.02 Harvey Richards Steinbach Martin USA (2014) | 12:12.46 Broad Richards Steinbach Martin USA (2015) |
| W65 | 14:49.29 Combs Lucking Mullis-Dubow Williams USA (2022) | 15:41.51 Hudnall Mullis Dubow Lucking Aderhold USA (2019) |
| W70 | 14:45.88 Lammet Staubermann Reintraut Martin GER (2013) | no record |
| W75 | 23:03.18 Simpson Staab Trotto Berger USA (2022) | no record |