The imperial distance analogue to the event is the 4 × 220 yards relay, contested at a total of 880 yards (804.672 m) which is slightly longer than the 800 m metric distance.
It was contested at the AIAW Indoor Track and Field Championships and other American and British meets until the switch to metric in the 1980s.
The record was set by a Jamaican team consisting of Nickel Ashmeade, Warren Weir, Jermaine Brown and Yohan Blake in a time of 1:18.63.
[2] The women's world record is 1:27.46, set by a squad called Team USA "Blue" LaTasha Jenkins, LaTasha Colander-Richardson, Nanceen Perry, and Marion Jones on April 29, 2000, at the Penn Relays in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
[3] A USA team of Shawn Crawford, Ramon Clay, Darvis Patton and Justin Gatlin ran 1:19.16 at the Penn Relays in Philadelphia on 26 April 2003 but the performance was annulled due to the use of performance enhancing drugs by Ramon Clay