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800 metres world record progression

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The following table shows the world record progression in the men's and women's 800 metres, officially ratified by the IAAF.

Men

The first world record in the men's 800 metres was recognized by the International Association of Athletics Federations in 1912. |access-date = August 9, 2009 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110629134819/http://www.iaaf.org/mm/document/competitions/competition/05/15/63/20090706014834_httppostedfile_p345-688_11303.pdf |archive-date=June 29, 2011

Indoor

Indoor records are run over four laps of a shorter 200 m track. "y" indicates marks were set over the 880 yards imperial distance, and an asterisk indicates a record was repeated. All records since Coe's 1:44.91 in 1983 were ratified by the IAAF.

TimeAthleteNationalityLocation of raceDate
1.54.6yEli ParsonscnuieBuffaloMarch 19, 1904
1.54.0Alan HelffrichcnuieWashingtonFebruary 21, 1925
1.53.8yLloyd HahncnuieNew YorkJanuary 8, 1928
1.51.4yLloyd HahncnuieNew YorkMarch 3, 1928
[1.47.7]John WoodruffcnuieHanover, NHMarch 14, 1940
1.51.4yJohn BoricancnuieNew YorkFebruary 21, 1942
1.50.0John BoricancnuieNew YorkMarch 25, 1942
1.49.7Arnold SowellcnuieNew YorkFebruary 9, 1957
1.49.9yPeter SnellcnuieTokyoMarch 18, 1962
1.49.5Jörg LawrenzcnuieBerlin WestMarch 9, 1963
1.49.5*Bill CrotherscnuieNew YorkJanuary 30, 1964
1.49.8yPeter FarrellcnuieNew YorkFebruary 11, 1965
1.47.4Ted NelsoncnuieBerlin WestApril 7, 1965
1.46.6Dieter FrommcnuieBelgradeMarch 8, 1969
1.46.37Carlo GrippocnuieMilanFebruary 24, 1977
1.46.0Sebastian CoecnuieCosfordFebruary 11, 1981
1.44.91Sebastian CoecnuieCosfordMarch 12, 1983
1.44.84Paul ErengcnuieBudapestMarch 4, 1989
1.43.96Wilson KipketercnuieParis-BercyMarch 7, 1997
1.42.67Wilson KipketercnuieParis-BercyMarch 9, 1997
1.42.50Josh HoeycnuieBostonJanuary 24, 2026

Outdoor

As of June 21, 2011, 23 world records have been ratified by the IAAF in the event. |access-date=August 3, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120818100742/http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Document/06/10/33/61033_PDF_English.pdf |archive-date=August 18, 2012 |url-status=dead "y" denotes time for 880 yards (804.68 m) ratified as a record for the 800 m.

MarkAthleteNationalityLocationDate
2.06.0yA. WoodcncieUnknownurl=http://trackfield.brinkster.net/RecProgression.asp?RecCode=WR&EventCode=MA4&P=Rurl-access=registrationtitle=Main Men, 800 m World Records Progressionwebsite=}}
2.05.0yJ. BlackwoodcncieAddiscombeApril 25, 1857
2.04.0yWiliam WaycncieOxfordNovember 25, 1859
2.03.0yCharlie GreycncieDublinJune 27, 1861
2.03.0yPercy ThorntoncncieLondonDecember 16, 1865
2.02.5yPercy ThorntoncncieLondonDecember 16, 1865
2.02.4yFrancis PelhamcncieCambridgeMarch 23, 1867
2.01.0yKinross GaircncieEdinburghJune 26, 1867
2.01.0yGeorge TemplercncieLondonMarch 27, 1872
2.01.0yThomas ChristiecncieLondonMarch 27, 1872
1.59.8yArthur PelhamcncieCambridgeMarch 26, 1873
1.59.5yWalter SladecncieDublinJune 5, 1876
1.58.8yWalter SladecncieDublinJune 6, 1876
1.58.2yWalter SladecncieBelfastJune 10, 1876
1.57.5yFrederic ElboroughcncieLondonOctober 7, 1876
1.56.2yLawrence MyerscncieNew York CityJuly 17, 1880
1.55.8yLawrence MyerscncieLondonJuly 2, 1881
1.55.6yLawrence MyerscncieNew York CityOctober 8, 1881
1.55.6yLawrence MyerscncieNew York CitySeptember 16, 1882
1.55.4yLawrence MyerscncieBirminghamJuly 7, 1884
1.55.4yLawrence MyerscncieNew York CityOctober 3, 1885
1.54.6yFrancis CrosscncieOxfordMarch 9, 1888
1.54.5yWalter DohmcncieNew York CitySeptember 19, 1891
1.53.4yCharles KilpatrickcncieNew York CitySeptember 21, 1895
1.52.8Melvin SheppardcncieLondonJuly 21, 1908
1.52.1yEmilio LunghicncieMontrealSeptember 15, 1909
TimeAutoAthleteDateLocation
1:51.9+Ted Meredith1912-07-08Stockholm, Sweden
1:51.6yOtto Peltzer1926-07-03London, United Kingdom
1:50.6Sera Martin1928-07-14Paris, France
1:49.81:49.70Tommy Hampson1932-08-02Los Angeles, United States
1:49.8yBen Eastman1934-06-16Princeton, United States
1:49.7Glenn Cunningham1936-08-20Stockholm, Sweden
1:49.6yElroy Robinson1937-07-11New York, United States
1:48.4+Sydney Wooderson1938-08-20London, United Kingdom
1:46.6Rudolf Harbig1939-07-15Milan, Italy
1:45.7Roger Moens1955-08-03Oslo, Norway
1:44.3+Peter Snell1962-02-03Christchurch, New Zealand
1:44.31:44.40Ralph Doubell1968-10-15Mexico City, Mexico
1:44.3Dave Wottle1972-07-01Eugene, United States
1:43.7Marcello Fiasconaro1973-06-27Milan, Italy
1:43.51:43.50Alberto Juantorena1976-07-25Montreal, Canada
1:43.41:43.44Alberto Juantorena1977-08-21Sofia, Bulgaria
1:42.41:42.33Sebastian Coe1979-07-05Oslo, Norway
1:41.73Sebastian Coe1981-06-10Florence, Italy
1:41.73Wilson Kipketer1997-07-07Stockholm, Sweden
1:41.24Wilson Kipketer1997-08-13Zürich, Switzerland
1:41.11Wilson Kipketer1997-08-24Cologne, Germany
1:41.09David Rudisha2010-08-22Berlin, Germany
1:41.01David Rudisha2010-08-29Rieti, Italy
1:40.91David Rudisha2012-08-09London, United Kingdom

(+) - indicates en route time from longer race.

The "Time" column indicates the ratified mark; the "Auto" column indicates a fully automatic time that was also recorded in the event when hand-timed marks were used for official records, or which was the basis for the official mark, rounded to the 10th of a second, depending on the rules then in place.

Auto times to the hundredth of a second were accepted by the IAAF for events up to and including 10,000 m from 1981. Hence, Sebastian Coe's record at 1:42.4 was rendered as 1:42.33 from that year.

Women

The first world record in the women's 800 metres was recognized by the Fédération Sportive Féminine Internationale (FSFI) in 1922, |access-date=August 9, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629134819/http://www.iaaf.org/mm/document/competitions/competition/05/15/63/20090706014834_httppostedfile_p345-688_11303.pdf |archive-date=June 29, 2011 which was absorbed by the International Association of Athletics Federations in 1936.

As of June 21, 2009, the IAAF (and the FSFI before it) have ratified 29 outdoor world records in the event. "y" denotes time for 880 yards (804.672 m) ratified as a record for the 800 m.

Indoor

Indoor records are run over four laps of a shorter 200 m track. "y" indicates marks were set over the 880 yards imperial distance, and an asterisk indicates a record was repeated. All records since Wodar's 1:58.42 in 1987 were ratified by the IAAF.

TimeAthleteNationalityLocation of raceDate
2.38.6yCatherine DonovancnuieNewarkJanuary 28, 1928
2.22.6Polina SolopovacnuieLeningradMarch 17, 1951
2.19.9Anna DyachkovacnuieLeningradMarch 18, 1952
2.17.1Aleksandra KiryushkinacnuieLeningradMarch 1, 1953
2.15.5Galina FalkovskayacnuieLeningradMarch 16, 1953
2.12.5Bedriska MüllerovacnuieBerlin EastFebruary 26, 1961
2.10.9Anita WörnercnuieBerlin WestMarch 9, 1963
2.10.6Irene HansencnuieBerlin EastFebruary 13, 1965
2.10.5yZsuzsa NagycnuieLos AngelesFebruary 13, 1965
2.09.4Gertrud SchmidtcnuieBerlin EastFebruary 21, 1965
2.07.1Antje GleichfeldcnuieBerlin WestApril 8, 1965
2.06.2Karin BurneleitcnuieBerlin EastFebruary 9, 1968
2.05.3Barbara WieckcnuieBelgradeMarch 9, 1969
2.03.3Hildegard FalckcnuieKielFebruary 27, 1971
2.03.2Svetla ZlatevacnuieSofiaFebruary 18, 1973
2.02.9Svetla ZlatevacnuieLyonFebruary 25, 1973
2.02.65Stefka YordanovacnuieRotterdamMarch 11, 1973
2.01.8Mary Decker-SlaneycnuieSan DiegoFebruary 17, 1974
2.01.1Nikolina ShterevacnuieSofiaJanuary 25, 1976
2.01.12Jane Colebrook-FinchcnuieSan SebastianMarch 13, 1977
1.59.9Ursula HookcnuieDortmundJanuary 21, 1979
1.58.4Olga VakhrushevacnuieMoscowFebruary 16, 1980
1.58.42Sigrun WodarscnuieWienFebruary 1, 1987
1.57.64Christine WachtelcnuieTurinFebruary 10, 1988
1.56.40Christine WachtelcnuieWienFebruary 13, 1988
1.55.82Jolanda CeplakcnuieWienMarch 3, 2002

Outdoor

TimeAutoAthleteDateLocation
2:30.4+Georgette Lenoir1922-08-20Paris, France
2:26.6yMary Lines1922-08-30London, United Kingdom
2:23.8Lina Radke1927-08-07Breslau, Germany
2:20.4Inga Gentzel1928-06-16Stockholm, Sweden
2:19.6Lina Radke1928-07-01Brieg, Germany
2:16.8Lina Radke1928-08-02Amsterdam, Netherlands
2:16.4*Zdeněk Koubek1934-06-14url=http://www.translide.cz/zdenek-koubektitle=Zdeněk Koubekwork=Translide.czaccess-date=2020-08-08language=cs }}
2:12.4*Zdeněk Koubek1934-08-??London, United Kingdom
2:15.9Anna Larsson1944-08-28Stockholm, Sweden
2:14.8Anna Larsson1945-08-19Hälsingborg, Sweden
2:13.8Anna Larsson1945-08-30Stockholm, Sweden
2:13.0Yevdokiya Vasilyeva1950-07-17Moscow, Soviet Union
2:12.2Valentina Pomogayeva1951-07-26Moscow, Soviet Union
2:12.0Nina Otkalenko1951-08-26Minsk, Soviet Union
2:08.5Nina Otkalenko1952-06-15Kiev, Soviet Union
2:07.3Nina Otkalenko1953-08-27Moscow, Soviet Union
2:06.6Nina Otkalenko1954-09-16Kiev, Soviet Union
2:05.0Nina Otkalenko1955-09-24Zagreb, Yugoslavia
2:04.3Lyudmila Shevtsova1960-07-03Moscow, Soviet Union
2:04.32:04.50Lyudmila Shevtsova1960-09-07Rome, Italy
2:01.2+Dixie Willis1962-03-03Perth, Australia
2:01.1Ann Packer1964-10-20Tokyo, Japan
2:01.0Judy Pollock1967-06-28Helsinki, Finland
2:00.5Vera Nikolic1968-07-20London, United Kingdom
1:58.51:58.45Hildegard Falck1971-07-11Stuttgart, Germany
1:57.51:57.48Svetla Zlateva1973-08-24Athens, Greece
1:56.0Valentina Gerasimova1976-06-12Kiev, Soviet Union
1:54.91:54.94Tatyana Kazankina1976-07-26Montreal, Canada
1:54.91:54.85Nadezhda Olizarenko1980-06-12Moscow, Soviet Union
1:53.51:53.43Nadezhda Olizarenko1980-07-27Moscow, Soviet Union
1:53.28Jarmila Kratochvílová1983-07-26Munich, West Germany

(+) - indicates en route time from longer race.

(*) - Zdeněk Koubek's world records were rescinded by the IAAF after he transitioned to become male.

The "Time" column indicates the ratified mark; the "Auto" column indicates a fully automatic time that was also recorded in the event when hand-timed marks were used for official records, or which was the basis for the official mark, rounded to the 10th of a second, depending on the rules then in place.

Auto times to the hundredth of a second were accepted by the IAAF for events up to and including 10,000 m from 1981. Hence, Nadezhda Olizarenko's record at 1:53.5 was rendered as 1:53.43 from that year.

References

References

  1. "Main > Records Progression - World Indoor Records Men, 800 m".
  2. "Main > Men, 800 m > World Records Progression".
  3. "IAAF 800 Metres Records". IAAF.
  4. "Main > Records Progression - World Indoor Records Women, 800 m".
  5. "Zdeněk Koubek". Translide.cz.
  6. "Zdena / Zdeněk Koubková / Koubek". Internetová Encyklopedie Dějin Brna.
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