Men The first world record in the men's 800 metres was recognized by the International Association of Athletics Federations in 1912. [ 1]
Indoor Indoor records are run over four laps of a shorter 200 m track. "y" indicates marks were set over the 880 yards (804.67 m) 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 . [ 2]
Men's indoor 800 metres world record progression Time Athlete Nationality Location of race Date 1.54.6y Eli Parsons United States Buffalo March 19, 1904 1.54.0 Alan Helffrich United States Washington February 21, 1925 1.53.8y Lloyd Hahn United States New York January 8, 1928 1.51.4y Lloyd Hahn United States New York March 3, 1928 [1.47.7] John Woodruff United States Hanover, NH March 14, 1940 1.51.4y John Borican United States New York February 21, 1942 1.50.0 John Borican United States New York March 25, 1942 1.49.7 Arnold Sowell United States New York February 9, 1957 1.49.9y Peter Snell New Zealand Tokyo March 18, 1962 1.49.5 Jörg Lawrenz West Germany Berlin West March 9, 1963 1.49.5* Bill Crothers Canada New York January 30, 1964 1.49.8y Peter Farrell United States New York February 11, 1965 1.47.4 Ted Nelson United States Berlin West April 7, 1965 1.46.6 Dieter Fromm East Germany Belgrade March 8, 1969 1.46.37 Carlo Grippo Italy Milan February 24, 1977 1.46.0 Sebastian Coe Great Britain Cosford February 11, 1981 1.44.91 Sebastian Coe Great Britain Cosford March 12, 1983 1.44.84 Paul Ereng Kenya Budapest March 4, 1989 1.43.96 Wilson Kipketer Denmark Paris-Bercy March 7, 1997 1.42.67 Wilson Kipketer Denmark Paris-Bercy March 9, 1997
Outdoor As of June 21, 2011, 23 world records have been ratified by the IAAF in the event. [ 3] "y" denotes time for 880 yards (804.68 m) ratified as a record for the 800 m.
Pre-IAAF records Mark Athlete Nationality Location Date 2.06.0y A. Wood Great Britain Unknown 1830 [ 4] 2.05.0y J. Blackwood Great Britain Addiscombe April 25, 1857 [ 4] 2.04.0y Wiliam Way Great Britain Oxford November 25, 1859 [ 4] 2.03.0y Charlie Grey Ireland Dublin June 27, 1861 [ 4] 2.03.0y Percy Thornton Great Britain London December 16, 1865 [ 4] 2.02.5y Percy Thornton Great Britain London December 16, 1865 [ 4] 2.02.4y Francis Pelham Great Britain Cambridge March 23, 1867 [ 4] 2.01.0y Kinross Gair Great Britain Edinburgh June 26, 1867 [ 4] 2.01.0y George Templer United States London March 27, 1872 [ 4] 2.01.0y Thomas Christie United States London March 27, 1872 [ 4] 1.59.8y Arthur Pelham Great Britain Cambridge March 26, 1873 [ 4] 1.59.5y Walter Slade Great Britain Dublin June 5, 1876 [ 4] 1.58.8y Walter Slade Great Britain Dublin June 6, 1876 [ 4] 1.58.2y Walter Slade Great Britain Belfast June 10, 1876 [ 4] 1.57.5y Frederic Elborough Great Britain London October 7, 1876 [ 4] 1.56.2y Lawrence Myers United States New York City July 17, 1880 [ 4] 1.55.8y Lawrence Myers United States London July 2, 1881 [ 4] 1.55.6y Lawrence Myers United States New York City October 8, 1881 [ 4] 1.55.6y Lawrence Myers United States New York City September 16, 1882 [ 4] 1.55.4y Lawrence Myers United States Birmingham July 7, 1884 [ 4] 1.55.4y Lawrence Myers United States New York City October 3, 1885 [ 4] 1.54.6y Francis Cross Great Britain Oxford March 9, 1888 [ 4] 1.54.5y Walter Dohm United States New York City September 19, 1891 [ 4] 1.53.4y Charles Kilpatrick United States New York City September 21, 1895 [ 4] 1.52.8 Melvin Sheppard United States London July 21, 1908 [ 4] 1.52.1y Emilio Lunghi Italy Montreal September 15, 1909 [ 4]
Time Auto Athlete Date Location 1:51.9+ Ted Meredith (USA ) 1912-07-08 Stockholm, Sweden [ 1] 1:51.6y Otto Peltzer (GER ) 1926-07-03 London, United Kingdom [ 1] 1:50.6 Sera Martin (FRA ) 1928-07-14 Paris, France [ 1] 1:49.8 1:49.70 Tommy Hampson (GBR ) 1932-08-02 Los Angeles, United States [ 1] 1:49.8y Ben Eastman (USA ) 1934-06-16 Princeton , United States [ 1] 1:49.7 Glenn Cunningham (USA ) 1936-08-20 Stockholm, Sweden [ 1] 1:49.6y Elroy Robinson (USA ) 1937-07-11 New York, United States [ 1] 1:48.4+ Sydney Wooderson (GBR ) 1938-08-20 London , United Kingdom [ 1] 1:46.6 Rudolf Harbig (GER ) 1939-07-15 Milan, Italy [ 1] 1:45.7 Roger Moens (BEL ) 1955-08-03 Oslo, Norway [ 1] 1:44.3+ Peter Snell (NZL ) 1962-02-03 Christchurch , New Zealand [ 1] 1:44.3 1:44.40 Ralph Doubell (AUS ) 1968-10-15 Mexico City, Mexico [ 1] 1:44.3 Dave Wottle (USA ) 1972-07-01 Eugene , United States [ 1] 1:43.7 Marcello Fiasconaro (ITA ) 1973-06-27 Milan, Italy [ 1] 1:43.5 1:43.50 Alberto Juantorena (CUB ) 1976-07-25 Montreal, Canada [ 1] 1:43.4 1:43.44 Alberto Juantorena (CUB ) 1977-08-21 Sofia, Bulgaria [ 1] 1:42.4 1:42.33 Sebastian Coe (GBR ) 1979-07-05 Oslo, Norway [ 1] 1:41.73 Sebastian Coe (GBR ) 1981-06-10 Florence, Italy [ 1] 1:41.73 Wilson Kipketer (DEN ) 1997-07-07 Stockholm, Sweden [ 1] 1:41.24 Wilson Kipketer (DEN ) 1997-08-13 Zürich, Switzerland [ 1] 1:41.11 Wilson Kipketer (DEN ) 1997-08-24 Cologne, Germany [ 1] 1:41.09 David Rudisha (KEN ) 2010-08-22 Berlin, Germany [ 3] 1:41.01 David Rudisha (KEN ) 2010-08-29 Rieti , Italy [ 3] 1:40.91 David Rudisha (KEN ) 2012-08-09 London , United Kingdom [ 5]
(+) - 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. [ 1] 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 [ 6] 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. [ 6] "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 (804.67 m) 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 . [ 7]
Women's indoor 800 metres world record progression Time Athlete Nationality Location of race Date 2.38.6y Catherine Donovan United States Newark January 28, 1928 2.22.6 Polina Solopova Soviet Union Leningrad March 17, 1951 2.19.9 Anna Dyachkova Soviet Union Leningrad March 18, 1952 2.17.1 Aleksandra Kiryushkina Soviet Union Leningrad March 1, 1953 2.15.5 Galina Falkovskaya Soviet Union Leningrad March 16, 1953 2.12.5 Bedriska Müllerova Czechoslovakia Berlin East February 26, 1961 2.10.9 Anita Wörner West Germany Berlin West March 9, 1963 2.10.6 Irene Hansen East Germany Berlin East February 13, 1965 2.10.5y Zsuzsa Nagy Hungary Los Angeles February 13, 1965 2.09.4 Gertrud Schmidt East Germany Berlin East February 21, 1965 2.07.1 Antje Gleichfeld West Germany Berlin West April 8, 1965 2.06.2 Karin Burneleit East Germany Berlin East February 9, 1968 2.05.3 Barbara Wieck East Germany Belgrade March 9, 1969 2.03.3 Hildegard Falck West Germany Kiel February 27, 1971 2.03.2 Svetla Zlateva Bulgaria Sofia February 18, 1973 2.02.9 Svetla Zlateva Bulgaria Lyon February 25, 1973 2.02.65 Stefka Yordanova Bulgaria Rotterdam March 11, 1973 2.01.8 Mary Decker-Slaney United States San Diego February 17, 1974 2.01.1 Nikolina Shtereva Bulgaria Sofia January 25, 1976 2.01.12 Jane Colebrook-Finch Great Britain San Sebastian March 13, 1977 1.59.9 Ursula Hook West Germany Dortmund January 21, 1979 1.58.4 Olga Vakhrusheva Soviet Union Moscow February 16, 1980 1.58.42 Sigrun Wodars East Germany Wien February 1, 1987 1.57.64 Christine Wachtel East Germany Turin February 10, 1988 1.56.40 Christine Wachtel East Germany Wien February 13, 1988 1.55.82 Jolanda Ceplak Slovenia Wien March 3, 2002
Outdoor Time Auto Athlete Date Location 2:30.4+ Georgette Lenoir (FRA ) 1922-08-20 Paris, France [ 6] 2:26.6y Mary Lines (GBR ) 1922-08-30 London, United Kingdom [ 6] 2:23.8 Lina Radke (GER ) 1927-08-07 Breslau , Germany [ 6] 2:20.4 Inga Gentzel (SWE ) 1928-06-16 Stockholm, Sweden [ 6] 2:19.6 Lina Radke (GER ) 1928-07-01 Brieg , Germany [ 6] 2:16.8 Lina Radke (GER ) 1928-08-02 Amsterdam, Netherlands [ 6] 2:16.4 * Zdeněk Koubek (CSK ) 1934-06-14 Prague , Czechoslovakia [ 8] [ 9] 2:12.4 * Zdeněk Koubek (CSK ) 1934-08-?? London , United Kingdom [ 8] [ 9] 2:15.9 Anna Larsson (SWE ) 1944-08-28 Stockholm, Sweden [ 6] 2:14.8 Anna Larsson (SWE ) 1945-08-19 Hälsingborg , Sweden [ 6] 2:13.8 Anna Larsson (SWE ) 1945-08-30 Stockholm, Sweden [ 6] 2:13.0 Yevdokiya Vasilyeva (URS ) 1950-07-17 Moscow, Soviet Union [ 6] 2:12.2 Valentina Pomogayeva (URS ) 1951-07-26 Moscow, Soviet Union [ 6] 2:12.0 Nina Otkalenko (URS ) 1951-08-26 Minsk , Soviet Union [ 6] 2:08.5 Nina Otkalenko (URS ) 1952-06-15 Kiev , Soviet Union [ 6] 2:07.3 Nina Otkalenko (URS ) 1953-08-27 Moscow, Soviet Union [ 6] 2:06.6 Nina Otkalenko (URS ) 1954-09-16 Kiev , Soviet Union [ 6] 2:05.0 Nina Otkalenko (URS ) 1955-09-24 Zagreb , Yugoslavia [ 6] 2:04.3 Lyudmila Shevtsova (URS ) 1960-07-03 Moscow, Soviet Union [ 6] 2:04.3 2:04.50 Lyudmila Shevtsova (URS ) 1960-09-07 Rome, Italy [ 6] 2:01.2+ Dixie Willis (AUS ) 1962-03-03 Perth, Australia [ 6] 2:01.1 Ann Packer (GBR ) 1964-10-20 Tokyo, Japan [ 6] 2:01.0 Judy Pollock (AUS ) 1967-06-28 Helsinki, Finland [ 6] 2:00.5 Vera Nikolic (YUG ) 1968-07-20 London, United Kingdom [ 6] 1:58.5 1:58.45 Hildegard Falck (FRG ) 1971-07-11 Stuttgart, Germany [ 6] 1:57.5 1:57.48 Svetla Zlateva (BUL ) 1973-08-24 Athens, Greece [ 6] 1:56.0 Valentina Gerasimova (URS ) 1976-06-12 Kiev , Soviet Union [ 6] 1:54.9 1:54.94 Tatyana Kazankina (URS ) 1976-07-26 Montreal, Canada [ 6] 1:54.9 1:54.85 Nadezhda Olizarenko (URS ) 1980-06-12 Moscow, Soviet Union [ 6] 1:53.5 1:53.43 Nadezhda Olizarenko (URS ) 1980-07-27 Moscow, Soviet Union [ 6] 1:53.28 Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH ) 1983-07-26 Munich , West Germany [ 6]
(+) - indicates en route time from longer race.Zdeněk Koubek 's world records were rescinded by the IAAF after he transitioned to become male. [ 8] [ 9]
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. [ 6] Hence, Nadezhda Olizarenko's record at 1:53.5 was rendered as 1:53.43 from that year.
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