World record progression 800 metres

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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.

Contents 1 Men's World Record Progression 1.1 Manual timing 1.2 Electronic timing 2 Women's World Record Progression 2.1 Manual timing 2.2 Electronic timing 3 References

[edit] Men's World Record Progression

[edit] Manual timing

Time	Athlete	Date	Place
1:51.9	Ted Meredith (USA)	1912-07-08	Stockholm, Sweden
1:51.6	Otto Peltzer (GER)	1926-07-03	London, United Kingdom
1:50.6	Sera Martin (FRA)	1928-07-14	Paris, France
1:49.8	Thomas Hampson (GBR)	1932-08-02	Los Angeles, USA
	Ben Eastman (USA)	1934-06-16	Princeton, USA
1:49.7	Glenn Cunningham (USA)	1936-08-20	Stockholm, Sweden
1:49.6	Elroy Robinson (USA)	1937-07-11	New York, USA
1:48.4	Sydney Wooderson (GBR)	1938-08-20	Motspur Park, United Kingdom
1:46.6	Rudolf Harbig (GER)	1939-06-15	Milan, Italy
1:45.7	Roger Moens (BEL)	1955-08-03	Oslo, Norway
1:44.3	Peter Snell (NZL)	1962-02-02	Christchurch, New Zealand
	Ralph Doubell (AUS)	1968-10-15	Mexico City, Mexico
	Dave Wottle (USA)	1972-07-01	Eugene, USA
1:43.7	Marcello Fiasconaro (ITA)	1973-06-27	Milan, Italy

[edit] Electronic timing

Time	Athlete	Date	Place
1:43.50	Alberto Juantorena (CUB)	1976-07-16	Montreal, Canada
1:43.44	Alberto Juantorena (CUB)	1977-08-21	Sofia, Bulgaria
1:42.33	Sebastian Coe (GBR)	1979-07-05	Oslo, Norway
1:41.73	Sebastian Coe (GBR)	1981-06-10	Florence, Italy
	Wilson Kipketer (DEN)	1997-07-07	Stockholm, Sweden
1:41.24	Wilson Kipketer (DEN)	1997-08-13	Zürich, Switzerland
1:41.11	Wilson Kipketer (DEN)	1997-08-24	Cologne, Germany

[edit] Women's World Record Progression

[edit] Manual timing

Time	Athlete	Date	Place
2:30.4	Georgette Lenoir (FRA)	1922-08-20	Paris, France
2:26.6	Mary Lines (GBR)	1922-08-30	London, United Kingdom
2:23.8	Lina Radke (GER)	1927-08-07	Breslau, Germany
2:20.4	Inga Gentzel (SWE)	1928-06-16	Stockholm, Sweden
2:19.6	Lina Radke (GER)	1928-07-01	Brieg, Poland
2:16.8	Lina Radke (GER)	1928-08-02	Amsterdam, Netherlands
2:15.9	Anna Larsson (SWE)	1944-08-28	Stockholm, Sweden
2:14.8	Anna Larsson (SWE)	1945-08-19	Hälsingborg, Sweden
2:13.8	Anna Larsson (SWE)	1945-08-30	Stockholm, Sweden
2:13.0	Yevdokia Vasilyeva (URS)	1950-07-17	Moscow, Soviet Union
2:12.2	Valentina Pomogayeva (URS)	1951-07-26	Moscow, Soviet Union
2:12.0	Nina Otkalenko (URS)	1951-08-26	Minsk, Soviet Union
2:08.5	Nina Otkalenko (URS)	1952-06-15	Kiev, Soviet Union
2:07.3	Nina Otkalenko (URS)	1953-08-27	Moscow, Soviet Union
2:06.6	Nina Otkalenko (URS)	1954-09-16	Kiev, Soviet Union
2:05.0	Nina Otkalenko (URS)	1955-09-24	Zagreb, Yugoslavia
2:04.3	Lyudmila Shevtsova (URS)	1960-07-03	Moscow, Soviet Union
	Lyudmila Shevtsova (URS)	1960-09-07	Rome, Italy
2:01.2	Dixie Willis (AUS)	1963-03-03	Perth, Australia
2:01.1	Ann Packer (GBR)	1964-10-20	Tokyo, Japan
2:01.0	Judy Pollock (AUS)	1967-06-28	Helsinki, Finland
2:00.5	Vera Nikolic (YUG)	1968-07-20	London, United Kingdom
1:58.5	Hildegard Falck (FRG)	1971-07-11	Stuttgart, Germany
1:57.5	Svetla Zlateva (BUL)	1973-08-24	Athens, Greece
1:56.0	Valentina Gerasimova (URS)	1976-06-12	Kiev, Soviet Union
1:54.9	Tatyana Kazankina (URS)	1976-07-26	Montreal, Canada

[edit] Electronic timing

Time	Athlete	Date	Place
1:54.85	Nadezhda Olizarenko (URS)	1980-06-12	Moscow, Soviet Union
1:53.43	Nadezhda Olizarenko (URS)	1980-07-27	Moscow, Soviet Union
1:53.28	Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH)	1983-07-26	Munich, West Germany

[edit] References

• Athletix (men)
• IOC (women)