800 metres world record progression

The following tables show the world record progression in the men's and women's 800 metres, officially ratified by World Athletics.

Men

Peter Snell in 1962, about to set an 880 yd world record; the hand timers and photo finish equipment in the background have registered his 800 m world record en route.

The first world record in the men's 800 metres was recognized by the International Association of Athletics Federations in 1912.[1]

Ratified
Not ratified
Ratified but later rescinded
Pending ratification

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, United States 19 March 1904
1:54.0 Alan Helffrich  United States Washington, D.C., United States 21 February 1925
1:53.8y Lloyd Hahn  United States New York, United States 8 January 1928
1:51.4y Lloyd Hahn  United States New York, United States 3 March 1928
[1:47.7] John Woodruff  United States Hanover, United States 14 March 1940
1:51.4y John Borican  United States New York, United States 21 February 1942
1:50.0 John Borican  United States New York, United States 25 March 1942
1:49.7 Arnold Sowell  United States New York, United States 9 February 1957
1:49.9y Peter Snell  New Zealand Tokyo, Japan 18 March 1962
1:49.5 Jörg Lawrenz  West Germany West Berlin 9 March 1963
1:49.5* Bill Crothers  Canada New York, United States 30 January 1964
1:49.8y Peter Farrell  United States New York, United States 11 February 1965
1:47.4 Ted Nelson  United States West Berlin 7 April 1965
1:46.6 Dieter Fromm  East Germany Belgrade, Yugoslavia 8 March 1969
1:46.37 Carlo Grippo  Italy Milan, Italy 24 February 1977
1:46.0 Sebastian Coe  Great Britain Cosford, United Kingdom 11 February 1981
1:44.91 Sebastian Coe  Great Britain Cosford, United Kingdom 12 March 1983
1:44.84 Paul Ereng  Kenya Budapest, Hungary 4 March 1989
1:43.96 Wilson Kipketer  Denmark Paris, France 7 March 1997
1:42.67 Wilson Kipketer  Denmark Paris, France 9 March 1997
1:42.50 Josh Hoey  United States Boston, United States 24 January 2026

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, United Kingdom 25 April 1857[4]
2:04.0y Wiliam Way  Great Britain Oxford, United Kingdom 25 November 1859[4]
2:03.0y Charlie Grey  Ireland Dublin, Ireland 27 June 1861[4]
2:03.0y Percy Thornton  Great Britain London, United Kingdom 16 December 1865[4]
2:02.5y Percy Thornton  Great Britain London, United Kingdom 16 December 1865[4]
2:02.4y Francis Pelham  Great Britain Cambridge, United Kingdom 23 March 1867[4]
2:01.0y Kinross Gair  Great Britain Edinburgh, United Kingdom 26 June 1867[4]
2:01.0y George Templer  United States London, United Kingdom 27 March 1872[4]
2:01.0y Thomas Christie  United States London, United Kingdom 27 March 1872[4]
1:59.8y Arthur Pelham  Great Britain Cambridge, United Kingdom 26 March 1873[4]
1:59.5y Walter Slade  Great Britain Dublin, Ireland 5 June 1876[4]
1:58.8y Walter Slade  Great Britain Dublin, Ireland 6 June 1876[4]
1:58.2y Walter Slade  Great Britain Belfast, United Kingdom 10 June 1876[4]
1:57.5y Frederic Elborough  Great Britain London, United Kingdom 7 October 1876[4]
1:56.2y Lawrence Myers  United States New York City, United States 17 July 1880[4]
1:55.8y Lawrence Myers  United States London, United Kingdom 2 July 1881[4]
1:55.6y Lawrence Myers  United States New York City, United States 8 October 1881[4]
1:55.6y Lawrence Myers  United States New York City, United States 16 September 1882[4]
1:55.4y Lawrence Myers  United States Birmingham, United Kingdom 7 July 1884[4]
1:55.4y Lawrence Myers  United States New York City, United States 3 October 1885[4]
1:54.6y Francis Cross  Great Britain Oxford, United Kingdom 9 March 1888[4]
1:54.5y Walter Dohm  United States New York City, United States 19 September 1891[4]
1:53.4y Charles Kilpatrick  United States New York City, United States 21 September 1895[4]
1:52.8 Melvin Sheppard  United States London, United Kingdom 21 July 1908[4]
1:52.1y Emilio Lunghi  Italy Montreal, Canada 15 September 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 City, 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 Zurich, 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 (FSFI) in 1922,[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 Date
2:38.6 y Catherine Donovan  United States Newark, United States 28 January 1928
2:22.6 h Polina Solopova  Soviet Union Leningrad, Soviet Union 17 March 1951
2:19.9 h Anna Dyachkova  Soviet Union Leningrad, Soviet Union 18 March 1952
2:17.1 h Aleksandra Kiryushkina  Soviet Union Leningrad, Soviet Union 1 March 1953
2:15.5 h Galina Falkovskaya  Soviet Union Leningrad, Soviet Union 16 March 1953
2:12.5 h Bedřiška Müllerová  Czechoslovakia East Berlin, East Germany 26 February 1961
2:10.9 h Anita Wörner  West Germany West Berlin 9 March 1963
2:10.6 h Irene Hansen  East Germany East Berlin, East Germany 13 February 1965
2:10.5 y Zsuzsa Nagy  Hungary Los Angeles, United States 13 February 1965
2:09.4 h Gertrud Schmidt  East Germany East Berlin, East Germany 21 February 1965
2:07.1 h Antje Gleichfeld  West Germany West Berlin 8 April 1965
2:06.2 h Karin Burneleit  East Germany East Berlin, East Germany 9 February 1968
2:05.3 h Barbara Wieck  East Germany Belgrade, Yugoslavia 9 March 1969
2:03.3 h Hildegard Falck  West Germany Kiel, West Germany 27 February 1971
2:03.2 h Svetla Zlateva  Bulgaria Sofia, Bulgaria 18 February 1973
2:02.9 h Svetla Zlateva  Bulgaria Lyon, France 25 February 1973
2:02.65 Stefka Yordanova  Bulgaria Rotterdam, Netherlands 11 March 1973
2:01.8 h Mary Decker-Slaney  United States San Diego, United States 17 February 1974
2:01.1 h Nikolina Shtereva  Bulgaria Sofia, Bulgaria 25 January 1976
2:01.12 Jane Colebrook-Finch  Great Britain San Sebastián, Spain 13 March 1977
1:59.9 h Ursula Hook  West Germany Dortmund, West Germany 21 January 1979
1:58.4 h Olga Vakhrusheva  Soviet Union Moscow, Soviet Union 16 February 1980
1:58.42 Sigrun Wodars  East Germany Vienna, Austria 1 February 1987
1:57.64 Christine Wachtel  East Germany Turin, Italy 10 February 1988
1:56.40 Christine Wachtel  East Germany Vienna, Austria 13 February 1988
1:55.82 Jolanda Ceplak  Slovenia Vienna, Austria 3 March 2002
1:54.87 Keely Hodgkinson  Great Britain Lievin, France 20 February 2026

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 Kyiv, 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 Kyiv, 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 Kyiv, 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.

References

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