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  The 800m event - All Time Best  

The 800m event is being seen more as an extended sprint nowadays, than a middle distance race. The World's elite, now cover the first 400m close to 50 seconds and it is a matter of time before it becomes the standard practise to go through the 1st 400m in sub 50 seconds.

This section will cover the progression of the 800m World Record as well as cover the Year's Top 20 athletes of both the Male and Top 10 Female listings.

Further development will go towards training methods and discussions related to 800m training.

The Women's Top 10 800m All time list [ more ]

More to follow with time.

The WORLD RECORD for MEN
1:41.11 Wilson Kipketer DEN Köln 24 August 1997

World Junior Record
1:43.64 Japheth Kimutai KEN Zürich 13 August 1997

 

For the Women's records >> 800m Women


Area Records 800 METRES
Area Time Athlete Country Venue Date run
AFRICA 1:42.28 Sammy Koskei KEN Köln 26 08 1984
ASIA 1:44.14 Jin-Il Lee KOR Seoul 17 06 1994
EUROPE 1:41.11 Wilson Kipketer DEN Köln 24 08 1997
NORTH,CENTRAL AMERICA&C. 1:42.60 Johnny Gray USA Koblenz 28 08 1985
OCEANIA 1:44.3 Peter Snell NZL Christchurch 03 02 1962
SOUTH AMERICA 1:41.77 Joaquim Carvalho Cruz BRA Köln 26 08 1984

The All Time Best Top 30 List .... Update: July 2006 .. one entry added since 2004

The All Time Best Top 30 List : Male 800m athletes ever
Rank Time Athlete Name Country Date run Venue
01 1.41.11 Wilson Kipketer DEN 24.08.97 Köln
02 1.41.73 Sebastian Coe GBR 10.06.81 Firenze
03 1.41.77 Joaquim Cruz BRA 26.08.84 Köln
04 1.42.28 Sam Koskei KEN 26.08.84 Köln
05 1.42.34 Wilfred Bungei KEN 08.09.02 Rieti
06 1.42.47 Yuriy Borzakovskiy RUS 24.08.01 Bruxelles
07 1.42.55 André Bucher SUI 17.08.01 Zürich
08 1.42.58 Vebjørn Rodal NOR 31.07.96 Atlanta
09 1.42.60 Johnny Gray USA 28.08.85 Koblenz
10 1.42.62 Patrick Ndururi KEN 13.08.97 Zürich
11 1.42.69 Hezekiél Sepeng RSA 03.09.99 Bruxelles
12 1.42.69 Japheth Kimutai KEN 03.09.99 Bruxelles
13 1.42.79 Frederic Onyancha KEN 31.07.96 Atlanta
14 1.42.81 Jean-Patrick Nduwimana BDI 17.08.01 Zürich
15 1.42.85 Norberto Téllez CUB 31.07.96 Atlanta
16 1.42.88 Steve Cram GBR 21.08.85 Zürich
17 1:42.89 Mbulaeni Mulaudzi RSA 05.09.03 Bruxelles
19 1.42.91 William Yiampoy KEN 08.09.02 Rieti
19 1.42.97 Peter Elliott GBR 30.05.90 Sevilla
20 1.42.98 Patrick Konchellah KEN 24.08.97 Köln
21 1:43.03 Kenneth Kimwetich KEN 19.07.98 Stuttgart
22 1.43.06 Billy Konchellah KEN 01.09.87 Roma
23 1.43.08 José Luiz Barbosa BRA 06.09.91 Rieti
24 1.43.09 Djabir Saïd-Guerni ALG 03.09.99 Bruxelles
25 1.43.11 Youssef Saad Kamel BRN 06.08.04 Zürich
26 1.43.15 Mehdi Baala FRA 08.09.02 Rieti
27 1.43.16 Paul Ereng KEN 16.08.89 Zürich
28 1.43.17 Benson Koech KEN 28.08.94 Rieti
29 1.43.20 Mark Everett USA 09.07.97 Linz
30 1.43.22 Pawel Czapiewski POL 17.08.01 Zürich
31 1.43.26 Sammy Langat KEN 14.08.96 Zürich
           


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