Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
(+) - 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 ...
The 800 metres, or 800 meters (US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of an outdoor (400-metre) track and has been an Olympic event since the first modern games in 1896.
Kenya is the most successful nation in the discipline, with five gold medals in the men's, two in the women's race, and a total of 13 medals overall. The actions of Mutola and Kipketer alone rank Mozambique at the top of the women's rankings and Denmark second in the men's medal table.
Time 1982: Delisa Walton United States: Tennessee: 2:05.22 1983 Joetta Clark United States: Tennessee: 2:02.28 1984 Joetta Clark United States: Tennessee: 2:02.60 1985 Claudette Groenendaal United States: Oregon: 2:01.20 1986 Karen Bakewell United States: Miami OH: 2:00.85 1987 Julie Jenkins United States: Brigham Y: 2:02.52 1988 Sharon Powell ...
Country Time Athlete Date Place Ref. Denmark 1:42.67: Wilson Kipketer: 9 March 1997: Paris [214] Great Britain 1:43.63: Elliot Giles: 17 February 2021: Toruń [214] Kenya 1:43.98: Michael Saruni
Howard Hayes and Harvey Lord, both of the United States, filled out the top three, with Hayes recording 1:53.5 mins (45 m handicap) and Lord finishing in 1:54.2 minutes (35 m handicap). [8] [9] A handicap 880-yard run (804.7 m) competition was held at 1904 Summer Olympics after the 1904 Olympic men's 800 m race.
As the owner of 29 of the top 30 fastest women’s 800m freestyle times in history, Ledecky will be favorite to win gold in Paris, but the potential head-to-head against the American and McIntosh ...
Standing records prior to the 2022 European Athletics Championships World record David Rudisha (KEN) 1:40.91 [2]: London, Great Britain: 9 August 2012 European record Wilson Kipketer (DEN)