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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.
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: ToruĊ [214] Kenya 1:43.98: Michael Saruni
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.
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. Cuba—the second most successful nation among women—has won three women's gold medals. South Africa is the only nation besides Kenya to have provided both a men's and women's winner.
Hand Auto Athlete Nationality Birthdate Age Location Date Ref 2:22.52 Sue McDonald United States 29 March 1963 60 years, 38 days Los Angeles: 6 May 2023 [1]2:31.51
The world best time for a "football 40" is 4.17 by Deion Sanders, while the extrapolated best for an Olympic-level athlete (including reacting to a starting gun) is 4.24 by Maurice Greene at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics. [246] [247] Under conventional football timing on a turf field in 2017, Christian Coleman reportedly ran a 4.12 ...
Kisasy faded on the home stretch, eventually finishing last, leaving the struggling Arop as his next target, caught 12 metres before the finish for silver. Dead last entering the turn, 17 year old Emmanuel Wanyonyi weaved his way through the crowd but didn't get to Arop in time to grab a medal.
Hand, Auto Athlete Nationality Birthdate Age Location Date Ref 1:57.98 Brian Tullis United States 27 September 1973 50 years, 325 days Gothenburg: 17 August 2024