Men's 800m. World Record Progression
TIME ATHLETE COUNTRY DATE VENUE
1.41.11 Wilson Kipketer (DEN) 24 Jul 97 Cologne
1.41.24 Wilson Kipketer (DEN) 13 Aug 97 Zurich
1.41.73 Wilson Kipketer (DEN) 07 Jul 97 Stockholm
1.41.73 Sebastian Coe (GBR) 10 Jun 81 Florence
1.42.33 Sebastian Coe (GBR) 05 Jul 79 Oslo
1.43.44 Alberto Juantorena (CUB) 21 Aug 77 Sofia
1.43.50 Alberto Juantorena (CUB) 16 Jul 76 Montreal
1.43.5 Rick Wohlhuter (USA) 08 Jun 74 Eugene
1.44.1y Rick Wohlhuter (USA) 08 Jun 74 Eugene
1.43.7 Marcello Fiasconaro (ITA) 27 Jun 73 Milan
1.44.0 Rick Wohlhuter (USA) 27 May 73 Los Angeles
1.44.3 David Wottle (USA) 01 Jul 72 Eugene
1.44.3 Ralph Doubell (AUS) 15 Oct 68 Mexico City
1.44.9y Jim Ryun (USA) 10 Jun 66 Terre Haute
1.44.3 Peter Snell (NZL) 02 Feb 62 Christchurch
1.46.8y Tom Courtney (USA) 24 May 57 Los Angeles
1.45.7 Roger Moens (BEL) 03 Aug 55 Oslo
1.47.5y Lonnie Spurrier (USA) 26 Mar 55 Berkeley
1.48.6y Gunnar Nielsen (DEN) 30 Sep 54 Copenhagen
1.48.6y Mel Whitfield (USA) 17 Jul 53 Turku
1.49.2y Mel Whitfield (USA) 19 Aug 50 Berea
1.49.2y Doug Harris (NZL) 25 Jan 47 Wanganui
1.46.6 Rudolf Harbig (GER) 15 Jun 39 Milan
1.48.4 Sydney Wooderson (GBR) 20 Aug 38 Motspur Park
1.49.6 Elroy Robinson (USA) 11 Jul 37 New York
1.49.7 Glenn Cunningham (USA) 20 Aug 36 Stockholm
1.49.8 Ben Eastman (USA) 16 Jun 34 Princeton
1.49.8 Thomas Hampson (GBR) 02 Aug 32 Los Angeles
1.50.9y Glenn Cunningham (USA) 17 Jun 33 Chicago
1.50.9y Chuck Hornbostel (USA) 17 Jun 33 Chicago
1.50.0(1.50.9) Ben Eastman (USA) 04 Jun 32 San Francisco
1.51.3y Ben Eastman (USA) 09 Apr 32 Stanford
1.50.6 Sera Martin (FRA) 14 Jul 28 Paris
1.51.4 Lloyd Hahn (USA) 07 Jul 28 Cambridge, Mass
1.51.6 Otto Peltzer (GER) 03 Jul 26 London
1.52.2y Ted Meredith (USA) 03 May 15 Philadelphia
1.51.9 Ted Meredith (USA) 08 Jul 12 Stockholm
'y' = 880yds. (=804.68m.)
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