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Athletics (Track & Field) World Records



Women's 800m. World Record Progression


Timing to hundredths (Official from 1 Jan 81): TIME ATHLETE COUNTRY DATE VENUE 1.53.28 Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH) 26 Jul 83 Münich 1.53.43 Nadezhda Olizarenko (URS) 27 Jul 80 Moscow 1.53.5a(1:53.43) Nadezhda Olizarenko (URS) 27 Jul 80 Moscow 1.54.9a(1:54.85) Nadezhda Olizarenko (URS) 12 Jun 80 Moscow 1.54.9a(1:54.94) Tatyana Kazankina (URS) 26 Jul 76 Montréal 1.56.0 Valentina Gerasimova (URS) 12 Jun 76 Kiev 1.57.5a(1:57.48) Svetla Zlateva (BUL) 24 Aug 73 Athens 2.02.0y Madeline Jackson (USA) 13 May 72 Philadelphia 1.58.5a(1:58.45) Hildegard Falck (FRG) 11 Jul 71 Stuttgart 2.00.5 Vera Nikolic (YUG) 20 Jul 68 London 2.02.0y Judy Pollock (AUS) 05 Jul 67 Stockholm 2.01.0 Judy Pollock (AUS) 28 Jun 67 Helsinki 2.01.1 Ann Packer (GBR) 20 Oct 64 Tokyo 1.58.0 Shin Keum-Dan (PRK) 05 Sep 64 Pyongyang 1.59.1 Shin Keum-Dan (PRK) 12 Nov 63 Jakarta 2.01.2/2:02.0y Dixie Willis (AUS) 03 Mar 62 Perth 2.01.2 Shin Keum-Dan (PRK) 01 Oct 61 Pyongyang 2.06.1y Joy Jordan (GBR) 24 Sep 60 Welwyn G.C. 2.04.3(2:04.50) Lyudmilla Shevtsova (URS) 07 Sep 60 Rome 2.04.3 Lyudmilla Shevtsova (URS) 03 Jul 60 Moscow 2.06.6y Nina Otkalenko (URS) 10 Jun 56 Moscow 2.06.4 Nina Otkalenko (URS) 19 Sep 55 Zagreb 2.06.6 Nina Otkalenko (URS) 16 Sep 54 Kiev 2.08.4y Nina Otkalenko (URS) 18 Jun 54 Moscow 2.09.0y Diane Leather (GBR) 19 Jun 54 London 2.11.6y Aranka Kazi (HUN) 29 May 54 Budapest 2.07.3 Nina Otkalenko (URS) 27 Aug 53 Moscow 2.12.6y Ursula Jurewitz (GDR) 19 Aug 53 Budapest 2.08.2 Nina Pletnyova/Otkalenko (URS) 07 Jun 53 Moscow 2.14.5y Valerie Ball (GBR) 17 Sep 52 London 2.14.4y Enid Harding (GBR) 30 Aug 52 London 2.08.5 Nina Pletnyova (URS) 15 Jun 52 Kiev 2.11.7 Polina Solopova (URS) 27 May 52 Kiev 2.12.0 Nina Pletnyova (URS) 26 Aug 51 Minsk 2.12.2 Valentina Pomogayeva (URS) 26 Jul 51 Moscow 2.13.0 Yevdokiya Vasilyeva (URS) 17 Jul 50 Moscow 2.10.0 Marit Hemstad-Sisted (NOR) 16 Aug 46 Oslo IAAF era: 2.15.6y Anna Larsson (SWE) 05 Sep 45 Stockholm 2.13.8 Anna Larsson (SWE) 30 Aug 45 Stockholm 2.14.8 Anna Larsson (SWE) 19 Aug 45 Hälsingborg 2.15.9 Anna Larsson (SWE) 27 Aug 44 Stockholm 2.12.0 Yevdokiya Vasilyeva (URS) 05 Aug 43 Moscow 2.15.3 Kseniya Shilo (URS) 26 Aug 40 Moscow 2.15.3 Yevdokiya Vasilyeva (URS) 09 Sep 38 Kharkov 2.17.4y Olive Hall (GBR) 25 Jul 36 Birmingham 2.15.6 Nellie Halstead (GBR) 10 Aug 35 London 2.15.8(est) Märtha Wretman (SWE) 11 Aug 34 London 2.16.8 Marie Dollinger (GER) 02 Aug 31 Magdeburg 2.18.2y Gladys Lunn (GBR) 16 Aug 30 London 2.22.7y(est) Ruth Christmas (GBR) 05 Aug 29 London 2.16.8 Lina Radke (GER) 01 Aug 28 Amsterdam FSFI era: 2.19.6 Lina Radke (GER) 01 Jul 28 Brieg 2.20.4 Inga Gentzel (SWE) 16 Jun 28 Stockholm 2.23.8y Lina Radke (GER) 01 Aug 27 Breslau 2.24.0y Edith Trickey (GBR) 01 Aug 25 London 2.24.8y Gladys Lane (GBR) 25 Jul 25 London 2.26.6y Edith Trickey (GBR) 11 Jul 25 London 2.26.6y Mary Lines (GBR) 30 Aug 22 London 2.30.4/2'31"2y Georgette Lenoir (FRA) 20 Aug 22 Paris 2.45.0y N. Hicks (GBR) 02 Aug 22 Torquay 2.35.8y Lucille Godbold (USA) 13 May 22 Mamaroneck 2.43.0y Phyllis Hall (GBR) 13 May 22 Birmingham 'y' denotes 880yds (= 804.67m) Womens 800 metres. World Records Progression Les progressions des records du monde d'athlétisme Récords Mundials de Atletismo Leichtathletik Weltrekorde Back To Top Of Page