The 800 metres, or 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. During the winter track season the event is usually run by completing four laps of an indoor 200-metre track.
The event was derived from the imperial measurement of a half mile (880 yards), a traditional British racing distance. 800 m is 4.67 m less than a half mile.
The event combines aerobic endurance with anaerobic conditioning and sprint speed, so the 800m athlete has to combine training for both.
Runners in this event are occasionally fast enough to also compete in the 400 metres but more commonly have enough endurance to 'double up' in the 1500m. Only Alberto Juantorena and Jarmila Kratochvílová have won major international titles at 400m and 800m.
800metres, or meters (US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800metres is...
progression in the men's and women's 800metres, officially ratified by the IAAF. The first world record in the men's 800metres was recognized by the International...
The 800metres at the Summer Olympics has been contested since the first edition of the multi-sport event. The men's 800 m has been present on the Olympic...
The first world record in the women's 800metres freestyle in long course (50 metres) swimming was recognised by the International Swimming Federation...
qualification period for all track and field events (except the 10,000 metres, heptathlon, and decathlon) runs from 1 July 2023, to 30 June 2024. Each...
metres relay and the 4 × 400 metres relay. 4 × 200, 4 × 800, and 4 × 1500 m relays exist as well, but they are rarer. Mixed-gendered 4 × 400 metres relays...
retired British middle distance athlete. Holmes specialised in the 800metres and 1,500 metres events and won gold medals for both distances at the 2004 Summer...
two Olympic gold medals and three World Championships in the women's 800metres. She first won gold at the World Championships in 2009 and went on to...
and won two top-tier World Marathon Majors, both in Berlin. A former 800metres specialist, Tigst was the first woman to break 2:00 in the event and 2:20:00...
100 metres, 200 metres, 400 metres, 800metres and 1500 metres in her classification and the Paralympic records at 100 metres, 200 metres, 400 metres and...
that of the 800metres, but with a slightly higher emphasis on aerobic endurance and a slightly lower sprint speed requirement. The 1500 metre race is predominantly...
struck a tree, killing her instantly. 800metres - 1:59.44 min (2004) 1500 metres - 3:58.39 min (2004) 3000 metres - 8:57.71 min (2002) "Maria Cioncan"...
female track and field athlete from Mozambique who specialised in the 800metres running event. She is only the fourth female track and field athlete to...
the world's best time in the 500 metres and the African best for the 600 metres. He is a two-time Diamond League 800 m winner. Rudisha won the IAAF World...
Japan from October 9 to October 16. The original winner of the women's 400 metres hurdles, Han Qing of China, was disqualified for doping – the first Asian...
Moraa (born 15 June 2000) is a Kenyan athlete who specialises in the 800metres. She won the gold medal at the 2023 World Athletics Championships, a bronze...
was the gold medalist in the 800metres at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow. Ovett set five world records for 1500 metres and the mile run, and a world...
and the current 1000 metres world record. At the 1996 Summer Olympics, she won the gold medal in both the 800metres and 1500 metres. Born in Achinsk (Siberia)...
March 2002) is an English middle-distance runner specialising in the 800metres. At the age of 19, she won the silver medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics...
started competing in the 200 metres, 400 metres, and 800metres running events. In 2018, she started competing in 400 metres hurdles events. Schmidt began...
over 800metres in 2011, along with silver in the 400 metres at the same meet, she won bronze medals in both the women's 400-metre and 800-metre freestyle...
sprint hurdles are 80 metres (30"), the shot put weighs six pounds, and the middle-distance run being 1500 metres for boys and 800metres for girls. At the...
the time) in an 800 m at Gateshead. In a slow final, he strategically beat a large field following Saïd Aouita's break with 500 metres to go. Ovett became...
Global Information
David Rudisha (KEN) 1:40.91 (2012)
Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH) 1:53.28 (1983)
Wilson Kipketer (DEN) 1:42.67 (1997)
Jolanda Čeplak (SLO) 1:55.82 (2002)
Nadezhda Olizarenko (URS) 1:53.43 (1980)
Donavan Brazier (USA) 1:42.34 (2019)
Nijel Amos (BOT) 1:41.73 (2012)