800 metres

Athletics 800 metres
Men's 800 metres final in Daegu 2011.
World records
Men	David Rudisha 1:40.91 (2012)
Women	Jarmila Kratochvílová 1:53.28 (1983)
Olympic records
Men	David Rudisha 1:40.91 (2012)
Women	Nadezhda Olizarenko 1:53.43 (1980)
World Championship records
Men	Donavan Brazier 1:42.34 (2019)
Women	Jarmila Kratochvílová 1:53.28 (1983)

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 English racing distance. 800m is 4.67m 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.

Race tactics[]

The 800m is also known for its tactical racing. Because it is the shortest middle-distance event that has all the runners converge into one lane (after 100m), positioning on the cut-in and the position of the pack is critical to the outcome of the race. Gaining a front position early in the race is often advantageous as there are occasionally trips when running in a pack. Olympic champions Dave Wottle, Kelly Holmes and others have defied that logic by running a more evenly paced race, lagging behind the pack and accelerating past the slowing early leaders. Often the winner of elite 800m races is not the fastest runner, but the athlete best positioned near the end of the race: an athlete directly behind another runner, has to switch to an outer lane to overtake, so has to run further—and might be blocked by a third runner alongside.^[1]

800 metre participants usually run a positive split, where the first lap is faster, but a negative split is occasionally run as a tactic. The current world record (by David Rudisha) was run with a positive split in the 2012 Olympic. Rudisha ran the first lap in 49.28 seconds and the second in 51.63 seconds. Theoretically, an even split is the most efficient running mode, but it is difficult to pace correctly.

Continental records[]

• Updated 25 September 2021.^[2][3]

Area	Men			Women
	Time	Athlete	Nation	Time	Athlete	Nation
Africa (records)	1:40.91 WR	David Rudisha	Kenya	1:54.01	Pamela Jelimo	Kenya
Asia (records)	1:42.79	Yusuf Saad Kamel	Bahrain	1:55.54	Dong Liu	China
Europe (records)	1:41.11	Wilson Kipketer	Denmark	1:53.28 WR	Jarmila Kratochvílová	Czechoslovakia
North, Central America and Caribbean (records)	1:42.34	Donavan Brazier	United States	1:54.44	Ana Fidelia Quirot	Cuba
Oceania (records)	1:44.11	Peter Bol	Australia	1:58.09	Catriona Bisset	Australia
South America (records)	1:41.77	Joaquim Cruz	Brazil	1:56.58	Letitia Vriesde	Suriname

All-time top 25[]

Men (outdoor)[]

• Correct as of August 2021.^[4]

Ath.#	Perf.#	Time	Athlete	Nation	Date	Place	Ref
1	1	1:40.91	David Rudisha	Kenya	09 AUG 2012	London	[5]
	2	1:41.01	Rudisha #2		29 AUG 2010	Rieti
	3	1:41.09	Rudisha #3		22 AUG 2010	Berlin
2	4	1:41.11	Wilson Kipketer	Denmark	24 AUG 1997	Cologne
	5	1:41.24	Kipketer #2		13 AUG 1997	Zürich
	6	1:41.33	Rudisha #4		10 SEP 2011	Rieti
	7	1:41.51	Rudisha #5		10 JUL 2010	Heusden-Zolder
	8	1:41.54	Rudisha #6		06 JUL 2012	London
3	9	1:41.73	Sebastian Coe	United Kingdom	10 JUN 1981	Florence
	9	1:41.73	Kipketer #3		07 JUL 1997	Stockholm
3	9	1:41.73	Nijel Amos	Botswana	09 AUG 2012	London
	12	1:41.74	Rudisha #7		09 JUN 2012	New York City
5	13	1:41.77	Joaquim Cruz	Brazil	26 AUG 1984	Cologne
	14	1:41.83	Kipketer #4		01 SEP 1996	Rieti
	15	1:41.89	Amos #2		12 JUL 2019	Monaco
	16	1:42.01	Rudisha #8		06 SEP 2009	Rieti
	17	1:42.04	Rudisha #9		04 JUN 2010	Oslo
6	18	1:42.05	Emmanuel Korir	Kenya	22 JUL 2018	London	[6]
	19	1:42.12	Rudisha #10		23 JUN 2012	Nairobi
	20	1:42.14	Amos #3		20 JUL 2018	Monaco
	21	1:42.15	Rudisha #11		15 AUG 2016	Rio de Janeiro
	22	1:42.17	Kipketer #5		16 SEP 1996	Tokyo
	23	1:42.20	Kipketer #6		22 AUG 1997	Brussels
7	24	1:42.23	Abubaker Kaki	Sudan	04 JUN 2010	Oslo	[7]
	25	1:42.27	Kipketer #7		08 SEP 2002	Rieti
8		1:42.28	Sammy Koskei	Kenya	26 AUG 1984	Cologne
9		1:42.34	Wilfred Bungei	Kenya	08 SEP 2002	Rieti
			Donavan Brazier	United States	01 OCT 2019	Doha	[8]
11		1:42.37	Mohammed Aman	Ethiopia	06 SEP 2013	Brussels	[9]
12		1:42.47	Yuriy Borzakovskiy	Russia	24 AUG 2001	Brussels
13		1:42.51	Amel Tuka	Bosnia and Herzegovina	17 JULY 2015	Monaco	[10]
14		1:42.53	Timothy Kitum	Kenya	09 AUG 2012	London
			Pierre-Ambroise Bosse	France	18 JUL 2014	Monaco
16		1:42.54	Ferguson Rotich	Kenya	12 JUL 2019	Monaco	[11]
17		1:42.55	André Bucher	Switzerland	17 AUG 2001	Zürich
18		1:42.58	Vebjørn Rodal	Norway	31 JUL 1996	Atlanta
19		1:42.60	Johnny Gray	United States	28 AUG 1985	Koblenz
20		1:42.61	Taoufik Makhloufi	Algeria	15 AUG 2016	Rio de Janeiro	[12]
21		1:42.62	Patrick Ndururi	Kenya	17 AUG 2001	Zürich
22		1:42.67	Alfred Kirwa Yego	Kenya	06 SEP 2009	Rieti
23		1:42.69	Hezekiél Sepeng	South Africa	03 SEP 1999	Brussels
			Japheth Kimutai	Kenya	03 SEP 1999	Brussels
25		1:42.79	Frederick Onyancha	Kenya	31 JUL 1996	Atlanta
			Yusuf Saad Kamel	Bahrain	29 JUL 2008	Monaco

Women (outdoor)[]

• Correct as of August 2021.^[13]

Ath.#	Perf.#	Time	Athlete	Nation	Date	Place	Ref
1	1	1:53.28	Jarmila Kratochvílová	Czechoslovakia	26 JUL 1983	Munich
2	2	1:53.43	Nadezhda Olizarenko	Soviet Union	27 JUL 1980	Moscow
3	3	1:54.01	Pamela Jelimo	Kenya	29 AUG 2008	Zürich
4	4	1:54.25	Caster Semenya	South Africa	30 JUN 2018	Paris	[14]
5	5	1:54.44	Ana Fidelia Quirot	Cuba	09 SEP 1989	Barcelona
	6	1:54.60	Semenya #2		20 JUL 2018	Monaco
	7	1:54.68	Kratochvílová #2		09 AUG 1983	Helsinki
	8	1:54.77	Semenya #3		09 SEP 2018	Ostrava
6	9	1:54.81	Olga Mineyeva	Soviet Union	27 JUL 1980	Moscow
	10	1:54.82	Quirot #2		24 AUG 1997	Cologne
	11	1:54.85	Olizarenko #2		12 JUN 1980	Moscow
	12	1:54.87	Jelimo #2		18 AUG 2008	Beijing
7	13	1:54.91	Tatyana Kazankina	Soviet Union	26 JUL 1976	Montreal
	14	1:54.97	Jelimo #3		18 JUL 2008	Saint-Denis
	15	1:54.98	Semenya #4		03 MAY 2019	Doha
	16	1:54.99	Jelimo #4		01 JUN 2008	Berlin
	17	1:55.04	Kratochvílová #3		23 AUG 1983	Oslo
8	17	1:55.04	Athing Mu	United States	21 AUG 2021	Eugene	[15]
9	19	1:55.05	Doina Melinte	Romania	01 AUG 1982	Bucharest
	20	1:55.16	Jelimo #5		05 SEP 2008	Brussels
			Semenya #5		13 AUG 2017	London
10	22	1:55.19	Maria Mutola	Mozambique	17 AUG 1994	Zürich
			Jolanda Čeplak	Slovenia	20 JUL 2002	Heusden-Zolder
	24	1:55.21	Mu #2		03 AUG 2021	Tokyo
12	25	1:55.26	Sigrun Wodars	East Germany	31 AUG 1987	Rome
13		1:55.32	Christine Wachtel	East Germany	31 AUG 1987	Rome
14		1:55.42	Nikolina Shtereva	Bulgaria	26 JUL 1976	Rome
15		1:55.46	Tatyana Providokhina	Soviet Union	27 JUL 1980	Moscow
16		1:55.47	Francine Niyonsaba	Burundi	21 JUL 2017	Monaco	[16]
17		1:55.54	Ellen van Langen	Netherlands	03 AUG 1992	Barcelona
			Dong Liu	China	09 AUG 1993	Beijing
19		1:55.56	Lyubov Gurina	Soviet Union	31 AUG 1987	Rome
20		1:55.60	Elfi Zinn	East Germany	26 JUL 1976	Montreal
21		1:55.61	Ajeé Wilson	United States	21 JUL 2017	Monaco	[16]
22		1:55.68	Ella Kovacs	Romania	02 JUN 1985	Bucharest
23		1:55.69	Irina Podyalovskaya	Soviet Union	22 JUN 1984	Kyiv
24		1:55.74	Anita Weiss	East Germany	26 JUL 1976	Montreal
25		1:55.87	Svetlana Masterkova	Russia	18 JUN 1999	Moscow

Annulled marks[]

• Yelena Soboleva (Russia) ran 1:54.85 in Kazan on 18 July 2007, but her performance was annulled due to doping offence.
• Mariya Savinova (Russia) ran 1:55.87 in Tula on 5 July 2008, but her performance was annulled due to doping offence.

Men (indoor)[]

• Correct as of February 2022.^[17]

Rank	Time	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Place	Ref
1	1:42.67	Wilson Kipketer	Denmark	9 March 1997	Paris
2	1:43.63	Elliot Giles	Great Britain	17 February 2021	Torun
3	1:43.98	Michael Saruni	Kenya	9 February 2019	New York
4	1:44.15	Yuriy Borzakovskiy	Russia	27 January 2001	Karlsruhe
5	1:44.21	Emmanuel Korir	Kenya	3 February 2018	New York
		Donavan Brazier	United States	31 January 2021	New York
7	1:44.37	Bryce Hoppel	United States	31 January 2021	Fayetteville
8	1:44.52	Mohammed Aman	Ethiopia	15 February 2014	Birmingham
9	1:44.54	Jamie Webb	Great Britain	17 February 2021	Torun
10	1:44.57	Adam Kszczot	Poland	14 February 2012	Lievin
11	1:44.71	Joseph Mutua	Kenya	31 January 2004	Stuttgart
12	1:44.75	Ismail Ahmed Ismail	Sudan	26 February 2009	Prague
13	1:44.78	Pawel Czapiewski	Poland	3 March 2002	Vienna
14	1:44.81	Abubaker Kaki	Sudan	9 March 2008	Valencia
15	1:44.82	Mehdi Baala	France	18 February 2003	Stockholm
16	1:44.84	Paul Ereng	Kenya	4 March 1989	Budapest
17	1:44.88	Nico Motchebon	Germany	5 February 1995	Stuttgart
18	1:44.91	Sebastian Coe	Great Britain	12 March 1983	Cosford
		Mbulaeni Mulaudzi	South Africa	9 March 2008	Valencia
20	1:44.93	Andre Bucher	Switzerland	3 March 2002	Vienna
21	1:44.97	Wilfred Bungei	Kenya	2 February 2003	Stuttgart
22	1:44.99	Andre Olivier	South Africa	15 February 2014	Birmingham
23	1:45.00	Johnny Gray	United States	8 March 1992	Sindelfingen
24	1:45.09	Andreas Kramer	Sweden	17 February 2021	Torun
25	1:45.12	Hezekiel Sepeng	South Africa	28 February 2003	Karlsruhe
		Mariano García	Spain	6 February 2022	Staten Island	[18]

Notes[]

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 1:44.82:

• Wilson Kipketer also ran 1:43.96 (1997) and 1:44.68 (2003).
• Yuriy Borzakovskiy also ran 1:44.34 (2003), 1:44.35 (2000), 1:44.49 (2001), and 1:44.58 (2004).
• Donavan Brazier also ran 1:44.22 (2020) and 1:44.41 (2019).

Women (indoor)[]

• Correct as of February 2022.^[19]

Rank	Time	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Place	Ref
1	1:55.82	Jolanda Ceplak	Slovenia	3 March 2002	Vienna
2	1:55.85	Stephanie Graf	Austria	3 March 2002	Vienna
3	1:56.40	Christine Wachtel	East Germany	13 February 1988	Vienna
4	1:56.90	Ludmila Formanova	Czech Republic	7 March 1999	Maebashi
5	1:57.06	Maria Mutola	Mozambique	21 February 1999	Lievin
6	1:57.20	Keely Hodgkinson	Great Britain	19 February 2022	Birmingham	[20]
7	1:57.23	Inna Yevseyeva	Ukraine	1 February 1992	Moscow
8	1:57.47	Natalya Tsyganova	Russia	7 March 1999	Maebashi
9	1:57.51	Olga Kotlyarova	Russia	18 February 2006	Moscow
10	1:57.52	Gudaf Tsegay	Ethiopia	14 February 2021	Val-de-Reuil
11	1:57.53	Larisa Chzhao	Russia	23 January 2005	Moscow
12	1:57.67	Sigrun Wodars	East Germany	13 February 1988	Vienna
13	1:57.91	Jemma Reekie	Great Britain	1 February 2020	Glasgow
14	1:58.10	Mariya Savinova	Russia	8 March 2009	Torino
15	1:58.14	Yuliya Stepanova	Russia	17 February 2011	Moscow
16	1:58.19	Habitam Alemu	Ethiopia	17 February 2021	Torun
17	1:58.29	Ajee Wilson	United States	8 February 2020	New York
18	1:58.31	Francine Niyonsaba	Burundi	4 March 2018	Birmingham
19	1:58.34	Svetlana Cherkasova	Russia	4 February 2006	Moscow
20	1:58.37	Helena Fuchsova	Czech Republic	25 February 2001	Liévin
21	1:58.40	Athing Mu	United States	27 February 2021	Fayetteville
22	1:58.43	Jennifer Meadows	Great Britain	14 March 2010	Doha
23	1:58.44	Laura Muir	Great Britain	1 February 2020	Glasgow
24	1:58.46	Natoya Goule	Jamaica	17 February 2022	Liévin	[21]
25	1:58.48		Russia	23 January 2005	Moscow

Notes[]

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 1:58.19:

• Stephanie Graf also ran 1:56.85 (2002), 1:57.53 (2001), 1:57.61 (2002), 1:57.68 (2001), and 1:57.80 (2000).
• Maria Mutola also ran 1:57.06 (1999), 1:57.13 (1996), 1:57.17 (1999), 1:57.48 (2002, 2004), 1:57.55 (1993), 1:57.62 (1995), 1:57.72 (2004), 1:57.90 (1998), 1:58.02 (1997, 2001), 1:58.05 (2001), and 1:58.16 (1999).
• Jolanda Ceplak also ran 1:57.18 (2002) and 1:57.79 (2002).

Juniors[]

World junior records (19 and under) are held by Nijel Amos (1:41.73, London, 9 August 2012) and Pamela Jelimo (1:54.01, Zürich, 29 August 2008). Both marks coincidentally rank them as the third fastest ever.

Olympic medalists[]

Men[]

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1896 Athens details	Edwin Flack  Australia	Nándor Dáni  Hungary	Dimitrios Golemis  Greece
1900 Paris details	Alfred Tysoe  Great Britain	John Cregan  United States	David Hall  United States
1904 St. Louis details	Jim Lightbody  United States	Howard Valentine  United States	Emil Breitkreutz  United States
1908 London details	Mel Sheppard  United States	Emilio Lunghi  Italy	Hanns Braun  Germany
1912 Stockholm details	Ted Meredith  United States	Mel Sheppard  United States	Ira Davenport  United States
1920 Antwerp details	Albert Hill  Great Britain	Earl Eby  United States	Bevil Rudd  South Africa
1924 Paris details	Douglas Lowe  Great Britain	Paul Martin  Switzerland	Schuyler Enck  United States
1928 Amsterdam details	Douglas Lowe  Great Britain	Erik Byléhn  Sweden	Hermann Engelhard  Germany
1932 Los Angeles details	Tommy Hampson  Great Britain	Alex Wilson  Canada	Phil Edwards  Canada
1936 Berlin details	John Woodruff  United States	Mario Lanzi  Italy	Phil Edwards  Canada
1948 London details	Mal Whitfield  United States	Arthur Wint  Jamaica	Marcel Hansenne  France
1952 Helsinki details	Mal Whitfield  United States	Arthur Wint  Jamaica	Heinz Ulzheimer  Germany
1956 Melbourne details	Tom Courtney  United States	Derek Johnson  Great Britain	Audun Boysen  Norway
1960 Rome details	Peter Snell  New Zealand	Roger Moens  Belgium	George Kerr  British West Indies
1964 Tokyo details	Peter Snell  New Zealand	Bill Crothers  Canada	Wilson Kiprugut  Kenya
1968 Mexico City details	Ralph Doubell  Australia	Wilson Kiprugut  Kenya	Tom Farrell  United States
1972 Munich details	Dave Wottle  United States	Yevhen Arzhanov  Soviet Union	Mike Boit  Kenya
1976 Montreal details	Alberto Juantorena  Cuba	Ivo Van Damme  Belgium	Rick Wohlhuter  United States
1980 Moscow details	Steve Ovett  Great Britain	Sebastian Coe  Great Britain	Nikolay Kirov  Soviet Union
1984 Los Angeles details	Joaquim Cruz  Brazil	Sebastian Coe  Great Britain	Earl Jones  United States
1988 Seoul details	Paul Ereng  Kenya	Joaquim Cruz  Brazil	Saïd Aouita  Morocco
1992 Barcelona details	William Tanui  Kenya	Nixon Kiprotich  Kenya	Johnny Gray  United States
1996 Atlanta details	Vebjørn Rodal  Norway	Hezekiél Sepeng  South Africa	Frederick Onyancha  Kenya
2000 Sydney details	Nils Schumann  Germany	Wilson Kipketer  Denmark	Djabir Saïd-Guerni  Algeria
2004 Athens details	Yuriy Borzakovskiy  Russia	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi  South Africa	Wilson Kipketer  Denmark
2008 Beijing details	Wilfred Bungei  Kenya	Ismail Ahmed Ismail  Sudan	Alfred Kirwa Yego  Kenya
2012 London details	David Rudisha  Kenya	Nijel Amos  Botswana	Timothy Kitum  Kenya
2016 Rio de Janeiro details	David Rudisha  Kenya	Taoufik Makhloufi  Algeria	Clayton Murphy  United States
2020 Tokyo details	Emmanuel Korir  Kenya	Ferguson Rotich  Kenya	Patryk Dobek  Poland

Women[]

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1928 Amsterdam details	Lina Radke  Germany	Kinuye Hitomi  Japan	Inga Gentzel  Sweden
1932–1956	not included in the Olympic program
1960 Rome details	Lyudmila Shevtsova  Soviet Union	Brenda Jones  Australia	Ursula Donath  United Team of Germany
1964 Tokyo details	Ann Packer  Great Britain	Maryvonne Dupureur  France	Marise Chamberlain  New Zealand
1968 Mexico City details	Madeline Manning  United States	Ilona Silai  Romania	Mia Gommers  Netherlands
1972 Munich details	Hildegard Falck  West Germany	Nijolė Sabaitė  Soviet Union	Gunhild Hoffmeister  East Germany
1976 Montreal details	Tatyana Kazankina  Soviet Union	Nikolina Shtereva  Bulgaria	Elfi Zinn  East Germany
1980 Moscow details	Nadiya Olizarenko  Soviet Union	Olga Mineyeva  Soviet Union	Tatyana Providokhina  Soviet Union
1984 Los Angeles details	Doina Melinte  Romania	Kim Gallagher  United States	Fiţa Lovin  Romania
1988 Seoul details	Sigrun Wodars  East Germany	Christine Wachtel  East Germany	Kim Gallagher  United States
1992 Barcelona details	Ellen van Langen  Netherlands	Liliya Nurutdinova  Unified Team	Ana Fidelia Quirot  Cuba
1996 Atlanta details	Svetlana Masterkova  Russia	Ana Fidelia Quirot  Cuba	Maria Mutola  Mozambique
2000 Sydney details	Maria Mutola  Mozambique	Stephanie Graf  Austria	Kelly Holmes  Great Britain
2004 Athens details	Kelly Holmes  Great Britain	Hasna Benhassi  Morocco	Jolanda Čeplak  Slovenia
2008 Beijing details	Pamela Jelimo  Kenya	Janeth Jepkosgei  Kenya	Hasna Benhassi  Morocco
2012 London details	Caster Semenya  South Africa[22]	Ekaterina Poistogova  Russia	Pamela Jelimo  Kenya
2016 Rio de Janeiro details	Caster Semenya  South Africa	Francine Niyonsaba  Burundi	Margaret Wambui  Kenya
2020 Tokyo details	Athing Mu  United States	Keely Hodgkinson  Great Britain	Raevyn Rogers  United States

World Championships medalists[]

Men[]

Championships	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1983 Helsinki details	Willi Wülbeck (FRG)	Rob Druppers (NED)	Joaquim Cruz (BRA)
1987 Rome details	Billy Konchellah (KEN)	Peter Elliott (GBR)	José Luíz Barbosa (BRA)
1991 Tokyo details	Billy Konchellah (KEN)	José Luíz Barbosa (BRA)	Mark Everett (USA)
1993 Stuttgart details	Paul Ruto (KEN)	Giuseppe D'Urso (ITA)	Billy Konchellah (KEN)
1995 Gothenburg details	Wilson Kipketer (DEN)	Arthémon Hatungimana (BDI)	Vebjørn Rodal (NOR)
1997 Athens details	Wilson Kipketer (DEN)	Norberto Téllez (CUB)	Rich Kenah (USA)
1999 Seville details	Wilson Kipketer (DEN)	Hezekiél Sepeng (RSA)	Djabir Saïd-Guerni (ALG)
2001 Edmonton details	André Bucher (SUI)	Wilfred Bungei (KEN)	Paweł Czapiewski (POL)
2003 Saint-Denis details	Djabir Saïd-Guerni (ALG)	Yuriy Borzakovskiy (RUS)	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi (RSA)
2005 Helsinki details	Rashid Ramzi (BHR)	Yuriy Borzakovskiy (RUS)	William Yiampoy (KEN)
2007 Osaka details	Alfred Kirwa Yego (KEN)	Gary Reed (CAN)	Yuriy Borzakovskiy (RUS)
2009 Berlin details	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi (RSA)	Alfred Kirwa Yego (KEN)	Yusuf Saad Kamel (BHR)
2011 Daegu details	David Rudisha (KEN)	Abubaker Kaki (SUD)	Yuriy Borzakovskiy (RUS)
2013 Moscow details	Mohammed Aman (ETH)	Nick Symmonds (USA)	Ayanleh Souleiman (DJI)
2015 Beijing details	David Rudisha (KEN)	Adam Kszczot (POL)	Amel Tuka (BIH)
2017 London details	Pierre-Ambroise Bosse (FRA)	Adam Kszczot (POL)	Kipyegon Bett (KEN)
2019 Doha details	Donavan Brazier (USA)	Amel Tuka (BIH)	Ferguson Cheruiyot Rotich (KEN)

Women[]

Championships	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1983 Helsinki details	Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH)	Lyubov Gurina (URS)	Yekaterina Podkopayeva (URS)
1987 Rome details	Sigrun Wodars (GDR)	Christine Wachtel (GDR)	Lyubov Gurina (URS)
1991 Tokyo details	Liliya Nurutdinova (URS)	Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB)	Ella Kovacs (ROU)
1993 Stuttgart details	Maria Mutola (MOZ)	Lyubov Gurina (RUS)	Ella Kovacs (ROU)
1995 Gothenburg details	Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB)	Letitia Vriesde (SUR)	Kelly Holmes (GBR)
1997 Athens details	Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB)	Yelena Afanasyeva (RUS)	Maria Mutola (MOZ)
1999 Seville details	Ludmila Formanová (CZE)	Maria Mutola (MOZ)	Svetlana Masterkova (RUS)
2001 Edmonton details	Maria Mutola (MOZ)	Stephanie Graf (AUT)	Letitia Vriesde (SUR)
2003 Saint-Denis details	Maria Mutola (MOZ)	Kelly Holmes (GBR)	Natalya Khrushcheleva (RUS)
2005 Helsinki details	Zulia Calatayud (CUB)	Hasna Benhassi (MAR)	Tatyana Andrianova (RUS)
2007 Osaka details	Janeth Jepkosgei (KEN)	Hasna Benhassi (MAR)	Mayte Martínez (ESP)
2009 Berlin details	Caster Semenya (RSA)	Janeth Jepkosgei (KEN)	Jenny Meadows (GBR)
2011 Daegu details	Caster Semenya (RSA)	Janeth Jepkosgei (KEN)	Alysia Johnson Montaño (USA)
2013 Moscow details	Eunice Sum (KEN)	Brenda Martinez (USA)	Alysia Johnson Montaño (USA)
2015 Beijing details	Maryna Arzamasava (BLR)	Melissa Bishop (CAN)	Eunice Sum (KEN)
2017 London details	Caster Semenya (RSA)	Francine Niyonsaba (BDI)	Ajeé Wilson (USA)
2019 Doha details	Halimah Nakaayi (UGA)	Raevyn Rogers (USA)	Ajeé Wilson (USA)

World Indoor Championships medalists[]

Men[]

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1985 Paris[A]	Colomán Trabado (ESP)	Benjamín González (ESP)	Ikem Billy (GBR)
1987 Indianapolis details	José Luíz Barbosa (BRA)	Vladimir Graudyn (URS)	Faouzi Lahbi (MAR)
1989 Budapest details	Paul Ereng (KEN)	José Luíz Barbosa (BRA)	Tonino Viali (ITA)
1991 Seville details	Paul Ereng (KEN)	Tomás de Teresa (ESP)	Simon Hoogewerf (CAN)
1993 Toronto details	Tom McKean (GBR)	Charles Nkazamyampi (BDI)	Nico Motchebon (GER)
1995 Barcelona details	Clive Terrelonge (JAM)	Benson Koech (KEN)	Pavel Soukup (CZE)
1997 Paris details	Wilson Kipketer (DEN)	Mahjoub Haïda (MAR)	Rich Kenah (USA)
1999 Maebashi details	Johan Botha (RSA)	Wilson Kipketer (DEN)	Nico Motchebon (GER)
2001 Lisbon details	Yuriy Borzakovskiy (RUS)	Johan Botha (RSA)	André Bucher (SUI)
2003 Birmingham details	David Krummenacker (USA)	Wilson Kipketer (DEN)	Wilfred Bungei (KEN)
2004 Budapest details	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi (RSA)	Rashid Ramzi (BHR)	Osmar dos Santos (BRA)
2006 Moscow details	Wilfred Bungei (KEN)	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi (RSA)	Yuriy Borzakovskiy (RUS)
2008 Valencia details	Abubaker Kaki (SUD)	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi (RSA)	Yusuf Saad Kamel (BHR)
2010 Doha details	Abubaker Kaki (SUD)	Boaz Kiplagat Lalang (KEN)	Adam Kszczot (POL)
2012 Istanbul details	Mohammed Aman (ETH)	Jakub Holuša (CZE)	Andrew Osagie (GBR)
2014 Sopot details	Mohammed Aman (ETH)	Adam Kszczot (POL)	Andrew Osagie (GBR)
2016 Portland details	Boris Berian (USA)	Antoine Gakeme (BDI)	Erik Sowinski (USA)
2018 Birmingham details	Adam Kszczot (POL)	Drew Windle (USA)	Saúl Ordóñez (ESP)
2022 Belgrade	Mariano García (ESP)	Noah Kibet (KEN)	Bryce Hoppel (USA)

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Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1985 Paris[A]	Cristieana Cojocaru (ROU)	Jane Finch (GBR)	Mariana Simeanu (ROU)
1987 Indianapolis details	Christine Wachtel (GDR)	Gabriela Sedláková (TCH)	Lyubov Kiryukhina (URS)
1989 Budapest details	Christine Wachtel (GDR)	Tatyana Grebenchuk (URS)	Ellen Kiessling (GDR)
1991 Seville details	Christine Wachtel (GER)	Violeta Beclea (ROU)	Ella Kovacs (ROU)
1993 Toronto details	Maria Mutola (MOZ)	Svetlana Masterkova (RUS)	Joetta Clark (USA)
1995 Barcelona details	Maria Mutola (MOZ)	Yelena Afanasyeva (RUS)	Letitia Vriesde (SUR)
1997 Paris details	Maria Mutola (MOZ)	Natalya Dukhnova (BLR)	Joetta Clark (USA)
1999 Maebashi details	Ludmila Formanová (CZE)	Maria Mutola (MOZ)	Natalya Tsyganova (RUS)
2001 Lisbon details	Maria Mutola (MOZ)	Stephanie Graf (AUT)	Helena Dziurova-Fuchsová (CZE)
2003 Birmingham details	Maria Mutola (MOZ)	Stephanie Graf (AUT)	Mayte Martínez (ESP)
2004 Budapest details	Maria Mutola (MOZ)	Jolanda Čeplak (SLO)	Joanne Fenn (GBR)
2006 Moscow details	Maria Mutola (MOZ)	Kenia Sinclair (JAM)	Hasna Benhassi (MAR)
2008 Valencia details	Tamsyn Lewis (AUS)	Tetiana Petlyuk (UKR)	Maria Mutola (MOZ)
2010 Doha details	Mariya Savinova (RUS)	Jenny Meadows (GBR)	Alysia Johnson (USA)
2012 Istanbul details	Pamela Jelimo (KEN)	Nataliia Lupu (UKR)	Erica Moore (USA)
2014 Sopot details	Chanelle Price (USA)	Angelika Cichocka (POL)	Maryna Arzamasava (BLR)
2016 Portland details	Francine Niyonsaba (BDI)	Ajeé Wilson (USA)	Margaret Wambui (KEN)
2018 Birmingham details	Francine Niyonsaba (BDI)	Ajeé Wilson (USA)	Shelayna Oskan-Clarke (GBR)
2022 Belgrade details	Ajeé Wilson (USA)	Freweyni Hailu (ETH)	Halimah Nakaayi (UGA)

• ^A Known as the World Indoor Games

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• IAAF list of 800-metres records in XML