800-Meter Run

Updated September 27, 2017 | Infoplease Staff

800-Meter Run

1896 Edwin Flack, Australia 2:11.00
1900 Alfred Tysoe, Great Britain 2:01.40
1904 James Lightbody, United States 1:56.00
1906 Paul Pilgrim, United States 2:01.20
1908 Mel Sheppard, United states 1:52.80
1912 Ted Meredith, United States 1:51.90
1920 Albert Hill, Great Britain 1:53.40
1924 Douglas Lowe, Great Britain 1:52.40
1928 Douglas Lowe, Great Britain 1:51.80
1932 Thomas Hampson, Great Britain 1:49.80
1936 John Woodruff, United States 1:52.90
1948 Malvin Whitfield, United States 1:49.20
1952 Malvin Whitfield, United States 1:49.20
1956 Tom Courtney, United States 1:47.70
1960 Peter Snell, New Zealand 1:46.30
1964 Peter Snell, New Zealand 1:45.10
1968 Ralph Doubell, Australia 1:44.30
1972 David Wottle, United States 1:45.90
1976 Alberto Juantorena, Cuba 1:43.50
1980 Steve Ovett, Britain 1:45.40
1984 Joaquin Cruz, Brazil 1:43.00
1988 Paul Ereng, Kenya 1:43.45
1992 William Tanui, Kenya 1:43.66
1996 Vebjoern Rodal, Norway 1:42.58
2000 Nils Schumann, Germany 1:45.08
2004 Yuriy Borzakovskiy, Russia 1:44.45
2008 Wilfred Bungei, Kenya 1:44.65

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