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{{Short description|Middle-distance running event}}
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{{Infobox athletics event
|event= 800 metres
|image= 800 m final Daegu 2011.jpg
|image_upright= 1.2
|caption= [[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres|Men's 800 metres]] final in [[2011 World Championships in Athletics|Daegu 2011]].
|WRmen= {{nowrap|{{flagathlete|[[David Rudisha]]|KEN}} 1:40.91 (2012)}}
|ORmen= {{nowrap|{{flagathlete|[[David Rudisha]]|KEN}} 1:40.91 (2012)}}
|CRmen= {{nowrap|{{flagathlete|[[Emmanuel Wanyonyi]]|KEN}} 1:41.86 (2025)}}
|WRwomen= {{nowrap|{{flagathlete|[[Jarmila Kratochvílová]]|TCH}} 1:53.28 (1983)}}
|ORwomen= {{nowrap|{{flagathlete|[[Nadezhda Olizarenko]]|URS}} 1:53.43 (1980)}}
|CRwomen= {{nowrap|{{flagathlete|[[Lilian Odira]]|KEN}} 1:54.62 (2025)}}
|ShWRmen={{nowrap|{{flagathlete|[[Wilson Kipketer]]|DEN}} 1:42.67 (1997)}}|ShWRwomen={{nowrap|{{flagathlete|[[Jolanda Čeplak]]|SLO}} 1:55.82 (2002)}}|WU20Rmen={{nowrap|{{flagathlete|[[Nijel Amos]]|BOT}} 1:41.73 (2012)}}|WU20Rwomen={{nowrap|{{flagathlete|[[Pamela Jelimo]]|KEN}} 1:54.01 (2008)}}}}
[[File:WKBO4626 800m W final Hodgkinson Reekie Mu (53173580953).jpg|thumb|[[2023 World Athletics Championships – Women's 800 metres|Women's 800&nbsp;m]] final at the [[2023 World Athletics Championships]]]]

The '''800 metres''', or '''800 meters''' ([[American and British English spelling differences#-re.2C -er|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 system|aerobic]] endurance with [[anaerobic system|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 [[1500 metres|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 the first bend), 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.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://az.milesplit.com/articles/143353/a-fans-guide-to-the-800m|title=A Fan's Guide to the 800m|last=Versaw|first=Rob|work=Arizona Milesplit|access-date=2018-06-25|archive-date=26 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180626030253/http://az.milesplit.com/articles/143353/a-fans-guide-to-the-800m|url-status=live}}</ref>

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 Games|Olympics]]. 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,{{citation needed|date=July 2022}} but it is difficult to pace correctly.

In 2024, the race tactics in the men's 800m shifted toward a more evenly paced race. All fifteen sub-1:42 performances prior to 2024 featured a sub 50 second first lap. However, of the twelve sub-1:42 performances in 2024, six featured a first lap of 50 seconds or slower.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Inside "Project 99": Why the 800m Is Faster Than Ever and the Race for the First Sub-1:40 |url=https://www.letsrun.com/news/2024/09/inside-project-99-why-the-800m-is-faster-than-ever-and-the-race-for-the-first-sub-140/ |website=Letsrun.com}}</ref>

==Continental records==
*Updated 11 July 2025.<ref name="recordsmen">{{cite web |url=https://worldathletics.org/records/by-discipline/middlelong/800-metres/all/men |title=Men's outdoor 800 Metres {{!}} Records |website=worldathletics.org |publisher=[[World Athletics]] |access-date=3 February 2024 |archive-date=4 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240104194356/https://worldathletics.org/records/by-discipline/middlelong/800-metres/all/men |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="recordswomen">{{cite web |url=https://worldathletics.org/records/by-discipline/middlelong/800-metres/all/women |title=Women's outdoor 800 Metres {{!}} Records |website=worldathletcs.org |publisher=[[World Athletics]] |access-date=3 February 2024 |archive-date=16 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240216202143/https://worldathletics.org/records/by-discipline/middlelong/800-metres/all/women |url-status=live }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!rowspan=2| Area
!colspan=3| Men
!colspan=3| Women
|-
! Time 
! Athlete
! Nation
! Time 
! Athlete
! Nation
|-
| [[Confederation of African Athletics|Africa]] {{small|(''[[List of African records in athletics|records]]'')}} || '''1:40.91'''  '''[[List of world records in athletics|WR]]'''|| [[David Rudisha]] || {{KEN}} || '''1:54.01''' || [[Pamela Jelimo]] || {{KEN}}
|-
| [[Asian Athletics Association|Asia]] {{small|(''[[List of Asian records in athletics|records]]'')}} || '''1:42.79''' || [[Yusuf Saad Kamel]] || {{BHR}} || '''1:55.54''' || [[Liu Dong]]  || {{CHN}}
|-
| [[European Athletic Association|Europe]] {{small|(''[[List of European records in athletics|records]]'')}} || '''1:41.11''' || [[Wilson Kipketer]] || {{DEN}} || '''1:53.28''' '''[[List of world records in athletics|WR]]'''|| [[Jarmila Kratochvílová]]  || {{TCH}}
|-
| [[North American, Central American and Caribbean Athletic Association|North, Central America<br/> and Caribbean]] {{small|(''[[List of North, Central American and Caribbean records in athletics|records]]'')}} || '''1:41.20''' ||[[Marco Arop]]||{{Canada}}|| '''1:54.44''' || [[Ana Fidelia Quirot]] || {{CUB}}
|-
| [[Oceania Athletics Association|Oceania]] {{small|(''[[List of Oceanian records in athletics|records]]'')}} || '''1:42.55''' || [[Peter Bol (runner)|Peter Bol]]|| {{AUS}} || '''1:57.15''' || [[Jessica Hull]] || {{AUS}}
|-
| [[CONSUDATLE|South America]] {{small|(''[[List of South American records in athletics|records]]'')}} || '''1:41.77''' || [[Joaquim Cruz]] || {{BRA}} ||  '''1:56.58''' || [[Letitia Vriesde]] || {{SUR}}
|}

==All-time top 25==
{{see also|800 metres world record progression}}
{| style="wikitable"
|Tables show data for two definitions of "Top 25" - the top 25 '''800m times''' and the top 25 '''athletes''':
|-
| style="background: #f6F5CE" |''- denotes top performance for '''athletes''' in the top 25 '''800m times'''''
|-
|''- denotes lesser performances, still in the top 25 '''800m times''', by repeat athletes''
|-
| style="background: #CCFFCC" |''- denotes top performance (only) for other top 25 '''athletes''' who fall outside the top 25 800m times''
|}

=== Men (outdoor) ===
*Correct as of September 2025.<ref>{{cite web|title=All-time men's best 800m|url=http://www.alltime-athletics.com/m_800ok.htm|publisher=alltime-athletics.com|date=19 August 2018|access-date=22 August 2018|archive-date=25 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180825032049/http://www.alltime-athletics.com/m_800ok.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! {{abbr|Ath.#|Athlete rank}}  !! {{abbr|Perf.#|Performance rank}} !! Time !! Athlete !! Nation !! Date !! Place !! class="unsortable" | {{refh}}
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align=center|1 || align=center|1 || align=center|1:40.91 || [[David Rudisha]] || {{KEN}} || 9 August 2012 || [[London]] || <ref name=London>{{cite web|title=800 Metres Results|url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/report/london-2012-event-report-mens-800m-final|publisher=[[IAAF]]|date=9 August 2012|access-date=14 November 2012|archive-date=20 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130220030216/http://www.iaaf.org/news/report/london-2012-event-report-mens-800m-final|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" | || align=center|2 || 1:41.01 || ''Rudisha #2'' || rowspan="2" | || 29 August 2010 || [[Rieti]] || 
|-
| align="center" |3 || 1:41.09 || ''Rudisha #3'' || 22 August 2010 || [[Berlin]] || 
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| rowspan="2" align="center" |2 || rowspan="2" align="center" |4 || rowspan="2" | 1:41.11 || [[Wilson Kipketer]] || {{DEN}} || 24 August 1997 || [[Cologne]] ||
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
|[[Emmanuel Wanyonyi]]
|{{KEN}}
|22 August 2024
|[[Lausanne]]
|<ref name="800 metres lausanne 2024">{{cite web |title=Wanda Diamond League Lausanne - 800 metres men |url=https://ps-cache.web.swisstiming.com/node/binaryData/ATH_PROD/LAUSANNE_2024/PDF_ATHM800M----ADDITIONALFNL-000100--_C73C1.PDF?h=qf6WKAFba1TwB5T9bHtOvi5e4YM= |website=Swiss timing |access-date=22 August 2024 |date=21 August 2024}}</ref>
|- 
| align="center" | || align="center" |6 || 1:41.19 || ''Wanyonyi #2'' || || 10 August 2024 ||[[Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis|Saint-Denis]]
|<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=MEN'S 800M FINAL RESULTS |url=https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/results/athletics/men-s-800m/fnl-000100--}}</ref>
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
|align=center|4 ||align=center|7
|1:41.20
|[[Marco Arop]]
|{{Canada}}
|10 August 2024
|[[Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis|Saint-Denis]]
|<ref name=":1" />
|-
| rowspan="3" | || align="center" |8 || 1:41.24 || ''Kipketer #2'' || rowspan="3" | || 13 August 1997 || [[Zürich]] ||
|-
| align="center" |9 || 1:41.33 || ''Rudisha #4''|| 10 September 2011 || [[Rieti]]||
|-
| align="center" |10
|1:41.44
|''Wanyonyi #3''
|11 July 2025
|[[Monaco]]
|<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |date=11 July 2025 |title=Lyles back with a bang in Monaco |url=https://worldathletics.org/competitions/diamond-league/news/monaco-herculis-2025-lyles-wanyonyi-bol |access-date=12 July 2025 |website=World Athletics}}</ref>
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" |5
| align="center" |11
|1:41.46
|[[Djamel Sedjati]]
|{{ALG}}
|12 July 2024
|[[Monaco]]
|<ref name="Monaco-12jul2024">{{cite web|title=800m Result|url=https://ps-cache.web.swisstiming.com/node/binaryData/ATH_PROD/MONACO_2024/PDF_ATHM800M----DIAMOND---FNL-000100--_C73C1.PDF?h=eldjjVFkx/6e3rjQjhDK6e03Xg4=|website=swisstiming.com|date=12 July 2024|access-date=12 July 2024}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="5" |
| align="center" |12
|1:41.50
|''Sedjati #2''
| rowspan="5" |
|10 August 2024
|[[Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis|Saint-Denis]]
|<ref name=":1" />
|-
| align="center" |13 || 1:41.51 || ''Rudisha #5''|| 10 July 2010 || [[Heusden-Zolder]]||
|-
| align="center" |14 || 1:41.54 || ''Rudisha #6'' || 6 July 2012 || [[Paris]] ||
|-
| align="center" |15
|1:41.56
| ''Sedjati #3''
|7 July 2024
|[[Paris]]
|<ref name="Paris-7jul2024">{{cite web|title=800m Result|url=https://ps-cache.web.swisstiming.com/node/binaryData/ATH_PROD/PARIS_2024/PDF_ATHM800M----DIAMOND---FNL-000100--_C73C1.PDF?h=eMVThjc8VxCJY4klQMKaMoLm1DM=|website=swisstiming.com|date=7 July 2024|access-date=7 July 2024}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" |16
|1:41.58
|''Wanyonyi #4''
|7 July 2024
|[[Paris]]
|<ref name="Paris-7jul2024" />
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" |6
| align="center" |17
|1:41.61
|[[Gabriel Tual]]
|{{FRA}}
|7 July 2024
|[[Paris]]
|<ref name="Paris-7jul2024" />
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" |7 || align="center" |18 ||1:41.67 ||[[Bryce Hoppel]] |||{{USA}}||10 August 2024
|[[Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis|Saint-Denis]]
|<ref name=":1" />
|-
| rowspan="2" |
| align="center" |19
|1:41.70
|''Wanyonyi #5''
| rowspan="2" |
|15 June 2024
|[[Nairobi]]
|<ref>{{cite web |author=Justin Lagat |date=15 June 2024 |title=Kipyegon and Wanyonyi shine at Kenyan Olympic Trials |url=https://worldathletics.org/news/report/kipyegon-wanyonyi-kenyan-olympic-trials |access-date=17 June 2024 |website=World Athletics}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" |20
|1:41.72
|Arop #2
|22 August 2024
|[[Lausanne]]
|<ref name="800 metres lausanne 2024" />
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" |8 || align="center" |21 || 1:41.73 || [[Sebastian Coe]]|| {{GBR2}} || 10 June 1981 || [[Florence]]||
|-
| || align="center" |21 || 1:41.73 || ''Kipketer #3''|| || 7 July 1997 || [[Stockholm]]||
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" |8 || align="center" |21 || 1:41.73 || [[Nijel Amos]]|| {{BOT}} || 9 August 2012 || [[London]]||
|-
| || align="center" |24 || 1:41.74 || ''Rudisha #7''|| || 9 June 2012 || [[New York City]]||
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" |10 || align="center" |25 || 1:41.77 || [[Joaquim Cruz]]|| {{BRA}} || 26 August 1984 || [[Cologne]]||
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
|align="center" |11
| rowspan="15" |
|1:42.01
|[[Josh Hoey]]
|{{USA}}
|11 July 2025
|[[Monaco]]
|<ref name=":4" />
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| align="center" |12 || 1:42.04 || [[Mohamed Attaoui]]|| {{ESP}} || 12 July 2024 || [[Monaco]]||<ref name="Monaco-12jul2024" />
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| align="center" |13 || 1:42.05 || [[Emmanuel Korir]] || {{KEN}} || 22 July 2018 || [[London]] || <ref>{{cite web|title=800m Results|url=https://static.sportresult.com/sports/at/data/2018/london/re0110040.pdf|work=sportresult.com|date=22 July 2018|access-date=2 August 2018|archive-date=2 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180802193145/https://static.sportresult.com/sports/at/data/2018/london/re0110040.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| rowspan="2" align="center" |14
| rowspan="2" |1:42.08
|[[Aaron Cheminingwa|Aaron Kemei Cheminingwa]]
|{{KEN}}
|7 July 2024
|[[Paris]]
|<ref name="Paris-7jul2024" />
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
|[[Wyclife Kinyamal]]
|{{KEN}}
|7 July 2024
|[[Paris]]
|<ref name="Paris-7jul2024"/>
|-bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| align="center" |16
|1:42.15
|[[Cian McPhillips]]
|{{IRL}}
|20 September 2025
|[[Tokyo]]
|<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=Zandokar |first=Lucijan |date=20 September 2025 |title=Wanyonyi runs championship record to win world 800m title in Tokyo |url=https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-championships/tokyo25/news/report/world-championships-tokyo-25-report-mens-800m |access-date=20 September 2025 |website=World Athletics}}</ref>
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| align="center" |17
|1:42.16
|[[Donavan Brazier]]
|{{USA}}
|3 August 2025
|[[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene]]
|<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last=Cannizzaro |first=Matt |date=2025-08-03 |title=Here's Who Won The Men's 800 At The 2025 USATF Championships |url=https://www.flotrack.org/articles/14450070-heres-who-won-the-mens-800-at-the-2025-usatf-championships |access-date=2025-08-03 |website=FloTrack |language=en}}</ref>
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| align="center" |18 || 1:42.23 || [[Abubaker Kaki]]|| {{SUD}} || 4 June 2010 || [[Oslo]]|| <ref>{{cite web|title=800m Results|url=http://www.diamondleague-oslo.com/en/Live-StartlistsResults/Overview/800m-Men1/|publisher=diamondleague-oslo.com|date=4 June 2010|access-date=7 June 2010|archive-url=https://archive.today/20100607032720/http://www.diamondleague-oslo.com/en/Live-StartlistsResults/Overview/800m-Men1/|archive-date=7 June 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| rowspan="2" align="center" |19 || rowspan="2" | 1:42.27 || [[Ben Pattison]] || {{GBR2}} || 12 July 2024 || [[Monaco]] ||<ref name="Monaco-12jul2024" />
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
|[[Cooper Lutkenhaus]]
|{{USA}}
|3 August 2025
|[[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene]]
|<ref name=":5" />
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| align="center" |21 || 1:42.28 || [[Sammy Koskei]] || {{KEN}} || 26 August 1984 || [[Cologne]] ||
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| align="center" |22 || 1:42.29 || [[Max Burgin]]|| {{GBR2}} || 20 September 2025 || [[Tokyo]]||<ref name=":6" />
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| align="center" |23 ||1:42.34 || [[Wilfred Bungei]]|| {{KEN}} || 8 September 2002 || [[Rieti]]||
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| align="center" |24 || 1:42.37 || [[Mohammed Aman (athlete)|Mohammed Aman]]|| {{ETH}} || 6 September 2013 || [[Brussels]]|| <ref>{{cite web |title=800m Result |url=http://www.diamondleague.com/Results/Brussels/re0110040.pdf |work=[[Diamond League]] |publisher=[[Omega SA|Omega Timing]] |date=6 September 2013 |access-date=6 September 2013}}{{dead link|date=June 2017|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref>
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| align="center" |25
| align="center" |1:42.43
|[[Eliott Crestan]]
|{{BEL}}
|7 July 2024
|[[Paris]]
|<ref name="Paris-7jul2024" />
|}

===Women (outdoor)===
*Updated September 2025.<ref>{{cite web|title=All-time women's best 800m|url=http://www.alltime-athletics.com/w_800ok.htm|publisher=alltime-athletics.com|date=16 July 2017|access-date=21 July 2017|archive-date=30 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170630004820/http://www.alltime-athletics.com/w_800ok.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! {{abbr|Ath.#|Athlete rank}}  !! {{abbr|Perf.#|Performance rank}} !! Time !! Athlete !! Nation !! Date !! Place !! class="unsortable" | {{refh}}
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align=center|1 || align=center|1 || 1:53.28 || [[Jarmila Kratochvílová]] || {{TCH}} || 26 July 1983 || [[Munich]] || 
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align=center|2 || align=center|2 || 1:53.43 || [[Nadezhda Olizarenko]] || {{URS}} || 27 July 1980 || [[Moscow]] || 
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align=center|3 || align=center|3 || 1:54.01 || [[Pamela Jelimo]] || {{KEN}} || 29 August 2008 || [[Zürich]] || 
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align=center|4 || align=center|4 || 1:54.25 || [[Caster Semenya]] || {{RSA}} || 30 June 2018 || [[Paris]] || <ref>{{cite web|title=800m Results|url=https://static.sportresult.com/sports/at/data/2018/paris/re1110040.pdf|work=sportresult.com|date=30 June 2018|access-date=3 July 2018|archive-date=3 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180703075842/https://static.sportresult.com/sports/at/data/2018/paris/re1110040.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align=center|5 || align=center|5 || 1:54.44 || [[Ana Fidelia Quirot]] || {{CUB}} || 9 September 1989 || [[Barcelona]] || 
|-
| || align=center|6 || 1:54.60 || ''Semenya #2'' || || 20 July 2018 || [[Monaco]] || 
|-bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align=center|6 || align=center|7 
|1:54.61
|[[Keely Hodgkinson]]
|{{GBR2}}
|20 July 2024
|[[London]]
|<ref name="800m Result">{{cite web|title=800m Result|url=https://ps-cache.web.swisstiming.com/node/binaryData/ATH_PROD/LONDON_2024/PDF_ATHW800M----DIAMOND---FNL-000100--_C73C1.PDF?h=S7GgW/ZSwhXScKOTnqMn0MEpJPk=|website=swisstiming.com|date=20 July 2024|access-date=20 July 2024}}</ref>
|-bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" |7
| align="center" |8
|1:54.62
|[[Lilian Odira]]
|{{KEN}}
|21 September 2025
|[[Japan National Stadium|Tokyo]]
|<ref>{{cite web|title=800m Final Results|url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7190593/AT-800-W-f----.RS6.pdf|website=World Athletics|access-date=21 September 2025}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="3" |
| align="center" |9 || 1:54.68 || ''Kratochvílová #2'' 
| rowspan="3" | || 9 August 1983 || [[Helsinki]] ||
|-
| align="center" |10
| align="center" |1:54.74
|''Hodgkinson #2''
|16 August 2025
|[[Chorzów]]
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=800m Results|url=https://ps-cache.web.swisstiming.com/node/binaryData/ATH_PROD/SILESIA_2025/PDF_ATHW800M----ADDITIONALFNL-000100--_C73C1.PDF?h=DUJwY12uk1LEq7VZGN//qCpa/+weo/QCW1hb+bcL8V8=|website=swisstiming.com|access-date=16 August 2025}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" |11 || 1:54.77 || ''Semenya #3''|| 9 September 2018 || [[Ostrava]] ||
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" |8 || align="center" |12 || 1:54.81 || [[Olga Mineyeva]]|| {{URS}} || 27 July 1980 || [[Moscow]] ||
|-
| rowspan="3" | || align="center" |13 || 1:54.82 || ''Quirot #2''|| rowspan="3" | || 24 August 1997 || [[Cologne]] ||
|-
| align="center" |14 || 1:54.85 || ''Olizarenko #2''|| 12 June 1980 || [[Moscow]] ||
|-
| align="center" |15 || 1:54.87 || ''Jelimo #2''|| 18 August 2008 || [[Beijing]] ||
|-bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
|align="center" |9
| align="center" |16
|1:54.90
|[[Georgia Hunter Bell]]
|{{GBR2}}
|21 September 2025
|[[Japan National Stadium|Tokyo]]
|<ref>{{cite web|title=800m Final Results|url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7190593/AT-800-W-f----.RS6.pdf|website=World Athletics|access-date=21 September 2025}}</ref>
|-
|
| align="center" |17
|1:54.91
|''Hodgkinson #3''
|
|21 September 2025
|[[Japan National Stadium|Tokyo]]
|<ref>{{cite web|title=800m Final Results|url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7190593/AT-800-W-f----.RS6.pdf|website=World Athletics|access-date=21 September 2025}}</ref>
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" |10 || align="center" |18 || 1:54.94 || [[Tatyana Kazankina]]|| {{URS}} || 26 July 1976  || [[Montreal]]||
|-
| || align="center" |19 || 1:54.97 || ''Jelimo #3''|| || 18 July 2008 || [[Paris]]||
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" |11 || align="center" |19 || 1:54.97 || [[Athing Mu]]|| {{USA}} || 17 September 2023 || [[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene]]||<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Tsegay smashes world 5000m record and Duplantis breaks world pole vault record in Eugene {{!}} REPORT {{!}} World Athletics |url=https://worldathletics.org/news/report/diamond-league-final-eugene-2023-day-two-report |access-date=2023-09-18 |website=worldathletics.org |archive-date=23 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230923223404/https://worldathletics.org/news/report/diamond-league-final-eugene-2023-day-two-report |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="4" | || align="center" |21 || 1:54.98 || ''Semenya #4''|| rowspan="4" | || 3 May 2019 || [[Doha]] ||
|-
| align="center" |22 || 1:54.99 || ''Jelimo #4''|| 1 June 2008 || [[Berlin]]||
|-
| align="center" |23 || 1:55.04 || ''Kratochvílová #3''|| 23 August 1983 || [[Oslo]]||
|- 
| align="center" |23 || 1:55.04 || ''Mu #2''|| 21 August 2021 || [[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene]]|| <ref>{{cite web|title=Prefontaine Classic 2021 Complete Results|url=http://static.sportresult.com/sports/at/data/2021/eugene/Results.pdf|work=sportresult.com|date=21 August 2021|access-date=27 August 2021|archive-date=23 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210823063154/http://static.sportresult.com/sports/at/data/2021/eugene/Results.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" |12 || align="center" |25 || 1:55.05 || [[Doina Melinte]]|| {{ROU|1965}} || 1 August 1982 || [[Bucharest]]||
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| rowspan="2" align="center" |13 || rowspan="13" align="center" | || rowspan="2" |1:55.19 || [[Maria Mutola]] || {{MOZ}} || 17 August 1994 || [[Zürich]] ||
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| [[Jolanda Čeplak]] || {{SLO}} || 20 July 2002 || [[Heusden-Zolder]] ||  
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| align="center" |15 || 1:55.26 || [[Sigrun Wodars]]|| {{GDR}} || 31 August 1987 || [[Rome]]||
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| align=center|16 || 1:55.32 || [[Christine Wachtel]] || {{GDR}} || 31 August 1987 || [[Rome]] || 
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| align=center|17 || 1:55.42 || [[Nikolina Shtereva]] || {{flag|Bulgaria|1971}} || 26 July 1976 || [[Montreal]] ||
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| align=center|18 || 1:55.46 || [[Tatyana Providokhina]] || {{URS}} || 27 July 1980 || [[Moscow]] ||
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| align=center|19 || 1:55.47 || [[Francine Niyonsaba]] || {{BDI}} || 21 July 2017 || [[Monaco]] || <ref name="800m Results">{{cite web|title=800m Results|url=https://livecache.sportresult.com/node/binaryData/AT_PROD/MONACO2017/PDF_RE1110040.PDF?h=y5q+IdckuRbXCrayRmmfKTQv2t4=|work=sportresult.com|date=21 July 2017|access-date=21 July 2017|archive-date=1 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190501235906/https://livecache.sportresult.com/node/binaryData/AT_PROD/MONACO2017/PDF_RE1110040.PDF?h=y5q+IdckuRbXCrayRmmfKTQv2t4=|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| rowspan=2 align=center|20 || rowspan="2" |1:55.54 || [[Ellen van Langen]] || {{NED}} || 3 August 1992 || [[Barcelona]] ||
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| [[Liu Dong]] || {{CHN}} || 9 September 1993 || [[Beijing]] ||
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| align=center|22 || 1:55.56 || [[Lyubov Gurina]] || {{URS}} || 31 August 1987 || [[Rome]] ||
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| align=center|23 || 1:55.60 || [[Elfi Zinn]] || {{GDR}} || 26 July 1976 || [[Montreal]] ||
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| rowspan=2 align=center|24 || rowspan="2" |1:55.61 || [[Ajeé Wilson]] || {{USA}} || 21 July 2017 || [[Monaco]] || <ref name="800m Results"/>
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| [[Jemma Reekie]] || {{GBR2}} || 20 July 2024 || [[London Stadium|London]] || <ref name="800m Result"/>
|}

====Annulled marks====
*[[Yelena Soboleva]] ([[Russia]]) ran 1:54.85 in [[Kazan]] on 18 July 2007, but her performance was annulled due to doping offences.

===Men (indoor)===
*Updated March 2025.<ref>{{cite web|title=All-time men's best 800m indoors|url=https://worldathletics.org/records/all-time-toplists/middlelong/800-metres-short-track/all/men/senior?regionType=world&timing=electronic&page=1&bestResultsOnly=false&firstDay=1900-01-01&lastDay=2025-02-10&maxResultsByCountry=all&eventId=10229556&ageCategory=senior|access-date=10 February 2025}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
!{{abbr|Ath.#|Athlete rank}}
!{{abbr|Perf.#|Performance rank}}
!Time
!Athlete
!Nation
!Date
!Place
!class="unsortable" | {{refh}}
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align=center|1
| align=center|1
| 1:42.67|| [[Wilson Kipketer]] || {{DEN}} || 9 March 1997 || [[Paris]] ||
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" |2
| align="center" |2
|1:43.24
|[[Josh Hoey]]
|{{USA}}
|23 February 2025
|[[New York City]]
|<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Emerole |first=Anderson |date=23 February 2025 |title=Hoey runs North American indoor 800m record in New York |url=https://worldathletics.org/news/report/us-indoor-championships-2025-new-york-hoey-russell-holloway-kessler-hiltz |access-date=23 February 2025 |website=World Athletics}}</ref>
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" |3
| align="center" |3
| 1:43.63|| [[Elliot Giles]] || {{GBR2}} || 17 February 2021 || [[Toruń]] ||
|-
| rowspan="2" |
|align="center" |4
|1:43.90
|''Hoey #2''
| rowspan="2" |
|8 February 2025
|[[New York City]]
|<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Hall |first=Dan |date=2025-02-08 |title=Josh Hoey Sets 800m Indoor American Record at 2025 Millrose Games |url=https://www.flotrack.org/articles/13678545-josh-hoey-sets-800m-indoor-american-record-at-2025-millrose-games |access-date=2025-02-09 |website=FloTrack |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" |5
|1:43.96
|''Kipketer #2''
|7 March 1997
|[[Paris]]
|
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" |4
| align="center" |6
| 1:43.98|| [[Michael Saruni]]|| {{KEN}} || 9 February 2019 || [[New York City]]||
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" |5
| align="center" |7
| 1:44.15|| [[Yuriy Borzakovskiy]]|| {{RUS}} || 27 January 2001 || [[Karlsruhe]]||
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" |6
| align="center" |8
|1:44.19
|[[Bryce Hoppel]]
|{{USA}}
|8 February 2025
|[[New York City]]
|<ref name=":2" />
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| rowspan="2" align="center" |7
| rowspan="2" align="center" |9
| rowspan="2" | 1:44.21 || [[Emmanuel Korir]] || {{KEN}} || 3 February 2018 || [[New York City]] ||
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
|| [[Donavan Brazier]] || {{USA}} || 13 February 2021 || [[New York City]] ||
|-
|
| align=center|11
|1:44.22
|''Brazier #2''
|
|8 February 2020
|[[New York City]]
|
|-bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
|align="center" |9
|align="center" |12
|1:44.26
|[[Brandon Miller (runner)|Brandon Miller]]
|{{USA}}
|23 February 2025
|[[New York City]]
|<ref name=":3" />
|-
| rowspan="5" |
| align="center" |13
|1:44.34
|''Borzakovskiy #2''
| rowspan="5" |
|18 February 2003
|[[Stockholm]]
|
|-
| align="center" |14
|1:44.35
|''Borzakovskiy #3''
|30 January 2000
|[[Dortmund]]
|
|- 
| align="center" |15
| 1:44.37 || ''Hoppel #2'' || 31 January 2021 || [[Fayetteville, Arkansas|Fayetteville]] ||
|-
| align="center" |16
|1:44.41
|''Brazier #3''
|9 February 2019
|[[New York City]]
|
|-
| align="center" |17
|1:44.49
|''Borzakovskiy #4''
|11 March 2001
|[[Lisbon]]
|
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" |10
| align="center" |18
| 1:44.52 || [[Mohammed Aman]]|| {{ETH}} || 15 February 2014 || [[Birmingham]]
|
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" |11
| align="center" |19
| 1:44.54 || [[Jamie Webb]]|| {{GBR2}} || 17 February 2021 || [[Toruń]]||
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" |12
| align="center" |20
| 1:44.57 || [[Adam Kszczot]] || {{POL}} || 14 February 2012 || [[Liévin]] ||
|-
|
| align="center" |21
|1:44.58
|''Borzakovskiy #5''
|
|12 February 2004
|[[Stockholm]]
|
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" |13
| align="center" |22
|1:44.65
|[[Josué Canales]]
|{{ESP}}
|19 January 2025
|[[Luxembourg City|Luxembourg]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=19 January 2025 |title=Szymanski and Canales impress in Luxembourg |url=https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-indoor-tour/news/szymanski-canales-luxembourg |access-date=21 January 2025 |website=[[World Athletics]]}}</ref>
|-
|
| align="center" |23
|1:44.68
|''Kipketer #3''
|
|18 February 2003
|[[Stockholm]]
|
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" |14
| align="center" |24
|1:44.69
|[[Eliott Crestan]]
|{{BEL}}
|4 February 2025
|[[Ostrava]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 February 2025 |title=Hailu and Crestan impress as meeting records fall in Ostrava |url=https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-indoor-tour/news/czech-indoor-gala-ostrava-hailu-crestan-molnar-furlani |access-date=7 February 2025 |website=[[World Athletics]]}}</ref>
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" |15
| align="center" |25
| 1:44.71 || [[Joseph Mutua]]|| {{KEN}} || 31 January 2004 || [[Stuttgart]]||
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| align="center" |16
| rowspan="10" align="center" |
| 1:44.75 || [[Ismail Ahmed Ismail]]|| {{SUD}} || 26 February 2009 || [[Prague]] ||
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| align="center" |17
| 1:44.78 || [[Paweł Czapiewski]]|| {{POL}} || 3 March 2002 || [[Vienna]] ||
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| align="center" |18
| 1:44.81 || [[Abubaker Kaki]] || {{SUD}} || 9 March 2008 || [[Valencia]] ||
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| rowspan="2" align="center" |19
| rowspan="2" | 1:44.82 || [[Mehdi Baala]] || {{FRA}} || 18 February 2003 || [[Stockholm]] ||
|-bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
|[[Jonah Koech]]
|{{USA}}
|8 February 2025
|[[New York City]]
|<ref name=":2" />
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| align="center" |21
| 1:44.84 || [[Paul Ereng]] || {{KEN}} || 4 March 1989 || [[Budapest]] ||
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| rowspan="2" align="center" |22
| rowspan="2" | 1:44.88 || [[Nico Motchebon]] || {{GER}} || 5 February 1995 || [[Stuttgart]] ||
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| [[Samuel Chapple]] || {{NED}}|| 9 March 2025 || [[Apeldoorn]] || <ref>{{cite web|title=800m Result|url=https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7173256?eventId=10229556&gender=M|website=World Athletics|access-date=16 March 2025}}</ref>
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| rowspan="2" align="center" |24
| rowspan="2" | 1:44.91 || [[Sebastian Coe]] || {{GBR2}} || 12 March 1983 || [[Cosford, Shropshire|Cosford]] ||
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
|| [[Mbulaeni Mulaudzi]] || {{RSA}} || 9 March 2008 || [[Valencia]] ||
|}

===Women (indoor)===
*Updated March 2025.<ref>{{cite web|title=All-time women's best 800m indoors|url=https://www.worldathletics.org/records/all-time-toplists/middle-long/800-metres/indoor/women/senior?regionType=world&timing=electronic&page=1&bestResultsOnly=true&oversizedTrack=regular&firstDay=1899-12-28&lastDay=2022-01-15|access-date=17 January 2022|archive-date=18 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220118182346/https://www.worldathletics.org/records/all-time-toplists/middle-long/800-metres/indoor/women/senior?regionType=world&timing=electronic&page=1&bestResultsOnly=true&oversizedTrack=regular&firstDay=1899-12-28&lastDay=2022-01-15|url-status=live}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
!{{abbr|Ath.#|Athlete rank}}
!{{abbr|Perf.#|Performance rank}}
!Time
!Athlete
!Nation
!Date
!Place
!class="unsortable" | {{refh}}
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align=center|1
| align=center|1|| 1:55.82 || [[Jolanda Čeplak]] || {{SLO}} || 3 March 2002 ||[[Vienna]]
|
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align=center|2
| align=center|2|| 1:55.85 || [[Stephanie Graf]] || {{AUT}} || 3 March 2002 ||[[Vienna]]
|
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align=center|3
| align=center|3|| 1:56.40 || [[Christine Wachtel]] || {{GDR}} || 13 February 1988 ||[[Vienna]]
|
|-
|
| align=center|4
|1:56.85
|''Graf #2''
|
|10 February 2002
|[[Ghent]]
|
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align=center|4
| align=center|5|| 1:56.90 || [[Ludmila Formanová]] || {{CZE}} || 7 March 1999 ||[[Maebashi]]
|
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align=center|5
| align=center|6 || 1:57.06 || [[Maria Mutola]] || {{MOZ}} || 21 February 1999 ||[[Liévin]]
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |
|align=center|7
|1:57.13
|''Mutola #2''
| rowspan="3" |
|18 February 1996
|[[Liévin]]
|
|-
|align=center|8
|1:57.17
|''Mutola #3''
|7 March 1999
|[[Maebashi]]
|
|-
|align=center|9
|1:57.18
|''Čeplak #2''
|10 February 2002
|[[Ghent]]
|
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
|align=center|6
|align=center|9
|1:57.18
|[[Keely Hodgkinson]]
|{{GBR2}}
|25 February 2023
|[[Birmingham]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tsegay threatens world indoor 3000m record, as tour titles are won in Birmingham {{!}} REPORT {{!}} World Athletics |url=https://www.worldathletics.org/news/report/birmingham-final-tsegay-gourley-asher-smith-hodgkinson |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230225182332/https://www.worldathletics.org/news/report/birmingham-final-tsegay-gourley-asher-smith-hodgkinson |archive-date=25 February 2023 |access-date=2023-02-25 |website=www.worldathletics.org}}</ref>
|-
|
|align=center|11
|1:57.20
|''Hodgkinson #2''
|
|19 February 2022
|[[Birmingham]]
|
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
|align=center|7
| align=center|12 || 1:57.23|| [[Inna Yevseyeva]] || {{UKR}} || 1 February 1992||[[Moscow]]
|
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
|align=center|8
| align=center|13 || 1:57.47|| [[Natalya Tsyganova]] || {{RUS}} || 7 March 1999||[[Maebashi]]
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="2" align=center|14
| rowspan="2" |1:57.48
|''Mutola #4''
| rowspan="2" |
|10 February 2002
|[[Ghent]]
|
|-
|''Mutola #5''
|15 February 2004
|[[Karlsruhe]]
|
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
|align=center|9
| align=center|16 || 1:57.51|| [[Olga Kotlyarova]] || {{RUS}} || 18 February 2006||[[Moscow]]
|
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
|align=center|10
| align=center|17 || 1:57.52|| [[Gudaf Tsegay]] || {{ETH}} || 14 February 2021||[[Val-de-Reuil]]
|
|-
|
|align=center|18
|1:57.53
|''Graf #3''
|
|25 February 2001
|[[Liévin]]
|
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
|align=center|11
| align=center|19 || 1:57.53|| [[Larisa Chzhao]] || {{RUS}} || 23 January 2005||[[Moscow]]
|
|-
| rowspan="4" |
|align=center|20
|1:57.55
|''Mutola #6''
| rowspan="4" |
|14 March 1993
|[[Toronto]]
|
|-
|align=center|21
|1:57.61
|''Graf #4''
|17 February 2002
|[[Birmingham]]
|
|-
|align=center|22
|1:57.62
|''Mutola #7''
|12 March 1995
|[[Barcelona]]
|
|-
|align=center|23
|1:57.64
|''Wachtel #2''
|10 February 1988
|[[Turin]]
|
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
|align=center|12
| align=center|24 || 1:57.67|| [[Sigrun Wodars]] || {{GDR}} || 13 February 1988||[[Vienna]]
|
|-
|
|align=center|25
|1:57.68
|''Graf #5''
|
|15 February 2001
|[[Stockholm]]
|
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
|align=center|13
| rowspan="13" |
|1:57.86
|[[Habitam Alemu]]
|{{ETH}}
|6 February 2024
|[[Toruń]]
|<ref>{{cite web |date=6 February 2024 |title=800m Results |url=https://copernicus.domtel-sport.pl/pdf/K800_1_r.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004133420/https://copernicus.domtel-sport.pl/pdf/K800_1_r.pdf |archive-date=4 October 2023 |access-date=6 February 2024 |website=copernicus.domtel-sport.pl}}</ref>
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
|align=center|14|| 1:57.91|| [[Jemma Reekie]] || {{GBR2}} || 1 February 2020||[[Glasgow]]
|
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
|align=center|15|| 1:58.10|| [[Mariya Savinova]] || {{RUS}} || 8 March 2009||[[Turin]]
|
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
|align=center|16|| 1:58.14|| [[Yuliya Stepanova]] || {{RUS}} || 17 February 2011||[[Moscow]]
|
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
|align=center|17|| 1:58.29|| [[Ajeé Wilson]] || {{USA}} || 8 February 2020||[[New York City]]
|
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
|align=center|18|| 1:58.31|| [[Francine Niyonsaba]] || {{BDI}} || 4 March 2018||[[Birmingham]]
|
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
|align=center|19|| 1:58.34|| [[Svetlana Cherkasova]] || {{RUS}} || 4 February 2006||[[Moscow]]
|
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
|align=center|20
|1:58.35
|[[Tsige Duguma]]
|{{ETH}}
|2 March 2024
|[[Commonwealth Arena and Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome|Glasgow]]
|<ref>{{cite web |date=2 March 2024 |title=800m Semifinal Results Summary |url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7180312/AT-800sh-W-sf----.RS4.pdf |access-date=2 March 2024 |work=World Athletics}}</ref>
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
|align=center|21|| 1:58.37|| [[Helena Fuchsova]] || {{CZE}} || 25 February 2001||[[Liévin]]
|
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| rowspan="2" align="center" |22|| rowspan="2" | 1:58.40|| [[Athing Mu]] || {{USA}} || 27 February 2021||[[Fayetteville, Arkansas|Fayetteville]]
|
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
|[[Prudence Sekgodiso]]
|{{RSA}}
|23 March 2025
|[[Nanjing]]
|<ref>{{cite web |date=23 March 2025 |title=800 Metres Women - Final results |url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7136586/AT-800sh-W-f----.RS6.pdf |access-date=23 March 2025 |website=[[World Athletics]]}}</ref>
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| align="center" |24|| 1:58.43|| [[Jennifer Meadows]]|| {{GBR2}} || 14 March 2010||[[Doha]]
|
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| align="center" |25|| 1:58.44 || [[Laura Muir]] || {{GBR2}} || 1 February 2020 ||[[Glasgow]]
|
|}

==U20 records and U18 world bests==
*Updated 3 August 2025.<ref name="recordsmen" /><ref name="recordswomen" />
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!rowspan=2| Age group
!colspan=3| Men
!colspan=3| Women
|-
! Time 
! Athlete
! Nation
! Time 
! Athlete
! Nation
|-
| [[Under-20 athletics|U20]] {{small|(''[[List of world under-20 records in athletics|records]]'')}} || '''1:41.73''' || [[Nijel Amos]] || {{BOT}} || '''1:54.01''' || [[Pamela Jelimo]] || {{KEN}}
|-
| [[Under-18 athletics|U18]] {{small|(''[[List of world under-18 bests in athletics|world bests]]'')}} || '''1:42.27'''|| [[Cooper Lutkenhaus]]|| {{USA}}|| '''1:57.18''' || [[Wang Yuan (athlete)|Wang Yuan]]  || {{CHN}}
|}

==Olympic medalists==
===Men===
{{Olympic medalists in men's 800 metres}}

===Women===
{{Olympic medalists in women's 800 metres}}

==World Championships medalists==
===Men===
{{World Championships in Athletics medalists in men's 800 metres}}

===Women===
{{World Championships in Athletics medalists in women's 800 metres}}

==World Indoor Championships medalists==
===Men===
{| {{MedalistTable}}
|-
|[[1985 IAAF World Indoor Games|1985 Paris]]{{ref label|WIG|A}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Colomán Trabado]]|ESP}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Benjamín González Gómez|Benjamín González]]|ESP}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Ikem Billy]]|GBR}}
|-
|[[1987 IAAF World Indoor Championships|1987 Indianapolis]]<br>{{DetailsLink|1987 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[José Luíz Barbosa]]|BRA|1968}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Vladimir Graudyn]]|URS}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Faouzi Lahbi]]|MAR}}
|-
|[[1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships|1989 Budapest]]<br>{{DetailsLink|1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Paul Ereng]]|KEN}}
|{{flagathlete|[[José Luíz Barbosa]]|BRA|1968}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Tonino Viali]]|ITA}}
|-
|[[1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships|1991 Seville]]<br>{{DetailsLink|1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Paul Ereng]]|KEN}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Tomás de Teresa]]|ESP}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Simon Hoogewerf]]|CAN}}
|-
|[[1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships|1993 Toronto]]<br>{{DetailsLink|1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Tom McKean]]|GBR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Charles Nkazamyampi]]|BDI}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Nico Motchebon]]|GER}}
|-
|[[1995 IAAF World Indoor Championships|1995 Barcelona]]<br>{{DetailsLink|1995 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Clive Terrelonge]]|JAM}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Benson Koech]]|KEN}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Pavel Soukup]]|CZE}}
|-
|[[1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships|1997 Paris]]<br>{{DetailsLink|1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Wilson Kipketer]]|DEN}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Mahjoub Haïda]]|MAR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Rich Kenah]]|USA}}
|-
|[[1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships|1999 Maebashi]]<br>{{DetailsLink|1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Johan Botha (runner)|Johan Botha]]|RSA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Wilson Kipketer]]|DEN}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Nico Motchebon]]|GER}}
|-
|[[2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships|2001 Lisbon]]<br>{{DetailsLink|2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Yuriy Borzakovskiy]]|RUS}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Johan Botha (runner)|Johan Botha]]|RSA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[André Bucher]]|SUI}}
|-
|[[2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships|2003 Birmingham]]<br>{{DetailsLink|2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[David Krummenacker]]|USA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Wilson Kipketer]]|DEN}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Wilfred Bungei]]|KEN}}
|-
|[[2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships|2004 Budapest]]<br>{{DetailsLink|2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Mbulaeni Mulaudzi]]|RSA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Rashid Ramzi]]|BHR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Osmar dos Santos]]|BRA}}
|-
|[[2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships|2006 Moscow]]<br>{{DetailsLink|2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Wilfred Bungei]]|KEN}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Mbulaeni Mulaudzi]]|RSA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Yuriy Borzakovskiy]]|RUS}}
|-
|[[2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships|2008 Valencia]]<br>{{DetailsLink|2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres}}
|{{nowrap|{{flagathlete|[[Abubaker Kaki]]|SUD}}}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Mbulaeni Mulaudzi]]|RSA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Yusuf Saad Kamel]]|BHR}}
|-
|[[2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships|2010 Doha]]<br>{{DetailsLink|2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Abubaker Kaki]]|SUD}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Boaz Kiplagat Lalang]]|KEN}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Adam Kszczot]]|POL}}
|-
|[[2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships|2012 Istanbul]]<br>{{DetailsLink|2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Mohammed Aman]]|ETH}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Jakub Holuša]]|CZE}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Andrew Osagie]]|GBR}}
|-
|[[2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships|2014 Sopot]]<br>{{DetailsLink|2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Mohammed Aman]]|ETH}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Adam Kszczot]]|POL}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Andrew Osagie]]|GBR}}
|-
|[[2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships|2016 Portland]]<br>{{DetailsLink|2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Boris Berian]]|USA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Antoine Gakeme]]|BDI}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Erik Sowinski]]|USA}}
|-
|[[2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships|2018 Birmingham]]<br>{{DetailsLink|2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Adam Kszczot]]|POL}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Drew Windle]]|USA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Saúl Ordóñez]]|ESP}}
|-
|[[2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships|2022 Belgrade]]<br>{{DetailsLink|2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Mariano García (runner)|Mariano García]]|ESP}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Noah Kibet]]|KEN}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Bryce Hoppel]]|USA}}
|-
|[[2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships|2024 Glasgow]]<br>{{DetailsLink|2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Bryce Hoppel]]|USA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Andreas Kramer]]|SWE}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Elliott Crestan]]|BEL}}
|-
|[[2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships|2025 Nanjing]]<br>{{DetailsLink|2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Josh Hoey]]|USA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Elliot Crestan]]|BEL}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Josué Canales]]|ESP}}
|}

===Women===
{| {{MedalistTable}}
|-
|[[1985 IAAF World Indoor Games|1985 Paris]]{{ref label|WIG|A}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Cristieana Cojocaru]]|ROU|1965}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Jane Colebrook|Jane Finch]]|GBR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Mariana Simeanu]]|ROU|1965}}
|-
|[[1987 IAAF World Indoor Championships|1987 Indianapolis]]<br>{{DetailsLink|1987 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Christine Wachtel]]|GDR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Gabriela Sedláková]]|TCH}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Lyubov Kiryukhina-Tsyoma|Lyubov Kiryukhina]]|URS}}
|-
|[[1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships|1989 Budapest]]<br>{{DetailsLink|1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Christine Wachtel]]|GDR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Tatyana Grebenchuk]]|URS}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Ellen Kiessling]]|GDR}}
|-
|[[1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships|1991 Seville]]<br>{{DetailsLink|1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Christine Wachtel]]|GER}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Violeta Szekely|Violeta Beclea]]|ROU}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Ella Kovacs]]|ROU}}
|-
|[[1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships|1993 Toronto]]<br>{{DetailsLink|1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Maria Mutola]]|MOZ}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Svetlana Masterkova]]|RUS|1991}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Joetta Clark Diggs|Joetta Clark]]|USA}}
|-
|[[1995 IAAF World Indoor Championships|1995 Barcelona]]<br>{{DetailsLink|1995 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Maria Mutola]]|MOZ}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Yelena Afanasyeva (athlete)|Yelena Afanasyeva]]|RUS}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Letitia Vriesde]]|SUR}}
|-
|[[1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships|1997 Paris]]<br>{{DetailsLink|1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Maria Mutola]]|MOZ}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Natalya Dukhnova]]|BLR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Joetta Clark Diggs|Joetta Clark]]|USA}}
|-
|[[1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships|1999 Maebashi]]<br>{{DetailsLink|1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Ludmila Formanová]]|CZE}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Maria Mutola]]|MOZ}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Natalya Tsyganova]]|RUS}}
|-
|[[2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships|2001 Lisbon]]<br>{{DetailsLink|2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Maria Mutola]]|MOZ}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Stephanie Graf]]|AUT}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Helena Fuchsová|Helena Dziurova-Fuchsová]]|CZE}}
|-
|[[2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships|2003 Birmingham]]<br>{{DetailsLink|2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Maria Mutola]]|MOZ}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Stephanie Graf]]|AUT}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Mayte Martínez]]|ESP}}
|-
|[[2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships|2004 Budapest]]<br>{{DetailsLink|2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Maria Mutola]]|MOZ}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Jolanda Čeplak]]|SLO}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Joanne Fenn]]|GBR}}
|-
|[[2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships|2006 Moscow]]<br>{{DetailsLink|2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Maria Mutola]]|MOZ}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Kenia Sinclair]]|JAM}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Hasna Benhassi]]|MAR}}
|-
|[[2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships|2008 Valencia]]<br>{{DetailsLink|2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Tamsyn Manou|Tamsyn Lewis]]|AUS}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Tetiana Petlyuk]]|UKR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Maria Mutola]]|MOZ}}
|-
|[[2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships|2010 Doha]]<br>{{DetailsLink|2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Mariya Savinova]]|RUS}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Jenny Meadows]]|GBR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Alysia Montaño|Alysia Johnson]]|USA}}
|-
|[[2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships|2012 Istanbul]]<br>{{DetailsLink|2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Pamela Jelimo]]|KEN}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Nataliia Lupu]]|UKR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Erica Moore]]|USA}}
|-
|[[2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships|2014 Sopot]]<br>{{DetailsLink|2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Chanelle Price]]|USA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Angelika Cichocka]]|POL}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Maryna Arzamasova]]|BLR}}
|-
|[[2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships|2016 Portland]]<br>{{DetailsLink|2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Francine Niyonsaba]]|BDI}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Ajeé Wilson]]|USA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Margaret Wambui]]|KEN}}
|-
|[[2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships|2018 Birmingham]]<br>{{DetailsLink|2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Francine Niyonsaba]]|BDI}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Ajeé Wilson]]|USA}}
|{{nowrap|{{flagathlete|[[Shelayna Oskan-Clarke]]|GBR}}}}
|-
|[[2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships|2022 Belgrade]]<br>{{DetailsLink|2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Ajeé Wilson]]|USA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Freweyni Hailu]]|ETH}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Halimah Nakaayi]]|UGA}}
|-
|[[2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships|2024 Glasgow]]<br>{{DetailsLink|2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Tsige Duguma]]|ETH}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Jemma Reekie]]|GBR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Noélie Yarigo]]|BEN}}
|-
|[[2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships|2025 Nanjing]]<br>{{DetailsLink|2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Prudence Sekgodiso]]|RSA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Nigist Getachew]]|ETH}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Patricia Silva (runner)|Patricia Silva]]|POR}}
|}
*<sup>{{note label|WIG|A}}</sup> Known as the ''World Indoor Games''

==Season's bests==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
===Men===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!Year
!Time
!Athlete
!Place
|-
|1970
|1:44.8
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Ken Swenson]]|USA}}
|[[Stuttgart]]
|-
|1971
|1:44.7
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Dicky Broberg]]|RSA|1928}}
|[[Stellenbosch]]
|-
|1972
|1:44.3
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Dave Wottle]]|USA}}
|[[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene]]
|-
|1973
|1:43.7
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Marcello Fiasconaro]]|ITA}}
|[[Milan]]
|-
|1974
|1:43.5
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Rick Wohlhuter]]|USA}}
|[[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene]]
|-
|1975
|1:43.79
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Mike Boit]]|KEN}}
|[[Zürich]]
|-
|1976
|1:43.50
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Alberto Juantorena]]|CUB}}
|[[Montreal]]
|-
|1977
|1:43.44
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Alberto Juantorena]]|CUB}}
|[[Sofia]]
|-
|1978
|1:43.84
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Olaf Beyer]]|GDR}}
|[[Prague]]
|-
|[[1979 in athletics (track and field)|1979]]
|1:42.33
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Sebastian Coe]]|GBR}}
|[[Oslo]]
|-
|[[1980 in athletics (track and field)|1980]]
|1:44.53
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Don Paige]]|USA}}
|[[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene]]
|-
|[[1981 in athletics (track and field)|1981]]
|1:41.73
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Sebastian Coe]]|GBR}}
|[[Florence]]
|-
|[[1982 in athletics (track and field)|1982]]
|1:44.45
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Steve Cram]]|GBR}}
|[[London]]
|-
|[[1983 in athletics (track and field)|1983]]
|1:43.61
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Steve Cram]]|GBR}}
|[[Oslo]]
|-
|[[1984 in athletics (track and field)|1984]]
|1:41.77
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Joaquim Cruz]]|BRA}}
|[[Cologne]]
|-
|[[1985 in athletics (track and field)|1985]]
|1:42.49
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Joaquim Cruz]]|BRA}}
|[[Koblenz]]
|-
|[[1986 in athletics (track and field)|1986]]
|1:43.19
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Steve Cram]]|GBR}}
|[[Rieti]]
|-
|[[1987 in athletics (track and field)|1987]]
|1:43.06
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Billy Konchellah]]|KEN}}
|[[Rome]]
|-
|[[1988 in athletics (track and field)|1988]]
|1:42.65
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Johnny Gray]]|USA}}
|[[Zürich]]
|-
|[[1989 in athletics (track and field)|1989]]
|1:43.16
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Paul Ereng]]|KEN}}
|[[Zürich]]
|-
|[[1990 in athletics (track and field)|1990]]
|1:42.97
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Peter Elliott (athlete)|Peter Elliott]]|GBR}}
|[[Seville]]
|-
|[[1991 in athletics (track and field)|1991]]
|1:43.08
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[José Luíz Barbosa]]|BRA}}
|[[Rieti]]
|-
|[[1992 in athletics (track and field)|1992]]
|1:42.80
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Johnny Gray]]|USA}}
|[[New Orleans]]
|-
|[[1993 in athletics (track and field)|1993]]
|1:43.54
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Nixon Kiprotich]]|KEN}}
|[[Rieti]]
|-
|[[1994 in athletics (track and field)|1994]]
|1:43.17
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Benson Koech]]|KEN}}
|[[Rieti]]
|-
|[[1995 in athletics (track and field)|1995]]
|1:42.87
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Wilson Kipketer]]|DEN}}
|[[Stade Louis II|Monaco]]
|-
|[[1996 in athletics (track and field)|1996]]
|1:41.83
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Wilson Kipketer]]|DEN}}
|[[Rieti]]
|-
|[[1997 in athletics (track and field)|1997]]
|1:41.11
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Wilson Kipketer]]|DEN}}
|[[Cologne]]
|-
|[[1998 in athletics (track and field)|1998]]
|1:42.75
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Japheth Kimutai]]|KEN}}
|[[Stuttgart]]
|-
|[[1999 in athletics (track and field)|1999]]
|1:42.27
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Wilson Kipketer]]|DEN}}
|[[Brussels]]
|-
|[[2000 in athletics (track and field)|2000]]
|1:43.12
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[André Bucher]]|SUI}}
|[[Lausanne]]
|-
|[[2001 in athletics (track and field)|2001]]
|1:42.47
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Yuriy Borzakovskiy]]|RUS}}
|[[Brussels]]
|-
|[[2002 in athletics (track and field)|2002]]
|1:42.32
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Wilson Kipketer]]|DEN}}
|[[Rieti]]
|-
|[[2003 in athletics (track and field)|2003]]
|1:42.52
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Wilfred Bungei]]|KEN}}
|[[Brussels]]
|-
|[[2004 in athletics (track and field)|2004]]
|1:43.08
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Wilfred Bungei]]|KEN}}
|[[Zürich]]
|-
|[[2005 in athletics (track and field)|2005]]
|1:43.70
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Wilfred Bungei]]|KEN}}
|[[Rieti]]
|-
|[[2006 in athletics (track and field)|2006]]
|1:43.09
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Mbulaeni Mulaudzi]]|RSA}}
|[[Rieti]]
|-
|[[2007 in athletics (track and field)|2007]]
|1:43.74
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Mbulaeni Mulaudzi]]|RSA}}
|[[Stade Louis II|Monaco]]
|-
|[[2008 in athletics (track and field)|2008]]
|1:42.69
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Abubaker Kaki]]|SUD}}
|[[Oslo]]
|-
|[[2009 in athletics (track and field)|2009]]
|1:42.01
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[David Rudisha]]|KEN}}
|[[Rieti]]
|-
|[[2010 in athletics (track and field)|2010]]
|1:41.01
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[David Rudisha]]|KEN}}
|[[Rieti]]
|-
|[[2011 in athletics (track and field)|2011]]
|1:41.33
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[David Rudisha]]|KEN}}
|[[Rieti]]
|-
|[[2012 in athletics (track and field)|2012]]
|1:40.91
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[David Rudisha]]|KEN}}
|[[London]]
|-
|[[2013 in athletics (track and field)|2013]]
|1:42.37
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Mohammed Aman]]|ETH}}
|[[Brussels]]
|-
|[[2014 in athletics (track and field)|2014]]
|1:42.45
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Nijel Amos]]|BOT}}
|[[Stade Louis II|Monaco]]
|-
|[[2015 in athletics (track and field)|2015]]
|1:42.51
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Amel Tuka]]|BIH}}
|[[Stade Louis II|Monaco]]
|-
|[[2016 in athletics (track and field)|2016]]
|1:42.15
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[David Rudisha]]|KEN}}
|[[Estádio Olímpico João Havelange|Rio de Janeiro]]
|-
|[[2017 in athletics (track and field)|2017]]
|1:43.10
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Emmanuel Korir]]|KEN}}
|[[Stade Louis II|Monaco]]
|-
|[[2018 in athletics (track and field)|2018]]
|1:42.05
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Emmanuel Korir]]|KEN}}
|[[London]]
|-
|[[2019 in athletics (track and field)|2019]]
|1:41.89
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Nijel Amos]]|BOT}}
|[[Stade Louis II|Monaco]]
|-
|[[2020 in athletics (track and field)|2020]]
|1:43.15
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Donavan Brazier]]|USA}}
|[[Stade Louis II|Monaco]]
|-
|[[2021 in the sport of athletics|2021]]
|1:42.91
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Nijel Amos]]|BOT}}
|[[Monaco]]
|-
|[[2022 in the sport of athletics|2022]]
|1:43.26
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Emmanuel Korir]]|KEN}}
|[[Zürich]]
|-
|[[2023 in the sport of athletics|2023]]
|1:42.80
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Emmanuel Wanyonyi]]|KEN}}
|[[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene]]
|-
|[[2024 in the sport of athletics|2024]]
|1:41.11
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Emmanuel Wanyonyi]]|KEN}}
|[[Lausanne]]
|-
|[[2025 in the sport of athletics|2025]]
|1:41.44
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Emmanuel Wanyonyi]]|KEN}}
|[[Monaco]]
|}
{{col-2}}

===Women===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!Year
!Time
!Athlete
!Place
|-
|1970
|
|
|
|-
|1971
|2:00.00
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Vera Nikolić]]|YUG}}
|[[Helsinki]]
|-
|1972
|1:58.55 	
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Hildegard Falck]]|FRG}}
|[[Munich]]
|-
|1973
|1:57.48 
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Svetla Zlateva]]|BUL}}
|[[Athens]]
|-
|1974
|1:58.14 
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Lilyana Tomova]]|BUL}}
|[[Rome]]
|-
|1975
|1:59.87
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Marie-Françoise Dubois]]|FRA}}
|[[Montreal]]
|-
|1976
|1:54.94
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Tatyana Kazankina]]|URS}}
|[[Montreal]]
|-
|1977
|1:57.39
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Ileana Silai]]|ROU|1965}}
|[[Bucharest]]
|-
|1978
|1:55.80
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Tatyana Providokhina]]|URS}}
|[[Prague]]
|-
|[[1979 in athletics (track and field)|1979]]
|1:56.2
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Totka Petrova]]|BUL|1971}}
|[[Paris]]
|-
|[[1980 in athletics (track and field)|1980]]
|1:53.43
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Nadezhda Olizarenko]]|URS}}
|[[Moscow]]
|-
|[[1981 in athletics (track and field)|1981]]
|1:56.98
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Lyudmila Veselkova]]|URS}}
|[[Leningrad]]
|-
|[[1982 in athletics (track and field)|1982]]
|1:55.05
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Doina Melinte]]|ROU|1965}}
|[[Bucharest]]
|-
|[[1983 in athletics (track and field)|1983]]
|1:53.28
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Jarmila Kratochvílová]]|TCH}}
|[[Munich]]
|-
|[[1984 in athletics (track and field)|1984]]
|1:55.69
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Irina Podyalovskaya]]|URS}}
|[[Kyiv]]
|-
|[[1985 in athletics (track and field)|1985]]
|1:55.68
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Ella Kovacs]]|ROU|1965}}
|[[Bucharest]]
|-
|[[1986 in athletics (track and field)|1986]]
|1:56.2
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Doina Melinte]]|ROU|1965}}
|[[Bucharest]]
|-
|[[1987 in athletics (track and field)|1987]]
|1:55.26
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Sigrun Wodars]]|GDR}}
|[[Rome]]
|-
|rowspan=2|[[1988 in athletics (track and field)|1988]]
|rowspan=2|1:56.00
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Inna Yevseyeva]]|URS}}
|[[Kyiv]]
|-
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Nadezhda Olizarenko]]|URS}}
|[[Kharkiv]]
|-
|[[1989 in athletics (track and field)|1989]]
|1:54.44
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Ana Fidelia Quirot]]|CUB}}
|[[Barcelona]]
|-
|[[1990 in athletics (track and field)|1990]]
|1:55.87
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Sigrun Wodars]]|GDR}}
|[[Split (city)|Split]]
|-
|[[1991 in athletics (track and field)|1991]]
|1:57.23
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Svetlana Masterkova]]|RUS}}
|[[Kyiv]]
|-
|[[1992 in athletics (track and field)|1992]]
|1:55.54
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Ellen van Langen]]|NED}}
|[[Barcelona]]
|-
|[[1993 in athletics (track and field)|1993]]
|1:55.43
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Maria Mutola]]|MOZ}}
|[[Stuttgart]]
|-
|[[1994 in athletics (track and field)|1994]]
|1:55.19
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Maria Mutola]]|MOZ}}
|[[Zürich]]
|-
|[[1995 in athletics (track and field)|1995]]
|1:55.72
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Maria Mutola]]|MOZ}}
|[[Stade Louis II|Monaco]]
|-
|[[1996 in athletics (track and field)|1996]]
|1:56.04
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Svetlana Masterkova]]|RUS}}
|[[Stade Louis II|Monaco]]
|-
|[[1997 in athletics (track and field)|1997]]
|1:54.82
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Ana Fidelia Quirot]]|CUB}}
|[[Cologne]]
|-
|[[1998 in athletics (track and field)|1998]]
|1:56.11
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Maria Mutola]]|MOZ}}
|[[Zürich]]
|-
|[[1999 in athletics (track and field)|1999]]
|1:55.87
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Svetlana Masterkova]]|RUS}}
|[[Moscow]]
|-
|[[2000 in athletics (track and field)|2000]]
|1:56.15
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Maria Mutola]]|MOZ}}
|[[Sydney]]
|-
|[[2001 in athletics (track and field)|2001]]
|1:56.85
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Maria Mutola]]|MOZ}}
|[[Zürich]]
|-
|[[2002 in athletics (track and field)|2002]]
|1:55.19
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Jolanda Čeplak]]|SLO}}
|[[Heusden-Zolder]]
|-
|[[2003 in athletics (track and field)|2003]]
|1:55.55
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Maria Mutola]]|MOZ}}
|[[Madrid]]
|-
|[[2004 in athletics (track and field)|2004]]
|1:56.23
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Tatyana Andrianova]]|RUS}}
|[[Tula, Russia|Tula]]
|-
|[[2005 in athletics (track and field)|2005]]
|1:56.07
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Tatyana Andrianova]]|RUS}}
|[[Tula, Russia|Tula]]
|-
|[[2006 in athletics (track and field)|2006]]
|1:56.66
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Janeth Jepkosgei]]|KEN}}
|[[Lausanne]]
|-
|[[2007 in athletics (track and field)|2007]]
|1:56.04
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Janeth Jepkosgei]]|KEN}}
|[[Osaka]]
|-
|[[2008 in athletics (track and field)|2008]]
|1:54.01
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Pamela Jelimo]]|KEN}}
|[[Zürich]]
|-
|[[2009 in athletics (track and field)|2009]]
|1:55.45
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Caster Semenya]]|RSA}}
|[[Berlin]]
|-
|[[2010 in athletics (track and field)|2010]]
|1:57.34
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Alysia Johnson]]|USA}}
|[[Stade Louis II|Monaco]]
|-
|[[2011 in athletics (track and field)|2011]]
|1:56.35
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Caster Semenya]]|RSA}}
|[[Daegu]]
|-
|[[2012 in athletics (track and field)|2012]]
|1:56.59
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Francine Niyonsaba]]|BDI}}
|[[Brussels]]
|-
|[[2013 in athletics (track and field)|2013]]
|1:56.72
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Francine Niyonsaba]]|BDI}}
|[[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene]]
|-
|[[2014 in athletics (track and field)|2014]]
|1:57.67
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Ajeé Wilson]]|USA}}
|[[Stade Louis II|Monaco]]
|-
|[[2015 in athletics (track and field)|2015]]
|1:56.99
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Eunice Sum]]|KEN}}
|[[Stade de France|Saint-Denis]]
|-
|[[2016 in athletics (track and field)|2016]]
|1:55.28
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Caster Semenya]]|RSA}}
|[[Estádio Olímpico João Havelange|Rio de Janeiro]]
|-
|[[2017 in athletics (track and field)|2017]]
|1:55.16
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Caster Semenya]]|RSA}}
|[[London]]
|-
|[[2018 in athletics (track and field)|2018]]
|1:54.25
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Caster Semenya]]|RSA}}
|[[Paris]]
|-
|[[2019 in athletics (track and field)|2019]]
|1:54.98
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Caster Semenya]]|RSA}}
|[[Doha]]
|-
|[[2020 in athletics (track and field)|2020]]
|1:57.68
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Faith Kipyegon]]|KEN}}
|[[Doha]]
|-
|[[2021 in the sport of athletics|2021]]
|1:55.04
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Athing Mu]]|USA}}
|[[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene]]
|-
|[[2022 in the sport of athletics|2022]]
|1:56.30
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Athing Mu]]|USA}}
|[[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene]]
|-
|[[2023 in the sport of athletics|2023]]
|1:54.97
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Athing Mu]]|USA}}
|[[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene]]
|-
|[[2024 in the sport of athletics|2024]]
|1:54.61
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Keely Hodgkinson]]|GBR}}
|[[London]]
|-
|[[2025 in the sport of athletics|2025]]
|1:54.62
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Lilian Odira]]|KEN}}
|[[Tokyo]]
|}
{{col-end}}


==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20190501235907/https://iaaf.gekko.de/?a=middle-long&d=800-metres IAAF list of 800-metres records in XML]

{{Athletics events}}

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[[Category:Middle-distance running disciplines]]
[[Category:Summer Olympic disciplines in athletics]]