Main > Men, 800 m > Olympic Records Progression
All records considered statistically valid, but some of them, were unratified for various reasons.
•   - Record was ratified           *   - Record was repeated
 
• 2.10.0 Edwin Flack AUS Athens Apr 06, 1896
• 1.59.0 David Hall USA Paris Jul 14, 1900
• 1.56.0 James Lightbody USA St.Louis Sep 01, 1904
• 1.52.8 Melvin Sheppard USA London Jul 21, 1908
• 1.51.9 Ted Meredith USA Stockholm Jul 08, 1912
• 1.51.8 Douglas Lowe GBR Amsterdam Jul 31, 1928
• 1.49.8 Thomas Hampson GBR Los Angles Aug 02, 1932
• 1.49.2 Malvin Whitfield USA London Aug 02, 1948
• 1.49.2* Malvin Whitfield USA Helsinki Jul 22, 1952
• 1.47.7 Tom Courtney USA Melbourne Nov 26, 1956
• 1.47.1 George Kerr JAM Rome Sep 01, 1960
• 1.46.3 Peter Snell NZL Rome Sep 02, 1960
• 1.46.1 George Kerr JAM Tokyo Oct 15, 1964
• 1.46.1* Wilson Kiprugut KEN Tokyo Oct 15, 1964
• 1.45.1 Peter Snell NZL Tokyo Oct 16, 1964
• 1.44.3 Ralph Doubell AUS Mexico City Oct 15, 1968
• 1.43.50 Alberto Juantorena CUB Montreal Jul 25, 1976
• 1.43.00 Joaquim Cruz BRA Los Angles Aug 06, 1984
• 1.42.58 Vebjörn Rodal NOR Atlanta Jul 31, 1996
• 1.40.91 David Lekuta Rudisha KEN London Aug 09, 2012