Main > Women, 800 m > World Championships Records Progression
All records considered statistically valid, but some of them, were unratified for various reasons.
•   - Record was ratified           *   - Record was repeated
 
• 2.02.08 Margit Klinger FRG Helsinki Aug 07, 1983
• 1.59.55 Yekaterina Podkopayeva URS Helsinki Aug 08, 1983
• 1.59.33 Lyubov Gurina URS Helsinki Aug 08, 1983
• 1.54.68 Jarmila Kratochvilova TCH Helsinki Aug 09, 1983
  1.54.62 Lilian Odira KEN Tokyo Sep 21, 2025