Main > Men, 800 m > World Records Progression
All records considered statistically valid, but some of them, were unratified for various reasons.
•   - Record was ratified           *   - Record was repeated Chart
 
  2.06.0y A. Wood GBR 1830
  2.05.0y J. Blackwood GBR Addiscombe Apr 25, 1857
  2.04.0y Wiliam Way GBR Oxford Nov 25, 1859
  2.03.0y Charlie Grey IRL Dublin Jun 27, 1861
  2.03.0*y Percy Thornton GBR London Dec 16, 1865
  2.02.5y Percy Thornton GBR London Dec 16, 1865
  2.02.4y Francis Pelham GBR Cambridge Mar 23, 1867
  2.01.0y Kinross Gair GBR Edinburgh Jun 26, 1867
  2.01.0*y George Templer USA London Mar 27, 1872
  2.01.0*y Thomas Christie USA London Mar 27, 1872
  1.59.8y Arthur Pelham GBR Cambridge Mar 26, 1873
  1.59.5y Walter Slade GBR Dublin Jun 05, 1876
  1.58.8y Walter Slade GBR Dublin Jun 06, 1876
  1.58.2y Walter Slade GBR Belfast Jun 10, 1876
  1.57.5y Frederic Elborough GBR London Oct 07, 1876
  1.56.2y Lawrence Myers USA New York Jul 17, 1880
  1.55.8y Lawrence Myers USA London Jul 02, 1881
  1.55.6y Lawrence Myers USA New York Oct 08, 1881
  1.55.6*y Lawrence Myers USA New York Sep 16, 1882
  1.55.4y Lawrence Myers USA Birmingham Jul 07, 1884
  1.55.4*y Lawrence Myers USA New York Oct 03, 1885
  1.54.6y Francis Cross GBR Oxford Mar 09, 1888
  1.54.5y Walter Dohm USA New York Sep 19, 1891
  1.53.4y Charles Kilpatrick USA New York Sep 21, 1895
  1.52.8 Melvin Sheppard USA London Jul 21, 1908
  1.52.1y Emilio Lunghi ITA Montreal Sep 15, 1909
• 1.51.9 Ted Meredith USA Stockholm Jul 08, 1912
• 1.51.6y Otto Peltzer GER London Jul 03, 1926
  1.51.4 Lloyd Hahn USA Cambridge Mass Jul 07, 1928
• 1.50.6 Séra Martin FRA Colombes Jul 14, 1928
  1.50.0 Benjamin Eastman USA San Francisco Jun 04, 1932
• 1.49.8 Thomas Hampson GBR Los Angeles Aug 02, 1932
• 1.49.8y Benjamin Eastman USA Princeton Jun 16, 1934
• 1.49.7 Glenn Cunningham USA Stockholm Aug 20, 1936
• 1.49.6y Elroy Robinson USA New York Jul 11, 1937
• 1.48.4 Sydney Wooderson GBR Motspur Park Aug 20, 1938
• 1.46.6 Rudolf Harbig GER Milan Jul 15, 1939
• 1.45.7 Roger Moens BEL Oslo Aug 03, 1955
• 1.44.3 Peter Snell NZL Christchurch Feb 03, 1962
  1.44.3*y Jim Ryun USA Terre Haute Oct 06, 1966
• 1.44.3* Ralph Doubell AUS Mexico City Oct 15, 1968
• 1.44.3* David Wottle USA Eugene Jul 01, 1972
• 1.44.6y Rick Wohlhuter USA Los Angeles May 27, 1973
• 1.43.7 Marcello Fiasconaro ITA Milan Jun 27, 1973
• 1.44.1y Rick Wohlhuter USA Eugene Jun 08, 1974
• 1.43.50 Alberto Juantorena CUB Montreal Jul 25, 1976
• 1.43.44 Alberto Juantorena CUB Sofia Aug 21, 1977
• 1.42.33 Sebastian Coe GBR Oslo Jul 05, 1979
• 1.41.73 Sebastian Coe GBR Firenze Jun 10, 1981
• 1.41.73* Wilson Kipketer DEN Stockholm Jul 07, 1997
• 1.41.24 Wilson Kipketer DEN Zürich Aug 13, 1997
• 1.41.11 Wilson Kipketer DEN Köln Aug 24, 1997
• 1.41.09 David Lekuta Rudisha KEN Berlin Aug 22, 2010
• 1.41.01 David Lekuta Rudisha KEN Rieti Aug 29, 2010
  1.40.91 David Lekuta Rudisha KEN London Aug 09, 2012