Signatures
800 Meters World Record Holders - Men
Time
|
Athlete
|
Nationality
|
Date
|
1:51.9
|
Ted Meredith
|
United States
|
July 8, 1912
|
1:51.6
|
Otto Peltzer
|
Germany
|
July 3, 1926
|
1:50.6
|
Sera Martin
|
France
|
July 14, 1928
|
1:49.8
|
Tommy Hampson
|
Great Britain |
August 2, 1932
|
1:49.8 |
Ben Eastman
|
United States |
June 16, 1934
|
1:49.7 |
Glenn Cunningham
|
United States |
August 20, 1936
|
1:49.6 |
Elroy Robinson
|
United States
|
July 11, 1937
|
1:48.4
|
Sydney Wooderson
|
Great Britain |
August 20, 1938
|
1:46.6
|
Rudolf Harbig
|
Germany
|
July 15, 1939
|
1:45.7
|
Roger Moens
|
Belgium
|
August 3, 1955
|
1:44.3
|
Peter Snell
|
New Zealand
|
February 3, 1962
|
1:44.3
|
Ralph Doubell
|
Australia
|
October 15, 1968
|
1:44.3
|
Dave Wottle
|
United States |
July 1, 1972
|
1:43.7
|
Marcello Fiasconaro
|
Italy
|
June 27, 1973
|
1:43.50
|
Alberto Juantorena |
Cuba
|
July 25, 1976
|
1:43.44
|
Alberto Juantorena
|
Cuba
|
August 21, 1977
|
1:42.33
|
Sebastian Coe |
Great Britain
|
July 5, 1979
|
1:41.73
|
Sebastian Coe
|
Great Britain |
June 10, 1981
|
1:41.73
|
Wilson Kipketer |
Denmark
|
July 7, 1997
|
1:41.24
|
Wilson Kipketer |
Denmark |
August 13, 1997
|
1:41.11
|
Wilson Kipketer
|
Denmark |
August 24, 1997
|
1:41.09
|
David Rudisha |
Kenya
|
August 22, 2010
|
1:41.01
|
David Rudisha |
Kenya |
August 29, 2010
|
1:40.91
|
David Rudisha
|
Kenya |
August 9, 2012
|