800 metres

For the 2022 Netflix docuseries, see 800 Meters.

The 800 metres, or 800 meters (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.

Athletics 800 metres
Men's 800 metres final in Daegu 2011.
World records
Men	David Rudisha (KEN) 1:40.91 (2012)
Women	Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH) 1:53.28 (1983)
Short track world records
Men	Wilson Kipketer (DEN) 1:42.67 (1997)
Women	Jolanda Čeplak (SLO) 1:55.82 (2002)
Olympic records
Men	David Rudisha (KEN) 1:40.91 (2012)
Women	Nadezhda Olizarenko (URS) 1:53.43 (1980)
World Championship records
Men	Donavan Brazier (USA) 1:42.34 (2019)
Women	Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH) 1:54.68 (1983)
World junior (U20) records
Men	Nijel Amos (BOT) 1:41.73 (2012)
Women	Pamela Jelimo (KEN) 1:54.01 (2008)

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 endurance with 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 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.^[1]

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 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]} 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.^[2]

Continental records

• Updated 10 August 2024.^[3][4]

Area	Men			Women
	Time	Athlete	Nation	Time	Athlete	Nation
Africa (records)	1:40.91 WR	David Rudisha	Kenya	1:54.01	Pamela Jelimo	Kenya
Asia (records)	1:42.79	Yusuf Saad Kamel	Bahrain	1:55.54	Liu Dong	China
Europe (records)	1:41.11	Wilson Kipketer	Denmark	1:53.28 WR	Jarmila Kratochvílová	Czechoslovakia
North, Central America and Caribbean (records)	1:41.20	Marco Arop	Canada	1:54.44	Ana Fidelia Quirot	Cuba
Oceania (records)	1:43.99	Joseph Deng	Australia	1:57.78	Catriona Bisset	Australia
South America (records)	1:41.77	Joaquim Cruz	Brazil	1:56.58	Letitia Vriesde	Suriname

All-time top 25

See also: 800 metres world record progression

Tables show data for two definitions of "Top 25" - the top 25 800m times and the top 25 athletes:

- denotes top performance for athletes in the top 25 800m times

- denotes lesser performances, still in the top 25 800m times, by repeat athletes

- denotes top performance (only) for other top 25 athletes who fall outside the top 25 800m times

Men (outdoor)

• Correct as of 4 April 2025.^[5]

Ath.#	Perf.#	Time	Athlete	Nation	Date	Place	Ref.
1	1	1:40.91	David Rudisha	Kenya	9 August 2012	London	[6]
	2	1:41.01	Rudisha #2		29 August 2010	Rieti
	3	1:41.09	Rudisha #3		22 August 2010	Berlin
2	4	1:41.11	Wilson Kipketer	Denmark	24 August 1997	Cologne
			Emmanuel Wanyonyi	Kenya	22 August 2024	Lausanne	[7]
	6	1:41.19	Wanyonyi #2		10 August 2024	Saint-Denis	[8]
4	7	1:41.20	Marco Arop	Canada	10 August 2024	Saint-Denis	[8]
	8	1:41.24	Kipketer #2		13 August 1997	Zürich
	9	1:41.33	Rudisha #4		10 September 2011	Rieti
5	10	1:41.46	Djamel Sedjati	Algeria	12 July 2024	Monaco	[9]
	11	1:41.50	Sedjati #2		10 August 2024	Saint-Denis	[8]
	12	1:41.51	Rudisha #5		10 July 2010	Heusden-Zolder
	13	1:41.54	Rudisha #6		6 July 2012	Paris
	14	1:41.56	Sedjati #3		7 July 2024	Paris	[10]
	15	1:41.58	Wanyonyi #3		7 July 2024	Paris	[10]
6	16	1:41.61	Gabriel Tual	France	7 July 2024	Paris	[10]
7	17	1:41.67	Bryce Hoppel	United States	10 August 2024	Saint-Denis	[8]
	18	1:41.70	Wanyonyi #4		15 June 2024	Nairobi	[11]
	19	1:41.72	Arop #2		22 August 2024	Lausanne	[7]
8	20	1:41.73	Sebastian Coe	Great Britain	10 June 1981	Florence
	20	1:41.73	Kipketer #3		7 July 1997	Stockholm
8	20	1:41.73	Nijel Amos	Botswana	9 August 2012	London
	23	1:41.74	Rudisha #7		9 June 2012	New York City
10	24	1:41.77	Joaquim Cruz	Brazil	26 August 1984	Cologne
	25	1:41.83	Kipketer #4		1 September 1996	Rieti
11		1:42.04	Mohamed Attaoui	Spain	12 July 2024	Monaco	[9]
12		1:42.05	Emmanuel Korir	Kenya	22 July 2018	London	[12]
13		1:42.08	Aaron Kemei Cheminingwa	Kenya	7 July 2024	Paris	[10]
			Wyclife Kinyamal	Kenya	7 July 2024	Paris	[10]
15		1:42.23	Abubaker Kaki	Sudan	4 June 2010	Oslo	[13]
16		1:42.27	Ben Pattison	United Kingdom	12 July 2024	Monaco	[9]
17		1:42.28	Sammy Koskei	Kenya	26 August 1984	Cologne
18		1:42.34	Wilfred Bungei	Kenya	8 September 2002	Rieti
			Donavan Brazier	United States	1 October 2019	Doha	[14]
20		1:42.37	Mohammed Aman	Ethiopia	6 September 2013	Brussels	[15]
21		1:42.43	Eliott Crestan	Belgium	7 July 2024	Paris	[10]
22		1:42.47	Yuriy Borzakovskiy	Russia	24 August 2001	Brussels
23		1:42.51	Amel Tuka	Bosnia and Herzegovina	17 July 2015	Monaco	[16]
24		1:42.53	Timothy Kitum	Kenya	9 August 2012	London
			Pierre-Ambroise Bosse	France	18 July 2014	Monaco

Women (outdoor)

• Updated July 2024.^[17]

Ath.#	Perf.#	Time	Athlete	Nation	Date	Place	Ref.
1	1	1:53.28	Jarmila Kratochvílová	Czechoslovakia	26 July 1983	Munich
2	2	1:53.43	Nadezhda Olizarenko	Soviet Union	27 July 1980	Moscow
3	3	1:54.01	Pamela Jelimo	Kenya	29 August 2008	Zürich
4	4	1:54.25	Caster Semenya	South Africa	30 June 2018	Paris	[18]
5	5	1:54.44	Ana Fidelia Quirot	Cuba	9 September 1989	Barcelona
	6	1:54.60	Semenya #2		20 July 2018	Monaco
6	7	1:54.61	Keely Hodgkinson	Great Britain	20 July 2024	London	[19]
	8	1:54.68	Kratochvílová #2		9 August 1983	Helsinki
	9	1:54.77	Semenya #3		9 September 2018	Ostrava
7	10	1:54.81	Olga Mineyeva	Soviet Union	27 July 1980	Moscow
	11	1:54.82	Quirot #2		24 August 1997	Cologne
	12	1:54.85	Olizarenko #2		12 June 1980	Moscow
	13	1:54.87	Jelimo #2		18 August 2008	Beijing
8	14	1:54.94	Tatyana Kazankina	Soviet Union	26 July 1976	Montreal
	15	1:54.97	Jelimo #3		18 July 2008	Paris
9	15	1:54.97	Athing Mu	United States	17 September 2023	Eugene	[20]
	17	1:54.98	Semenya #4		3 May 2019	Doha
	18	1:54.99	Jelimo #4		1 June 2008	Berlin
	19	1:55.04	Kratochvílová #3		23 August 1983	Oslo
	20	1:55.04	Mu #2		21 August 2021	Eugene	[21]
10	21	1:55.05	Doina Melinte	Romania	1 August 1982	Bucharest
	22	1:55.16	Jelimo #5		5 September 2008	Brussels
			Semenya #5		13 August 2017	London
11	24	1:55.19	Maria Mutola	Mozambique	17 August 1994	Zürich
			Jolanda Čeplak	Slovenia	20 July 2002	Heusden-Zolder
	24	1:55.19	Hodgkinson #2		17 September 2023	Eugene	[20]
13		1:55.26	Sigrun Wodars	East Germany	31 August 1987	Rome
14		1:55.32	Christine Wachtel	East Germany	31 August 1987	Rome
15		1:55.42	Nikolina Shtereva	Bulgaria	26 July 1976	Montreal
16		1:55.46	Tatyana Providokhina	Soviet Union	27 July 1980	Moscow
17		1:55.47	Francine Niyonsaba	Burundi	21 July 2017	Monaco	[22]
18		1:55.54	Ellen van Langen	Netherlands	3 August 1992	Barcelona
			Liu Dong	China	9 September 1993	Beijing
20		1:55.56	Lyubov Gurina	Soviet Union	31 August 1987	Rome
21		1:55.60	Elfi Zinn	East Germany	26 July 1976	Montreal
22		1:55.61	Ajeé Wilson	United States	21 July 2017	Monaco	[22]
			Jemma Reekie	Great Britain	20 July 2024	London	[19]
24		1:55.68	Ella Kovacs	Romania	2 June 1985	Bucharest
25		1:55.69	Irina Podyalovskaya	Soviet Union	22 June 1984	Kyiv

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.^[23]

Ath.#	Perf.#	Time	Athlete	Nation	Date	Place	Ref.
1	1	1:42.67	Wilson Kipketer	Denmark	9 March 1997	Paris
2	2	1:43.24	Josh Hoey	United States	23 February 2025	New York City	[24]
3	3	1:43.63	Elliot Giles	Great Britain	17 February 2021	Toruń
	4	1:43.90	Hoey #2		8 February 2025	New York City	[25]
	5	1:43.96	Kipketer #2		7 March 1997	Paris
4	6	1:43.98	Michael Saruni	Kenya	9 February 2019	New York City
5	7	1:44.15	Yuriy Borzakovskiy	Russia	27 January 2001	Karlsruhe
6	8	1:44.19	Bryce Hoppel	United States	8 February 2025	New York City	[25]
7	9	1:44.21	Emmanuel Korir	Kenya	3 February 2018	New York City
			Donavan Brazier	United States	13 February 2021	New York City
	11	1:44.22	Brazier #2		8 February 2020	New York City
9	12	1:44.26	Brandon Miller	United States	23 February 2025	New York City	[24]
	13	1:44.34	Borzakovskiy #2		18 February 2003	Stockholm
	14	1:44.35	Borzakovskiy #3		30 January 2000	Dortmund
	15	1:44.37	Hoppel #2		31 January 2021	Fayetteville
	16	1:44.41	Brazier #3		9 February 2019	New York City
	17	1:44.49	Borzakovskiy #4		11 March 2001	Lisbon
10	18	1:44.52	Mohammed Aman	Ethiopia	15 February 2014	Birmingham
11	19	1:44.54	Jamie Webb	Great Britain	17 February 2021	Toruń
12	20	1:44.57	Adam Kszczot	Poland	14 February 2012	Liévin
	21	1:44.58	Borzakovskiy #5		12 February 2004	Stockholm
13	22	1:44.65	Josué Canales	Spain	19 January 2025	Luxembourg	[26]
	23	1:44.68	Kipketer #3		18 February 2003	Stockholm
14	24	1:44.69	Eliott Crestan	Belgium	4 February 2025	Ostrava	[27]
15	25	1:44.71	Joseph Mutua	Kenya	31 January 2004	Stuttgart
16		1:44.75	Ismail Ahmed Ismail	Sudan	26 February 2009	Prague
17		1:44.78	Paweł Czapiewski	Poland	3 March 2002	Vienna
18		1:44.81	Abubaker Kaki	Sudan	9 March 2008	Valencia
19		1:44.82	Mehdi Baala	France	18 February 2003	Stockholm
			Jonah Koech	United States	8 February 2025	New York City	[25]
21		1:44.84	Paul Ereng	Kenya	4 March 1989	Budapest
22		1:44.88	Nico Motchebon	Germany	5 February 1995	Stuttgart
			Samuel Chapple	Netherlands	9 March 2025	Apeldoorn	[28]
24		1:44.91	Sebastian Coe	Great Britain	12 March 1983	Cosford
			Mbulaeni Mulaudzi	South Africa	9 March 2008	Valencia

Women (indoor)

• Updated March 2025.^[29]

Ath.#	Perf.#	Time	Athlete	Nation	Date	Place	Ref.
1	1	1:55.82	Jolanda Čeplak	Slovenia	3 March 2002	Vienna
2	2	1:55.85	Stephanie Graf	Austria	3 March 2002	Vienna
3	3	1:56.40	Christine Wachtel	East Germany	13 February 1988	Vienna
	4	1:56.85	Graf #2		10 February 2002	Ghent
4	5	1:56.90	Ludmila Formanová	Czech Republic	7 March 1999	Maebashi
5	6	1:57.06	Maria Mutola	Mozambique	21 February 1999	Liévin
	7	1:57.13	Mutola #2		18 February 1996	Liévin
	8	1:57.17	Mutola #3		7 March 1999	Maebashi
	9	1:57.18	Čeplak #2		10 February 2002	Ghent
6	9	1:57.18	Keely Hodgkinson	Great Britain	25 February 2023	Birmingham	[30]
	11	1:57.20	Hodgkinson #2		19 February 2022	Birmingham
7	12	1:57.23	Inna Yevseyeva	Ukraine	1 February 1992	Moscow
8	13	1:57.47	Natalya Tsyganova	Russia	7 March 1999	Maebashi
	14	1:57.48	Mutola #4		10 February 2002	Ghent
			Mutola #5		15 February 2004	Karlsruhe
9	16	1:57.51	Olga Kotlyarova	Russia	18 February 2006	Moscow
10	17	1:57.52	Gudaf Tsegay	Ethiopia	14 February 2021	Val-de-Reuil
	18	1:57.53	Graf #3		25 February 2001	Liévin
11	19	1:57.53	Larisa Chzhao	Russia	23 January 2005	Moscow
	20	1:57.55	Mutola #6		14 March 1993	Toronto
	21	1:57.61	Graf #4		17 February 2002	Birmingham
	22	1:57.62	Mutola #7		12 March 1995	Barcelona
	23	1:57.64	Wachtel #2		10 February 1988	Turin
12	24	1:57.67	Sigrun Wodars	East Germany	13 February 1988	Vienna
	25	1:57.68	Graf #5		15 February 2001	Stockholm
13		1:57.86	Habitam Alemu	Ethiopia	6 February 2024	Toruń	[31]
14		1:57.91	Jemma Reekie	Great Britain	1 February 2020	Glasgow
15		1:58.10	Mariya Savinova	Russia	8 March 2009	Turin
16		1:58.14	Yuliya Stepanova	Russia	17 February 2011	Moscow
17		1:58.29	Ajeé Wilson	United States	8 February 2020	New York City
18		1:58.31	Francine Niyonsaba	Burundi	4 March 2018	Birmingham
19		1:58.34	Svetlana Cherkasova	Russia	4 February 2006	Moscow
20		1:58.35	Tsige Duguma	Ethiopia	2 March 2024	Glasgow	[32]
21		1:58.37	Helena Fuchsova	Czech Republic	25 February 2001	Liévin
22		1:58.40	Athing Mu	United States	27 February 2021	Fayetteville
			Prudence Sekgodiso	South Africa	23 March 2025	Nanjing	[33]
24		1:58.43	Jennifer Meadows	Great Britain	14 March 2010	Doha
25		1:58.44	Laura Muir	Great Britain	1 February 2020	Glasgow

U20 records and U18 world bests

• Updated 9 August 2012.^[3][4]

Age group	Men			Women
	Time	Athlete	Nation	Time	Athlete	Nation
U20 (records)	1:41.73	Nijel Amos	Botswana	1:54.01	Pamela Jelimo	Kenya
U18 (world bests)	1:43.37	Mohammed Aman	Ethiopia	1:57.18	Wang Yuan	China

Olympic medalists

Men

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Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1896 Athens details	Edwin Flack  Australia	Nándor Dáni  Hungary	Dimitrios Golemis  Greece
1900 Paris details	Alfred Tysoe  Great Britain	John Cregan  United States	David Hall  United States
1904 St. Louis details	Jim Lightbody  United States	Howard Valentine  United States	Emil Breitkreutz  United States
1908 London details	Mel Sheppard  United States	Emilio Lunghi  Italy	Hanns Braun  Germany
1912 Stockholm details	Ted Meredith  United States	Mel Sheppard  United States	Ira Davenport  United States
1920 Antwerp details	Albert Hill  Great Britain	Earl Eby  United States	Bevil Rudd  South Africa
1924 Paris details	Douglas Lowe  Great Britain	Paul Martin  Switzerland	Schuyler Enck  United States
1928 Amsterdam details	Douglas Lowe  Great Britain	Erik Byléhn  Sweden	Hermann Engelhard  Germany
1932 Los Angeles details	Tommy Hampson  Great Britain	Alex Wilson  Canada	Phil Edwards  Canada
1936 Berlin details	John Woodruff  United States	Mario Lanzi  Italy	Phil Edwards  Canada
1948 London details	Mal Whitfield  United States	Arthur Wint  Jamaica	Marcel Hansenne  France
1952 Helsinki details	Mal Whitfield  United States	Arthur Wint  Jamaica	Heinz Ulzheimer  Germany
1956 Melbourne details	Tom Courtney  United States	Derek Johnson  Great Britain	Audun Boysen  Norway
1960 Rome details	Peter Snell  New Zealand	Roger Moens  Belgium	George Kerr  British West Indies
1964 Tokyo details	Peter Snell  New Zealand	Bill Crothers  Canada	Wilson Kiprugut  Kenya
1968 Mexico City details	Ralph Doubell  Australia	Wilson Kiprugut  Kenya	Tom Farrell  United States
1972 Munich details	Dave Wottle  United States	Yevhen Arzhanov  Soviet Union	Mike Boit  Kenya
1976 Montreal details	Alberto Juantorena  Cuba	Ivo Van Damme  Belgium	Rick Wohlhuter  United States
1980 Moscow details	Steve Ovett  Great Britain	Sebastian Coe  Great Britain	Nikolay Kirov  Soviet Union
1984 Los Angeles details	Joaquim Cruz  Brazil	Sebastian Coe  Great Britain	Earl Jones  United States
1988 Seoul details	Paul Ereng  Kenya	Joaquim Cruz  Brazil	Saïd Aouita  Morocco
1992 Barcelona details	William Tanui  Kenya	Nixon Kiprotich  Kenya	Johnny Gray  United States
1996 Atlanta details	Vebjørn Rodal  Norway	Hezekiél Sepeng  South Africa	Frederick Onyancha  Kenya
2000 Sydney details	Nils Schumann  Germany	Wilson Kipketer  Denmark	Djabir Saïd-Guerni  Algeria
2004 Athens details	Yuriy Borzakovskiy  Russia	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi  South Africa	Wilson Kipketer  Denmark
2008 Beijing details	Wilfred Bungei  Kenya	Ismail Ahmed Ismail  Sudan	Alfred Kirwa Yego  Kenya
2012 London details	David Rudisha  Kenya	Nijel Amos  Botswana	Timothy Kitum  Kenya
2016 Rio de Janeiro details	David Rudisha  Kenya	Taoufik Makhloufi  Algeria	Clayton Murphy  United States
2020 Tokyo details	Emmanuel Korir  Kenya	Ferguson Rotich  Kenya	Patryk Dobek  Poland
2024 Paris details	Emmanuel Wanyonyi  Kenya	Marco Arop  Canada	Djamel Sedjati  Algeria

Women

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Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1928 Amsterdam details	Lina Radke  Germany	Kinuye Hitomi  Japan	Inga Gentzel  Sweden
1932–1956	not included in the Olympic program
1960 Rome details	Lyudmila Shevtsova  Soviet Union	Brenda Jones  Australia	Ursula Donath  United Team of Germany
1964 Tokyo details	Ann Packer  Great Britain	Maryvonne Dupureur  France	Marise Chamberlain  New Zealand
1968 Mexico City details	Madeline Manning  United States	Ileana Silai  Romania	Mia Gommers  Netherlands
1972 Munich details	Hildegard Falck  West Germany	Nijolė Sabaitė  Soviet Union	Gunhild Hoffmeister  East Germany
1976 Montreal details	Tatyana Kazankina  Soviet Union	Nikolina Shtereva  Bulgaria	Elfi Zinn  East Germany
1980 Moscow details	Nadezhda Olizarenko  Soviet Union	Olga Mineyeva  Soviet Union	Tatyana Providokhina  Soviet Union
1984 Los Angeles details	Doina Melinte  Romania	Kim Gallagher  United States	Fiţa Lovin  Romania
1988 Seoul details	Sigrun Wodars  East Germany	Christine Wachtel  East Germany	Kim Gallagher  United States
1992 Barcelona details	Ellen van Langen  Netherlands	Liliya Nurutdinova  Unified Team	Ana Fidelia Quirot  Cuba
1996 Atlanta details	Svetlana Masterkova  Russia	Ana Fidelia Quirot  Cuba	Maria Mutola  Mozambique
2000 Sydney details	Maria Mutola  Mozambique	Stephanie Graf  Austria	Kelly Holmes  Great Britain
2004 Athens details	Kelly Holmes  Great Britain	Hasna Benhassi  Morocco	Jolanda Čeplak  Slovenia
2008 Beijing details	Pamela Jelimo  Kenya	Janeth Jepkosgei  Kenya	Hasna Benhassi  Morocco
2012 London details	Caster Semenya  South Africa[34][35]	Ekaterina Poistogova  Russia	Pamela Jelimo  Kenya
2016 Rio de Janeiro details	Caster Semenya  South Africa	Francine Niyonsaba  Burundi	Margaret Wambui  Kenya
2020 Tokyo details	Athing Mu  United States	Keely Hodgkinson  Great Britain	Raevyn Rogers  United States
2024 Paris details	Keely Hodgkinson  Great Britain	Tsige Duguma  Ethiopia	Mary Moraa  Kenya

World Championships medalists

Men

Championships	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1983 Helsinki details	Willi Wülbeck (FRG)	Rob Druppers (NED)	Joaquim Cruz (BRA)
1987 Rome details	Billy Konchellah (KEN)	Peter Elliott (GBR)	José Luíz Barbosa (BRA)
1991 Tokyo details	Billy Konchellah (KEN)	José Luíz Barbosa (BRA)	Mark Everett (USA)
1993 Stuttgart details	Paul Ruto (KEN)	Giuseppe D'Urso (ITA)	Billy Konchellah (KEN)
1995 Gothenburg details	Wilson Kipketer (DEN)	Arthémon Hatungimana (BDI)	Vebjørn Rodal (NOR)
1997 Athens details	Wilson Kipketer (DEN)	Norberto Téllez (CUB)	Rich Kenah (USA)
1999 Seville details	Wilson Kipketer (DEN)	Hezekiél Sepeng (RSA)	Djabir Saïd-Guerni (ALG)
2001 Edmonton details	André Bucher (SUI)	Wilfred Bungei (KEN)	Paweł Czapiewski (POL)
2003 Saint-Denis details	Djabir Saïd-Guerni (ALG)	Yuriy Borzakovskiy (RUS)	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi (RSA)
2005 Helsinki details	Rashid Ramzi (BHR)	Yuriy Borzakovskiy (RUS)	William Yiampoy (KEN)
2007 Osaka details	Alfred Kirwa Yego (KEN)	Gary Reed (CAN)	Yuriy Borzakovskiy (RUS)
2009 Berlin details	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi (RSA)	Alfred Kirwa Yego (KEN)	Yusuf Saad Kamel (BHR)
2011 Daegu details	David Rudisha (KEN)	Abubaker Kaki (SUD)	Yuriy Borzakovskiy (RUS)
2013 Moscow details	Mohammed Aman (ETH)	Nick Symmonds (USA)	Ayanleh Souleiman (DJI)
2015 Beijing details	David Rudisha (KEN)	Adam Kszczot (POL)	Amel Tuka (BIH)
2017 London details	Pierre-Ambroise Bosse (FRA)	Adam Kszczot (POL)	Kipyegon Bett (KEN)
2019 Doha details	Donavan Brazier (USA)	Amel Tuka (BIH)	Ferguson Cheruiyot Rotich (KEN)
2022 Eugene details	Emmanuel Korir (KEN)	Djamel Sedjati (ALG)	Marco Arop (CAN)
2023 Budapest details	Marco Arop (CAN)	Emmanuel Wanyonyi (KEN)	Ben Pattison (GBR)

Medalists by country

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Kenya (KEN)	7	3	4	14
2	Denmark (DEN)	3	0	0	3
3	United States (USA)	1	1	2	4
4	Algeria (ALG)	1	1	1	3
	South Africa (RSA)	1	1	1	3
	Canada (CAN)	1	1	1	3
7	Bahrain (BHR)	1	0	1	2
8	Ethiopia (ETH)	1	0	0	1
	Switzerland (SUI)	1	0	0	1
	West Germany (FRG)	1	0	0	1
	France (FRA)	1	0	0	1
12	Russia (RUS)	0	2	2	4
13	Poland (POL)	0	2	1	3
14	Brazil (BRA)	0	1	2	3
15	Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)	0	1	1	2
	Great Britain (GBR)	0	1	1	2
17	Italy (ITA)	0	1	0	1
	Netherlands (NED)	0	1	0	1
	Sudan (SUD)	0	1	0	1
	Burundi (BDI)	0	1	0	1
	Cuba (CUB)	0	1	0	1
22	Djibouti (DJI)	0	0	1	1
	Norway (NOR)	0	0	1	1

Women

Championships	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1983 Helsinki details	Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH)	Lyubov Gurina (URS)	Yekaterina Podkopayeva (URS)
1987 Rome details	Sigrun Wodars (GDR)	Christine Wachtel (GDR)	Lyubov Gurina (URS)
1991 Tokyo details	Liliya Nurutdinova (URS)	Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB)	Ella Kovacs (ROU)
1993 Stuttgart details	Maria Mutola (MOZ)	Lyubov Gurina (RUS)	Ella Kovacs (ROU)
1995 Gothenburg details	Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB)	Letitia Vriesde (SUR)	Kelly Holmes (GBR)
1997 Athens details	Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB)	Yelena Afanasyeva (RUS)	Maria Mutola (MOZ)
1999 Seville details	Ludmila Formanová (CZE)	Maria Mutola (MOZ)	Svetlana Masterkova (RUS)
2001 Edmonton details	Maria Mutola (MOZ)	Stephanie Graf (AUT)	Letitia Vriesde (SUR)
2003 Saint-Denis details	Maria Mutola (MOZ)	Kelly Holmes (GBR)	Natalya Khrushcheleva (RUS)
2005 Helsinki details	Zulia Calatayud (CUB)	Hasna Benhassi (MAR)	Tatyana Andrianova (RUS)
2007 Osaka details	Janeth Jepkosgei (KEN)	Hasna Benhassi (MAR)	Mayte Martínez (ESP)
2009 Berlin details	Caster Semenya (RSA)	Janeth Jepkosgei (KEN)	Jenny Meadows (GBR)
2011 Daegu details	Caster Semenya (RSA)	Janeth Jepkosgei (KEN)	Alysia Johnson Montaño (USA)
2013 Moscow details	Eunice Sum (KEN)	Brenda Martinez (USA)	Alysia Johnson Montaño (USA)
2015 Beijing details	Maryna Arzamasava (BLR)	Melissa Bishop (CAN)	Eunice Sum (KEN)
2017 London details	Caster Semenya (RSA)	Francine Niyonsaba (BDI)	Ajeé Wilson (USA)
2019 Doha details	Halimah Nakaayi (UGA)	Raevyn Rogers (USA)	Ajeé Wilson (USA)
2022 Eugene details	Athing Mu (USA)	Keely Hodgkinson (GBR)	Mary Moraa (KEN)
2023 Budapest details	Mary Moraa (KEN)	Keely Hodgkinson (GBR)	Athing Mu (USA)

Medalists by country

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Kenya (KEN)	3	2	2	7
2	Mozambique (MOZ)	3	1	1	5
3	Cuba (CUB)	3	1	0	4
4	South Africa (RSA)	3	0	0	2
5	United States (USA)	1	2	5	8
6	Soviet Union (URS)	1	1	2	4
7	East Germany (GDR)	1	1	0	2
8	Belarus (BLR)	1	0	0	1
	Czech Republic (CZE)	1	0	0	1
	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	1	0	0	1
	Uganda (UGA)	1	0	0	1
12	Russia (RUS)	0	2	3	5
13	Morocco (MAR)	0	2	0	2
14	Great Britain (GBR)	0	3	2	5
15	Suriname (SUR)	0	1	1	2
16	Austria (AUT)	0	1	0	1
17	Romania (ROM)	0	0	2	2
18	Spain (ESP)	0	0	1	1
19	Burundi (BDI)	0	1	0	1
	Canada (CAN)	0	1	0	1

World Indoor Championships medalists

Men

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

Women

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1985 Paris[A]	Cristieana Cojocaru (ROU)	Jane Finch (GBR)	Mariana Simeanu (ROU)
1987 Indianapolis details	Christine Wachtel (GDR)	Gabriela Sedláková (TCH)	Lyubov Kiryukhina (URS)
1989 Budapest details	Christine Wachtel (GDR)	Tatyana Grebenchuk (URS)	Ellen Kiessling (GDR)
1991 Seville details	Christine Wachtel (GER)	Violeta Beclea (ROU)	Ella Kovacs (ROU)
1993 Toronto details	Maria Mutola (MOZ)	Svetlana Masterkova (RUS)	Joetta Clark (USA)
1995 Barcelona details	Maria Mutola (MOZ)	Yelena Afanasyeva (RUS)	Letitia Vriesde (SUR)
1997 Paris details	Maria Mutola (MOZ)	Natalya Dukhnova (BLR)	Joetta Clark (USA)
1999 Maebashi details	Ludmila Formanová (CZE)	Maria Mutola (MOZ)	Natalya Tsyganova (RUS)
2001 Lisbon details	Maria Mutola (MOZ)	Stephanie Graf (AUT)	Helena Dziurova-Fuchsová (CZE)
2003 Birmingham details	Maria Mutola (MOZ)	Stephanie Graf (AUT)	Mayte Martínez (ESP)
2004 Budapest details	Maria Mutola (MOZ)	Jolanda Čeplak (SLO)	Joanne Fenn (GBR)
2006 Moscow details	Maria Mutola (MOZ)	Kenia Sinclair (JAM)	Hasna Benhassi (MAR)
2008 Valencia details	Tamsyn Lewis (AUS)	Tetiana Petlyuk (UKR)	Maria Mutola (MOZ)
2010 Doha details	Mariya Savinova (RUS)	Jenny Meadows (GBR)	Alysia Johnson (USA)
2012 Istanbul details	Pamela Jelimo (KEN)	Nataliia Lupu (UKR)	Erica Moore (USA)
2014 Sopot details	Chanelle Price (USA)	Angelika Cichocka (POL)	Maryna Arzamasova (BLR)
2016 Portland details	Francine Niyonsaba (BDI)	Ajeé Wilson (USA)	Margaret Wambui (KEN)
2018 Birmingham details	Francine Niyonsaba (BDI)	Ajeé Wilson (USA)	Shelayna Oskan-Clarke (GBR)
2022 Belgrade details	Ajeé Wilson (USA)	Freweyni Hailu (ETH)	Halimah Nakaayi (UGA)
2024 Glasgow details	Tsige Duguma (ETH)	Jemma Reekie (GBR)	Noélie Yarigo (BEN)
2025 Nanjing details	Prudence Sekgodiso (RSA)	Nigist Getachew (ETH)	Patricia Silva (POR)

• ^A Known as the World Indoor Games

Season's bests

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

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