800 metres women non-legal analytics

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Event stats

Top mark
1:54.85
🇷🇺 Yelena Soboleva
Kazan · 2008-07-18
10th-place mark
1:57.46
gap: +2.61
Median age, top 100
25.8 yrs
Distinct athletes
17
54 canonical perfs
Years contested
1997–2025
5 historical WRs
World-record progression 5 world records since 1997

Canonical list: performances annulled due to doping offense. Lower mark = better. Hover a dot for the holder & venue.

Best mark per year 13 years

The single best canonical mark for each year. Hover a dot for the holder.

Entries per year depth growth on the all-time list
1997: 2 performances1999: 1 performance2001: 3 performances2007: 1 performance2008: 5 performances2009: 1 performance2010: 4 performances2011: 17 performances2012: 13 performances2013: 3 performances2014: 1 performance2015: 1 performance2025: 2 performances20002010202001719972025
Decade leaders best canonical mark of each decade
  1. 1990s 1:57.82 🇨🇳 Chen Xuehui 1997-10-22
  2. 2000s 1:54.85 🇷🇺 Yelena Soboleva 2008-07-18
  3. 2010s 1:55.87 🇷🇺 Mariya Savinova 2011-09-04
  4. 2020s 1:58.29 🇪🇹 Diribe Welteji 2025-04-04
Top countries (top 100) national depth on the all-time list
  1. 🇷🇺 RUS 41
  2. RA 5
  3. 🇧🇷 BRA 3
  4. 🇪🇹 ETH 2
  5. 🇨🇳 CHN 2
  6. 🇲🇿 MOZ 1
Most prolific (top 100) athletes with the most appearances
Mark vs age 49 points