800 metres women legal analytics

800 metres table View source
Top mark
1:53.28
🇨🇿 Jarmila Kratochvílová
München · 1983-07-26
10th-place mark
1:54.74
gap: +1.46
100th-place mark
1:56.04
gap: +2.76
Median age, top 100
25.3 yrs
Distinct athletes
360
2485 canonical perfs
Years contested
1964–2026
7 historical WRs
World-record progression 7 world records since 1964

Canonical list: main list. Lower mark = better. Hover a dot for the holder & venue.

Best mark per year 56 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
1964: 1 performance1971: 1 performance1972: 3 performances1973: 3 performances1974: 2 performances1976: 37 performances1977: 9 performances1978: 36 performances1979: 43 performances1980: 76 performances1981: 43 performances1982: 37 performances1983: 46 performances1984: 100 performances1985: 58 performances1986: 44 performances1987: 71 performances1988: 84 performances1989: 31 performances1990: 43 performances1991: 31 performances1992: 46 performances1993: 61 performances1994: 21 performances1995: 50 performances1996: 53 performances1997: 64 performances1998: 39 performances1999: 62 performances2000: 46 performances2001: 37 performances2002: 31 performances2003: 33 performances2004: 46 performances2005: 31 performances2006: 56 performances2007: 36 performances2008: 64 performances2009: 20 performances2010: 33 performances2011: 35 performances2012: 43 performances2013: 20 performances2014: 16 performances2015: 36 performances2016: 57 performances2017: 48 performances2018: 60 performances2019: 24 performances2020: 8 performances2021: 69 performances2022: 79 performances2023: 68 performances2024: 145 performances2025: 145 performances2026: 4 performances197019801990200020102020014519642026
Decade leaders best canonical mark of each decade
  1. 1960s 1:58.0 🇰🇵 Sin Geum Dan 1964-09-05
  2. 1970s 1:54.94 🇷🇺 Tatyana Kazankina 1976-07-26
  3. 1980s 1:53.28 🇨🇿 Jarmila Kratochvílová 1983-07-26
  4. 1990s 1:54.82 🇨🇺 Ana Fidelia Quirot 1997-08-24
  5. 2000s 1:54.01 🇰🇪 Pamela Jelimo 2008-08-29
  6. 2010s 1:54.25 🇿🇦 Caster Semenya 2018-06-30
  7. 2020s 1:54.61 🇬🇧 Keely Hodgkinson 2024-07-20
Top countries (top 100) national depth on the all-time list
  1. 🇷🇺 RUS 16
  2. 🇿🇦 RSA 14
  3. 🇰🇪 KEN 12
  4. 🇬🇧 GBR 11
  5. 🇲🇿 MOZ 8
  6. 🇺🇦 UKR 6
  7. 🇩🇪 GDR 5
  8. 🇺🇸 USA 5
Most prolific (top 100) athletes with the most appearances
  1. 🇿🇦 Caster Semenya 14
  2. 🇰🇪 Pamela Jelimo 8
  3. 🇲🇿 Maria Mutola 8
  4. 🇬🇧 Keely Hodgkinson 8
  5. 🇺🇦 Nadezhda Olizarenko 5
  6. 🇨🇿 Jarmila Kratochvílová 4
  7. 🇨🇺 Ana Fidelia Quirot 4
  8. 🇧🇮 Francine Niyonsaba 4
Mark vs age 800 points