The fastest 800 m athletes of 2006
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Triumphant again! Yuriy Borzakovskiy celebrates as he wins ahead of Wilfred Bungei and Dmitrijs Milkevics. The Athens Grand Prix was the fastest 800m race for almost two years. Four runners went below 1:44 and in all eight went below 1:45. Four runners improved their personal best and there were new national records for Latvia and Kuwait as well. For Yuriy it was not only a welcome return to form, but also a happy return to the Olympic venue where he took the gold in 2004. |
| # | Athlete | Nat | Time | Date | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mbulaeni Mulaudzi | RSA | 1.43.09 | 27-08-2006 | Rieti A |
| 2 | Amine Laalou | MAR | 1.43.25 | 14-07-2006 | Roma |
| 3 | Wilfred Bungei | KEN | 1.43.31 | 27-08-2006 | Rieti A |
| 4 | Yuriy Borzakovskiy | RUS | 1.43.42 | 03-07-2006 | Athene |
| 5 | Bram Som | NED | 1.43.45 | 18-08-2006 | Zürich r1 |
| 6 | Youssef Saad Kamel | BRN | 1.43.61 | 27-08-2006 | Rieti A |
| 7 | Dmitrijs Milkevics | LAT | 1.43.67 | 03-07-2006 | Athene |
| 8 | Khadevis Robinson | USA | 1.43.68 | 27-08-2006 | Rieti A |
| 9 | Alfred Kirwa Yego | KEN | 1.43.89 | 27-08-2006 | Rieti A |
| 10 | Gary Reed | CAN | 1.43.93 | 27-08-2006 | Rieti r2 |
| 11 | Mohammed Al Salhi | KSA | 1.43.99 | 14-07-2006 | Roma |
| 12 | Mehdi Baala | FRA | 1.44.04 | 18-08-2006 | Zürich r1 |
| 13 | Rashid Ramzi | BRN | 1.44.05 | 17-07-2006 | Madrid |
| 14 | William Yiampoy | KEN | 1.44.12 | 18-08-2006 | Zürich r2 |
| 15 | Mohammad Al-Azemi | KUW | 1.44.13 | 03-07-2006 | Athene |
| 16 | Mouhcine Chehibi | MAR | 1.44.16 | 03-07-2006 | Athene |
| 17 | Ismael Kombich | KEN | 1.44.24 | 11-07-2006 | Lausanne B |
| 18 | Dimitriy Bogdanov | RUS | 1.44.33 | 03-07-2006 | Athene |
| 19 | Nabil Madi | ALG | 1.44.63 | 14-07-2006 | Roma |
| 20 | Ismail Ahmed Ismail | SUD | 1.44.70 | 16-07-2006 | Lignano |
| 21 | Florent Lacasse | FRA | 1.44.74 | 11-07-2006 | Lausanne B |
| 22 | David Fiegen | LUX | 1.44.81 | 18-08-2006 | Zürich r2 |
| 23 | Eugenio Barrios | ESP | 1.44.84 | 27-08-2006 | Rieti r2 |
| 24 | Andrea Longo | ITA | 1.44.86 | 27-08-2006 | Rieti r2 |
| 25 | Christian Smith | USA | 1.44.86 | 16-07-2006 | Lignano |
| 26 | Abraham Chepkirwok | UGA | 1.45.0 m | 17-06-2006 | Kampala |
| 27 | Alex Kipchirchir | KEN | 1.45.0 m | 01-07-2006 | Nairobi |
| 28 | Richard Hill | GBR | 1.45.10 | 10-06-2006 | Watford A |
| 29 | Joseph Mutua | KEN | 1.45.13 | 18-08-2006 | Zürich r2 |
| 30 | Achraf Tadili | CAN | 1.45.15 | 27-08-2006 | Rieti r2 |
| 31 | Michael Rimmer | GBR | 1.45.23 | 26-07-2006 | Helsinki |
| 32 | René Herms | GER | 1.45.26 | 26-07-2006 | Helsinki |
| 33 | Bilal Mansoor Ali | BRN | 1.45.27 | 30-08-2006 | Rovereto |
| 34 | Abdulrahman Sulaiman | QAT | 1.45.32 | 27-08-2006 | Rieti r2 |
| 35 | Juan de Dios Jurado | ESP | 1.45.42 | 20-06-2006 | Huelva |
| 36 | Gilbert Kipchoge | KEN | 1.45.43 | 05-06-2006 | Neerpelt |
| 37 | Justus Koech | KEN | 1.45.44 | 11-07-2006 | Lausanne B |
| 38 | Salem Al Badri | QAT | 1.45.45 | 22-07-2006 | Heusden-Zolder B |
| 39 | David Krummenacker | USA | 1.45.60 | 27-08-2006 | Rieti r2 |
| 40 | Paul Korir | KEN | 1.45.63 | 13-07-2006 | Lappeenranta |
| 41 | Sam Ellis | GBR | 1.45.67 | 10-06-2006 | Watford A |
| 42 | Miguel Quesada | ESP | 1.45.68 | 27-08-2006 | Rieti r2 |
| 43 | Majid Saeed Sultan | QAT | 1.45.72 | 02-06-2006 | Oslo |
| 44 | Ivan Heshko | UKR | 1.45.74 | 06-06-2006 | Torino |
| 45 | Manuel Olmedo | ESP | 1.45.74 | 20-06-2006 | Huelva |
| 46 | Thomas Matthijs | BEL | 1.45.75 | 22-07-2006 | Heusden-Zolder A |
| 47 | Tom Lancashire | GBR | 1.45.76 | 13-05-2006 | Atlanta |
| 48 | Johan Cronje | RSA | 1.45.77 | 16-07-2006 | LapinLahti |
| 49 | Abubaker Kaki | SUD | 1.45.78 | 10-06-2006 | Rabat |
| 50 | Jackson Kivuna | KEN | 1.45.8 m | 01-07-2006 | Nairobii |
| 51 | Nick Symmonds | USA | 1.45.83 | 25-06-2006 | Indianapolis |
| 52 | Jebreh Harris | USA | 1.45.91 | 25-06-2006 | Indianapolis |
| 53 | Cosmas Rono | KEN | 1.45.91 | 19-07-2006 | Liège r1 |
| 54 | Maurizio Bobbato | ITA | 1.45.93 | 01-09-2006 | Padova |
| 55 | Samuel Burley | USA | 1.45.93 | 25-06-2006 | Indianapolis |
| 56 | Ramil Aritkulov | RUS | 1.45.98 | 16-07-2006 | Tula |
| 57 | Edwin Letting | KEN | 1.45.99 | 22-07-2006 | Heusden-Zolder B |
| 58 | Ivan Nesterov | RUS | 1.45.99 | 16-07-2006 | Tula |
| 59 | Tarek Boukensa | ALG | 1.46.10 | 20-07-2006 | Alger |
| 60 | Arnoud Okken | NED | 1.46.11 | 01-09-2006 | Padova |
| 61 | Tim Ramirez | USA | 1.46.20 | 16-07-2006 | Lignano |
| 62 | Osmar dos Santos | BRA | 1.46.22 | 27-05-2006 | Ponce |
| 63 | Grzegorz Krzosek | POL | 1.46.22 | 28-07-2006 | Leverkusen |
| 64 | Abdoulaye Wagne | SEN | 1.46.23 | 15-07-2006 | Pergone Valsugana |
| 65 | Miroslaw Formela | POL | 1.46.26 | 01-07-2006 | Warsaw |
| 66 | Andy González | CUB | 1.46.26 | 29-07-2006 | Cartagena |
| 67 | Ryan Brown | USA | 1.46.29 | 10-06-2006 | Sacramento |
| 68 | Sylas Kimutai | KEN | 1.46.3 m | 01-07-2006 | Nairobi |
| 69 | David Rudisha | KEN | 1.46.3 m | 01-07-2006 | Nairobi |
| 70 | Jimmy Watkins | GBR | 1.46.33 | 10-06-2006 | Watford A |
| 71 | Michael Coltherd | GBR | 1.46.34 | 10-06-2006 | Watford A |
| 72 | Glody Dube | BOT | 1.46.34 | 05-07-2006 | Tomblaine |
| 73 | Fabiano Peçanha | BRA | 1.46.34 | 24-09-2006 | São Paulo |
| 74 | Shaun Smith | JAM | 1.46.36 | 15-04-2006 | Lincoln |
| 75 | Ali Abubaker Kamal | QAT | 1.46.38 | 15-07-2006 | Pergone Valsugana |
| 76 | Sherridan Kirk | TRI | 1.46.40 | 13-05-2006 | Atlanta |
| 77 | Solomon Birir | KEN | 1.46.42 | 18-06-2006 | Warszawa |
| 78 | Kevin Elliott | USA | 1.46.42 | 25-06-2006 | Indianapolis |
| 79 | Josef Repcík | SVK | 1.46.43 | 24-06-2006 | Nivelles |
| 80 | Li Xiangyu | CHI | 1.46.45 | 16-07-2006 | Lignano |
| 81 | Mattias Claesson | SWE | 1.46.46 | 12-06-2006 | Karlskrona |
| 82 | Jonathan Johnson | USA | 1.46.50 | 19-07-2006 | Liège r1 |
| 83 | Said Doulal | MAR | 1.46.53 | 10-06-2006 | Rabat |
| 84 | John Litei | KEN | 1.46.55 | 22-03-2006 | Melbourne h1 |
| 85 | Kléberson Davide | BRA | 1.46.56 | 17-05-2006 | Fortaleza |
| 86 | Efthimios Papadopoulos | GRE | 1.46.56 | 03-07-2006 | Athene |
| 87 | Andrew Baddeley | GBR | 1.46.62 | 24-06-2006 | Solihull |
| 88 | Tim Bayley | GBR | 1.46.64 | 10-06-2006 | Sacramento |
| 89 | Nicholas Kemboi | QAT | 1.46.65 | 19-07-2006 | Liège r1 |
| 90 | Livio Sciandra | ITA | 1.46.66 | 16-07-2006 | Lignano |
| 91 | Yuri Koldin | RUS | 1.46.69 | 16-07-2006 | Tula |
| 92 | Marcin Lewandowski | POL | 1.46.69 | 24-06-2006 | Szczecin |
| 93 | Derrick Peterson | USA | 1.46.69 | 19-07-2006 | Liège r1 |
| 94 | Reda Aït Douida | MAR | 1.46.72 | 17-06-2006 | Rabat |
| 95 | Berhanu Alemu | ETH | 1.46.72 | 16-04-2006 | Addis Ababa |
| 96 | Colin McCourt | GBR | 1.46.73 | 24-06-2006 | Solihull |
| 97 | Jimmy Lomba | FRA | 1.46.74 | 19-07-2006 | Liège r2 |
| 98 | Antoine Martiak | FRA | 1.46.74 | 30-05-2006 | Ostrava |
| 99 | Sadjad Moradi | IRI | 1.46.75 | 21-07-2006 | Shiraz |
| 100 | Christian Obrist | ITA | 1.46.77 | 01-09-2006 | Padova |
| 101 | Zach Glavash | USA | 1.46.80i | 25-02-2006 | Lincoln |
| 102 | Prince Mumba | ZAM | 1.46.80 | 10-06-2006 | Sacramento |
| 103 | Thomas Chamney | IRL | 1.46.82 | 01-07-2006 | Oordegem |
| 104 | Linus Biwott | KEN | 1.46.83 | 24-06-2006 | Nivelles |
| 105 | Joeri Jansen | BEL | 1.46.88 | 10-06-2006 | Kessel-Lo |
| 106 | Tetlo Emmen | USA | 1.46.89 | 13-05-2006 | Eagle Rock |
| 107 | Andrew Ellerton | CAN | 1.46.91 | 16-07-2006 | Gent |
| 108 | Dave Campbell | IRL | 1.46.99 | 24-06-2006 | Solihull |
| 109 | Jeremy Mims | USA | 1.46.99 | 03-06-2006 | Brasschaat |
| 110 | Joseph Lomong | SUD | 1.47.00 | 08-06-2006 | Sacramento s1 |
| 111 | Lachlan Renshaw | AUS | 1.47.00 | 15-08-2006 | Bejing h5 |
| 112 | Saïd Ahmed | MOR | 1.47.01 | 28-07-2006 | Leverkusen |
| 113 | Jackson Langat | KEN | 1.47.02i | 11-03-2006 | Fayetteville |
| 114 | Abdou Adam | QAT | 1.47.03 | 12-05-2006 | Doha r2 |
| 115 | René Bauschinger | GER | 1.47.04 | 30-07-2006 | Nürnberg |
| 116 | Moses Kibet | KEN | 1.47.11 | 29-05-2006 | Addis Ababa |
| 117 | Driss Yousfi | FRA | 1.47.11 | 01-07-2006 | Oordegem |
| 118 | Rabie Doukkana | MAR | 1.47.13 | 26-07-2006 | Soria |
| 119 | Tiago Rodrigues | POR | 1.47.14 | 17-07-2006 | Madrid r2 |
| 120 | Andrew Krumins | AUS | 1.47.16 | 15-04-2006 | Walnut |
| 121 | Ghamanda Ram | IND | 1.47.16 | 14-02-2006 | New Delhi |
| 122 | Timothy Dunne | USA | 1.47.18 | 03-06-2006 | Nashville |
| 123 | Neil Dougal | GBR | 1.47.20 | 01-07-2006 | Oordegem |
| 124 | Rob Myers | USA | 1.47.26 | 29-06-2006 | Bloomington |
| 125 | Hiroshi Sasano | JPN | 1.47.28 | 16-07-2006 | LapinLahti |
| 126 | Robin Schembera | GER | 1.47.29 | 08-07-2006 | Mannheim |
| 127 | Willy Rotich | KEN | 1.47.30 | 16-07-2006 | LapinLahti |
| 128 | Martin Conrad | GER | 1.47.31 | 24-06-2006 | Szczecin |
| 129 | Brandon Shaw | USA | 1.47.32 | 29-06-2006 | Bloomington |
| 130 | Elkana Kosgei | KEN | 1.47.33 | 08-04-2006 | Durham |
| 131 | Tibari Aissam | MAR | 1.47.36 | 03-06-2006 | Casablanca |
| 132 | Nick Bromley | AUS | 1.47.36 | 15-01-2006 | Sydney |
| 133 | Åldne Dåhlin | NOR | 1.47.39 | 28-07-2006 | Leverkusen |
| 134 | Jimmy Adar | UGA | 1.47.4 m | 17-06-2006 | Kampala |
| 135 | Daniel Kipch. Komen | KEN | 1.47.4 m | 07-01-2006 | Nairobi |
| 136 | Nick Willis | NZL | 1.47.40 | 09-03-2006 | Melbourne |
| 137 | Joseph Boit | KEN | 1.47.41 | 05-07-2006 | Tomblaine |
| 138 | Arturo Casado | ESP | 1.47.41 | 17-07-2006 | Madrid r2 |
| 139 | Ed Jackson | GBR | 1.47.43 | 10-06-2006 | Watford A |
| 140 | Ehsan Mohajershojaei | IRI | 1.47.43 | 12-12-2006 | Doha |
| 141 | Rashid Mohamed | BRN | 1.47.43 | 18-06-2006 | Warszawa |
| 142 | Duane Solomon | USA | 1.47.45 | 10-06-2006 | Sacramento |
| 143 | Ben Green | GBR | 1.47.47 | 10-06-2006 | Watford A |
| 144 | Jon Rankin | USA | 1.47.47 | 22-06-2006 | Indianapolis h2 |
| 145 | Dominic Tanui | KEN | 1.47.49 | 26-05-2006 | Austin h2 |
| 146 | Vincent Mumo | KEN | 1.47.50 | 20-08-2006 | La Chaux-de-Fonds |
| 147 | James Nolan | IRL | 1.47.51 | 13-07-2006 | Lappeenranta |
| 148 | Franck Barre | FRA | 1.47.53 | 05-07-2006 | Tomblaine |
| 149 | Will Fitts | USA | 1.47.53 | 08-06-2006 | Sacramento s1 |
| 150 | Thomas Planque | FRA | 1.47.53 | 01-07-2006 | Oordegem |
| 151 | Werner Botha | AUS | 1.47.54 | 11-02-2006 | Sydney |
| 152 | James McIlroy | GBR | 1.47.54 | 19-02-2006 | Melbourne |
| 153 | Ioan Zaizan | ROU | 1.47.54 | 24-07-2006 | Bucuresti |
| 154 | Moise Joseph | HAI | 1.47.56i | 29-01-2006 | Karlsruhe |
| 155 | Chris Reynolds | GBR | 1.47.57 | 10-06-2006 | Watford B |
| 156 | Kevin Hicks | USA | 1.47.58 | 22-04-2006 | Lawrence |
| 157 | Luciano Melo | BRA | 1.47.58 | 24-09-2006 | São Paulo |
| 158 | Mikko Lahtio | FIN | 1.47.59 | 16-07-2006 | LapinLahti |
| 159 | Djabir Saïd-Guerni | ALG | 1.47.59 | 23-06-2006 | Alger |
| 160 | Maurys Surel Castillo | CUB | 1.47.60 | 29-07-2006 | Cartagena |
| 161 | Abdelatif Daraa | MAR | 1.47.60 | 03-06-2006 | Casablanca |
| 162 | Dmitrijs Jurkevics | LAT | 1.47.61 | 08-07-2006 | Mannheim |
| 163 | Sebastian Keiner | GER | 1.47.61 | 08-07-2006 | Mannheim |
| 164 | Elias Koech | KEN | 1.47.62 | 07-06-2006 | Sacramento h4 |
| 165 | Christian Neunhäuserer | ITA | 1.47.62 | 28-06-2006 | Lana |
| 166 | Matthias Rosseeuw | BEL | 1.47.63 | 22-07-2006 | Heusden-Zolder B |
| 167 | Matt Groose | USA | 1.47.65 | 13-05-2006 | Nashville |
| 168 | Mohamed Moro | ITA | 1.47.65 | 16-07-2006 | Lignano |
| 169 | João Pires | POR | 1.47.65 | 17-06-2006 | Rabat |
| 170 | Salvador Crespo | ESP | 1.47.66 | 20-06-2006 | Huelva |
| 171 | Tim Harris | USA | 1.47.66 | 10-06-2006 | Sacramento |
| 172 | Juha Kukkamo | FIN | 1.47.67 | 05-06-2006 | Neerpelt |
| 173 | Jason Stewart | NZL | 1.47.71 | 09-03-2006 | Melbourne |
| 174 | Elijah Boit | KEN | 1.47.72 | 20-08-2006 | Avezzano |
| 175 | Steffen Co | GER | 1.47.72 | 28-07-2006 | Leverkusen |
| 176 | Juan Van Deventer | RSA | 1.47.72 | 27-01-2006 | Pretoria |
| 177 | Elliot Blount | USA | 1.47.76 | 01-07-2006 | Bloomington |
| 178 | Luis Alberto Marco | ESP | 1.47.76 | 20-06-2006 | Huelva r2 |
| 179 | Moritz Waldmann | GER | 1.47.76 | 30-07-2006 | Nürnberg |
| 180 | Oabona Baloyi (Onalenna) | BOT | 1.47.78 | 22-03-2006 | Melbourne h2 |
| 181 | William Rabih Koudi | SUD | 1.47.78 | 10-06-2006 | Rabat |
| 182 | Gebremedhin Mekonnen | ETH | 1.47.8 m | 08-05-2006 | Khartoum |
| 183 | Hudson de Souza | BRA | 1.47.85 | 17-05-2006 | Fortaleza |
| 184 | Gareth Hyett | NZL | 1.47.85 | 31-01-2006 | Wanganui |
| 185 | Paul Laslett | GBR | 1.47.85 | 10-06-2006 | Watford A |
| 186 | Vyacheslov Sokolov | RUS | 1.47.86 | 16-07-2006 | Tula |
| 187 | Peter Etoot | KEN | 1.47.87o | 04-02-2006 | Notre Dame |
| 188 | Alvaro Rodriguez | ESP | 1.47.87 | 24-06-2006 | Alcala de Henares |
| 189 | Werner Botha | RSA | 1.47.89 | 25-02-2006 | Oudtshoorn |
| 190 | Hassan Khallouki | MAR | 1.47.89 | 11-06-2006 | Nogent-sur-Marne |
| 191 | Christian Niederberger | SUI | 1.47.89 | 18-08-2006 | Zürich r2 |
| 192 | Courtney Jaworski | USA | 1.47.9 m | 15-04-2006 | Princeton |
| 193 | David Karonei | KEN | 1.47.91 | 16-07-2006 | Gent |
| 194 | István Kerékjártó | HUN | 1.47.92 | 15-04-2006 | Walnut |
| 195 | Joe Legare | USA | 1.47.92i | 11-03-2006 | Fayetteville |
| 196 | Yoshihiro Shimodaira | JPN | 1.47.92 | 27-05-2006 | Nobeoka |
| 197 | Japhet Lelei | KEN | 1.47.93 | 20-08-2006 | Avezzano |
| 198 | José Manuel Cortés | ESP | 1.47.94 | 20-06-2006 | Huelva |
| 199 | Fadil Bellaabouss | FRA | 1.47.95 | 19-06-2006 | Strasbourg A |
| 200 | Juan Carlos Higuero | ESP | 1.47.95 | 05-07-2006 | Salamanca A |
| 201 | Martell Munguia | USA | 1.47.95 | 07-06-2006 | Sacramento h4 |
| 202 | Gered Burns | USA | 1.47.97i | 11-03-2006 | Fayetteville |
| 203 | Brendon Mahoney | USA | 1.47.97 | 27-06-2006 | Bloomington |
| 204 | James Nasrat | GBR | 1.47.98 | 28-07-2006 | London |
| 205 | Marcus Mayes | USA | 1.47.99 | 14-05-2006 | Waco |
| 206 | Neville Miller | USA | 1.47.99 | 22-06-2006 | Indianapolis h3 |