The fastest 800 m athletes of 2009

The King of the season? His World Championship challenge ended in an unexpectedly chilly semifinal, but after that David Rudisha showed that in better weather he is currently a match for anyone. He won the Athletics final and the Golden League meetings in Zürich and Brussels. On top of that he ran the fastest race of 2009 in a glorious run in Rieti. His stunning 1:42.01 was the fastest time since 1997 and in the alltime list he is now up to number four.

#	Athlete	Nat	Time	Date	Venue
1	David Rudisha	KEN	1.42.01	06-09-2009	Rieti A
2	Alfred Kirwa Yego	KEN	1.42.67	06-09-2009	Rieti A
3	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi	RSA	1.42.86	06-09-2009	Rieti A
4	Abubaker Kaki	SUD	1.43.09	08-05-2009	Doha
5	Asbel Kiprop	KEN	1.43.17	08-05-2009	Doha
6	Amine Laalou	MAR	1.43.36	01-06-2009	Hengelo
7	Yuriy Borzakovskiy	RUS	1.43.58	28-07-2009	Monaco
8	Bram Som	NED	1.43.59	06-09-2009	Rieti A
9	Mohammed Al Salhi	KSA	1.43.66	08-05-2009	Doha
10	Ismail Ahmed Ismail	SUD	1.43.82	13-07-2009	Athene
11	Nick Symmonds	USA	1.43.83	28-07-2009	Monaco
12	Marcin Lewandowski	POL	1.43.84	28-07-2009	Monaco
13	Gary Reed	CAN	1.43.95	13-07-2009	Athene
14	Yeimer López	CUB	1.44.10	30-05-2009	Havana
15	Khadevis Robinson	USA	1.44.47	11-07-2009	Santa Monica
16	Fabiano Peçanha	BRA	1.44.63	24-05-2009	Belém
17	Kléberson Davide	BRA	1.44.65	24-05-2009	Belém
18	Reuben Bett	KEN	1.44.79	24-05-2009	Belém
19	Youssef Saad Kamel	BRN	1.44.83	06-09-2009	Rieti A
20	Augustine Choge	KEN	1.44.86	17-06-2009	Ostrava A
21	Jackson Kivuna	KEN	1.44.86	04-07-2009	Madrid B
22	Dmitrijs Milkevics	LAT	1.45.00	13-07-2009	Athene
23	Boaz Lalang	KEN	1.45.15i	26-02-2009	Praha A
24	Samson Ngoepe	RSA	1.45.17	17-06-2009	Ostrava B
25	Bilal Mansoor Ali	BRN	1.45.26	18-07-2009	Heusden
26	Thomas Chamney	IRL	1.45.41	03-07-2009	Oslo
27	Andy González	CUB	1.45.41	19-06-2009	Havana
28	André Olivier	RSA	1.45.41	14-03-2009	Stellenbosch
29	Mohamed Moustaoui	MAR	1.45.44	12-07-2009	Tanger
30	Jeffrey Riseley	AUS	1.45.48	17-06-2009	Ostrava B
31	Arturo Casado	ESP	1.45.52	04-07-2009	Madrid B
32	Tamás Kazi	HUN	1.45.55	17-06-2009	Ostrava B
33	Dave Campbell	IRL	1.45.59	03-07-2009	Oslo
34	Robin Schembera	GER	1.45.63	01-06-2009	Hengelo
35	Nadjim Manseur	ALG	1.45.64	10-07-2009	Roma
36	Adam Kszczot	POL	1.45.72	17-06-2009	Ostrava A
37	Lachlan Renshaw	AUS	1.45.73	31-07-2009	Leverkusen A
38	Moise Joseph	HAI	1.45.87	21-08-2009	Berlin s3
39	Lukas Rifesser	ITA	1.45.88	25-07-2009	Pergine Valsugana
40	Richard Kiplagat	KEN	1.45.90	17-06-2009	Ostrava A
41	Wilfred Bungei	KEN	1.45.91i	26-02-2009	Praha A
42	Manuel Olmedo	ESP	1.45.91	04-07-2009	Madrid A
43	Christian Smith	USA	1.46.00	11-06-2009	Toronto
44	Mouhcine El Amine	MAR	1.46.03	12-07-2009	Tanger
45	Karjuan Williams	USA	1.46.06	11-06-2009	Toronto
46	Abraham Chepkirwok	UGA	1.46.07	13-07-2009	Athene
47	Ali Saad Al-Daran	KSA	1.46.08	17-06-2009	Indianapolis
48	Michael Rimmer	GBR	1.46.13	24-07-2009	London
49	Gilbert Kipchoge	KEN	1.46.14	17-06-2009	Ostrava B
50	Walid Meliani	ALG	1.46.14	27-06-2009	Uden
51	Masato Yokota	JPN	1.46.16	18-10-2009	Yokohama
52	Ryan Brown	USA	1.46.17	06-06-2009	Eugene
53	Leonel Manzano	USA	1.46.20	18-07-2009	Heusden
54	Darren St.Clair	GBR	1.46.20	29-08-2009	Padova
55	Andrew Wheating	USA	1.46.21	11-10-2009	Fayetteville s1
56	Jakob Holusa	CZE	1.46.22	17-06-2009	Ostrava A
57	Miguel Quesada	ESP	1.46.24	10-06-2009	Huelva
58	Josef Repcík	SVK	1.46.26	03-07-2009	Oslo
59	Tevan Everett	USA	1.46.27	13-10-2009	Fayetteville
60	Eugenio Barrios	ESP	1.46.30	04-07-2009	Madrid B
61	Sebastian Keiner	GER	1.46.30	01-06-2009	Hengelo
62	Jeff Lastennet	FRA	1.46.30	20-08-2009	Berlin h3
63	Prince Mumba	ZAM	1.46.3 m	26-07-2009	Brasschaat A
64	Muhammad Aman	ETH	1.46.34	17-05-2009	Rio de Janeiro
65	Anter Zerguelaine	ALG	1.46.34	14-06-2009	Casablanca
66	Mattias Claesson	SWE	1.46.36	03-07-2009	Oslo
67	Joe Thomas	GBR	1.46.36	06-08-2009	Købnhavn
68	Hezekiél Sepeng	RSA	1.46.38	14-03-2009	Stellenbosch
69	Said Doulal	MAR	1.46.39	12-07-2009	Tanger
70	Rashid Mohamed	BRN	1.46.41	12-07-2009	Tanger
71	Robert Lathouwers	NED	1.46.45	23-05-2009	Hoorn
72	Brandon Shaw	USA	1.46.45	06-06-2009	Eugene
73	Luis Alberto Marco	ESP	1.46.47	10-06-2009	Huelva
74	Michael Rutt	USA	1.46.47	13-06-2009	Waltham
75	Christian Obrist	ITA	1.46.48	08-09-2009	Barletta
76	Warren Hendricks	RSA	1.46.51	14-06-2009	Casablanca
77	Matt Scherer	USA	1.46.53	14-06-2009	Burnaby
78	Brian Gagnon	USA	1.46.56	13-06-2009	Waltham
79	Tetlo Emmen	USA	1.46.6 m	26-07-2009	Brassschaat A
80	Nathan Brannen	CAN	1.46.61	13-07-2009	Athene
81	Geoffrey Kibet	KEN	1.46.63	04-06-2009	Torino
82	Goran Nava	SRB	1.46.63	04-06-2009	Torino
83	Raidel Acea	CUB	1.46.68	30-05-2009	Havana
84	Sören Ludolph	GER	1.46.69	05-07-2009	Ulm
85	Takeshi Kuchino	JPN	1.46.71	18-10-2009	Yokohama
86	Lopez Lomong	USA	1.46.72	15-07-2009	Liège
87	Azzine Boudjema	ALG	1.46.73	01-06-2009	Rehlingen
88	Adriaan van Wyk	RSA	1.46.75	14-03-2009	Stellenbosch
89	Pawel Czapiewski	POL	1.46.78	01-06-2009	Rehlingen
90	Ryan Foster	AUS	1.46.78	11-10-2009	Fayetteville s1
91	Jonathan Johnson	USA	1.46.80	07-05-2009	Knoxville
92	Tyler Mulder	USA	1.46.80	13-10-2009	Fayetteville
93	Aldwyn Sappleton	JAM	1.46.82	02-05-2009	Kingston
94	Duane Solomon	USA	1.46.82	25-07-2009	Santa Monica
95	Bernard Lagat	KEN	1.46.84	07-07-2009	Lausanne
96	Sean Tully	USA	1.46.84	11-10-2009	Fayetteville s1
97	Fernando da Silva	BRA	1.46.86	24-05-2009	Belém
98	Chris Gowell	GBR	1.46.88	13-10-2009	Fayetteville
99	Dmitrijs Jurkevics	LAT	1.46.90	20-08-2009	Berlin h7
100	Mohammad Al-Azemi	KUW	1.46.91	09-10-2009	Damascus
101	Mouhcine Chehibi	MAR	1.46.94	10-06-2009	Huelva
102	Oleksandr Osmolovych	UKR	1.46.95	07-06-2009	Warszawa
103	Kevin Hicks	USA	1.46.97	14-06-2009	Burnaby
104	Gered Burns	USA	1.47.07	13-06-2009	Waltham
105	Richard Jones	USA	1.47.10	13-06-2009	Fayetteville
106	Hilary Tuwei	KEN	1.47.1 m	13-06-2009	Eldoret
107	Samir Kheddar	ALG	1.47.11	04-06-2009	Algiers
108	Yuri Koldin	RUS	1.47.11	23-07-2009	Cheboksary h1
109	Ireneusz Sekretarski	POL	1.47.11	11-10-2009	Fayetteville s1
110	Mark Wieczorek	USA	1.47.11	28-05-2009	Beaverton
111	Abdallah Abdelgader	SUD	1.47.12	30-06-2009	Kristiinankaupunki
112	Kevin Hautcoeur	FRA	1.47.12	11-06-2009	Montreuil-sous-Bois
113	Shiferaw Wole	ETH	1.47.14	01-06-2009	Rehlingen
114	Ioan Zaizan	ROU	1.47.14	02-08-2009	Bucuresti
115	Andrew Osagie	GBR	1.47.15	15-08-2009	Cardiff
116	Florent Lacasse	FRA	1.47.20	05-08-2009	Castres
117	Livio Sciandra	ITA	1.47.24	12-07-2009	Tanger
118	Carsten Schlangen	GER	1.47.25	05-06-2009	Baunatal
119	Sherridan Kirk	TRI	1.47.26	02-05-2009	Kingston
120	Juan Carlos Higuero	ESP	1.47.27	04-07-2009	Madrid B
121	Tom Lancashire	GBR	1.47.28	26-05-2009	Stretford
122	Mario Scapini	ITA	1.47.28	12-07-2009	Lignano
123	Nils Schumann	GER	1.47.28	05-07-2009	Ulm
124	Damien Moss	GBR	1.47.29	24-07-2009	London
125	Thomas Matthijs	BEL	1.47.33	27-06-2009	Uden
126	Samir Dahmani	FRA	1.47.34	06-06-2009	Bastia
127	Jozef Pelikán	SVK	1.47.36	17-06-2009	Ostrava B
128	Paul Bradshaw	GBR	1.47.37	13-06-2009	Watford
129	Byron Piedra	ECU	1.47.37	24-05-2009	Belém
130	Oabona Baloyi (Onalenna)	BOT	1.47.38	30-05-2009	Gaborone
131	Ryan Gregson	AUS	1.47.38	06-09-2009	Rieti B
132	Péter Szemeti	HUN	1.47.38	06-06-2009	Debrecen
133	Jason Collett	USA	1.47.39	11-10-2009	Fayetteville s1
134	Abdoulaye Wagne	SEN	1.47.39	25-07-2009	Pergine Valsugana
135	Gilbert Keter	KEN	1.47.40	14-06-2009	Casablanca
136	Nicholas Kipkoech	KEN	1.47.4 m	16-06-2009	Nairobi
137	Mohammed Battani	MAR	1.47.42	03-07-2009	Marseille
138	Geoffrey Rono	KEN	1.47.43	31-08-2009	Gateshead
139	Florian Carvalho	FRA	1.47.44	07-08-2009	Ninove
140	Ivan Tukhtachev	RUS	1.47.46	17-06-2009	Kazan
141	Victor Kipchirchir	KEN	1.47.48	25-07-2009	Pergine Valsugana
142	Carlos Phillips	USA	1.47.48	11-10-2009	Fayetteville s1
143	David Bustos	ESP	1.47.50	03-06-2009	Sevilla
144	Garvin Nero	TRI	1.47.51	05-07-2009	La Habana
145	Artur Ostrowski	POL	1.47.52	07-06-2009	Warszawa
146	Antonio Reina	ESP	1.47.52	14-06-2009	Berlin
147	Rob Myers	USA	1.47.55	15-07-2009	Luzern
148	Alvaro Rodriguez	ESP	1.47.56	13-06-2009	Ciudad Real
149	Hudson de Souza	BRA	1.47.58	24-05-2009	Belém
150	Jacob Hernandez	USA	1.47.58	18-04-2009	Austin
151	Hamed Oualich	FRA	1.47.58	01-06-2009	Rehlingen B
152	Ed Jackson	GBR	1.47.6 m	26-07-2009	Brasschaat A
153	P Kiplangat	KEN	1.47.6 m	16-06-2009	Nairobi
154	Dickson Tuwei	KEN	1.47.6 m	16-06-2009	Nairobi
155	Peter van der Westhuizen	RSA	1.47.60	29-08-2009	Padova
156	Jimmy Adar	UGA	1.47.61	13-06-2009	Leiden
157	Donte Holmes	USA	1.47.61	11-10-2009	Fayetteville s2
158	René Bauschinger	GER	1.47.63i	07-02-2009	Stuttgart
159	Ivan Nesterov	RUS	1.47.64	02-08-2009	Tula
160	Dimitriy Bogdanov	RUS	1.47.65	02-08-2009	Tula
161	Arnoud Okken	NED	1.47.67	23-05-2009	Hoorn
162	Sadjad Moradi	IRI	1.47.68	20-08-2009	Berlin h1
163	Dávid Takács	HUN	1.47.68	02-08-2009	Budapest
164	Ahmed Faraj	EGY	1.47.69	30-06-2009	Kristiinankaupunki
165	Abdesslam Kennouche	ALG	1.47.69	11-06-2009	Montreuil-sous-Bois
166	Eduard Villanueva	VEN	1.47.69	17-05-2009	Rio de Janeiro
167	Alex Cherop	UGA	1.47.7 m	25-07-2009	Kampala
168	Juan de Dios Jurado	ESP	1.47.70	10-06-2009	Huelva
169	Mikko Lahtio	FIN	1.47.70	30-08-2009	Göteborg
170	Mamadou Gueye	SEN	1.47.71	12-07-2009	Lignano
171	Abdo Aman	ETH	1.47.75	11-01-2009	Addis Ababa
172	Fernando Díez	ESP	1.47.75	10-06-2009	Huelva B
173	Nick Bromley	AUS	1.47.76	20-03-2009	Brisbane
174	Mason McHenry	USA	1.47.76o	07-03-2009	Ames
175	Daniel Gitau	KEN	1.47.78	11-04-2009	Machida
176	Alex McClary	USA	1.47.78	17-05-2009	Gainesville
177	Golden Coachman	USA	1.47.82	16-05-2009	Atlanta
178	Lutimar Paes	BRA	1.47.82	07-06-2009	Rio de Janeiro
179	Alex Sang	KEN	1.47.83	01-06-2009	Rehlingen
180	Jeffrey Fisher	USA	1.47.85	06-06-2009	Eugene
181	David Freeman	PUR	1.47.85	16-05-2009	Ponce
182	David Palacio	ESP	1.47.85	25-07-2009	Barcelona
183	Cristian Vorovenci	ROU	1.47.86	02-08-2009	Bucuresti
184	Lance Roller	USA	1.47.88	10-10-2009	Fayetteville h4
185	Geoff Harris	CAN	1.47.9 m	26-07-2009	Brassschaat A
186	Edwin Kiprop	KEN	1.47.9 m	30-05-2009	Nairobi
187	Anthony Luna	USA	1.47.90	17-06-2009	Indianapolis
188	David Mutinda Mutua	KEN	1.47.9 m	16-06-2009	Nairobi
189	Fabio Bortolotti	ITA	1.47.91	15-07-2009	Conegliano
190	Dominic Tanui	KEN	1.47.91	11-10-2009	Fayetteville s2
191	James Brewer	GBR	1.47.92	20-06-2009	Bilbao
192	Kevin López	ESP	1.47.94	03-06-2009	Sevilla
193	Cory Primm	USA	1.47.95	11-10-2009	Fayetteville s2
194	Kamal Saidi	FRA	1.47.95	05-08-2009	Castres
195	Mike Carmody	USA	1.47.96	17-06-2009	Indianapolis
196	Jeff Moriarty	USA	1.47.96	09-05-2009	Philadelphia h4
197	Pablo Solares	MEX	1.47.96	20-08-2009	Berlin h7
198	Salvador Crespo	ESP	1.47.97	10-06-2009	Huelva
199	Steve Fennell	GBR	1.47.97	27-06-2009	Stretford
200	Vyacheslov Sokolov	RUS	1.47.97	01-07-2009	Moskva h7
201	Ricardo Cunningham	JAM	1.47.98	05-07-2009	La Habana
202	David Torrence	USA	1.47.98	21-07-2009	Gent A
203	Niall Brooks	GBR	1.47.99	13-06-2009	Watford