Fastest 800m races

The fastest 800m races of all time

Start of the 800 m at the 1999 Van Damme Memorial

Preparing for a dazzling contest

The athletes in the 1999 Van Damme Memorial 800m race bend down in concentration on their start. From the inside: Mark Everett, Djabir Saïd-Guerni, Nils Schumann, Andrea Longo, Japheth Kimutai, André Bucher, Hezekiél Sepeng, Wilson Kipketer, James McIlroy, William Chirchir and David Kiptoo.

The race would prove to be one of the fastest races ever, with four athletes going below 1:43 for only the second time in history and six athletes going below 1:43.5 for the first time ever.

Races are ranked by total of sub 1'45" time of all athletes, times 100.
Race winners are also indicated.

#	Total	Race	Country	Date	Race winner	Time
1	1,877	London	Great Britain	09-08-2012	David Rudisha	1.40.91
2	1,406	Zürich A	Switzerland	17-08-2001	André Bucher	1.42.55
3	1,401	Monaco	France	17-07-2015	Amel Tuka	1.42.51
4	1,401	Paris	France	27-08-2016	Alfred Kipketer	1.42.87
5	1,395	Bruxelles	Belgium	03-09-1999	Wilson Kipketer	1.42.27
6	1,273	Monaco	France	18-07-2014	Nijel Amos	1.42.45
7	1,230	Bruxelles	Belgium	05-09-2003	Wilfred Bungei	1.42.52
8	1,177	Köln	Germany	24-08-1997	Wilson Kipketer	1.41.11
9	1,173	Atlanta GA	USA	31-07-1996	Vebjørn Rodal	1.42.58
10	1,116	Rieti	Italy	08-09-2002	Wilson Kipketer	1.42.32
11	1,115	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	15-08-2016	David Rudisha	1.42.15
12	1,108	Paris	France	09-06-2023	Emmanuel Wanyoni	1.43.27
13	1,107	Bruxelles	Belgium	30-08-2002	Wilson Kipketer	1.42.74
14	1,102	Koblenz	Germany	28-08-1985	Joaquim Cruz	1.42.49
15	1,067	Köln	Germany	25-08-1985	Joaquim Cruz	1.42.54
16	1,061	Rieti	Italy	01-09-1996	Wilson Kipketer	1.41.83
17	1,055	Monaco	France	20-07-2018	Nijel Amos	1.42.14
18	1,033	Monaco	France	12-07-2019	Nijel Amos	1.41.89
19	1,006	Rieti A	Italy	27-08-2006	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi	1.43.09
20	992	Zürich A	Switzerland	13-08-1997	Wilson Kipketer	1.41.24
21	967	Monaco	France	20-07-2001	André Bucher	1.42.90
22	961	Monaco	France	09-07-2021	Nijel Amos	1.42.91
23	959	Monaco	France	20-07-2012	Abraham Rotich	1.43.13
24	955	Rieti	Italy	29-08-2010	David Rudisha	1.41.01
25	952	Monaco	France	04-08-1999	Wilson Kipketer	1.42.57
26	951	Monaco A	France	21-07-2023	Wycliffe Kinyamal	1.43.22
27	939	London	Great Britain	22-07-2018	Emmanuel Korir	1.42.05
28	923	Rieti	Italy	10-09-2011	David Rudisha	1.41.33
29	919	Zürich	Switzerland	29-08-2019	Donavan Brazier	1.42.70
30	904	Rieti A	Italy	06-09-2009	David Rudisha	1.42.01
31	889	Bruxelles	Belgium	24-08-2001	Yuriy Borzakovskiy	1.42.47
32	878	Köln	Germany	26-08-1984	Joaquim Cruz	1.41.77
33	877	Monaco	France	22-07-2010	Abubaker Kaki	1.43.10
34	874	Athene	Greece	03-07-2006	Yuriy Borzakovskiy	1.43.42
35	871	Monaco	France	29-07-2008	Yuriy Borzakovskiy	1.42.79
36	869	Bruxelles	Belgium	06-09-2013	Mohammed Aman	1.42.37
37	862	Monaco	France	22-07-2011	David Rudisha	1.42.61
38	851	Eugene OR	USA	17-09-2023	Emmanuel Wanyoni	1.42.80
39	848	Zürich A	Switzerland	12-08-1998	Japheth Kimutai	1.42.87
40	812	Zürich	Switzerland	17-08-1988	Johnny Gray	1.42.65
41	806	Xiamen	China	02-09-2023	Emmanuel Wanyoni	1.43.20
42	804	Stuttgart	Germany	19-07-1998	Japheth Kimutai	1.42.76
43	789	Zürich A	Switzerland	18-08-2006	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi	1.43.38
44	787	Zürich B	Switzerland	16-08-1995	Johnny Gray	1.43.36
45	773	Zürich A	Switzerland	14-08-1996	Wilson Kipketer	1.42.61
46	762	Bruxelles	Belgium	25-08-2000	Djabir Saïd-Guerni	1.43.25
47	747	London	Great Britain	20-07-2019	Ferguson Rotich	1.43.14
48	746	Zürich	Switzerland	21-08-1985	Steve Cram	1.42.88
49	741	Zürich A	Switzerland	11-08-2000	André Bucher	1.43.72
50	731	Paris	France	05-07-2014	Asbel Kiprop	1.43.34
51	715	Monaco	France	10-08-1996	Wilson Kipketer	1.42.59
52	711	Roma	Italy	04-06-2015	Mohammed Aman	1.43.56
53	699	Zürich A	Switzerland	16-08-1989	Paul Ereng	1.43.16
54	694	Bruxelles	Belgium	03-09-2004	Wilfred Bungei	1.43.48
55	689	Monaco	France	28-07-2009	Abubaker Kaki	1.43.50
56	688	Doha	Qatar	14-05-2010	David Rudisha	1.43.00
57	675	Zürich A	Switzerland	06-08-2004	Wilfred Bungei	1.43.06
58	673	Bruxelles	Belgium	22-08-1997	Wilson Kipketer	1.42.20
59	673	Moskva	Russia	13-08-2013	Mohammed Aman	1.43.31
60	664	Doha	Qatar	01-10-2019	Donavan Brazier	1.42.34
61	656	Roma A	Italy	07-07-1999	Wilson Kipketer	1.42.79
62	640	Bruxelles	Belgium	08-09-2023	Djamel Sedjati	1.43.60
63	638	Monaco	France	19-07-2013	Duane Solomon	1.43.72
64	634	Monaco	France	25-07-1995	Wilson Kipketer	1.42.87
65	628	Zürich	Switzerland	28-08-2009	David Rudisha	1.43.52
66	625	New Orleans LA	USA	24-06-1992	Johnny Gray	1.42.80
67	622	Paris	France	06-07-2001	André Bucher	1.43.34
68	619	Oslo	Norway	04-06-2010	David Rudisha	1.42.04
69	617	Köln	Germany	16-08-1996	Vebjørn Rodal	1.43.67
70	611	Los Angeles CA	USA	06-08-1984	Joaquim Cruz	1.43.00
71	610	Lausanne	Switzerland	08-07-2010	David Rudisha	1.43.25
72	607	Zürich A	Switzerland	11-08-1999	Wilson Kipketer	1.43.01
73	601	Zürich	Switzerland	30-08-2012	Mohammed Aman	1.42.53
74	594	Koblenz	Germany	29-08-1984	Johnny Gray	1.42.96
75	594	Oslo	Norway	30-06-1999	Wilson Kipketer	1.43.11
76	590	Zürich B	Switzerland	13-08-1997	Hezekiél Sepeng	1.43.44
77	588	Zürich A	Switzerland	16-08-2002	Joseph Mutua	1.43.33
78	573	Roma	Italy	06-06-2019	Donavan Brazier	1.43.63
79	564	Monaco	France	25-07-2007	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi	1.43.74
80	561	Berlin	Germany	22-08-2010	David Rudisha	1.41.09
81	560	Berlin	Germany	23-08-1985	Joaquim Cruz	1.42.98
82	558	Nairobi	Kenya	23-06-2012	David Rudisha	1.42.12
83	553	Rieti	Italy	05-09-2004	Joseph Mutua	1.43.35
84	551	Roma	Italy	01-09-1987	Billy Konchellah	1.43.06
85	543	London	Great Britain	05-08-2011	David Rudisha	1.42.91
86	541	Oslo	Norway	05-07-1996	Wilson Kipketer	1.42.76
87	541	Oslo	Norway	22-07-1994	Wilson Kipketer	1.43.29
88	540	Barcelona	Spain	08-07-2015	Ayanleh Souleiman	1.43.08
89	538	Zürich A	Switzerland	07-08-1991	José Luiz Barbosa	1.43.75
90	538	Iráklion	Greece	04-07-2004	Yuriy Borzakovskiy	1.43.92
91	537	Birmingham	Great Britain	18-08-2018	Emmanuel Korir	1.42.79
92	530	Doha	Qatar	08-05-2009	Abubaker Kaki	1.43.09
93	528	Stockholm	Sweden	07-07-1997	Wilson Kipketer	1.41.73
94	527	Bruxelles	Belgium	24-08-1984	Joaquim Cruz	1.42.41
95	521	Hengelo	Netherlands	01-06-2009	Abubaker Kaki	1.43.10
96	520	Zürich A	Switzerland	16-08-1995	Wilson Kipketer	1.42.87
97	520	Monaco	France	14-08-2020	Donavan Brazier	1.43.15
98	516	Paris	France	18-06-2022	Benjamin Robert	1.43.75
99	513	Zürich B	Switzerland	14-08-1996	Sammy Langat	1.43.26
100	512	Budapest 1	Hungary	24-08-2023	Slimane Moula	1.43.93
101	511	Rieti	Italy	07-09-1986	Steve Cram	1.43.19
102	509	Lausanne	Switzerland	05-07-2000	André Bucher	1.43.12
103	508	Zürich	Switzerland	08-09-2022	Emmanuel Korir	1.43.26
104	508	Roma A	Italy	02-07-2004	Wilson Kipketer	1.43.88
105	504	Bruxelles	Belgium	02-09-2022	Jake Wightman	1.43.65
106	501	Roma	Italy	14-07-1998	Patrick Ndururi	1.42.90
107	501	Berlin	Germany	31-08-2001	André Bucher	1.43.82
108	500	Budapest 3	Hungary	24-08-2023	Emmanuel Wanyoni	1.43.83
109	498	Berlin	Germany	31-08-2014	Mohammed Aman	1.43.52
110	496	Nice	France	10-07-1996	Wilson Kipketer	1.42.51
111	492	Zürich B	Switzerland	06-08-2004	Youssef Saad Kamel	1.43.11
112	483	Zürich	Switzerland	13-08-1986	Johnny Gray	1.43.46
113	480	Stockholm	Sweden	17-08-2012	Mohammed Aman	1.43.56
114	480	Lausanne	Switzerland	05-07-2019	Wycliffe Kinyamal	1.43.78
115	476	Zürich	Switzerland	22-08-1984	Joaquim Cruz	1.42.34
116	476	Bruxelles	Belgium	23-08-1996	Wilson Kipketer	1.42.77
117	473	Athene	Greece	08-08-1997	Wilson Kipketer	1.43.38
118	472	Oslo	Norway	06-06-2008	Abubaker Kaki	1.42.69
119	472	Monaco	France	16-08-1997	Wilson Kipketer	1.42.77
120	470	Nairobi	Kenya	25-06-2022	Wycliffe Kinyamal	1.43.54
121	470	Paris	France	04-07-2003	Yuriy Borzakovskiy	1.43.94
122	469	Madrid	Spain	17-07-2006	Wilfred Bungei	1.43.69
123	468	Los Angeles CA	USA	19-06-1984	Earl Jones	1.43.74
124	467	Seoul	Korea	26-09-1988	Paul Ereng	1.43.45
125	464	Zürich	Switzerland	28-08-2014	Nijel Amos	1.43.77
126	462	Chorzow	Poland	20-06-2021	Patryk Dobek	1.43.73
127	454	Rieti	Italy	06-09-1992	Nixon Kiprotich	1.43.31
128	454	Eugene OR	USA	31-05-2014	Nijel Amos	1.43.63
129	453	Lausanne	Switzerland	02-07-1999	Norberto Téllez	1.44.05
130	448	Fukuoka	Japan	13-09-1997	Wilson Kipketer	1.42.98
131	448	Stockholm A	Sweden	04-07-2021	Ferguson Rotich	1.43.84
132	446	London	Great Britain	12-07-1996	Vebjørn Rodal	1.43.25
133	440	Berlin	Germany	06-09-2015	Nijel Amos	1.43.28
134	437	Paris	France	30-06-2018	Ferguson Rotich	1.43.73
135	434	Doha	Qatar	11-05-2012	David Rudisha	1.43.10
136	434	Tokyo 2	Japan	01-08-2021	Peter Bol	1.44.11
137	433	New York NY	USA	09-06-2012	David Rudisha	1.41.74
138	433	Rieti	Italy	05-09-1993	Nixon Kiprotich	1.43.54
139	432	Monaco	France	08-08-1998	Wilson Kipketer	1.43.74
140	428	Xiamen	China	20-04-2024	Marco Arop	1.43.61
141	427	Lausanne A	Switzerland	02-07-1997	Wilson Kipketer	1.42.61
142	427	Roma	Italy	14-07-2006	Amine Laalou	1.43.25
143	426	Eugene OR	USA	21-06-2021	Clayton Murphy	1.43.17
144	425	Eugene OR	USA	02-06-2012	Abubaker Kaki	1.43.71
145	425	Hengelo	Netherlands	27-05-2012	Adam Kszczot	1.43.83
146	422	Sevilla	Spain	07-06-2003	Wilfred Bungei	1.43.62
147	421	Linz A	Austria	09-07-1997	Mark Everett	1.43.20
148	420	Sevilla	Spain	29-08-1999	Wilson Kipketer	1.43.30
149	411	Lausanne	Switzerland	04-07-2001	André Bucher	1.43.58
150	411	London	Great Britain	26-07-2013	Nick Symmonds	1.43.67
151	408	New York NY	USA	13-06-2015	David Rudisha	1.43.58
152	406	Des Moines IA	USA	23-06-2013	Duane Solomon	1.43.27
153	404	Monaco	France	18-08-2000	Djabir Saïd-Guerni	1.43.79
154	399	Athene	Greece	13-07-2009	Asbel Kiprop	1.43.48
155	395	Roma	Italy	06-06-2013	Mohammed Aman	1.43.61
156	394	Rieti	Italy	07-09-2014	Taoufik Makhloufi	1.43.83
157	390	Zürich	Switzerland	29-08-2013	Nick Symmonds	1.43.56
158	388	Nairobi	Kenya	01-08-2015	Ferguson Rotich	1.43.60
159	385	Koblenz	Germany	28-08-1988	José Luiz Barbosa	1.43.34
160	383	Sevilla	Spain	30-05-1990	Peter Elliott	1.42.97
161	381	Eldoret	Kenya	01-07-2016	Alfred Kipketer	1.43.73
162	370	Durham NC	USA	13-07-1996	Hezekiél Sepeng	1.43.47
163	369	Rieti	Italy	02-09-2001	Joseph Mutua	1.44.00
164	367	Barcelona	Spain	05-08-1992	William Tanui	1.43.66
165	364	Nairobi	Kenya	29-04-2016	Nicholas Kipkoech	1.43.37
166	364	Paris	France	16-07-2010	Abubaker Kaki	1.43.50
167	363	London	Great Britain	09-07-2017	Nijel Amos	1.43.18
168	362	Rieti	Italy	06-09-1991	José Luiz Barbosa	1.43.08
169	361	Zürich A	Switzerland	15-08-2003	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi	1.44.12
170	360	Oslo	Norway	04-07-1992	Mark Everett	1.43.40
171	360	Zürich B	Switzerland	16-08-2002	Wilfred Bungei	1.43.64
172	357	Monaco	France	21-07-2017	Emmanuel Korir	1.43.10
173	354	Heusden	Belgium	10-07-2010	David Rudisha	1.41.51
174	354	Lausanne	Switzerland	04-07-2013	Mohammed Aman	1.43.33
175	353	Lausanne	Switzerland	09-07-2015	Nijel Amos	1.43.27
176	352	Montreal	Canada	25-07-1976	Alberto Juantorena	1.43.50
177	350	Turku	Finland	14-06-2022	Max Burgin	1.43.52
178	350	Köln	Germany	16-08-1992	Nixon Kiprotich	1.43.55
179	348	Rieti	Italy	28-08-1994	Benson Koech	1.43.17
180	348	Eugene OR	USA	23-07-2022	Emmanuel Korir	1.43.71
181	347	Roma	Italy	11-07-2003	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi	1.44.00
182	346	Paris	France	06-07-2012	David Rudisha	1.41.54
183	346	Paris	France	24-08-2019	Brandon McBride	1.43.78
184	341	Hengelo	Netherlands	14-08-1988	Johnny Gray	1.43.10
185	340	Bruxelles	Belgium	27-08-2010	David Rudisha	1.43.50
186	338	Nairobi	Kenya	26-07-2003	Japheth Kimutai	1.43.71
187	336	Koblenz	Germany	06-08-1986	Peter Braun	1.44.03
188	335	Atlanta GA 3	USA	29-07-1996	Norberto Téllez	1.43.79
189	334	Monaco	France	19-07-2002	Wilson Kipketer	1.43.76
190	332	Jerez	Spain	24-06-2008	Yeimer López	1.43.07
191	327	Firenze	Italy	10-06-1981	Sebastian Coe	1.41.73
192	326	Lausanne	Switzerland	08-07-1992	William Tanui	1.43.62
193	324	Lausanne B	Switzerland	11-07-2006	Alfred Kirwa Yego	1.43.91
194	319	München	Germany	11-09-1999	Wilson Kipketer	1.43.55
195	317	Madrid	Spain	05-07-2008	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi	1.43.64
196	314	Monaco	France	02-08-1994	Wilson Kipketer	1.43.68
197	313	London	Great Britain	22-07-2016	Pierre-Ambroise Bosse	1.43.88
198	311	Doha	Qatar	10-05-2013	David Rudisha	1.43.87
199	309	Rio de Janeiro 1	Brazil	13-08-2016	Pierre-Ambroise Bosse	1.43.85
200	307	Atlanta GA 2	USA	29-07-1996	Benyounés Lahlou	1.43.99
201	303	Nairobi	Kenya	13-05-2023	Emmanuel Wanyoni	1.43.32
202	303	Madrid	Spain	17-07-2004	Wilfred Bungei	1.43.72
203	303	Zürich A	Switzerland	19-08-1992	William Tanui	1.43.98
204	301	Helsinki	Finland	09-08-1983	Willi Wülbeck	1.43.65