Preparing for a dazzling contest The athletes in the 1999 Van Damme Memorial 800 m 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	1,406	Zürich A	Switzerland	17-08-2001	André Bucher	1.42.55
2	1,395	Bruxelles	Belgium	03-09-1999	Wilson Kipketer	1.42.27
3	1,230	Bruxelles	Belgium	05-09-2003	Wilfred Bungei	1.42.52
4	1,177	Köln	Germany	24-08-1997	Wilson Kipketer	1.41.11
5	1,173	Atlanta	USA	31-07-1996	Vebjørn Rodal	1.42.58
6	1,116	Rieti	Italy	08-09-2002	Wilson Kipketer	1.42.32
7	1,107	Bruxelles	Belgium	30-08-2002	Wilson Kipketer	1.42.74
8	1,102	Koblenz	Germany	28-08-1985	Joaquim Cruz	1.42.49
9	1,067	Köln	Germany	25-08-1985	Joaquim Cruz	1.42.54
10	1,061	Rieti	Italy	01-09-1996	Wilson Kipketer	1.41.83
11	1,006	Rieti A	Italy	27-08-2006	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi	1.43.09
12	992	Zürich A	Switzerland	13-08-1997	Wilson Kipketer	1.41.24
13	967	Monaco	France	20-07-2001	André Bucher	1.42.90
14	955	Rieti	Italy	29-08-2010	David Rudisha	1.41.01
15	952	Monaco	France	04-08-1999	Wilson Kipketer	1.42.57
16	923	Rieti	Italy	10-09-2011	David Rudisha	1.41.33
17	904	Rieti A	Italy	06-09-2009	David Rudisha	1.42.01
18	889	Bruxelles	Belgium	24-08-2001	Yuriy Borzakovskiy	1.42.47
19	878	Köln	Germany	26-08-1984	Joaquim Cruz	1.41.77
20	877	Monaco	France	22-07-2010	Abubaker Kaki	1.43.10
21	874	Athene	Greece	03-07-2006	Yuriy Borzakovskiy	1.43.42
22	871	Monaco	France	29-07-2008	Yuriy Borzakovskiy	1.42.79
23	862	Monaco	France	22-07-2011	David Rudisha	1.42.61
24	848	Zürich A	Switzerland	12-08-1998	Japheth Kimutai	1.42.87
25	812	Zürich	Switzerland	17-08-1988	Johnny Gray	1.42.65
26	804	Stuttgart	Germany	19-07-1998	Japheth Kimutai	1.42.76
27	789	Zürich A	Switzerland	18-08-2006	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi	1.43.38
28	787	Zürich B	Switzerland	16-08-1995	Johnny Gray	1.43.36
29	773	Zürich A	Switzerland	14-08-1996	Wilson Kipketer	1.42.61
30	762	Bruxelles	Belgium	25-08-2000	Djabir Saïd-Guerni	1.43.25
31	746	Zürich	Switzerland	21-08-1985	Steve Cram	1.42.88
32	741	Zürich A	Switzerland	11-08-2000	André Bucher	1.43.72
33	715	Monaco	France	10-08-1996	Wilson Kipketer	1.42.59
34	699	Zürich A	Switzerland	16-08-1989	Paul Ereng	1.43.16
35	694	Bruxelles	Belgium	03-09-2004	Wilfred Bungei	1.43.48
36	689	Monaco	France	28-07-2009	Abubaker Kaki	1.43.50
37	688	Doha	Qatar	14-05-2010	David Rudisha	1.43.00
38	675	Zürich A	Switzerland	06-08-2004	Wilfred Bungei	1.43.06
39	673	Bruxelles	Belgium	22-08-1997	Wilson Kipketer	1.42.20
40	656	Roma A	Italy	07-07-1999	Wilson Kipketer	1.42.79
41	634	Monaco	France	25-07-1995	Wilson Kipketer	1.42.87
42	628	Zürich	Switzerland	28-08-2009	David Rudisha	1.43.52
43	625	New Orleans	USA	24-06-1992	Johnny Gray	1.42.80
44	622	Paris	France	06-07-2001	André Bucher	1.43.34
45	619	Oslo	Norway	04-06-2010	David Rudisha	1.42.04
46	617	Köln	Germany	16-08-1996	Vebjørn Rodal	1.43.67
47	611	Los Angeles	USA	06-08-1984	Joaquim Cruz	1.43.00
48	610	Lausanne	Switzerland	08-07-2010	David Rudisha	1.43.25
49	607	Zürich A	Switzerland	11-08-1999	Wilson Kipketer	1.43.01
50	594	Koblenz	Germany	29-08-1984	Johnny Gray	1.42.96
51	594	Oslo	Norway	30-06-1999	Wilson Kipketer	1.43.11
52	590	Zürich B	Switzerland	13-08-1997	Hezekiél Sepeng	1.43.44
53	588	Zürich A	Switzerland	16-08-2002	Joseph Mutua	1.43.33
54	564	Monaco	France	25-07-2007	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi	1.43.74
55	561	Berlin	Germany	22-08-2010	David Rudisha	1.41.09
56	560	Berlin	Germany	23-08-1985	Joaquim Cruz	1.42.98
57	553	Rieti	Italy	05-09-2004	Joseph Mutua	1.43.35
58	551	Roma	Italy	01-09-1987	Billy Konchellah	1.43.06
59	543	London	Great Britain	05-08-2011	David Rudisha	1.42.91
60	541	Oslo	Norway	05-07-1996	Wilson Kipketer	1.42.76
61	541	Oslo	Norway	22-07-1994	Wilson Kipketer	1.43.29
62	538	Zürich A	Switzerland	07-08-1991	José Luiz Barbosa	1.43.75
63	538	Iráklion	Greece	04-07-2004	Yuriy Borzakovskiy	1.43.92
64	530	Doha	Qatar	08-05-2009	Abubaker Kaki	1.43.09
65	528	Stockholm	Sweden	07-07-1997	Wilson Kipketer	1.41.73
66	527	Bruxelles	Belgium	24-08-1984	Joaquim Cruz	1.42.41
67	521	Hengelo	Netherlands	01-06-2009	Abubaker Kaki	1.43.10
68	520	Zürich A	Switzerland	16-08-1995	Wilson Kipketer	1.42.87
69	513	Zürich B	Switzerland	14-08-1996	Sammy Langat	1.43.26
70	511	Rieti	Italy	07-09-1986	Steve Cram	1.43.19
71	509	Lausanne	Switzerland	05-07-2000	André Bucher	1.43.12
72	508	Roma A	Italy	02-07-2004	Wilson Kipketer	1.43.88
73	501	Roma	Italy	14-07-1998	Patrick Ndururi	1.42.90
74	501	Berlin	Germany	31-08-2001	André Bucher	1.43.82
75	496	Nice	France	10-07-1996	Wilson Kipketer	1.42.51
76	492	Zürich B	Switzerland	06-08-2004	Youssef Saad Kamel	1.43.11
77	483	Zürich	Switzerland	13-08-1986	Johnny Gray	1.43.46
78	476	Zürich	Switzerland	22-08-1984	Joaquim Cruz	1.42.34
79	476	Bruxelles	Belgium	23-08-1996	Wilson Kipketer	1.42.77
80	473	Athene	Greece	08-08-1997	Wilson Kipketer	1.43.38
81	472	Oslo	Norway	06-06-2008	Abubaker Kaki	1.42.69
82	472	Monaco	France	16-08-1997	Wilson Kipketer	1.42.77
83	470	Paris	France	04-07-2003	Yuriy Borzakovskiy	1.43.94
84	469	Madrid	Spain	17-07-2006	Wilfred Bungei	1.43.69
85	468	Los Angeles	USA	19-06-1984	Earl Jones	1.43.74
86	467	Seoul	Korea	26-09-1988	Paul Ereng	1.43.45
87	454	Rieti	Italy	06-09-1992	Nixon Kiprotich	1.43.31
88	453	Lausanne	Switzerland	02-07-1999	Norberto Téllez	1.44.05
89	448	Fukuoka	Japan	13-09-1997	Wilson Kipketer	1.42.98
90	446	London	Great Britain	12-07-1996	Vebjørn Rodal	1.43.25
91	433	Rieti	Italy	05-09-1993	Nixon Kiprotich	1.43.54
92	432	Monaco	France	08-08-1998	Wilson Kipketer	1.43.74
93	427	Lausanne A	Switzerland	02-07-1997	Wilson Kipketer	1.42.61
94	427	Roma	Italy	14-07-2006	Amine Laalou	1.43.25
95	422	Sevilla	Spain	07-06-2003	Wilfred Bungei	1.43.62
96	421	Linz A	Austria	09-07-1997	Mark Everett	1.43.20
97	420	Sevilla	Spain	29-08-1999	Wilson Kipketer	1.43.30
98	411	Lausanne	Switzerland	04-07-2001	André Bucher	1.43.58
99	404	Monaco	France	18-08-2000	Djabir Saïd-Guerni	1.43.79
100	399	Athene	Greece	13-07-2009	Asbel Kiprop	1.43.48
101	385	Koblenz	Germany	28-08-1988	José Luiz Barbosa	1.43.34
102	383	Sevilla	Spain	30-05-1990	Peter Elliott	1.42.97
103	370	Durham	USA	13-07-1996	Hezekiél Sepeng	1.43.47
104	369	Rieti	Italy	02-09-2001	Joseph Mutua	1.44.00
105	367	Barcelona	Spain	05-08-1992	William Tanui	1.43.66
106	364	Paris	France	16-07-2010	Abubaker Kaki	1.43.50
107	362	Rieti	Italy	06-09-1991	José Luiz Barbosa	1.43.08
108	361	Zürich A	Switzerland	15-08-2003	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi	1.44.12
109	360	Oslo	Norway	04-07-1992	Mark Everett	1.43.40
110	360	Zürich B	Switzerland	16-08-2002	Wilfred Bungei	1.43.64
111	354	Heusden-Zolder	Belgium	10-07-2010	David Rudisha	1.41.51
112	352	Montreal	Canada	25-07-1976	Alberto Juantorena	1.43.50
113	350	Köln	Germany	16-08-1992	Nixon Kiprotich	1.43.55
114	348	Rieti	Italy	28-08-1994	Benson Koech	1.43.17
115	347	Roma	Italy	11-07-2003	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi	1.44.00
116	341	Hengelo	Netherlands	14-08-1988	Johnny Gray	1.43.10
117	340	Bruxelles	Belgium	27-08-2010	David Rudisha	1.43.50
118	338	Nairobi	Kenya	26-07-2003	Japheth Kimutai	1.43.71
119	336	Koblenz	Germany	06-08-1986	Peter Braun	1.44.03
120	335	Atlanta 3	USA	29-07-1996	Norberto Téllez	1.43.79
121	334	Monaco	France	19-07-2002	Wilson Kipketer	1.43.76
122	332	Jerez	Spain	24-06-2008	Yeimer López	1.43.07
123	327	Firenze	Italy	10-06-1981	Sebastian Coe	1.41.73
124	326	Lausanne	Switzerland	08-07-1992	William Tanui	1.43.62
125	324	Lausanne B	Switzerland	11-07-2006	Alfred Kirwa Yego	1.43.91
126	319	München	Germany	11-09-1999	Wilson Kipketer	1.43.55
127	317	Madrid	Spain	05-07-2008	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi	1.43.64
128	314	Monaco	France	02-08-1994	Wilson Kipketer	1.43.68
129	307	Atlanta 2	USA	29-07-1996	Benyounés Lahlou	1.43.99
130	303	Madrid	Spain	17-07-2004	Wilfred Bungei	1.43.72
131	303	Zürich A	Switzerland	19-08-1992	William Tanui	1.43.98
132	301	Helsinki	Finland	09-08-1983	Willi Wülbeck	1.43.65