The following table is an overview of national records in the 800 metres.
Outdoor Men
CountryTimeAthleteDatePlaceVideo 1:40.91 David Rudisha 9 August 2012 London 1:41.11 Wilson Kipketer 24 August 1997 Cologne 1:41.20 Marco Arop 10 August 2024 Paris-St-Denis 1:41.46 Djamel Sedjati 12 July 2024 Monaco 1:41.61 Gabriel Tual 7 July 2024 Paris 1:41.67 Bryce Hoppel 10 August 2024 Paris-St-Denis 1:41.73 Sebastian Coe 10 June 1981 Florence 1:41.73 Nijel Amos 9 August 2012 London 1:41.77 Joaquim Cruz 26 August 1984 Cologne 1:42.04 Mohamed Attaoui 12 July 2024 Monaco 1:42.15 Cian McPhillips 20 September 2025 Tokyo 1:42.23 Abubaker Kaki 4 June 2010 Oslo 1:42.37 Mohammed Aman 6 September 2013 Brussels 1:42.43 Eliott Crestan 7 July 2024 Paris 1:42.47 Yuriy Borzakovskiy 24 August 2001 Brussels 1:42.51 Amel Tuka 17 July 2015 Monaco 1:42.55 André Bucher 17 August 2001 Zurich 1:42.55 Peter Bol 11 July 2025 Fontvieille 1:42.58 Vebjørn Rodal 31 July 1996 Atlanta 1:42.69 Hezekiel Sepeng 3 September 1999 Brussels 1:42.76 Navasky Anderson 20 September 2025 Tokyo 1:42.79 Yusuf Saad Kamel 29 July 2008 Monaco 1:42.81 Jean-Patrick Nduwimana 17 August 2001 Zürich 1:42.85 Norberto Téllez 31 July 1996 Atlanta 1:42.87 Handal Roban 16 August 2025 Freeport 1:42.97 Ayanleh Souleiman 17 July 2015 Monaco 1:43.13 Andreas Kramer 12 July 2024 Monaco 1:43.22 Paweł Czapiewski 17 August 2001 Zürich 1:43.25 Amine Laalou 14 July 2006 Rome 1:43.44 Jesús Tonatiú López 9 July 2021 Marietta 1:43.45 Bram Som 18 August 2006 Zürich 1:43.45 Ko Ochiai 30 May 2026 Tokyo 1:43.54 William Wuycke 7 September 1986 Rieti 1:43.60 Abdi Bile 16 August 1989 Zurich 1:43.65 Willi Wülbeck 9 August 1983 Helsinki 1:43.66 Mohammed Al-Salhi 8 May 2009 Doha 1:43.67 Dmitrijs Miļkevičs 3 July 2006 Athens 1:43.72 Abraham Chepkirwok 5 July 2008 Madrid Andrea Longo Marcello Fiasconaro 3 September 2000 27 June 1973 Rieti Milan 1:43.82 Musaeb Abdulrahman Balla 8 July 2015 Barcelona 1:43.83 Wesley Vázquez 24 August 2019 Paris 1:43.86 Isaac Nader 18 June 2025 Guadalajara 1:44.00 Ilham Tanui Özbilen 29 June 2013 Mersin 1:44.01 Marino Bloudek 19 July 2025 Madrid 1:44.04 James Preston 25 May 2024 Pfungstadt 1:44.06 Moussa Fall 17 August 1988 Zurich 1:44.10 Ari Suhonen 16 August 1989 Zurich 1:44.13 Mohammad Al-Azemi 3 July 2006 Athens 1:44.14 Lee Jin-il 17 June 1994 Seoul 1:44.31 Rafith Rodríguez 15 May 2011 Belém 1:44.48 Jakub Dudycha 24 June 2025 Ostrava 1:44.55 Abdessalem Ayouni 20 August 2025 Pfungstadt 1:44.65 Edose Ibadin 30 July 2023 Washington, D.C. 1:44.71 Alex Amankwah 12 August 1992 Fairfax 1:44.74 Sadjad Moradi 4 September 2005 Incheon 1:44.75 Slobodan Popović 15 August 1988 Linz 1:44.81 David Fiegen 18 August 2006 Zürich Anatoliy MakarevichAnis Ananenka 26 August 199210 July 2013 KoblenzBudapest 1:44.92 Hamada Mohamed 14 July 2017 Madrid 1:44.93 Catalin Tecuceanu 14 September 2021 Zagreb 1:44.93Mohammed Afsal5 July 2025Poznań 1:44.94 Jozef Repčík 12 June 2008 Ostrava 1:45.00 Panayotis Stroubakos 13 August 1997 Zürich 1:45.03 Savieri Ngidhi 15 June 1996 Caorle 1:45.08 Leonid Masunov 22 June 1984 Kyiv 1:45.15 Žan Rudolf 4 August 2021 Pfungstadt 1:45.27 11 May 2024 Cuiabá 1:45.28 Samwel Mwera 15 May 2005 Rio de Janeiro 1:45.37 Tamás Kazi 8 September 2013 Rieti 1:45.43 Sherridan Kirk 11 June 2005 Sacramento 1:45.43 Fithawi Zaid 18 May 2024 Nijmegen 1:45.54 14 July 2023 Langley 1:45.66 Dezhu Liu 20 April 2024 Xiamen 1:45.72 Uku Renek Kronbergs 16 June 2026 Jõhvi 1:45.74 Moise Joseph 31 May 2002 Baton Rouge 1:45.75 Pablo Squella 12 August 1990 Hengelo 1:45.83 Jonathan Jones 24 March 2022 Austin 1:45.88 Adnan Taess 25 November 2010 Guangzhou 1:46.01 Luis Migueles 14 June 1986 Bratislava 1:46.02 Pol Moya 1 August 2026 Oordegem 1:46.04 Boris Kaveshnikov 15 July 1999 Moscow 1:46.08 Jared Micallef 13 April 2025 Perth 1:46.13 15 May 2021 Los Angeles 1:46.14 Prince Mumba 1 July 2011 Burnaby 1:46.16 Günther Hasler 20 August 1975 Zürich 1:46.21 Michael Wildner 19 July 1992 Ingolstadt 1:46.26 Aaron Evans 28 May 2010 Greensboro 1:46.28 Farhod Kuralov 23 May 2012 Jablonec nad Nisou Binko Kolev Miroslav Chochkov 12 July 1979 8 July 1989 CeljeSofia 1:46.32 Alberto Mamba 9 June 2016 Oslo 1:46.38 Moussa Camara 27 August 2011 Daegu 1:46.39 Marco Vilca 11 May 2024 Cuiabá 1:46.54 Ndumiso Mdziniso 1 July 1997 Kristinestad 1:46.55 Bayron Piedra 25 May 2008 Belém 1:46.58 Vitalij Kozlov 8 July 2008 Kaunas 1:46.62 Daniel Nghipandulwa 10 April 2011 Durban 1:46.64 Alibey Sükürov 3 July 2004 Baku 1:46.74 Tommy Asinga 8 May 1992 Indianapolis 1:46.81 Dennick Luke 8 August 2024 Paris-St-Denis 1:46.81 10 July 2025 Nembro 1:46.46 Mark Handelsman 15 July 1982 Lausanne 1:46.49 1 August 1983 Koblenz 1:46.98 Greg Rhymer 25 May 1994 Ypsilanti 1:46.98 Erkin Isakov 23 July 2004 Bishkek 1:46.99 Mikhail Kolganov 5 June 2004 Almaty Bobby True 29 April 20006 March 1999 Des Moines Indianapolis 1:47.04 Wesam Al-Massri 18 May 2017 Baku 1:47.09 Siahka Bamba 6 August 2003 Castres 1:47.13 Indunil Herath 16 June 2018 Nairobi 1:47.14 Vančo Stojanov 10 May 2002 Sofia Spyros Spyrou 15 September 1983 26 May 2018 Casablanca Oordegem 1:47.18 Vitaliy Cherkes 19 August 2000 Staiki 1:47.20 Edrissa Marong 20 April 2019 Abidjan 1:47.24 Wang Jung-Hua 3 May 1980 Westwood 1:47.26 Alex Beddoes 31 July 2021 Tokyo 1:47.28 3 July 2021 Lignano Sabbiadoro 1:47.33 Joseph Rakotoarimanana 28 July 1996 Atlanta 1:47.37 Batumalai Rajakumar 26 September 1985 Jakarta Musa Hajdari 31 August 2014 Sremska Mitrovica 1:47.41 Abraham Guem 27 July 2024 Tokyo 1:47.45 Aunese Curreen 20 August 2008 Beijing 1:47.45 Mahmoud Al-Kheirat 19 June 1998 Esch-sur-Alzette 1:47.52 Carter Lilly 19 April 2019 Los Angeles 1:47.54 João N'Tyamba 27 June 1992 Belle Vue Maurel 1:47.57 D'Angelo Brown 8 May 2026 Bloomington Brice Etès 22 July 2010 29 July 2008 Monaco Monaco 1:47.66 Sergey Kamayev 17 September 1986 Tashkent 1:47.68 2 October 2023 Hangzhou 1:47.75 Abdullah Al-Yaari 25 May 2024 Leiden 1:47.83 Marbeq Edgar 5 May 2017 Houston Jimmy Crampton 11 December 1970 Bangkok 1:48.06 Juan Diego Castro 15 May 2021 Manhattan 1:48.08 Aboubaker El-Gatrouni 13 October 2003 Abuja 1:48.10 Muhammad Siddique 28 July 1974 Hanover 1:48.16 Fadrique Iglesias 27 May 2006 Ponce 1:48.18 2 October 2023 Hangzhou 1:48.24 Désiré Pierre-Louis 1 May 1994 Gainesville, Florida 1:48.25 Jihad Al-Balawi 15 July 1993 Buffalo 1:48.26 Francky Mbotto 31 July 2021 Tokyo 1:48.29 Clement Abai 20 April 2002 Baton Rouge 1:48.45 Franck Matamba 3 June 1994 Caluire Ahmed Issa 26 August 1962 Thonon-les-Bains Paulin Nyatchou 9 June 2001 Yaoundé 1:48.62 Dale Jones 25 August 1991 Tokyo 1:48.70 Isireli Naikelekelevesi 8 August 2004 Szombathely 1:48.83 Erlingur Jóhannsson 4 July 1987 Oslo 1:48.86 Saud Abdul Karim 20 September 2010 Aleppo 1:48.97 Dương Văn Thái 23 August 2017 Kuala Lumpur 1:48.99 Makman Yoagbati 22 June 2024 Douala 1:49.07 Luis Martínez 25 August 1991 Tokyo 1:49.10 Edgard Cortez 27 August 2011 Daegu 1:49.15 Seymour Walter June 9, 2012 Indianapolis 1:49.16 14 June 2015 Lima Huang Myon-Son 11 April 1983 Pyongyang 1:49.29 Joel Forbes 11 May 2024 Marion 1:49.35 Alexis Sharangabo 26 May 1999 Nassau 1:49.48 Kenneth Dzekedzeke 8 August 1987 Nairobi Ghislain Obounghat 1 May 1983 Tunis Elvin Canales 16 June 202123 June 2024 GuadalajaraGuadalajara 1:49.55 Som Bahadur Kumal 22 August 2026 Bhubaneswar Anatoliy Nekrasov 14 July 1979 Tbilisi Adrien Kela 26 February 2011 Nouméa 1:49.911:47.58 Yervand MkrtchyanTigran Mkrtchyan 7 August 202423 June 2016 ParisArtashat 1:49.93 Alexander Resmol 12 December 1995 Chiang Mai 1:49.94 Samuel Freire 17 June 2017 Lisbon 1:49.94 Thiruben Thana Rajan 30 May 2025 Gumi 1:49.96 Ian Godwin 27 June 1996 Kingston 1:50.02 Ken Reyes 2 June 2018 Kingston 1:50.09 Chhun Bunthorn 15 July 2023 Bangkok 1:50.12 Khan Mohammad Kamran 30 May 2025 Gumi 1:50.17 Francisco Figueredo 13 August 1987 Indianapolis 1:50.22 Jon Rankin 8 April 2011 Westwood 1:50.31 24 June 2023 Marrakech 1:50.39 Patrick Tambwé 4 July 2001 Saint-Maur-des-Fossés 1:50.50 Danilson Riciulli 29 June 2002 Funchal 1:50.58 Harvey Dixon 16 July 2014 Watford Moussa Daweye 13 July 1983 Saint-Maur-des-Fossés Amadou Ba 26 February 202316 May 2021 BostonGreensboro 1:50.85 Freddy Lenka 6 March 1982 Welkom 1:50.85 Pablo Andrés Ibáñez 26 June 2022 San Salvador 1:50.89 Akim Balogoun 21 May 1999 Lagos Richard Riley 11 August 1973 Papendal 1:51.13 Arnold Sorina 8 October 2010 Delhi 1:51.16 Mohamed Hossain Milzer 23 September 1988 Seoul Selwyn Bonne 24 April 1999 Victoria 1:51.23 Prince Amara 9 July 1995 Cwmbran 1:51.44 Attoumane Abdoul-Had 20 May 2012 Aix-les-Bains Benjamín Enzema 20 June 20172 August 2018 PontoiseAsaba 1:51.80 Mohamed Malal Sy Savané 1 August 1992 Barcelona Manlio Molinari 25 June 1997 San Marino 1:52.05 Slaviša Vraneš 16 June 1996 Niš Kondia Ouoba 13 April 1974 Abidjan 1:52.17 Vernal Gumbs 28 July 1989 San Juan 1:52.33 Jonathan Williams 8 March 2008 Walnut Tumur AnkhbayarChuluunbaatar Ariunsaichan 22 June 20057 June 1988 Ulan-UdeOstrava 1:52.64 Charlie Oliver 5 October 1982 Brisbane 1:52.72 Jairo Troeman 10 July 2010 Miramar António Cadio Paraiso 27 August 1981 Luanda 1:53.08 Naseer Ismail 27 September 1999 Kathmandu 1:53.26 Anthony Quan 3 April 1999 Seattle 1:53.28 Pascal Adams 8 July 1987 Colombes 1:53.62 Wais Ibrahim Khairandesh 12 June 2016 Portland 1:54.92 Henry Sweeney 6 May 1995 Long Beach 1:55.05 Jimmy Anak Ahar 10 September 2002 Kota Kinabalu 1:55.10 Asher Patel 12 April 2026 Ithaca 1:55.24 Manuel Ataide 10 May 2023 Phnom Penh 1:55.54 Lou Wai Un 21 September 2021 Xi'an Henele Taliai 26 November 1998 Melbourne 1:57.97 Khambieng Khamiar 24 November 1989 Bangkok Jonathan McKee 18 May 1986 Gothenburg 1:59.16 Douglas Schmidt 23 September 2009 Nikao 2:01.73 Taanini Teekea 3 September 2007 Apia 2:01.95 Cornelius Ardos 25 July 2002 Kolonia, Pohnpei 2:03.08 Tshering Penjor 8 July 2018 Tokyo Martin Motu'ahala 28 July 1994 Majuro Michael Mancao 17 May 2012 Susupe 2:09.91 John Malcolm 8 September 1983 Apia 2:09.92 John-Rico Togogae 14 June 2018 Susupe 2:12.0 Nelu Auega July 1971 Meneñ
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