800 meter run

800 meter run

The 800-meter run is a discipline in athletics . Together with the 1500 meter run and the mile run , it belongs to the middle distance .

Two whole rounds of the stadium have to be run in the competition. In order to avoid jostling, since the Olympic Games in 1960 the first 100 meters, i.e. the distance to the first corner, have been run in lanes. After that, a curved so-called transition line marks the point where the runner is allowed to leave his path.

The runners start in a standing position, i.e. in a high start. Occasionally, when the number of individual lanes is insufficient, two runners run per lane.

The fastest men achieve times of about 1:41 minutes (world record: 1: 40.91 min), which corresponds to 7.84 m / s or 28.23 km / h.

The fastest women achieve times of around 1:54 minutes (world record: 1: 53.28 min), which corresponds to 7.01 m / s or 25.26 km / h.

The 800-meter run is one of the oldest competition routes and has been part of the men's program since the first modern Olympic Games in 1896 . For women, it was also played once at the first games with women participating ( 1928 ), and then again from 1960 .

history

The 800 meter run is derived from the half- mile distance (880 yards or 804.67 m) that was first competed in Great Britain around 1830.

For a long time it was customary to run the first lap very quickly, until it was realized that better times can be achieved if both laps are run at the same time as possible. In this way, the Briton Tommy Hampson managed to stay below 1:50 minutes for the first time: On August 2, 1932, he ran the 800 meters in 1: 49.7 minutes with lap times of 54.8 seconds and 54.9 seconds.

Interval runs have been the preferred training tool since the late 1930s . Here, routes that are shorter than the competition route are repeated frequently and with only short breaks for relaxation. B. 50 times 100 meters or 20 times 200 meters. The German Rudolf Harbig achieved a world record time of 1: 46.6 minutes with the interval method under his trainer Woldemar Gerschler on July 15, 1939.

Since the early 1960s, interval training has been replaced by endurance training. At the 1960 Olympic Games , New Zealander Peter Snell won the gold medal over 800 meters as a hitherto little-known runner, after training according to Arthur Lydiard 's endurance method . Four years later he was able to win the gold medal in both the 800 and 1500 meters at the 1964 Olympic Games .

Sebastian Coe was one of the first to turn away from Lydiard's more endurance-oriented method and opt for more complex training with a smaller scope ( multi-level training ). Coe was able to improve the 800 meter world record to 1: 41.73 min.

The women's 800-meter run was included in the competition program for the first time at the 1928 Olympic Games , but was immediately canceled because the officials and journalists who were present seemed too exhausted the participants. After that, the route was still run at the Women's World Games - the last time in 1934, so that there were no more high-ranking middle-distance competitions for women. The 800-meter run has been part of the European Athletics Championships again since 1954 , and women have been running the route again at the Olympic Games since 1960 .

Times that were achieved in 880-yard races (804.67 m) are also included in the record lists.

Milestones

• First world record officially recognized by the IAAF : 1: 51.9 min, Ted Meredith , on July 8, 1912 
• First man under 2 minutes: 1: 59.8 min, Arthur Pelham , on March 26, 1873 
• First official women's world record: 2: 30.4 min, Georgette Lenoir , on August 20, 1922 
• First woman under 2 minutes: 1: 59.1 min, Shin Kim Dan , November 12, 1963 (no official world record) 
• Men's world record with the longest standing: 1: 41.73 min, Sebastian Coe on June 10, 1981, improved by Wilson Kipketer on August 13, 1997  
• Men's world record fastest and up-to-date: 1: 40.91 min, David Rudisha in 2012 
• Women's world record with the longest standing: 1: 53.28 min, Jarmila Kratochvílová , since July 26, 1983 

Most successful athlete

• Two Olympic victories each:
  •  Douglas Lowe , 1924 and 1928
  •  Mal Whitfield , 1948 and 1952
  •  Peter Snell , 1960 and 1964
  •  David Rudisha , 2012 and 2016

• Three world championship victories each:
  •  Maria de Lurdes Mutola , 1993 , 2001 and 2003
  •  Wilson Kipketer , 1995 , 1997 and 1999
• German Olympic Champion:
  •  Lina Radke , 1928
  •  Hildegard Falck , 1972
  •  Sigrun Wodars , 1988
  •  Nils Schumann , 2000

statistics

Olympic Games medalist

Men

year	gold medal	Silver medal	Bronze medal
1896	Edwin Flack	Nándor Dáni	Dimitrios Golemis
1900	Alfred Tysoe	John Cregan	David Hall
1904	James Lightbody	Howard Valentine	Emil Breitkreutz
1906	Paul Pilgrim	James Lightbody	Wyndham neck shaft
1908	Mel Sheppard	Emilio Lunghi	Hanns Braun
1912	Ted Meredith	Mel Sheppard	Ira Davenport
1920	Albert Hill	Earl Eby	Bevil Rudd
1924	Douglas Lowe	Paul Martin	Schuyler Enck
1928	Douglas Lowe	Erik Byléhn	Hermann Engelhard
1932	Tommy Hampson	Alex Wilson	Phil Edwards
1936	John Woodruff	Mario Lanzi	Phil Edwards
1948	Times Whitfield	Arthur Wint	Marcel Hansenne
1952	Times Whitfield	Arthur Wint	Heinz Ulzheimer
1956	Tom Courtney	Derek Johnson	Audun Boysen
1960	Peter Snell	Roger Moens	George Kerr
1964	Peter Snell	Bill Crothers	Wilson Kiprugut
1968	Ralph Doubell	Wilson Kiprugut	Tom Farrell
1972	Dave Wottle	Yevgeny Arshanov	Mike Boit
1976	Alberto Juantorena	Ivo Van Damme	Rick Wohlhuter
1980	Steve Ovett	Sebastian Coe	Nikolai Kirov
1984	Joaquim Cruz	Sebastian Coe	Earl Jones
1988	Paul Ereng	Joaquim Cruz	Said Aouita
1992	William Tanui	Nixon Kiprotich	Johnny Gray
1996	Vebjørn Rodal	Hezekiel Sepeng	Fred Onyancha
2000	Nils Schumann	Wilson Kipketer	Djabir Saïd-Guerni
2004	Yuri Borsakovsky	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi	Wilson Kipketer
2008	Wilfred Bungei	Ismail Ahmed Ismail	Alfred Kirwa Yego
2012	David Rudisha	Nijel Amos	Timothy Kitum
2016	David Rudisha	Taoufik Makhloufi	Clayton Murphy

Women

year	gold medal	Silver medal	Bronze medal
1928	Lina Radke	Kinue Hitomi	Inga Gentzel
1960	Lyudmila Shevtsova	Brenda Jones	Ursula Donath
1964	Ann Packer	Maryvonne Dupureur	Marise Chamberlain
1968	Madeline Manning	Ileana Silai	Maria Gommers
1972	Hildegard Falck	Niole Sabaite	Gunhild Hoffmeister
1976	Tatiana Kasankina	Nikolina Shtereva	Elfi tin
1980	Nadia Olisarenko	Olga Mineeva	Tatiana Prowidochina
1984	Doina Melinte	Kim Gallagher	Fița Lovin
1988	Sigrun Wodars	Christine Wachtel	Kim Gallagher
1992	Ellen van Langen	Lilia Nurutdinova	Ana Fidelia Quirot
1996	Svetlana Masterkova	Ana Fidelia Quirot	Maria de Lurdes Mutola
2000	Maria de Lurdes Mutola	Stephanie Graf	Kelly Holmes
2004	Kelly Holmes	Hasna Benhassi	Jolanda Čeplak
2008	Pamela Jelimo	Janeth Jepkosgei	Hasna Benhassi
2012	Caster Semenya	Pamela Jelimo	Alysia Montaño
2016	Caster Semenya	Francine Niyonsaba	Margaret Nyairera Wambui

World Championships medalist

Men

year	gold medal	Silver medal	Bronze medal
1983	Willi Wuelbeck	Rob Druppers	Joaquim Cruz
1987	Billy Konchellah	Peter Elliott	José Luíz Barbosa
1991	Billy Konchellah	José Luíz Barbosa	Mark Everett
1993	Paul Ruto	Giuseppe D'Urso	Billy Konchellah
1995	Wilson Kipketer	Arthémon Hatungimana	Vebjørn Rodal
1997	Wilson Kipketer	Norberto Tellez	Rich Kenah
1999	Wilson Kipketer	Hezekiel Sepeng	Djabir Saïd-Guerni
2001	André Bucher	Wilfred Bungei	Paweł Czapiewski
2003	Djabir Saïd-Guerni	Yuri Borsakovsky	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi
2005	Rashid Ramzi	Yuri Borsakovsky	William Yiampoy
2007	Alfred Kirwa Yego	Gary Reed	Yuri Borsakovsky
2009	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi	Alfred Kirwa Yego	Yusuf Saad camel
2011	David Rudisha	Abubaker persimmon	Yuri Borsakovsky
2013	Mohammed Aman	Nick Symmonds	Ayanleh Souleiman
2015	David Rudisha	Adam Kszczot	Amel Tuka
2017	Pierre-Ambroise Bosse	Adam Kszczot	Kipyegon bed
2019	Donavan Brazier	Amel Tuka	Ferguson Cheruiyot Rotich

Women

year	gold medal	Silver medal	Bronze medal
1983	Jarmila Kratochvílová	Lyubov Gurina	Ekaterina Podkopaeva
1987	Sigrun Wodars	Christine Wachtel	Lyubov Gurina
1991	Lilia Nurutdinova	Ana Fidelia Quirot	Ella Kovacs
1993	Maria de Lurdes Mutola	Lyubov Gurina	Ella Kovacs
1995	Ana Fidelia Quirot	Letitia Vriesde	Kelly Holmes
1997	Ana Fidelia Quirot	Jelena Afanassjewa	Maria de Lurdes Mutola
1999	Ludmila Formanova	Maria de Lurdes Mutola	Svetlana Masterkova
2001	Maria de Lurdes Mutola	Stephanie Graf	Letitia Vriesde
2003	Maria de Lurdes Mutola	Kelly Holmes	Natalia Khrushchelyova
2005	Zulia Calatayud	Hasna Benhassi	Tatiana Andrianova
2007	Janeth Jepkosgei	Hasna Benhassi	Mayte Martínez
2009	Caster Semenya	Janeth Jepkosgei Busienei	Jennifer Meadows
2011	Caster Semenya	Janeth Jepkosgei Busienei	Alysia Montaño
2013	Eunice Jepkoech Sum	Brenda Martinez	Alysia Montaño
2015	Maryna Arsamassawa	Melissa Bishop	Eunice Jepkoech Sum
2017	Caster Semenya	Francine Niyonsaba	Ajeé Wilson
2019	Halimah Nakaayi	Raevyn Rogers	Ajeé Wilson

See also

• Olympic medalist
• Medalist at world championships
• Olympic medalists
• Medal winners at world championships

World record development

Men

y: finish time in an 880 yards (804.68 m) run

Time (min)	Surname	date	place
1: 51.9	Ted Meredith	July 8, 1912	Stockholm
1: 51.6 y	Otto Peltzer	July 3, 1926	London
1: 50.6	Séra Martin	July 14, 1928	Colombes
1: 49.8	Tommy Hampson	August 2, 1932	los Angeles
1: 49.8 y	Ben Eastman	June 16, 1934	Princeton
1: 49.7	Glenn Cunningham	August 20, 1936	Stockholm
1: 49.6 y	Elroy Robinson	July 11, 1937	new York
1: 48.4	Sydney Wooderson	August 20, 1938	Motspur Park
1: 46.6	Rudolf Harbig	July 15, 1939	Milan
1: 45.7	Roger Moens	3rd August 1955	Oslo
1: 44.3	Peter Snell	3rd February 1962	Christchurch
1: 44.3	Ralph Doubell	15th October 1968	Mexico city
1: 44.3	Dave Wottle	July 1, 1972	Eugene
1: 44.1 y	Rick Wohlhuter	June 8, 1974	Eugene
1: 43.7	Marcello Fiasconaro	June 27, 1973	Milan
1: 43.5	Alberto Juantorena	July 25, 1976	Montreal
1: 43.4	Alberto Juantorena	August 21, 1977	Sofia
1: 42.4	Sebastian Coe	5th July 1979	Oslo
1: 41.73	Sebastian Coe	June 10, 1981	Florence
1: 41.73	Wilson Kipketer	July 7, 1997	Stockholm
1: 41.24	Wilson Kipketer	August 13, 1997	Zurich
1: 41.11	Wilson Kipketer	August 24, 1997	Cologne
1: 41.09	David Rudisha	August 22, 2010	Berlin
1: 41.01	David Rudisha	August 29, 2010	Rieti
1: 40.91	David Rudisha	August 9, 2012	London

Women

y: finish time in an 880 yards (804.68 m) run

Time (min)	Surname	date	place
2: 45.0 y	Nelly Hicks	August 2, 1922	Torquay
2: 30.4	Georgette Lenoir	August 20, 1922	Paris
2: 26.2 y	Mary Lines	August 30, 1922	London
2: 23.8	Lina Batschauer	August 7, 1927	Wroclaw
2: 20.4	Inga Gentzel	June 16, 1928	Stockholm
2: 19.6	Lina Batschauer	July 1, 1928	Brieg
2: 16.8	Lina Radke	August 2, 1928	Amsterdam
2: 15.9	Anna Larsson	August 28, 1944	Stockholm
2: 14.8	Anna Larsson	August 19, 1945	Helsingborg
2: 13.8	Anna Larsson	August 30, 1945	Stockholm
2: 13.0	Evdokiya Vasilyeva	17th July 1950	Moscow
2: 12.2	Valentina Pomogayeva	July 26, 1951	Moscow
2: 12.0	Nina Pletnyova	August 26, 1951	Minsk
2: 08.5	Nina Pletnyova	June 15, 1952	Kiev
2: 07.3	Nina Pletnyova	August 27, 1953	Moscow
2: 06.6	Nina Otkalenko	September 16, 1954	Kiev
2: 05.0	Nina Otkalenko	September 24, 1955	Zagreb
2: 04.3	Lyudmila Shevtsova	September 7, 1960	Rome
2: 04.3	Lyudmila Shevtsova	3rd July 1960	Moscow
2: 01.2	Dixie Willis	March 3, 1962	Perth
2: 01.1	Ann Packer	October 20, 1964	Tokyo
2: 01.0	Judy Pollock	July 28, 1967	Helsinki
2: 00.5	Vera Nikolić	20th July 1968	London
1: 58.5	Hildegard Falck	July 11, 1971	Stuttgart
1: 57.5	Svetla Slateva	August 24, 1973	Athens
1: 56.0	Valentina Gerasimova	June 12, 1976	Kiev
1: 54.94	Tatiana Kasankina	July 26, 1976	Montreal
1: 54.85	Nadia Olisarenko	June 12, 1980	Moscow
1: 53.43	Nadia Olisarenko	July 27, 1980	Moscow
1: 53.28	Jarmila Kratochvílová	July 26, 1983	Munich

More records

(Last updated 2012)

class	Time (min)	Surname	date	place
Olympic record	1: 40.91	David Rudisha	08/09/2012	London
Junior world record (M)	1: 42.69	Abubaker persimmon	06/06/2008	Oslo
Junior world record (F)	1: 54.01	Pamela Jelimo	08/29/2008	Zurich
Youth World Record (M)	1: 44.34	Belal Mansoor Ali	06/17/2005	Coneglio
Youth World Record (F)	1: 57.18	Wang Yuan	09/08/1993	Beijing
Austrian national record (M)	1: 46.21	Michael Wildner	07/19/1992	Ingolstadt
Austrian national record (F)	1: 56.64	Stephanie Graf	09/25/2000	Sydney
Swiss National Record (M)	1: 42.55	André Bucher	08/17/2001	Zurich
Swiss National Record (F)	1: 57.95	Selina Büchel	04/07/2015	Paris

World best list

Men

All runners with a time of 1: 43.15 minutes or faster.

Last change: October 15, 2019

1. 1: 40.91 min David Rudisha , London , August 9, 2012 
2. 1: 41.11 min Wilson Kipketer , Cologne , August 24, 1997 
3. 1: 41.73 min Sebastian Coe , Florence , June 10, 1981 
4. 1: 41.73 min Nijel Amos , London , August 9, 2012 
5. 1: 41.77 min Joaquim Cruz , Cologne , August 26, 1984 
6. 1: 42.05 min Emmanuel Korir , London , July 22, 2018 
7. 1: 42.23 min Abubaker Kaki , Oslo , June 4, 2010 
8. 1: 42.28 min Sammy Koskei , Cologne , August 26, 1984 
9. 1: 42.34 min Wilfred Bungei , Rieti , September 8, 2002 
10. 1: 42.34 min Donavan Brazier , Doha , October 1, 2019 
11. 1: 42.37 min Mohammed Aman , Brussels , September 6, 2013 
12. 1: 42.47 min Juri Borsakowski , Brussels , August 24, 2001 
13. 1: 42.51 min Amel Tuka , Monaco , July 17, 2015 
14. 1: 42.53 min Timothy Kitum , London , August 9, 2012 
15. 1: 42.53 min Pierre-Ambroise Bosse , Monaco , July 18, 2014 
16. 1: 42.54 min Ferguson Cheruiyot Rotich , Monaco , July 12, 2019 
17. 1: 42.55 min André Bucher , Zurich , August 17, 2001 
18. 1: 42.58 min Vebjørn Rodal , Atlanta , July 31, 1996 
19. 1: 42.60 min Johnny Gray , Koblenz , August 28, 1985 
20. 1: 42.61 min Taoufik Makhloufi , Rio de Janeiro , August 15, 2016 
21. 1: 42.62 min Patrick Ndururi , Zurich , August 13, 1997 
22. 1: 42.67 min Alfred Kirwa Yego , Rieti , September 6, 2009 
23. 1: 42.69 min Hezekiél Sepeng , Brussels , September 3, 1999 
24. 1: 42.69 min Japheth Kimutai , Brussels , September 3, 1999 
25. 1: 42.79 min Frederick Onyancha , Atlanta , July 31, 1996 
26. 1: 42.79 min Yusuf Saad Kamel , Monaco , July 29, 2008 
27. 1: 42.81 min Jean-Patrick Nduwimana , Zurich , August 17, 2001 
28. 1: 42.82 min Duane Solomon , London , August 9, 2012 
29. 1: 42.85 min Norberto Téllez , Atlanta , July 31, 1996 
30. 1: 42.86 min Mbulaeni Mulaudzi , Rieti , September 6, 2009 
31. 1: 42.87 min Alfred Kipketer , Paris , August 27, 2016 
32. 1: 42.88 min Steve Cram , Zurich , August 21, 1985 
33. 1: 42.91 min William Yiampoy , Rieti , September 8, 2002 
34. 1: 42.93 min Clayton Murphy , Rio de Janeiro , August 15, 2016 
35. 1: 42.95 min Boaz Kiplagat Lalang , Rieti , August 29, 2010 
36. 1: 42.95 min Nick Symmonds , London , August 9, 2012 
37. 1: 42.97 min Peter Elliott , Seville , May 30, 1990 
38. 1: 42.97 min Ayanleh Souleiman , Monaco , July 17, 2015 
39. 1: 42.98 min Patrick Konchellah , Cologne , August 24, 1997 
40. 1: 43.03 min Kennedy Kimwetich , Stuttgart , July 19, 1998 
41. 1: 43.05 min Jonathan Kitilit , Paris , August 27, 2016 
42. 1: 43.06 min Billy Konchellah , Rome , September 1, 1987 
43. 1: 43.07 min Yeiman López , Jerez de la Frontera , June 24, 2008 
44. 1: 43.08 min José Luíz Barbosa , Rieti , September 6, 1991 
45. 1: 43.09 min Djabir Saïd-Guerni , Brussels , September 3, 1999 
46. 1: 43.11 min Timothy Cheruiyot , Nairobi , August 22, 2019 
47. 1: 43.12 min Wycliffe Kinyamal , London , July 22, 2018 
48. 1: 43.13 min Abraham Kipchirchir Rotich , Monaco , July 20, 2012 
49. 1: 43.15 min Mehdi Baala , Rieti , September 8, 2002 
50. 1: 43.15 min Asbel Kiprop , Monaco , July 22, 2011 

• German record: Willi Wülbeck - 1: 43.65 min on August 9, 1983 in Helsinki
• Austrian record: Michael Wildner - 1: 46.21 min on July 19, 1992 in Ingolstadt
• Swiss record: André Bucher - 1: 42.55 min on August 17, 2001 in Zurich

Women

All runners with a time of 1: 56.64 minutes or better.

Last change: July 20, 2018

1. 1: 53.28 min Jarmila Kratochvílová , Munich , July 26, 1983 
2. 1: 53.43 min Nadija Olisarenko , Moscow , July 27, 1980 
3. 1: 54.01 min Pamela Jelimo , Zurich , August 29, 2008 
4. 1: 54.25 mins Caster Semenya , Paris , June 30, 2018 
5. 1: 54.44 min Ana Fidelia Quirot , Barcelona , September 9, 1989 
6. 1: 54.81 min Olga Minejewa , Moscow , July 27, 1980 
7. 1: 54.94 min Tatjana Kasankina , Montreal , July 26, 1976 
8. 1: 55.05 min Doina Melinte , Bucharest , August 1, 1982 
9. 1: 55.19 min Maria de Lurdes Mutola , Zurich , August 17, 1994 
10. 1: 55.19 min Jolanda Čeplak , Heusden-Zolder , July 20, 2002 
11. 1: 55.26 min Sigrun Wodars , Rome , August 31, 1987 
12. 1: 55.32 min Christine Wachtel , Rome , August 31, 1987 
13. 1: 55.42 min Nikolina Schterewa , Montreal , July 26, 1976 
14. 1: 55.46 min Tatiana Prowidochina , Moscow , July 27, 1980 
15. 1: 55.47 min Francine Niyonsaba , Monaco , July 21, 2017 
16. 1: 55.54 min Ellen van Langen , Barcelona , August 3, 1992 
17. 1: 55.54 min Liu Dong , Beijing , September 9, 1993 
18. 1: 55.56 min Lyubov Gurina , Rome , August 31, 1987 
19. 1: 55.60 min Elfi Zinn , Montreal , July 26, 1976 
20. 1: 55.61 min Ajee Wilson , Monaco , July 21, 2017 
21. 1: 55.68 min Ella Kovacs , Bucharest , June 2, 1985 
22. 1: 55.69 min Irina Podjalowskaja , Kiev , June 22, 1984 
23. 1: 55.74 min Anita Weiß , Montreal , July 26, 1976 
24. 1: 55.87 min Swetlana Masterkowa , Moscow , June 18, 1999 
25. 1: 55.96 min Lyudmila Wesselkowa , Athens , September 8, 1982 
26. 1: 55.96 min Ekaterina Podkopajewa , Leningrad , July 27, 1983 
27. 1: 55.99 min Lilija Nurutdinowa , Barcelona , August 3, 1992 
28. 1: 56.00 min Tatjana Andrianowa , Kazan , July 18, 2008 
29. 1: 56.04 min Janeth Jepkosgei , Osaka , August 28, 2007 
30. 1: 56.09 min Zulia Calatayud , Monaco , July 19, 2002 
31. 1: 56.15 min Natoya Goule , Monaco , July 20, 2018 
32. 1: 56.21 min Martina Kämpfert , Moscow , July 27, 1980 
33. 1: 56.21 min Samira Saizewa , Leningrad , July 27, 1983 
34. 1: 56.21 min Kelly Holmes , Monaco , September 9, 1995 
35. 1: 56.24 min Rawilja Agletdinova , Leningrad , August 1, 1985 
36. 1: 56.24 min Qu Yunxia , Beijing , September 9, 1993 
37. 1: 56.40 min Jearl Miles Clark , Zurich , August 11, 1999 
38. 1: 56.42 min Paula Ivan , Ankara , July 16, 1988 
39. 1: 56.43 min Hasna Benhassi , Athens , August 23, 2004 
40. 1: 56.44 min Swetlana Styrkina , Montreal , July 26, 1976 
41. 1: 56.51 min Slobodanka Čolović , Belgrade , June 17, 1987 
42. 1: 56.53 min Patricia Djaté-Taillard , Monaco , September 9, 1995 
43. 1: 56.56 min Ludmila Formanová , Zurich , August 11, 1999 
44. 1: 56.57 min Soja Rigel , Prague , August 31, 1978 
45. 1: 56.59 min Totka Petrowa , Prague , August 31, 1978 
46. 1: 56.59 min Natalja Khrushchelyova , Tula , July 31, 2004 
47. 1: 56.60 min Natalja Zyganowa , Tula , July 25, 2000 
48. 1: 56.61 min Jelena Afanassjewa , Zurich , August 13, 1997 
49. 1: 56.62 min Tina Paulino , New York , May 22, 1993 
50. 1: 56.64 min Nadezhda Loboyko , Kiev , July 7, 1990 
51. 1: 56.64 min Stephanie Graf , Sydney , September 25, 2000 
52. 1: 56.64 min Svetlana Klyuka , Kazan , July 18, 2008 

• German record: Sigrun Wodars - 1: 55.26 min on August 31, 1987 in Rome
• Austrian record: Stephanie Graf - 1: 56.64 min on September 25, 2000 in Sydney
• Swiss record: Selina Büchel - 1: 57.95 min on July 4th, 2015 in Paris

Training methods

There are three training methods that can be described as main training methods: Intensive interval training, continuous performance training, and multi-level training. There are also a number of modifications to these methods.

Intensive interval training (according to Woldemar Gerschler)

The training, first used by Rudolf Harbig from Dresden's Woldemar Gerschler, aims at particularly frequent and quick repetitions of short distances (up to a maximum of 600 meters) with short pauses. This improves speed endurance to such an extent that the lactate load at the end of a race is no longer so extreme over 800 meters .

Harbig ran through this method e.g. B. in 1939 the world record over 800 meters of 1: 46.6 minutes and also became European champion in 1938.

Endurance training (based on Arthur Lydiard)

At the end of the 1950s, New Zealander Arthur Lydiard came to the conclusion that one can move the individual anaerobic threshold (the threshold between the provision of energy predominantly caused by glycolysis ) further up by running large amounts of continuous running (up to 160 kilometers per week) .

Through this training method z. B. Peter Snell three times Olympic gold over 800 and 1500 meters . Snell also improved the world record over 800 meters.

Multi-level training (after Peter Coe)

The multi-level training was developed in the early 1970s by the British Peter Coe , father of the legendary Sebastian Coe . This training method is aimed at complex training. Endurance runs , speed training , strength training and coordinative training are carried out all year round . Depending on the time of the season, however, the focus of the training is changed. In winter, long runs are preferred in the northern hemisphere in order to develop a basis for the speed training that begins in spring. In summer or before the high points of the season, the final touches for the competitive athlete can then be given with many short tempo runs. Fundamental aspects of multi-level training were already included in Frank Horwill's multi-tempo training from the British Milers Club, to which Sebastian Coe also belonged.

With this training method z. B. Sebastian Coe twice Olympic gold over 1500 and two Olympic silver over 800 meters. Coe also set numerous world records from 800 meters to the mile. Also Saïd Aouita and the training group to Hicham El Guerrouj used slightly modified versions of the multi-stage training.

See also

• List of Olympic team abbreviations
• List of national records in the women's 800 meter race

literature

• Arnd Krüger : The classification of Roger Bannister's performance in the history of training for medium and long distances, in: J. BUSCHMANN & S. WASSONG (Ed.): Cross-country skiing through the Olympic history. Festschrift for Karl Lennartz. Cologne: Carl and Liselott Diem - Archive 2005, 349 - 372. ISDN: 3883380156
• Arnd Krüger : Many roads lead to the Olympics. The changes in the training systems for middle and long distance runners (1850-1997), in: N. Gissel (Hrsg.): Sportliche Leistungs im Wandel. Hamburg 1998: Czwalina, pp. 41-56.
• Progression of World best performances and official IAAF World Records, 2003 Edition, Monaco, 2003, p. 50 ff. And P. 259 ff. (English)

Web links

• Eternal world best list of the IAAF, 800 m men (English)
• Eternal world best list of the IAAF, 800 m women (English)
• Athletics annual world best list up to 20th place ( Memento from July 18, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
• Statistical site on the 800-meter race (English)