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Last updated on February 1, 2009
800-Meter Run
| 1896 |
Edwin Flack, Australia |
2:11.00 |
| 1900 |
Alfred Tysoe, Great Britain |
2:01.40 |
| 1904 |
James Lightbody, United States |
1:56.00 |
| 1906 |
Paul Pilgrim, United States |
2:01.20 |
| 1908 |
Mel Sheppard, United states |
1:52.80 |
| 1912 |
Ted Meredith, United States |
1:51.90 |
| 1920 |
Albert Hill, Great Britain |
1:53.40 |
| 1924 |
Douglas Lowe, Great Britain |
1:52.40 |
| 1928 |
Douglas Lowe, Great Britain |
1:51.80 |
| 1932 |
Thomas Hampson, Great Britain |
1:49.80 |
| 1936 |
John Woodruff, United States |
1:52.90 |
| 1948 |
Malvin Whitfield, United States |
1:49.20 |
| 1952 |
Malvin Whitfield, United States |
1:49.20 |
| 1956 |
Tom Courtney, United States |
1:47.70 |
| 1960 |
Peter Snell, New Zealand |
1:46.30 |
| 1964 |
Peter Snell, New Zealand |
1:45.10 |
| 1968 |
Ralph Doubell, Australia |
1:44.30 |
| 1972 |
David Wottle, United States |
1:45.90 |
| 1976 |
Alberto Juantorena, Cuba |
1:43.50 |
| 1980 |
Steve Ovett, Britain |
1:45.40 |
| 1984 |
Joaquin Cruz, Brazil |
1:43.00 |
| 1988 |
Paul Ereng, Kenya |
1:43.45 |
| 1992 |
William Tanui, Kenya |
1:43.66 |
| 1996 |
Vebjoern Rodal, Norway |
1:42.58 |
| 2000 |
Nils Schumann, Germany |
1:45.08 |
| 2004 |
Yuriy Borzakovskiy, Russia |
1:44.45 |
| 2008 |
Wilfred Bungei, Kenya |
1:44.65 |
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