Men's Olympic 800 Meters Through the Years
Updated August 28, 2020 |
Infoplease Staff
800 meters
Find the Olympic gold-medal times for the men's 800 meter race from 1896 to the present.
| Year | Time | Record | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1896 | Teddy Flack, AUS | 2:11.0 | |
| 1900 | Alfred Tysoe, GBR | 2:01.2 | |
| 1904 | Jim Lightbody, USA | 1:56.0 | OR |
| 1906 | Paul Pilgrim, USA | 2:01.5 | |
| 1908 | Mel Sheppard, USA | 1:52.8 | WR |
| 1912 | Ted Meredith, USA | 1:51.9 | WR |
| 1920 | Albert Hill, GBR | 1:53.4 | |
| 1924 | Douglas Lowe, GBR | 1:52.4 | |
| 1928 | Douglas Lowe, GBR | 1:51.8 | OR |
| 1932 | Tommy Hampson, GBR | 1:49.7 | WR |
| 1936 | John Woodruff, USA | 1:52.9 | |
| 1948 | Mal Whitfield, USA | 1:49.2 | OR |
| 1952 | Mal Whitfield, USA | 1:49.2 | OR |
| 1956 | Tom Courtney, USA | 1:47.7 | OR |
| 1960 | Peter Snell, NZE | 1:46.3 | OR |
| 1964 | Peter Snell, NZE | 1:45.1 | OR |
| 1968 | Ralph Doubell, AUS | 1:44.3 | WR |
| 1972 | Dave Wottle, USA | 1:45.9 | |
| 1976 | Alberto Juantorena, CUB | 1:43.50 | WR |
| 1980 | Steve Ovett, GBR | 1:45.4 | |
| 1984 | Joaquim Cruz, BRA | 1:43.00 | OR |
| 1988 | Paul Ereng, KEN | 1:43.45 | |
| 1992 | William Tanui, KEN | 1:43.66 | |
| 1996 | Vebjoern Rodal, NOR | 1:42.58 | OR |
| 2000 | Nils Schumann, GER | 1:45.08 | |
| 2004 | Yuriy Borzakovskiy, RUS | 1:44.45 | |
| 2008 | Wilfred Kipkemboi Bungei | 1:44.65 | |
| 2012 | David Rudisha, KEN | 1:40.91 | WR |
| 400 meters | Men's Olympic Track & Field | 1500 meters |
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