800m WORLD RECORD – FLIPPIN FAST
August 25, 2010 in SPORTS
Kenya’s David Rudisha has broken the 13-year-old men’s 800 meter world record at Berlin’s Diamond League meeting on Sunday.
Below is the WR progression from our very own Peter Snell. I remember watching Wilson Kipketer race in the World Champs in Athens. The video footage of the race is in German but it kinda adds to the feeling of the race.
| 1:44.3+ |  Peter Snell (NZL) |
1962-02-02 | Christchurch, New Zealand[1] | |
| 1:44.3 | 1:44.40 |  Ralph Doubell (AUS) |
1968-10-15 | Mexico City, Mexico[1] |
| 1:44.3 |  Dave Wottle (USA) |
1972-07-01 | Eugene, Oregon, USA[1] | |
| 1:43.7 |  Marcello Fiasconaro (ITA) |
1973-06-27 | Milan, Italy[1] | |
| 1:43.5 | 1:43.50 |  Alberto Juantorena (CUB) |
1976-07-16 | Montreal, Canada[1] |
| 1:43.4 | 1:43.44 | Alberto Juantorena (CUB) |
1977-08-21 | Sofia, Bulgaria[1] |
| 1:42.4 | 1:42.33 |  Sebastian Coe (GBR) |
1979-07-05 | Oslo, Norway[1] |
| 1:41.73 | - | Sebastian Coe (GBR) |
1981-06-10 | Florence, Italy[1] |
| 1:41.73 | - |  Wilson Kipketer (DEN) |
1997-07-07 | Stockholm, Sweden[1] |
| 1:41.24 | - | Wilson Kipketer (DEN) |
1997-08-13 | Zürich, Switzerland[1] |
| 1:41.11 | - | Wilson Kipketer (DEN) |
1997-08-24 | Cologne, Germany[1] |
| 1:41.09* | - |  David Rudisha (KEN) |
2010-08-22 | Berlin, Germany |