Women · World record

800 Metres

The current record and its documented progression: 31 ratified records from 1922 to 1983.

Current record

1:53.28

Jarmila KratochvílováTCHMunich · 26 Jul 1983

43 years standing0.22 s improvementAll-time top 25 →

Record progression

Each step is a documented record; red marks the fully automatic timing era

1922 · 2:30.4 Georgette Lenoir1922 · 2:26.6 Mary Lines1927 · 2:23.8 Lina Radke1928 · 2:20.4 Inga Gentzel1928 · 2:19.6 Lina Radke1928 · 2:16.8 Lina Radke1934 · 2:16.4 Zdeněk Koubek1934 · 2:12.4 Zdeněk Koubek1944 · 2:15.9 Anna Larsson1945 · 2:14.8 Anna Larsson1945 · 2:13.8 Anna Larsson1950 · 2:13.0 Yevdokiya Vasilyeva1951 · 2:12.2 Valentina Pomogayeva1951 · 2:12.0 Nina Otkalenko1952 · 2:08.5 Nina Otkalenko1953 · 2:07.3 Nina Otkalenko1954 · 2:06.6 Nina Otkalenko1955 · 2:05.0 Nina Otkalenko1960 · 2:04.3 Lyudmila Shevtsova1960 · 2:04.3 Lyudmila Shevtsova1962 · 2:01.2 Dixie Willis1964 · 2:01.1 Ann Packer1967 · 2:01.0 Judy Pollock1968 · 2:00.5 Vera Nikolic1971 · 1:58.5 Hildegard Falck1973 · 1:57.5 Svetla Zlateva1976 · 1:56.0 Valentina Gerasimova1976 · 1:54.9 Tatyana Kazankina1980 · 1:54.9 Nadezhda Olizarenko1980 · 1:53.5 Nadezhda Olizarenko1983 · 1:53.28 Jarmila Kratochvílová 1:53.282:30.40

19221934 · Koubek 2:12.41953 · Otkalenko 2:07.31968 · Nikolic 2:00.51983 · Kratochvílová 1:53.28

Documented records

31 ratified · most recent first · Wikipedia (EN) revision 1359312653, imported 2 Sep 2026

MarkAthleteNationVenueDateStood
1:53.28 Jarmila Kratochvílová TCH Munich, West Germany 26 Jul 1983 43 yrs
1:53.5 Nadezhda Olizarenko URS Moscow, Soviet Union 27 Jul 1980 2 yrs
1:54.9 Nadezhda Olizarenko URS Moscow, Soviet Union 12 Jun 1980 45 d
1:54.9 Tatyana Kazankina URS Montreal, Canada 26 Jul 1976 3 yrs
1:56.0 Valentina Gerasimova URS Kyiv, Soviet Union 12 Jun 1976 44 d
1:57.5 Svetla Zlateva BUL Athens, Greece 24 Aug 1973 2 yrs
1:58.5 Hildegard Falck FRG Stuttgart, Germany 11 Jul 1971 2 yrs
2:00.5 Vera Nikolic YUG London, United Kingdom 20 Jul 1968 2 yrs
2:01.0 Judy Pollock AUS Helsinki, Finland 28 Jun 1967 1 yr
2:01.1 Ann Packer GBR Tokyo, Japan 20 Oct 1964 2 yrs
2:01.2 Dixie Willis AUS Perth, Australia 3 Mar 1962 2 yrs
2:04.3 Lyudmila Shevtsova URS Rome, Italy 7 Sep 1960 1 yr
2:04.3 Lyudmila Shevtsova URS Moscow, Soviet Union 3 Jul 1960 66 d
2:05.0 Nina Otkalenko URS Zagreb, Yugoslavia 24 Sep 1955 4 yrs
2:06.6 Nina Otkalenko URS Kyiv, Soviet Union 16 Sep 1954 1 yr
2:07.3 Nina Otkalenko URS Moscow, Soviet Union 27 Aug 1953 1 yr
2:08.5 Nina Otkalenko URS Kyiv, Soviet Union 15 Jun 1952 1 yr
2:12.0 Nina Otkalenko URS Minsk, Soviet Union 26 Aug 1951 294 d
2:12.2 Valentina Pomogayeva URS Moscow, Soviet Union 26 Jul 1951 31 d
2:13.0 Yevdokiya Vasilyeva URS Moscow, Soviet Union 17 Jul 1950 1 yr

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