Women · Middle Distance · All-Time
800 Metres
1:53.28
Best mark
World record
1:55.60
Top 25 cutoff
25 rows
1:54.97
Median
Of the 25 best-by-athlete marks
16
Countries
URS 5 · GDR 3 · 14 others
Performance distribution
25 athletes from 1:53.28 to 1:55.60 · median 1:54.97
Top 25 cutoff through history
How fast an athlete needed to be to make the list each year
Season lists are not yet published for this event. This chart fills in as they are imported from a permitted source.
World all-time top 25
Best by athlete · updated 1 Sep 2026 · Wikipedia (English) revision of 28 Aug 2026 · methodology
25 rows
| # | Athlete | Country | Mark | Date | Venue | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jarmila Kratochvílová WR | TCH | 1:53.28 | 26 Jul 1983 | Munich | 32 |
| 2 | Nadezhda Olizarenko | URS | 1:53.43 | 27 Jul 1980 | Moscow | 26 |
| 3 | Audrey Werro | SUI | 1:53.70 | 27 Aug 2026 | Zürich | 22 |
| 4 | Pamela Jelimo | KEN | 1:54.01 | 29 Aug 2008 | Zürich | 18 |
| 5 | Caster Semenya | RSA | 1:54.25 | 30 Jun 2018 | Paris | 27 |
| 6 | Keely Hodgkinson | GBR | 1:54.33 | 7 Jun 2026 | Stockholm | 24 |
| 7 | Ana Fidelia Quirot | CUB | 1:54.44 | 9 Sep 1989 | Barcelona | 26 |
| 8 | Lilian Odira | KEN | 1:54.62 | 21 Sep 2025 | Tokyo | 26 |
| 9 | Femke Broeders-Bol | NED | 1:54.71 | 27 Aug 2026 | Zürich | 26 |
| 10 | Olga Mineyeva | URS | 1:54.81 | 27 Jul 1980 | Moscow | 27 |
| 11 | Georgia Hunter Bell | GBR | 1:54.90 | 21 Sep 2025 | Tokyo | 31 |
| 12 | Tatyana Kazankina | URS | 1:54.94 | 26 Jul 1976 | Montreal | 24 |
| 13 | Athing Mu | USA | 1:54.97 | 17 Sep 2023 | Eugene | 21 |
| 14 | Doina Melinte | ROU | 1:55.05 | 1 Aug 1982 | Bucharest | 25 |
| 15 | Maria Mutola | MOZ | 1:55.19 | 17 Aug 1994 | Zürich | 21 |
| 15 | Jolanda Čeplak | SLO | 1:55.19 | 20 Jul 2002 | Heusden-Zolder | 25 |
| 17 | Sigrun Wodars | GDR | 1:55.26 | 31 Aug 1987 | Rome | 21 |
| 18 | Christine Wachtel | GDR | 1:55.32 | 31 Aug 1987 | Rome | 22 |
| 19 | Nikolina Shtereva | BUL | 1:55.42 | 26 Jul 1976 | Montreal | 21 |
| 20 | Tatyana Providokhina | URS | 1:55.46 | 27 Jul 1980 | Moscow | 27 |
| 21 | Francine Niyonsaba | BDI | 1:55.47 | 21 Jul 2017 | Monaco | 24 |
| 22 | Ellen van Langen | NED | 1:55.54 | 3 Aug 1992 | Barcelona | 26 |
| 22 | Liu Dong | CHN | 1:55.54 | 9 Sep 1993 | Beijing | 19 |
| 24 | Lyubov Gurina | URS | 1:55.56 | 31 Aug 1987 | Rome | 30 |
| 25 | Elfi Zinn | GDR | 1:55.60 | 26 Jul 1976 | Montreal | 22 |