800 metres at the World Championships in Athletics

800 metres
at the World Championships in Athletics

The men's 2011 final
Overview
Gender Men and women
Years held Men: 19832015
Women: 19832015
Championship record
Men 1:43.06 Billy Konchellah (1987)
Women 1:54.68 Jarmila Kratochvílová (1983)
Reigning champion
Men  Mohammed Aman (ETH)
Women  Eunice Jepkoech Sum (KEN)

The 800 metres at the World Championships in Athletics has been contested by both men and women since the inaugural edition in 1983. It is the second most prestigious title in the discipline after the 800 metres at the Olympics. The competition format typically has two qualifying rounds leading to a final between eight athletes.

The championship records for the event are 1:43.06 for men, set by Billy Konchellah in 1987, and 1:54.68 for women, set by Jarmila Kratochvílová in 1983. Set at the inaugural championships, Kratochvílová's record is the longest-standing record of the competition.[1] The 800 m world record has never been broken at the competition by either men or women.[2]

Maria Mutola is the most successful athlete of the event: from a period spanning 1993 to 2003, she won three gold medals, one silver and one bronze in the World Championships 800 m. The most successful man is Wilson Kipketer, who won three straight titles from 1995 to 1999. Only two other people, Billy Konchellah and Ana Fidelia Quirot, have won two world championship titles in the event. Yuriy Borzakovskiy, though never a champion, has won the most medals in the men's competition, with two silver and two bronze medals.

Kenya is the most successful nation in the discipline, with five gold medals in the men's, two in the women's race, and a total of 13 medals overall. The actions of Mutola and Kipketer alone rank Mozambique at the top of the women's rankings and Denmark second in the men's medal table. Cuba—the second most successful nation among women—has won three women's gold medals. South Africa is the only nation besides Kenya to have provided both a men's and women's winner. Russia has the second highest overall medal tally, with eleven medals across the men's and women's divisions, but it has also provided six of the eight athletes sanctioned for doping at this World Championship distance.

Age

Distinction Male athlete Age Female athlete Age
Youngest champion Alfred Kirwa Yego 20 years, 274 days Caster Semenya 18 years, 224 days
Youngest medalist Joaquim Cruz 20 years, 150 days Caster Semenya 18 years, 224 days
Youngest participant Mohamed Abd el Rahman 15 years, 237 days[nb1] Hind Musa 14 years, 334 days
Oldest champion Paul Ruto 32 years, 287 days Ana Fidelia Quirot 34 years, 139 days
Oldest medalist Paul Ruto 32 years, 287 days Letitia Vriesde 36 years, 311 days
Oldest participant Babacar Niang 36 years, 330 days Letitia Vriesde 40 years, 306 days

Doping

A total of eight athletes, all of them women and six of them Russian, have had their 800 m results annulled at the World Championships due to doping infractions. The first was Delisa Floyd of the United States (1991 semi-finalist) was among the first few women to be disqualified from the championships for doping. The 1993 finalist Liliya Nurutdinova was the only woman disqualified at the 1993 championships. Another Russian, Lyubov Tsyoma, had her semi-final run in 1997 annulled. Ten years passed without incident until a third Russian, Svetlana Cherkasova was struck from the heats for doping in 2007.[4]

Two women semi-finalists were disqualified for doping in 2009: a fourth Russian, Svetlana Klyuka, and Tetiana Petlyuk of Ukraine. Petlyuk was retrospectively banned through a biological passport anomaly and this also took in her run at the 2011 World Championships. That same year two more Russians were disqualified, both of them finalists: Yuliya Rusanova and Yekaterina Kostetskaya.[4][5]

Medalists

Men

Championships Gold Silver Bronze
1983 Helsinki
 Willi Wülbeck (FRG)  Rob Druppers (NED)  Joaquim Cruz (BRA)
1987 Rome
 Billy Konchellah (KEN)  Peter Elliott (GBR)  José Luiz Barbosa (BRA)
1991 Tokyo
 Billy Konchellah (KEN)  José Luiz Barbosa (BRA)  Mark Everett (USA)
1993 Stuttgart
 Paul Ruto (KEN)  Giuseppe D'Urso (ITA)  Billy Konchellah (KEN)
1995 Gothenburg
 Wilson Kipketer (DEN)  Arthémon Hatungimana (BDI)  Vebjørn Rodal (NOR)
1997 Athens
 Wilson Kipketer (DEN)  Norberto Téllez (CUB)  Rich Kenah (USA)
1999 Seville
 Wilson Kipketer (DEN)  Hezekiél Sepeng (RSA)  Djabir Saïd-Guerni (ALG)
2001 Edmonton
 André Bucher (SUI)  Wilfred Bungei (KEN)  Paweł Czapiewski (POL)
2003 Paris
 Djabir Saïd-Guerni (ALG)  Yuriy Borzakovskiy (RUS)  Mbulaeni Mulaudzi (RSA)
2005 Helsinki
 Rashid Ramzi (BHR)  Yuriy Borzakovskiy (RUS)  William Yiampoy (KEN)
2007 Osaka
 Alfred Kirwa Yego (KEN)  Gary Reed (CAN)  Yuriy Borzakovskiy (RUS)
2009 Berlin
 Mbulaeni Mulaudzi (RSA)  Alfred Kirwa Yego (KEN)  Yusuf Saad Kamel (BHR)
2011 Daegu
 David Rudisha (KEN)  Abubaker Kaki (SUD)  Yuriy Borzakovskiy (RUS)
2013 Moscow
 Mohammed Aman (ETH)  Nick Symmonds (USA)  Ayanleh Souleiman (DJI)
2015 Beijing
 David Rudisha (KEN)  Adam Kszczot (POL)  Amel Tuka (BIH)

Multiple medalists

Rank Athlete Nation Period Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Kipketer, WilsonWilson Kipketer  Denmark (DEN) 1995–1999 3 0 0 3
2 Konchellah, BillyBilly Konchellah  Kenya (KEN) 1987–1993 2 0 1 3
3 Kirwa Yego, AlfredAlfred Kirwa Yego  Kenya (KEN) 2007–2009 1 1 0 2
4= Saïd-Guerni, DjabirDjabir Saïd-Guerni  Algeria (ALG) 1999–2003 1 0 1 2
4= Mulaudzi, MbulaeniMbulaeni Mulaudzi  South Africa (RSA) 2003–2009 1 0 1 2
5 Borzakovskiy, YuriyYuriy Borzakovskiy  Russia (RUS) 2003–2011 0 2 2 4
6 Barbosa, José LuizJosé Luiz Barbosa  Brazil (BRA) 1987–1991 0 1 1 2

Medalists by country

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Kenya (KEN) 5 2 2 9
2  Denmark (DEN) 3 0 0 3
3  South Africa (RSA) 1 1 1 3
4=  Algeria (ALG) 1 0 1 2
4=  Bahrain (BHR) 1 0 1 2
6=  West Germany (FRG) 1 0 0 1
6=  Ethiopia (ETH) 1 0 0 1
6=   Switzerland (SUI) 1 0 0 1
9  Russia (RUS) 0 2 2 4
10=  Burundi (BDI) 0 1 0 1
10=  Canada (CAN) 0 1 0 1
10=  Cuba (CUB) 0 1 0 1
10=  Great Britain (GBR) 0 1 0 1
10=  Italy (ITA) 0 1 0 1
10=  Netherlands (NED) 0 1 0 1
10=  Sudan (SUD) 0 1 0 1
17=  Brazil (BRA) 0 1 2 3
17=  United States (USA) 0 1 2 3
19=  Djibouti (DJI) 0 0 1 1
19=  Poland (POL) 0 0 1 1
19=  Norway (NOR) 0 0 1 1

Women

Championships Gold Silver Bronze
1983 Helsinki  Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH)  Lyubov Gurina (URS)  Yekaterina Podkopayeva (URS)
1987 Rome  Sigrun Wodars (GDR)  Christine Wachtel (GDR)  Lyubov Gurina (URS)
1991 Tokyo  Lilia Nurutdinova (URS)  Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB)  Ella Kovacs (ROU)
1993 Stuttgart  Maria Mutola (MOZ)  Lyubov Gurina (RUS)  Ella Kovacs (ROU)
1995 Gothenburg  Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB)  Letitia Vriesde (SUR)  Kelly Holmes (GBR)
1997 Athens  Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB)  Yelena Afanasyeva (RUS)  Maria Mutola (MOZ)
1999 Seville  Ludmila Formanová (CZE)  Maria Mutola (MOZ)  Svetlana Masterkova (RUS)
2001 Edmonton  Maria Mutola (MOZ)  Stephanie Graf (AUT)  Letitia Vriesde (SUR)
2003 Saint-Denis  Maria Mutola (MOZ)  Kelly Holmes (GBR)  Natalya Khrushchelyova (RUS)
2005 Helsinki  Zulia Calatayud (CUB)  Hasna Benhassi (MAR)  Tatyana Andrianova (RUS)
2007 Osaka  Janeth Jepkosgei (KEN)  Hasna Benhassi (MAR)  Mayte Martínez (ESP)
2009 Berlin  Caster Semenya (RSA)  Janeth Jepkosgei (KEN)  Jennifer Meadows (GBR)
2011 Daegu  Mariya Savinova (RUS)  Caster Semenya (RSA)  Janeth Jepkosgei (KEN)
2013 Moscow  Eunice Sum (KEN)  Mariya Savinova (RUS)  Brenda Martinez (USA)
2015 Beijing  Maryna Arzamasava (BLR)  Melissa Bishop (CAN)  Eunice Sum (KEN)

Multiple medalists

Rank Athlete Nation Period Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Mutola, MariaMaria Mutola  Mozambique (MOZ) 1993–2003 3 1 1 5
2 Quirot, Ana FideliaAna Fidelia Quirot  Cuba (CUB) 1991–1997 2 1 0 3
3 Jepkosgei, JanethJaneth Jepkosgei  Kenya (KEN) 2007–2011 1 1 1 3
4= Semenya, CasterCaster Semenya  South Africa (RSA) 2009–2011 1 1 0 2
4= Savinova, MariyaMariya Savinova  Russia (RUS) 2011–2013 1 1 0 2
6 Gurina, LyubovLyubov Gurina  Soviet Union (URS)
 Russia (RUS)
1983–1993 0 2 1 3
7= Vriesde, LetitiaLetitia Vriesde  Suriname (SUR) 1995–2001 0 1 1 2
7= Holmes, KellyKelly Holmes  Great Britain (GBR) 1995–2003 0 1 1 2
9 Benhassi, HasnaHasna Benhassi  Morocco (MAR) 2005–2007 0 2 0 2
10 Kovacs, EllaElla Kovacs  Romania (ROM) 1991–1993 0 0 2 2

Medalists by country

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Mozambique (MOZ) 3 1 1 5
2  Cuba (CUB) 3 1 0 4
3  Kenya (KEN) 2 1 1 4
4  Russia (RUS) 1 3 3 7
5  Soviet Union (URS) 1 1 2 4
6=  East Germany (GDR) 1 1 0 2
6=  South Africa (RSA) 1 1 0 2
8=  Czech Republic (CZE) 1 0 0 1
8=  Czechoslovakia (TCH) 1 0 0 1
10  Morocco (MAR) 0 2 0 2
11  Great Britain (GBR) 0 1 2 3
12  Suriname (SUR) 0 1 1 2
13  Austria (AUT) 0 1 0 1
14  Romania (ROM) 0 0 2 2
15=  Spain (ESP) 0 0 1 1
15=  United States (USA) 0 0 1 1

Championship record progression

Men

Men's 800 metres World Championships record progression[6]
Time Athlete Nation Year Round Date
1:46.32 Robinson, JamesJames Robinson  United States (USA) 1983 Heats 1983-08-07
1:45.84 Mack, DavidDavid Mack  United States (USA) 1983 Heats 1983-08-07
1:45.62 Cruz, JoaquimJoaquim Cruz  Brazil (BRA) 1983 Semi-final 1983-08-08
1:45.24 Ferner, Hans-PeterHans-Peter Ferner  West Germany (FRG) 1983 Semi-final 1983-08-08
1:43.65 Wülbeck, WilliWilli Wülbeck  West Germany (FRG) 1983 Final 1983-08-09
1:43.06 Konchellah, BillyBilly Konchellah  Kenya (KEN) 1987 Final 1987-09-01

Women

Women's 800 metres World Championships record progression[7]
Time Athlete Nation Year Round Date
2:02.08 Klinger, MargritMargrit Klinger  West Germany (FRG) 1983 Heats 1983-08-07
1:59.55 Podkopayeva, YekaterinaYekaterina Podkopayeva  Soviet Union (URS) 1983 Semi-finals 1983-08-08
1:59.33 Gurina, LyubovLyubov Gurina  Soviet Union (URS) 1983 Semi-finals 1983-08-08
1:54.68 Kratochvílová, JarmilaJarmila Kratochvílová  Czechoslovakia (TCH) 1983 Final 1983-08-09

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