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OLYMPIC RECORD EVOLUTION 800m Men ATHLETE NAME SCORE OLYMPIC GAME DATE COUNTRY TIME [minutes:seconds, 1/100 of a second]

1896
- Edwin FLACK 2:10 Athens 1896 06 APRIL AUS
1900
- David HALL 1:59 Paris 1900 14 JULY USA
1904
- James LIGHTBODY 1:56 St Louis 1904 01 SEPTEMBER USA
1908
- Melvin SHEPPARD 1:52.80 London 1908 21 JULY USA
1912
- Meredith Ted 1:51.90 Stockholm 1912 08 JULY
1928
- Lowe Douglas 1:51.80 Amsterdam 1928 30 JULY
1932
- Hampson Tom 1:49.80 Los Angeles 1932 02 AUGUST
1948
- Whitfield Mal 1:49.20 London 1948 02 AUGUST
1956
- Courtney Tom 1:47.70 Melbourne / Stockholm 1956 26 NOVEMBER
1960
- Kerr George 1:47.10 Rome 1960 01 SEPTEMBER
- Peter SNELL 1:46.30 Rome 1960 02 SEPTEMBER NZL
1964
- Kiprugut Wilson 1:46.10 Tokyo 1964 15 OCTOBER
- Kerr George 1:46.10 Tokyo 1964 15 OCTOBER
- Peter SNELL 1:45.10 Tokyo 1964 16 OCTOBER NZL
1968
- Ralph DOUBELL 1:44.40 Mexico 1968 15 OCTOBER AUS
1976
- Alberto JUANTORENA 1:43.50 Montreal 1976 25 JULY CUB
1984
- Joaquim CRUZ 1:43 Los Angeles 1984 06 AUGUST BRA
1996
- Vebjorn RODAL 1:42.58 Atlanta 1996 31 JULY NOR
2012
- David Lekuta RUDISHA 1:40.91 London 2012 09 AUGUST KEN

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[8/2/1948]
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Gold medals

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Wilfred BUNGEI

Wilfred BUNGEI

Yuriy BORZAKOVSKIY

Nils SCHUMANN

Vebjorn RODAL

William TANUI

Paul ERENG

Joaquim CRUZ

Steve OVETT

Alberto JUANTORENA

Alberto JUANTORENA

David James WOTTLE

Ralph DOUBELL

Peter SNELL

Thomas William COURTNEY

Malvin Groston WHITFIELD

John Youie WOODRUFF

Thomas HAMPSON

Douglas Gordon LOWE

Albert HILL

Albert HILL

James Edwin MEREDITH

Melvin SHEPPARD

James LIGHTBODY

Alfred TYSOE

Edwin FLACK

Silver medals

Nijel AMOS

Ismail Ahmed ISMAIL

Ismail Ahmed ISMAIL

Mbulaeni MULAUDZI

Wilson KIPKETER

Hezekiel SEPENG

Nixon KIPROTICH

Joaquim CRUZ

Sebastian COE

Ivo VAN DAMME

Yevgeni ARZHANOV

Wilson Chuma KIPRUGUT

William Frederick CROTHERS

Roger MOENS

Derek James Neville JOHNSON

Arthur WINT

Mario LANZI

Alexander S. WILSON

Erik BYLEHN

Paul MARTIN

Earl EBY

Melvin SHEPPARD

Emilio LUNGHI

Howard VALENTINE

John CREGAN

Nandor DANI

Bronze medals

Timothy KITUM

Alfred Kirwa YEGO

Alfred Kirwa YEGO

Wilson KIPKETER

Djabir SAID GUERNI

Fred ONYANCHA

Johnny Lee Jr GRAY

Said AOUITA

Earl JONES

Nikolai KIROV

Richard Charles WOHLHUTER

Michael BOIT

Thomas Francis FARRELL

Wilson Chuma KIPRUGUT

George Ezekiel KERR

Audun BOYSEN

Heinz ULZHEIMER

Marcel HANSENNE

Philip EDWARDS

Hermann ENGELHARD

Schuyler ENCK

Bevil Gordon D'Urban RUDD

Ira Nelson DAVENPORT

Hans BRAUN

Emil BREITKREUTZ

David HALL

Dimitrios GOLEMIS

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