800m Olympic Stadium

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Marie Dollinger (GER) Amsterdam 1928 2:22.40 1928 2:16.80 1960 2:04.30 1964 2:01.10 1968 2:00.92 1972 1:58.55 1976 1:54.94 
1980 1:53.43 Nadezhda Olizarenko (URS) Moscow 

Edwin Flack (AUS) Athens 1900 1:59.00 1904 1:56.00 1908 1:52.80 1912 1:51.90 1928 1:51.80 1932 1:49.80 1948 1:49.20 1956 1:47.70 1960 1:46.30 1964 1:45.10 1968 1:44.40 1976 1:43.50 1984 1:43.00 1996 1:42.48  David Lekuta Rudisha (KEN) London 2012 1:40.91

OLYMPIC RECORD EVOLUTION 

World records

David Lekuta Rudisha (KEN) London, 2012 1:40.91

Nadezhda Olizarenko (URS) Moscow, 1980 1:53.43

Sources: Rio 2016, Olympic.org, IAAF

Pictures: Associated Press