Progression of Official World Record
Women, 800m
Result | Name | Country | DOB | Comp | Date | Age | Record life | |
1:53.28 | Jarmila Kratochvílová | CZE | 26 Jan 1951 | München | 26 Jul 1983 | 32 years 181 days | 40 years 268 days | |
1:53.43 | Nadezhda Olizarenko | UKR | 28 Nov 1953 | OG | Moskva | 27 Jul 1980 | 26 years 242 days | 2 years 364 days |
1:54.85 | Nadezhda Olizarenko | UKR | 28 Nov 1953 | Znam | Moskva | 12 Jun 1980 | 26 years 197 days | 45 days |
1:54.94 | Tatyana Kazankina | RUS | 17 Dec 1951 | OG | Montréal | 26 Jul 1976 | 24 years 222 days | 3 years 322 days |
1:56.0h | Valentina Gerasimova | KAZ | 15 May 1948 | Kyiv | 12 Jun 1976 | 28 years 28 days | 44 days | |
1:57.48 | Svetla Zlateva | BUL | 25 Feb 1952 | Athína | 24 Aug 1973 | 21 years 180 days | 2 years 293 days | |
1:58.45 | Hildegard Falck | GER | 3 Jun 1949 | Stuttgart | 11 Jul 1971 | 22 years 38 days | 2 years 44 days | |
2:00.5h | Vera Nikolic | SRB | 23 Sep 1948 | London | 20 Jul 1968 | 19 years 301 days | 2 years 356 days | |
2:01.0h | Judy Pollock | AUS | 25 Jun 1940 | Helsinki | 28 Jun 1967 | 27 years 3 days | 1 year 22 days | |
2:01.2h | Dixie Willis | AUS | 13 Dec 1941 | Perth | 3 Mar 1962 | 20 years 80 days | 5 years 117 days | |
2:04.50 | Lyudmila Shevtsova | URS | 26 Nov 1934 | OG | Roma | 7 Sep 1960 | 25 years 286 days | 1 year 177 days |
2:04.3h | Lyudmila Shevtsova | URS | 26 Nov 1934 | Moskva | 3 Jul 1960 | 25 years 220 days | 66 days | |
2:05.0h | Nina Otkalenko | URS | 23 May 1928 | Zagreb | 24 Sep 1955 | 27 years 124 days | 4 years 283 days | |
2:06.6h | Nina Otkalenko | URS | 23 May 1928 | Kyiv | 16 Sep 1954 | 26 years 116 days | 1 year 8 days | |
2:07.3h | Nina Otkalenko | URS | 23 May 1928 | Moskva | 27 Aug 1953 | 25 years 96 days | 1 year 20 days | |
2:08.5h | Nina Otkalenko | URS | 23 May 1928 | Kyiv | 15 Aug 1952 | 24 years 84 days | 1 year 12 days | |
2:12.0h | Nina Otkalenko | URS | 23 May 1928 | Minsk | 26 Aug 1951 | 23 years 95 days | 355 days | |
2:12.2h | Valentina Pomogayeva | URS | Moskva | 26 Jul 1951 | exactly | 31 days | ||
2:13.0h | Yevdokiya Vasilyeva | URS | Moskva | 17 Jul 1950 | exactly | 1 year 9 days | ||
2:13.8h | Anna Larsson | SWE | 2 Jan 1922 | Stockholm | 30 Aug 1945 | 23 years 240 days | 4 years 321 days | |
2:14.8h | Anna Larsson | SWE | 2 Jan 1922 | Helsingborg | 19 Aug 1945 | 23 years 229 days | 11 days | |
2:15.9h | Anna Larsson | SWE | 2 Jan 1922 | Stockholm | 27 Aug 1944 | 22 years 238 days | 357 days | |
2:16.8h | Lina Radke | GER | OG | Amsterdam | 2 Aug 1928 | exactly | 16 years 25 days | |
2:19.6h | Lina Radke | GER | Brieg | 1 Jul 1928 | exactly | 32 days | ||
2:20.4h | Inga Gentzel | SWE | Stockholm | 16 Jun 1928 | exactly | 15 days | ||
2:26.6h | Mary Lines | GBR | London | 30 Aug 1922 | exactly | 5 years 291 days | ||
2:23.8h | Lina Radke | GER | Paris | 20 Aug 1922 | exactly | 10 days | ||
2:30.4h | Georgette Lenoir | FRA | Paris | 20 Aug 1922 | exactly | exactly |