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800 metres at the World Championships in Athletics

Index 800 metres at the World Championships in Athletics

The 800 metres at the World Championships in Athletics has been contested by both men and women since the inaugural edition in 1983. [1]

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Alfred Kirwa Yego

Alfred Kirwa Yego (born 28 November 1986 in Eldoret) is a Kenyan middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.

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Ana Fidelia Quirot

Ana Fidelia Quirot Moré (born March 23, 1963) is a female former track and field athlete from Cuba, who specialised in the 800 m but was also successful over 400 m. At 800 metres, she is a two-time World Champion (1995, 1997) and a two-time Olympic medallist (1992, 1996).

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Babacar Niang

Babacar Niang (born 9 September 1958) is a retired Senegalese-French middle distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres.

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Billy Konchellah

Billy Komintai Konchellah (born 20 October 1961 in Kilgoris, Kenya) is a former 800 m runner who won two World Championship gold medals in Rome 1987 and Tokyo 1991.

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Biological passport

An athlete biological passport is an individual, electronic record for professional athletes, in which profiles of biological markers of doping and results of doping tests are collated over a period of time.

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Caster Semenya

Mokgadi Caster Semenya OIB (born 7 January 1991) is a South African middle-distance runner and 2016 Olympic gold medalist.

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Delisa Walton-Floyd

Delisa Walton-Floyd (born Delisa Walton, 28 July 1961) is a former World-Class middle distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres; she was a two-time National Collegiate champion, and two-time U.S. Open champion in her event.

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IAAF World Championships in Athletics

The IAAF World Championships, commonly referred to as the World Championships in Athletics, is a biennial athletics event organized by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).

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Jarmila Kratochvílová

Jarmila Kratochvílová (born 26 January 1951, in Golčův Jeníkov) is a Czech former track and field athlete.

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Joaquim Cruz

Joaquim Carvalho Cruz (born March 12, 1963) is a former Brazilian middle-distance runner, winner of the 800 meters at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

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Kenya at the World Championships in Athletics

Kenya has competed at every edition of the IAAF World Championships in Athletics since its inception in 1983.

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Letitia Vriesde

Letitia Alma Vriesde (born 5 October 1964) is a female former track and field athlete from Suriname, who specialised in the 800 metres but was also successful over 1500 metres.

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Liliya Nurutdinova

Liliya Foatovna Nurutdinova (Лилия Фоатовна Нурутдинова; born December 15, 1963) is a retired middle-distance runner who represented the Soviet Union and the Unified Team.

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List of doping cases in athletics

The use of performance-enhancing drugs (doping) is prohibited within the sport of athletics.

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List of World Championships in Athletics records

The World Championships in Athletics is a biennial event which began in 1983.

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Lyubov Kiryukhina-Tsyoma

Lyubov Kiryukhina-Tsyoma (born 19 May 1963, Любовь Кирюхина-Цёма) is a retired middle-distance runner who represented the Soviet Union and later Russia.

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Maria Mutola

Maria de Lurdes Mutola (born 27 October 1972) is a retired female track and field athlete from Mozambique who specialised in the 800 metres running event.

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Paul Ruto

Paul Ruto (born November 3, 1960) is a former Kenyan 800 metres runner who won a gold medal at the 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart.

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Pierre-Ambroise Bosse

Pierre-Ambroise Bosse (born 11 May 1992) is a French track and field athlete specializing in middle-distance running, and in particular the 800 metres event.

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Russia at the World Championships in Athletics

Russia has competed at every edition of the IAAF World Championships in Athletics since 1993, bar the 2017 World Championships, from which its athletes were banned.

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Svetlana Cherkasova

Svetlana Sergeyevna Cherkasova (Russian: Светлана Сергеевна Черкасова, born May 20, 1978) is a Russian middle distance runner.

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Svetlana Klyuka

Svetlana Vasiliyevna Klyuka (Светлана Васильевна Клюка; born 27 December 1978 in Belogorsk, Amur Oblast) is a Russian middle distance runner.

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Tetiana Petlyuk

Tetiana Hryhorivna Petlyuk (Тетяна Григорівна Петлюк; born 22 February 1982) is a Ukrainian runner who specializes in the 800 metres.

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Wilson Kipketer

Wilson Kosgei Kipketer (born 12 December 1972) is a Kenyan-born Danish former middle distance runner.

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Yekaterina Kostetskaya

Yekaterina Aleksandrovna Kostetskaya (Екатерина Александровна Костецкая; born December 31, 1986) is a Russian track athlete.

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Yuliya Stepanova

Yuliya Igorevna Stepanova, née Rusanova (Юлия Игоревна Степанова (Русанова); born 3 July 1986) is a Russian runner who specializes in the 800 metres track event.

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Yuriy Borzakovskiy

Yuriy Mikhailovich Borzakovskiy (Юрий Михайлович Борзаковский, Jurij Michajlovič Borzakovskij, born 12 April 1981) is a Russian middle-distance runner specializing in the 800 metres.

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1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres

These are the official results of the men's 800 metres event at the 1983 IAAF World Championships in Helsinki, Finland.

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1983 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres

These are the official results of the Women's 800 metres event at the 1983 IAAF World Championships in Helsinki, Finland.

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1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres

These are the official results of the Men's 800 metres event at the 1987 IAAF World Championships in Rome, Italy.

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800 metres

The 800 metres, or 800 meters (US spelling), is a common track running event.

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800 metres at the Olympics

The 800 metres at the Summer Olympics has been contested since the first edition of the multi-sport event.

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800 metres world record progression

The following table shows the world record progression in the men's and women's 800 metres, officially ratified by the IAAF.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/800_metres_at_the_World_Championships_in_Athletics

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