800 Metres World Leads

For each year, name the runner who scored the fastest time in the 800 Metres athletics event.

Only includes times scored with the accuracy of one hundreth of a second.

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Year	Answer	Time	Country
2017	Emmanuel Korir	1:43.10	Kenya
2016	David Rudisha	1:42.15	Kenya
2015	Amel Tuka	1:42.51	Bosnia & Herzegovina
2014	Nijel Amos	1:42.45	Botswana
2013	Mohammed Aman	1:42.37	Ethiopia
2012	David Rudisha	1:40.91	Kenya
2011		1:41.33
2010		1:41.01
2009		1:42.01
2008	Abubaker Kaki	1:42.69	Sudan
2007	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi	1:43.74	South Africa
2006	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi	1:43.09	South Africa
2005	Wilfred Bungei	1:43.70	Kenya
2004		1:43.06
2003		1:42.32
2002	Wilson Kipketer	1:42.32	Denmark
2001	Yuriy Borzakovskiy	1:42.47	Russia
2000	André Bucher	1:43.12	Switzerland
1999	Wilson Kipketer	1:42.27	Denmark
1998	Japheth Kimutai	1:42.76	Kenya
1997	Wilson Kipketer	1:41.11	Denmark
1996		1:41.83
1995		1:42.87
1994	Benson Koech	1:43.17	Kenya
1993	Nixon Kiprotich	1:43.54	Kenya
1992	Johnny Gray	1:42.80	United States
1991	José Luis Barbosa	1:43.08	Brazil
1990	Peter Elliott	1:42.97	United Kingdom
1989	Paul Ereng	1:43.16	Kenya
1988	Johnny Gray	1:42.65	United States
1987	Billy Konchellah	1:43.06	Kenya
1986	Steve Cram	1:43.19	United Kingdom
1985	Joaquim Cruz	1:42.49	Brazil
1984	Joaquim Cruz	1:41.77	Brazil
1983	Steve Cram	1:43.61	United Kingdom
1982	Steve Cram	1:44.45	United Kingdom
1981	Sebastian Coe	1:41.73	United Kingdom
1980	Donald Page	1:44.53	United States
1979	Sebastian Coe	1:42.33	United Kingdom
1978	Olaf Beyer	1:43.84	East Germany
1977	Alberto Juantorena	1:43.44	Cuba
1976	Alberto Juantorena	1:43.50	Cuba
1975	Mike Boit	1:43.79	Kenya

Year	Answer	Time	Country
2017	Caster Semenya	1:55.16	South Africa
2016	Caster Semenya	1:55.28	South Africa
2015	Eunice Sum	1:56.99	Kenya
2014	Ajee' Wilson	1:57.67	United States
2013	Francine Niyonsaba	1:56.72	Burundi
2012	Francine Niyonsaba	1:56.59	Burundi
2011	Caster Semenya	1:56.35	South Africa
2010	Alysia Montaño	1:57.34	United States
2009	Caster Semenya	1:55.45	South Africa
2008	Pamela Jelimo	1:54.01	Kenya
2007	Janeth Jepkosgei Busienei	1:56.04	Kenya
2006	Janeth Jepkosgei Busienei	1:56.66	Kenya
2005	Tatyana Andrianova	1:56.07	Russia
2004	Tatyana Andrianova	1:56.23	Russia
2003	Maria Mutola	1:55.55	Mozambique
2002	Jolanda Ceplak	1:55.19	Slovenia
2001	Maria Mutola	1:56.85	Mozambique
2000	Maria Mutola	1:56.15	Mozambique
1999	Svetlana Masterkova	1:55.87	Russia
1998	Maria Mutola	1:56.11	Mozambique
1997	Ana Fidelia Quirot	1:54.82	Cuba
1996	Svetlana Masterkova	1:56.04	Russia
1995	Maria Mutola	1:55.72	Mozambique
1994		1:55.19
1993		1:55.43
1992	Ellen van Langen	1:55.54	Netherlands
1991	Svetlana Masterkova	1:57.23	Russia
1990	Sigrun Wodars	1:55.87	East Germany
1989	Ana Fidelia Quirot	1:54.44	Cuba
1988	Inna Yevseyeva	1:56.00	Soviet Union
1988	Nadezhda Olizarenko	1:56.00	Soviet Union
1987	Sigrun Wodars	1:55.26	East Germany
1986	Doina Melinte	1:56.20	Romania
1985	Ella Kovacs	1:55.68	Romania
1984	Irina Podyalovskaya	1:55.69	Soviet Union
1983	Jarmila Kratochvílová	1:53.28	Czechoslovakia
1982	Doina Melinte	1:55.05	Romania
1981	Lyudmila Veselkova	1:56.98	Soviet Union
1980	Nadezhda Olizarenko	1:53.43	Soviet Union
1979	Totka Petrova	1:56.20	Bulgaria
1978	Tatyana Providokhina	1:55.80	Soviet Union
1977	Ileana Silai	1:57.39	Romania
1976	Tatyana Kazankina	1:54.94	Soviet Union