800m Record Tables

800m Records

The 800m is the longest distance to start in separate lanes. It has been contested at the Olympics since 1896 for men and 1928 for women.

It has also been run in every IAAF World Indoor & Outdoor Championships and every World Masters Indoor & Outdoor Championships.

Where Centre records are better performances than National or World records, this likely indicates that the athlete either failed to apply for the record within the application window or was unable to meet the stricter paperwork requirements. More recent records could still be in the processing stage at World or National level.

For 800m, electronic times are preferred but not required, with the proviso that hand times require three watch readings. Where it is not readily evident that a historical hand timed record or electronic time is faster, both will be listed. [I believe any time given with a single decimal is hand timed but unless marked it is not explicitly expressed.]

Note: Athletes move. Wellington records applicable to athletes registered to Wellington at time of performance. Island championship records applicable to athletes registered to that island at time of performance. NZ records applicable to athletes registered appropriately to NZMA at time of performance. Oceania championship records applicable to athletes registered to OMA at time of performance. World records quote national affiliation of athlete at time of performance.

Prior to the September 2016 agreement on shared membership between Athletics New Zealand and New Zealand Masters Athletics, only those masters athletes who had joined NZMA were eligible to claim records. Now domestic Masters Records can be claimed by both ANZ and NZMA members.

	Wellington	North Island Champs	South Island Champs	NZMA Champs	NZ National	NZ Indoor	Oceania Champs	World	World Indoor
M35	1:49.23 Nicholas Willis (2019)	2:03.0 Wiliam Doney (1992)	2:10.39 Glenn MacIntosh (2010)	2:00.0 R Sewell (1980)	1:49.23 Nicholas Willis (2019)	no record	2:00.0 Charles Macek AUS (1984)	1:43.36 Johnny Gray USA (1995)	1:48.92 Nico Motchebon GER (2005)
M40	2:00.19 Brian Turnbull (1997)	2:01.4 M Cull (1986)	2:01.5 George Ludwig (1995)	1:58.7 B Hunter (1992)	1:57.8 B Hunter (1991)	no record	1:58.6 Brian Turnbull NZL (1998)	1:48.05 Anthony Whiteman GBR (2014)	1:48.81 Johnny Gray USA (2001)
M45	2:04.89 Ashley McLaughlin	2:07.26 Andrew Davenport (2012)	2:07.2 Malcolm Fraser (1987)	2:01.11 Dave Sirl (1988)	1:58.42 Dave Sirl (1987)	no record	2:00.5 Ian Babe NZL (1984)	1:49.86 Anthony Whiteman GBR (2017)	1:52.96 Anthony Whiteman GBR (2017)
M50	2:09.41 Ashley McLaughlin	2:11.86 Ian Calder (2008)	2:04.49 Andrew Stark (2011)	2:02.36 Ian Babe (1987)	2:01.97 Ian Babe (1987)	no record	2:00.7 Tom Roberts AUS (1984)	1:58.65 Nolan Shaheed USA (2000)	1:59.62 Anselm LeBourne USA (2012)
M55	2:10.61 Peter Stevens (2021)	2:15.92 Trevor Ogilvie (2005)	2:19.3 Peter Fitzgerald (2017)	2:08.3 Derek Turnbull (1982)	2:06.6 Derek Turnbull (1982)	no record	2:06.6 Derek Turnbull NZL (1982)	2:02.92 Peter Oberliessen GER (2016)	2:06.41 Franeceso D'Agostino ESP (2022)
M60	2:18.84 Richard Brent (2013)	2:19.43 Richard Brent (2011)	2:20.3 Derek Turnbull (1990)	2:18.84 Richard Brent (2013)	2:12.62 Derek Turnbull (1989)	2:18.02 Ian Calder (2019)	2:17.9 George McGrath AUS (1982)	2:08.56 Nolan Shaheed USA (2011)	2:11.20 Anselm LeBourne USA (2020)
M65	2:31.31 Richard Brent (2016)	2:24.93 Ian Calder (2023) 2022 Champs held in calendar year 2023	2.30.01 Tony McManus (2014)	2:17.8 Derek Turnbull (1992)	2:17.8 Derek Turnbull (1992)	2:27.48 Ian Carter (2017)	2:22.9 Jack Stevens AUS (1982)	2:14.33 Earl Fee CAN (1995)	2:15.30 Paul Forbes GBR (2021)
M70	2:51.28 Ellis Goodyear	2:51.7 Eric de Lautour (1994)	2:54.20 Michael Bond (2015)	2:34.60 Ian Carter (2021)	2:27.94 John Downey (2001)	no record	2:36.33 Kevin Solomon AUS (2018)	2:20.52 Earl Fee CAN (1999)	2:20.45 Earl Fee CAN (1999)
M75	3:12.21 Brian Hayes (2022)	3:06.18 Colin Macleod (2017)	3:01.7 Ron Stevens (2008)	3:00.05 Eric de Lautour (1996)	2:55.41 Ron Stevens (2009)	no record	3:00.0 Max Brook AUS (2012)	2:30.59 Jose VR Lopez ESP (2016)	2:32.47 Earl Fee CAN (2004)
M80	3:59.55 Michael Browne (2011)	3:48.28 Dave Eastmond (2018)	3:27.3 Graeme McPherson (1998) 1997 Champs held in calendar year 1998	3:13.16 Eric de Lautour (2001)	3:13.16 Eric de Lautour (2001)	no record	3:21.72 Michael Juckes AUS (2019)	2:41.59 Jose Vicente Rioseco Lopez ESP (2021)	2:43.67 Jose Vicente Rioseco Lopez ESP (2021)
M85	6:13.16 Michael Browne (2015)	3:37.0 Eric de Lautour (2006)	6:26.9 Dale Fincham (1996)	3:36.30 Eric de Lautour (2007)	3:36.30 Eric de Lautour (2007)	no record	3:37.99 Eric de Lautour NZL (2008)	3:06.69 David Carr AUS (2017)	3:08.06 Manuel Alonso Domingo ESP (2021)
M90	no record	5:41.21 Eric de Lautour (2012)	no record	6:41.73 Frank Cox (2002)	5:41.21 Eric de Lautour (2012)	no record	6:29.6 Eric de Lautour NZL (2015)	3:34.93 Earl Fee CAN (2019)	3:42.52 Earl Fee CAN (2019)
M95	no record	no record	no record	no record	6:29.56 Eric de Lautour (2015)	no record	no record	4:51.44 Antonio Nacca ITA (2019)	5:42.52 Antonio Nacca ITA (2019)
M100	no record	no record	no record	no record	no record	no record	no record	no record	9:56.44 Orville Rogers USA (2013)
	Wellington	North Island Champs	South Island Champs	NZMA Champs	NZ National	NZ Indoor	Oceania Champs	World	World Indoor

	Wellington	North Island Champs	South Island Champs	NZMA Champs	NZ National	NZ Indoor	Oceania Champs	World	World Indoor
W35	2:26.56 Renae Creser (2011)	2:26.56 Renae Creser (2011)	2:23.2 G Talbot (1987)	2:18.7 E Smeaton (1992)	2:09.7 J Merrifield (1991)	no record	2:13.8 Christine Sole NZL (1982)	1:56.53 Lyubov Gurina RUS (1994)	1:58.37 Helena Fuchsova CZE (2001)
W40	2:17.06 Anne Hare (2006)	2:21.39 Anne Hare (2005)	2:32.7 Mary O’Connor (1995)	2:20.34 Anne Hare (2006)	2:15.87 E Smeaton (1993)	2:24.71 Vanessa Story (2017)	2:13.65 Suzy Cole AUS (2012)	1:59.25 Yekatarina Podkopayeva URS (1994)	2:01.59 Yekaterina Podkopayeva RUS (1994)
W45	2:23.72 Anne Hare (2009)	2:23.42 Sally Gibbs (2010)	2:35.8 Margaret Orman (1990)	2:22.48 Sally Gibbs (2011)	2:19.72 Sally Gibbs (2010)	2:32.25 Andrea Harris (2017)	2:27.3 Cris Penn AUS (2006)	2:02.82 Yekatarina Podkopayeva URS (1998)	2:14.38 Alisa Harvey USA (2011)
W50	2:24.52 Heather Walker (2023)	2:24.52 Heather Walker (2023) 2022 Champs held in calendar year 2023	2:33.60 Maggie Chorley (2017)	2:20.01 Gail Kirkman (2002)	2:20.01 Gail Kirkman (2002)	no record	2:28.09 Maggie Chorley NZL (2018)	2:12.50 Eva Trost GER (2018)	2:16.73 Eva Trost GER (2018)
W55	2:53.40 Liz Bentley (2021)	2:38.55 Jenny McDonald (2011)	2:41.1 Loris Reed (2004)	2:36.39 Jenny McDonald (2011)	2:32.6 Margaret Orman (1997)	no record	2:31.44 Louisa Abram AUS (2018)	2:19.63 Anne Gilshinan IRL (2019)	2:20.10 Anne Gilshinan IRL (2020)
W60	2:54.67 Liz Bentley (2022)	3:03.0 Peggy Fletcher (1992)	2:56.52 Loris Reed (2010)	2:56.90 Loris Reed (2010)	2:42.71 Gail Kirkman (2013)	no record	2:40.31 Jeanette Flynn AUS (2014)	2:31.51 Yvonne Crilly GBR (2022)	2:35.22 Maria Esther Pedrosa Carrete ESP (2021)
W65	3:10.29 Peggy Fletcher (1996)	3:37.6 Marcia Petley (1995)	3:02.56 Gail Kirkman (2018)	3:01.35 Christine Adamson (2022)	2:46.39 Gail Kirkman (2017)	no record	2:45.36 Jeanette Flynn AUS (2018)	2:39.61 Sabra Harvey USA (2016)	2:44.35 Kathryn Martin USA (2017)
W70	3:53.14 Judy Hammond (2008)	3:34.2 Agnes Acott (1998) 1997 Champs held in calendar year 1998	3:09.70 Loris Reed (2017)	3:23.24 Loris Reed(2020)	3:04.67 Gail Kirkman (2021)	no record	3:12.35 Lavinia Petrie AUS (2014)	2:50.66 Sabra Harvey USA (2019)	2:50.57 Sabra Harvey USA (2019)
W75	4:36.70 Judy Hammond (2012)	4:08.56 Dawn Cumming (2010)	3:46.36 Barbara Patrick (2023) 2022 Champs held in calendar year 2023	3:32.01 Myrtle Rough (2016)	3:31.16 Myrtle Rough (2015)	no record	3:52.41 Myrtle Rough NZL (2018)	3:07.19 Angela Copson GBR (2022)	3:16.21 Jeanne Daprano USA (2012)
W80	5:07.55 Judy Hammond (2018)	no record	3:55.65 Myrtle Rough (2020)	no record	3:55.65 Myrtle Rough (2020)	no record	4:54.39 Shirley Brasher AUS (2008)	3:30.41 Yoko Nakano JPN (2018)	3:39.51 Alice Cole CAN (2014)
W85	no record	no record	no record	no record	5:46.06 Clasina van der Veeken (2016)	no record	no record	3:58.15 Yoko Nakano JPN (2021)	4:09.58 Melitta Czerwenka-Nagel GER (2016)
W90	no record	no record	no record	no record	no record	no record	no record	5:01.35 Melitta Czerwenka-Nagel GER (2020)	5:27.80 Melitta Czerwenka-Nagel GER (2022)
W95	no record	no record	no record	no record	no record	no record	no record	6:49.14 Heather Lee AUS (2022)	no record
	Wellington	North Island Champs	South Island Champs	NZMA Champs	NZ National	NZ Indoor	Oceania Champs	World	World Indoor

World Records from World Masters Athletics as at 3 February 2023.

Oceania Championship Records from Oceania Athletics as at September 2019.

NZ Records from NZ Masters Athletics as at 16 February 2023.

NZMA Championship Records from NZ Masters Athletics as at 16 February 2023.

South Island Championship Records from NZ Masters Athletics as at February 2023.

North Island Championship Records from NZ Masters Athletics as at January 2023.

Wellington Records as at 7 May 2023.