Recorduri în proba de alergare 800 metri Recorduri mondiale Masculin După 1912 Timp    Auto    Atlet    Dată    Loc de desfășurare 1:51.9+                        Ted Meredith (USA) 1912-07-08      Stockholm, Sweden 1:51.6y                        Otto Peltzer (GER)    1926-07-03      London, United Kingdom 1:50.6              Sera Martin (FRA)     1928-07-14      Paris, France 1:49.8  1.49.70            Tommy Hampson (GBR)       1932-08-02      Los Angeles, United States 1:49.8y                        Ben Eastman (USA)