2013 World Championships Statistics – Men’s 800m by K Ken Nakamura

The records to look for in Moskva: 1) Can Mohamed Aman become the first World Youth medalist to win a medal at the Worlds? 2) The best medal by the US is bronze. Can Solomon or Symmonds to better?

All time Performance List at the World Championships Performance Performer Time Name Nat Pos Venue Year 1 1 1:43.06 KEN 1 Roma 1987 2 2 1:43.30 DEN 1 Sevilla 1999 3 3 1:43:32 Hezekiel Sepeng RSA 2 Sevilla 1999 4 1:43.38 Wilson Kipketer 1 Athinai 1997 5 4 1:43.41 GBR 2 Roma 1987 6 5 1:43.65 Willi Wülbeck FRG 1 1983 7 6 1:43.70 Andre Bucher SUI 1 2001 8 7 1:43.76 Jose Luiz Barbosa BRA 3 Roma 1987 9 8 1:43.91 KEN 1 2011 10 1:43.99 Billy Konchellah 1 Tokyo 1991 11 9 1:44.00 Norberto Tellez CUB 2 Athinai 1997 12 10 1:44.18 Djabir Said-Guerni ALG 3 Sevilla 1999 13 11 1:44.20 NED 2 Helsinki 1983 13 1:44.20 David Rudisha 1sf3 Daegu 2011 15 1:44.24 Jose Luiz Barbosa 2 Tokyo 1991 15 12 1:44.24 Rashid Ramzi BRN 1 Helsinki 2005 17 13 1:44.25 USA 3 Athinai 1997 18 14 1:44.26 Patrick Konchellah KEN 4 Athinai 1997 18 14 1:44.26 RUS 1sf1 Helsinki 2005 20 16 1:44.27 BRA 3 Helsinki 1983 21 1:44.30 Rashid Ramzi 2sf1 Helsinki 2005 22 17 1:44.33 Gary Reed CAN 1sf3 Helsinki 2005 23 18 1:44.41 KEN 2sf3 Helsinki 2005 23 18 1:44.41 Abubaker Kaki SUD 2 Daegu 2011 25 1:44.47 Andre Bucher 1sf2 Edmonton 2001 26 1:44.49 Yuriy Borzakovskiy 3 Daegu 2011 27 20 1:44.51 William Yiampoy KEN 3sf1 Helsinki 2005 27 1:44.51 Yuriy Borzakovskiy 2 Helsinki 2005 29 21 1:44:53 Vebjørn Rodal NOR 5 Athinai 1997 30 22 1:44.54 KEN 1sf1 2007 31 1:44.55 Wilfred Bungei 2 Edmonton 2001 31 1:44.55 William Yiampoy 3 Helsinki 2005 33 23 1:44.57 ETH 1sf1 Daegu 2011 34 24 1:44.59 POL 4 Roma 1987 35 25 1:44.60 POL 2sf1 Daegu 2011 36 1:44.61 William Yiampoy 2sf2 Edmonton 2001 37 1:44.62 Abubaker Kaki 3sf1 Daegu 2011 38 26 1:44.63 Pawel Czapiewski POL 3 Edmonton 2001 39 27 1:44.67 USA 3 Tokyo 1991 40 28 1:44.71 KEN 1 1993 40 28 1:44.71 2sf1 Osaka 2007 42 1:44.73 Wilfred Bungei 1h2 Edmonton 2001 43 30 1:44.74 Moussa Fall SEN 1qf1 Roma 1987 44 31 1:44.75 KEN 4 Tokyo 1991

Slowest winning time: 1:47.09 by Alfred Kirwa Yego (KEN) in 2007

Margin of Victory Difference Name Nat Venue Year Max 0.85 second Andre Bucher SUI Edmonton 2001 0.62 second Wilson Kipketer DEN Athinai 1997 Min 0.01 second Alfred Kirwa Yego KEN Osaka 2007

Difference between first and third Diff Winning time 3rd place time Winner’s Name Nat Venue Year Max 0.93 1:43.70 1:44.63 Andre Bucher SUI Edmonton 2001 Min 0.06 1:45.29 1:45.35 Mbulaeni Mulaudzi RSA 2009

Difference between third and fourth (medal versus no medal) Difference 3rd place time Name Nat Venue Year Max 0.85 seconds 1:44.18 Djabir Said-Guerni ALG Sevilla 1999 Min 0.01 seconds 1:44.25 Rich Kenah USA Athinai 1997

Fastest time in each round (second round held in 1987, 1997 only) Round Time Name Nat Venue Year Final 1:43.06 Billy Konchellah KEN Roma 1987 Semi-final 1:44.20 David Rudisha KEN Daegu 2011 1:44.26 Yuriy Borzakovskiy RUS Helsinki 2005 Second round 1:44.74 Moussa Fall SEN Roma 1987 First round 1:44.73 Wilfred Bungei KEN Edmonton 2001

Fastest non-qualifier for the final Time Position Name Nat Venue Year 1:44.90 3h1 BRN Helsinki 2005

Average of last six (21 st century) World Championships Average 2011 2009 2007 2005 2003 2001 Winning Time 1:44.84 1:43.91 1:45.29 1:47.09 1:44.24 1:44.81 1:43.70 Winning Medal 1:45.22 1:44.49 1:45.35 1:47.39 1:44.55 1:44.90 1:44.63 8th place 1:46.11 1:45.93 1:45.33 1:47.58 1:45.40 1:46.43 1:45.97

800m – 1500m double gold medalists Name Nation Venue Year Rashid Ramzi BRN Helsinki 2005

Best Marks for Places in the World Championships Pos Time Name Nat Venue Year 1 1:43.06 Billy Konchellah KEN Roma 1987 2 1:43.32 Hezekiel Sepeng RSA Sevilla 1999 1:43.41 Peter Elliott GBR Roma 1987 3 1:43:76 Jose Luiz Barbosa BRA Roma 1987 4 1:44.26 Patrick Konchellah KEN Athinai 1997 5 1:44.53 Vebjørn Rodal NOR Athinai 1997 6 1:44.84 Stephen Ole Marai KEN Roma 1987 7 1:45.07 Slobodan Popovic YUG Roma 1987 8 1:45.93 Mohammed Aman ETH Daegu 2011 1:46.17 Tom McKean GBR Stuttgart 1993 Marcin Lewandowski POL Berlin 2009

Best Marks for Places – all competitions Pos Time Name Nat Venue Day Month Year 1 1:40.91 David Rudisha KEN - OG 9 Aug 2012 1:41.01 David Rudisha KEN 29 Aug 2010 2 1:41.73 BOT London – OG 9 Aug 2012 1:42.23 Abubaker Kaki SUD Oslo 4 June 2010 1:42.28 KEN Köln 26 Aug 1984 3 1:42.53 KEN London – OG 9 Aug 2012 1:42.69 KEN Bruxelles 3 Sept 1999 4 1:42.82 USA London - OG 9 Aug 2012 1:42.85 Norberto Tellez CUB 31 July 1996 5 1:42.95 USA London – OG 9 Aug 2012 1:43.09 Djabir Said-Guerni ALG Bruxelles 3 Sept 1999 6 1:43.20 Mohamed Aman ETH London - OG 9 Aug 2012 1:43.30 Yuriy Borzakovskiy RUS Zürich 17 Aug 2001 7 1:43.32 Abubaker Kaki SUD London – OG 9 Aug 2012 1:43.89 Alfred Kirwa Yego KEN Rieti 27 Aug 2006 8 1:43.77 GBR London – OG 9 Aug 2012 1:44.20 Yuriy Borzakovskiy RUS Bruxelles 30 Aug 2002

Multiple Gold Medalists: Wilson Kipketer (DEN): 1995, 1997, 1999 Billy Konchellah (KEN): 1987, 1991

Multiple Medalists: Alfred Kirwa Yego (KEN): 2007 Gold, 2009 Silver Mbulaeni Mulaudzi (RSA): 2003 Bronze, 2009 Gold Yuriy Borzakovskiy (RUS): 2003 Silver, 2005 Silver, 2007 Bronze, 2011 Bronze Djabir Said-Guerni (ALG): 1999 Bronze, 2003 Gold Wilson Kipketer (DEN): 1995 Gold, 1997 Gold, 1999 Gold Jose Luiz Barbosa (BRA): 1987 Bronze, 1991 Silver Billy Konchellah (KEN): 1987 Gold, 1991 Gold, 1993 Bronze

Multiple Medals by athletes from a single nation Nation Year Gold Silver Bronze KEN 1993 Paul Ruto Billy Konchellah

Man & Woman from the same team winning the corresponding event: Nation Men Women Venue Year RSA Mbulaeni Mulaudzi Berlin 2009 KEN Alfred Kirwa Yego Osaka 2007

Medals by Countries: Nation Gold Silver Bronze KEN 5 2 2 DEN 3 RSA 1 1 1 ALG 1 1 BRN 1 1 FRG 1 SUI 1 RUS 2 2 BRA 1 2 GBR 1 CUB 1 ITA 1 BDI 1 NED 1 CAN 1 SUD 1 USA 2 NOR 1 POL 1

Fastest known splits in the World Championships Time Final Pos Name Winning Time Nat Venue Year First 400m 49.68 1st Wilson Kipketer 1:43.38 DEN Athinai 1997 Last 400m 51.4 1st Rashid Ramzi 1:44.24 BRN Helsinki 2005

World Championships medalist with Name Nat World Championships Year Olympics Year David Rudisha KEN Gold 2011 Gold 2012 Alfred Kirwa Yego KEN Gold 2007 Bronze 2008 Mbulaeni Mulaudzi RSA Gold 2009 Silver 2004 Yuriy Borzakovskiy RUS Silver 2003, 2005 Gold 2004 Djabir Said-Guerni ALG Gold 2003 Bronze 2000 Wilson Kipketer DEN Gold 1995, 1997, 1999 Silver 2000 Vebjørn Rodal NOR Bronze 1995 Gold 1996 Joaquim Cruz BRA Bronze 1983 Gold 1984

World Champion with World Indoor Championships Name Nat World Championships World Indoor Championships Mbulaeni Mulaudzi RSA 2009 2004 Wilson Kipketer DEN 1995, 1997, 1999 1997

World Championships medalist who previously won World Junior medal Name Nat World Championships Year World Junior Championships Year David Rudisha KEN Gold 2011 Gold 2006 Abubaker Kaki SUD Silver 2011 Gold 2008 Alfred Kirwa Yego KEN Gold 2007 Silver 2004 Wilfred Bungai KEN Silver 2001 Silver 1998 Andre Bucher SUI Gold 2001 Silver at 1500m 1994 Norberto Tellez CUB Silver 1997 Bronze 1990

World Championships medalist who previously won World Youth medal: None

World Champion with European Championships gold medal Name Nat World Championships European Championships Wilson Kipketer DEN 1995, 1997, 1999 2002

World Championships medalists with medal: Name Nat World Championships Year Asian Games Year Yusuf Saad Kamel BRN Bronze 2009 Gold 2006

World Championships medalists with Asian Championships medal: None

World Champion with All Africa Games gold medal Name Nat World Championships Africa Games Billy Konchellah KEN 1987, 1991 1987

World Champions with African Championships gold medal Name Nat World Championships African Championships David Rudisha KEN 2011 2008, 2010 Djabir Said-Guerni ALG 2003 2000, 2002

World Champion with gold medalist: Name Nat World Champ Year Pan American Games Year Norberto Tellez CUB Silver 1997 Silver 1999 Jose Luiz Barbosa BRA Silver 1991 Gold 1995

World Championships medalists with medal Name Nat World Championships Commonwealth Games Mbulaeni Mulaudzi RSA 2009 2002

Last six World Championships: Year Gold Nat Time Silver Nat Time Bronze Nat Time 2011 David Rudisha KEN 1:43.91 Abubaker Kaki SUD 1:44.41 Yuriy Borzakovskiy RUS 1:44.49 2009 Mbulaeni Mulaudzi RSA 1:45.29 Alfred Kirwa Yego KEN 1:45.35 Yusuf Saad Kamel BRN 1:45.35 2007 Alfred Kirwa Yego KEN 1:47.09 Gary Reed CAN 1:47.10 Yuri Borzakovskiy RUS 1:47.39 2005 Rashid Ramzi BRN 1:44.24 Yuriy Borzakovskiy RUS 1:44.51 William Yiampoy KEN 1:44.55 2003 Djabir Said-Guerni ALG 1:44.81 Yuriy Borzakovskiy RUS 1:44.84 Mbulaeni Mulaudzi RSA 1:44.90 2001 Andre Bucher SUI 1:43.70 Wilfred Bungei KEN 1:44.55 Pawel Czapiewski POL 1:44.63

Last four Olympics: Year Gold Nat Time Silver Nat Time Bronze Nat Time 2012 David Rudisha KEN 1:40.91 Nijel Amos BOT 1:41.73 Timothy Kitum KEN 1:42.53 2008 Wilfred Bungei KEN 1:44.65 Ahmed Ismail SUD 1:44.70 Alfred Kirwa Yego KEN 1:44.82 2004 Yuriy Borzakovskiy RUS 1:44.45 Mbulaeni Mulaudzi RSA 1:44.61 Wilson Kipketer DEN 1:44.65 2000 GER 1:45.08 Wilson Kipketer DEN 1:45.14 Djabir Said-Guerni ALG 1:45.16

Last six World Indoor Championships: Year Gold Nat Time Silver Nat Time Bronze Nat Time 2012 Mohamed Aman ETH 1:48.36 Jakub Holusa CZE 1:48.62 Andrew Osagie GBR 1:48.92 2010 Abubaker Kaki SUD 1:46.23 KEN 1:46.39 POL 1:46.69 2008 Abubaker Kaki SUD 1:44.81 Mbulaeni Mulaudzi RSA 1:44.91 Yusuf Saad Kamel BRN 1:45.26 2006 Wilfred Bungei KEN 1:47.15 Mbulaeni Mulaudzi RSA 1:47.16 Yuriy Borzakovskiy RUS 1:47.38 2004 Mbulaeni Mulaudzi RSA 1:45.71 Rashid Ramzi BRN 1:46.15 Osmar dos Santos BRA 1:46.26 2003 David Krummenacke r USA 1:45.69 Wilson Kipketer DEN 1:45.87 Wilfred Bungei KEN 1:46.54

Last seven World Junior Championships: Year Gold Nat Time Silver Nat Time Bronze Nat Time 2012 Nigel Amos BOT 1:43.79 Timothy Kitum KEN 1:44.56 Edwin Kiplagat Melly KEN 1:44.79 2010 David Mutwa KEN 1:46.41 Casimir Loxsom USA 1:46.57 USA 1:47.00 2008 Abubaker Kaki SUD 1:45.60 Geoffrey Kibet KEN 1:46.23 Andre Oliver RSA 1:47.57 2006 David Rudisha KEN 1:47.40 Jackson Kivuna KEN 1:47.64 Abraham Chepkiwot UGA 1:47.79 2004 Majid Saeed Sultan QAT 1:47.33 Alfred Kirwa Yego KEN 1:47.39 Selahattin Cobanoglu TUR 1:47.71 2002 KEN 1:46.59 Salem Al-Badri QAT 1:46.63 David Fiegen LUX 1:46.66 2000 KEN 1:47.16 Florent Lacasse FRA 1:47.61 Antonio Reina ESP 1:47.90

Last six World Youth Championships : Year Gold Nat Time Silver Nat Time Bronze Nat Time 2013 KEN 1:48.01 Konstantin Tolokonnikov RUS 1:48.29 GBR 1:48.32 2011 Lenard Kirwa Kosencha KEN 1:44.08 Mohammed Aman ETH 1:44.68 Timothy Kitum KEN 1:44.98 2009 SWE 1:50.92 Peter Kiplangat KEN 1:50.97 Nicholas Kipkoech KEN 1:51.01 2007 Geoffrey Kibet KEN 1:49.99 Ali Saad Al-Daran KSA 1:50.10 Amine El Manaoui MAR 1:50.12 2005 Gilbert Keter KEN 1:48.42 Jackson Kivuna KEN 1:48.57 Jan Masenamela RSA 1:49.73 2003 Mohammed Al-Salhi KSA 1:48.79 Bernard Kiptum KEN 1:49.14 Abraham Ngeno KEN 1:49.17 2001 Salem Al-Badri QAT 1:50.15 Cosmas Rono KEN 1:50.35 Liao Fu-Pin TPE 1:51.35 1999 Nicholas Wachira KEN 1:50.70 Berhanu Alemu ETH 1:50.79 Mohammad Al-Azemi KUW 1:51.24

Last four European Championships: Year Gold Nat Time Silver Nat Time Bronze Nat Time 2012 Yuriy Borzakovskiy RUS 1:48.61 Andreas Bube DEN 1:48.69 Pierre-Ambroise Bosse FRA 1:48.83 2010 Marcin Lewandowski POL 1:47.07 GBR 1:47.17 Adam Kszczot POL 1:47.22 2006 NED 1:46.56 David Fiegen LUX 1:46.59 Sam Ellis GBR 1:46.64 2002 Wilson Kipketer DEN 1:47.25 Andre Bucher SUI 1:47.43 Nils Schumann GER 1:47.60

Last three Asian Games: Year Gold Nat Time Silver Nat Time Bronze Nat Time 2010 IRI 1:45.45 Adnan Taees Akkar IRQ 1:45.88 Abdulrahman M Bala QAT 1:46.19 2006 Yussef Saad Kamel BRN 1:45.74 Mohamed Al-Azimi KUW 1:46.25 Ehsan M Shojaei IRI 1:47.43 2002 Rashid Mohammed BRN 1:47.12 K Mathews Binu IND 1:47.57 Li Huiquan CHN 1:47.77

Last seven Asian Championships: Year Gold Nat Time Silver Nat Time Bronze Nat Time 2013 Abdulra Musaeb Balla QAT 1:46.92 Abdulaziz M Ladan KSA 1:47.01 Bilal Mansour Ali BRN 1:48.56 2011 Mohamad Al-Azimi KUW 1:46.14 Sadjad Moradi IRI 1:46.35 Ghamanda Ram IND 1:46.46 2009 Sajad Moradi IRI 1:48.58 Mo Mutlak Al-Azimi KUW 1:48.93 Adnan Taees Akkar IRQ 1:49.00 2007 Mo Obeid Al-Salhi KSA 1:51.73 Sadjad Moradi IRI 1:52.22 Ali Abubaker Kamal QAT 1:52.88 2005 QAT 1:44.27 Abdulrahman Sulaiman QAT 1:44.73 Sadjad Moradi IRI 1:44.74 2003 Adam Abdu Adam QAT 1:46.20 Salem Amer Al-Badri QAT 1:46.95 Rashid Mohammed BRN 1:47.09 2002 Ali MikhailAli Kolganov KAZ 1:48.91 Salem Amer Al-Badri QAT 1:48.95 Adam Abdu Adam Ali QAT 1:49.25

Last three All Africa Games: Year Gold Nat Time Silver Nat Time Bronze Nat Time 2011 ALG 1:46.32 Boaz Lalang KEN 1:46.40 Job Kinyor KEN 1:46.52 2007 Abubaker Kaki SUD 1:45.22 Mbulaeni Mulaudzi RSA 1:45.54 Justus Koech KEN 1:45.80 2003 TAN 1:46.13 Mbulaeni Mulaudzi RSA 1:46.44 Justus Koech KEN 1:46.50

Last six African Championships: Year Gold Nat Time Silver Nat Time Bronze Nat Time 2012 Taoufik Makhloufi ALG 1:43.88 Anthony Chemut KEN 1:44.53 Andre Olivier RSA 1:45.09 2010 David Rudisha KEN 1:42.84 Alfred Kirwa Yego KEN 1:44.85 Jackson Kivuna KEN 1:45.47 2008 David Rudisha KEN 1:44.20 Ahmad Ismail SUD 1:45.41 KEN 1:46.02 2006 Alex Kipchirchir KEN 1:46.62 Ahmad Ismail SUD 1:46.65 Alfred Kirwa Yego KEN 1:46.85 2004 William Yiampoy KEN 1:45.36 Hezekiel Sepeng RSA 1:45.55 Ismail Ahmed Ismail SUD 1:45.87 2002 Djabir Said Guerni ALG 1:45.52 William Yiampoy KEN 1:45.79 Mbulaeni Mulaudzi RSA 1:46.20

Last three Pan American Games: Year Gold Nat Time Silver Nat Time Bronze Nat Time 2011 Andy Gonzalez CUB 1:45.58 Kleberson Davide BRA 1:45.75 Raidel Acea CUB 1:46.23 2007 Yeimer Lopez CUB 1:44.58 Kleberson Davide BRA 1:45.47 Fabiano Pecanha BRA 1:45.54 2003 Achraf Tadii CAN 1:45.05 Osmar dos Santos BRA 1:45.64 Fabiano Pecanha BRA 1:46.39

Last three Commonwealth Games: Year Gold Nat Time Silver Nat Time Bronze Nat Time 2010 Boaz Lalang KEN 1:46.60 Richard Kiplagat KEN 1:46.95 Abraham Kiplagat KEN 1:47.37 2006 Alex Kipchirchir KEN 1:45.88 Achraf Tadii CAN 1:46.93 John Litei KEN 1:46.98 2002 Mbulaeni Mulaudzi RSA 1:46.32 KEN 1:46.57 Kris McCarthy AUS 1:46.79

Fastest performances in Europe Performance Performer Time Name Nat Pos Venue DMY 1 1 1:40.91 David Rudisha KEN 1 London 9 Aug 2012 2 1:41.01 David Rudisha 1 Rieti 29 Aug 2010 3 1:41.09 David Rudisha 1 Berlin 22 Aug 2010 4 2 1:41.11 Wilson Kipketer DEN 1 Köln 24 Aug 1997

Russian All-Comer’s List: Performance Performer Time Name Nat Pos Venue DMY 1 1 1:43.76 Amine Laalou MAR 1 Zhukovskiy 26 June 2010 2 2 1:43.99 Yuriy Borzakovskiy RUS 1 Zhukovskiy 3 July 2011 3 3 1:44.06 Wilson Kipketer DEN 1 Moskva 7 June 1996

Fastest Performances in Moskva : Performance Performer Time Name Nat Pos DMY 1 1 1:44.06 Wilson Kipketer DEN 1 7 June 1996 2 2 1:44.57 KEN 1 8 June 1997 3 3 1:44.62 Hendrik Mokganyetsi RSA 2 8 June 1997

Fastest Performances in August Performance Performer Time Name Nat Pos Venue DMY 1 1 1:40.91 David Rudisha KEN 1 London 9 Aug 2012 2 1:41.01 David Rudisha 1 Rieti 29 Aug 2010 3 1:41.09 David Rudisha 1 Berlin 22 Aug 2010 4 2 1:41.11 Wilson Kipketer DEN 1 Köln 24 Aug 1997

Combined 2012 & 2013 World List Performance Performer Time Name Nat Pos Venue DMY 1 1 1:40.91 David Rudisha KEN 1 London – OG 9 Aug 2012 2 1:41.54 David Rudisha 1 Saint Denis 6 July 2012 3 2 1:41.73 Nijel Amos BOT 2 London – OG 9 Aug 2012 4 1:41.74 David Rudisha 1 New York 9 June 2012 5 1:42.12 David Rudisha 1 23 June 2012 6 3 1:42.53 Timothy Kitum KEN 3 London – OG 9 Aug 2012 7 4 1:42.53 Mohamed Aman ETH 1 Zürich 30 Aug 2012 8 1:42.81 David Rudisha 2 Zürich 30 Aug 2012 9 5 1:42.82 Duane Solomon USA 4 London – OG 9 Aug 2012 10 6 1:42.95 Nick Symmonds USA 5 London – OG 9 Aug 2012 11 1:43.10 David Rudisha 1 11 May 2012 12 1:43.11 Nijel Amos 1 Mannheim 9 June 2012 13 7 1:43.13 KEN 1 20 July 2012 14 1:43.15 Abraham Rotich 1 Heusden 7 July 2012 15 1:43.20 Mohamed Aman 6 London – OG 9 Aug 2012 16 1:43.27 Duane Solomon 1 Des Moines 23 June 2013 17 8 1:43.32 Abubaker Kaki SUD 7 London – OG 9 Aug 2012 18 1:43.33 Mohamed Aman 1 Lausanne 4 July 2013

Gold Medal Contenders:

Mohamed Aman (ETH) DOB: 10 Jan 1994 Personal Best: 1:42.53 (2012); Season Best: 1:43.33 Championships Highlights: 2012 World Indoor Champ; 6th in 2012 Olympics; 2nd in 2011 World Youth Championships Average of top performances in 2012 and 2013 Time Race Place Date 1 1:42.53 Zürich 1 30 Aug 2012 2 1:43.20 London 6 9 Aug 2012 3 1:43.33 Lausanne 1 4 July 2013 4 1:43.51 Daegu 1 16 May 2012 5 1:43.56 1 17 Aug 2012 Top 5 Average 1:43.23

Duane Solomon (USA) DOB: 28 Dec 1984 Personal Best: 1:42.82 (2012); Season Best: 1:43.27 Championships Highlights: 4 th in 2012 Olympics; Average of top performances in 2012 and 2013 Time Race Place Date 1 1:42.82 London 4 9 Aug 2012 2 1:43.27 Des Moines 1 23 June 2013 3 1:43.44 Monaco 3 20 July 2012 4 1:43.72 Monaco 1 19 July 2013 5 1:44.12 London 2 26 July 2013 Top 5 Average 1:43.47

Nick Symmonds (USA) DOB: 30 Dec 1983 Personal Best: 1:42.95 (2012); Season Best: 1:43.67 Championships Highlights: 6 th in 2009 World Champion; 6 th in 2008 World Indoor; 5 th in 2012 Olympics Average of top performances in 2012 and 2013 Time Race Place Date 1 1:42.95 London 5 9 Aug 2012 2 1:43.67 London 1 26 July 2013 3 1:43.70 Des Moines 2 23 June 2013 4 1:43.78 Monaco 5 20 July 2012 5 1:43.92 Eu gene 1 25 June 2012 Top 5 Average 1:43.60

Last 3 competitions : (only finals are included)

Nick Symmonds (USA) Time Race Place Date 1 1:43.67 London 1 26 July 2013 2 1:44.86 Edmonton 1 29 June 2013 3 1:43.70 Des Moines 2 23 June 2013 Average 1:44.08

Mohamed Aman (ETH) Time Race Place Date 1 1:43.33 Lausanne 1 4 July 2013 2 1:45.18 1 30 July 2013 3 1:43.78 Ostrava 1 27 June 2013 Average 1:44.10

Duane Solomon (USA) Time Race Place Date 1 1:44.12 London 2 26 July 2013 2 1:43.72 Monaco 1 19 July 2013 3 1:44.91 Edmonton 2 29 June 2013 Average 1:44.25

References: Athletics annual, Athletics International, All-Athletics.com, Alltime-athletics.com, gbrathletics.com, IAAF Statistics Handbooks, RRW, Tilastopaja OY and News etc.

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