The competitors at the start of the final of the women’s 800-metres event of the 1928 Summer Olympics, held at the Olympisch...
Pierre-Ambroise Bosse of France crosses the line to win the Men's 800 metres final during day five of the 16th IAAF World Athletics Championships...
Metres Final. Melbourne: Athletes round the final bend during the final of the 800 metres today. Winner was Tom Courtney of the United States , with...
German runner Lina Radke wins the women's 800 meter race in the 1928 Summer Olympics, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1928.
Gold medallist Katie Ledecky of the United States poses on the podium during the medal ceremony for the Women's 800m Freestyle on Day 7 of the London...
Seventeen year old Lorraine Crappy is being hailed as one of the world's greatest women swimmers and as Australia's hope in the forthcoming Olympics...
Jarmila Kratochvílova of Czechoslovakia stands on the podium after receiving her gold medal for winning the Women's 800 metres event at the IAAF...
Silver medalist Francine Niyonsaba of Burundi, gold medalist Caster Semenya of South Africa and bronze medalist Margaret Nyairera Wambui of Kenya...
Track star Catherine Donovan, holder of the indoor 800 meter record, training for the 1928 Olympics, Newark, New Jersey, January 1928.
Japan, Tokyo: Track...runner in the women's 800 meter, #77, Anita worner of Germany, is mud covered after race.
The four members of the United States 800 meter swimming relay team, who set a new Olympic record of 8 minutes, 31.1 seconds when they won their...
Whitfield leads A.S. Wint in the last 100 yards dash, to win the 800 meters. Final at the Olympic stad., Helsinki.
Dramatic finish in 800m men's final - Soviet Union's Evgeni Arzhanov is seen falling at the finish line after leading the final. At the left is David...
Hand over heart, America;s David Wottle stands on winner's podium after receiving the Gold Medal in the Olympic men's 800 meter race here today 9/2,...
Tokyo, Japan: Medal winners of the 800m run at the Tokyo Olympics. Bill Crothers watches as gold medal winner Peter Snell shakes hands with third...
Helsinki: Cuba's Alberto Juantorena screams in pain after crashing to the track during the fifth heat of men's 800 meter race at the World...
Sebastian Coe in action in 800 meters semi final, which he won here 7?25 at the Moscow Olympics 7/25.
Helsinki, Finland- Mal Whitfield , No. 986, is shown winning the 800 meter final in Olympic Stadium. Whitfield successfully defended his 800 meter...
London, England- Mal Whitfield, sensational American middle distance runner is shown as he crossed the finish line in the final of 800 meter Olympic...
Cuba's Alberto Juantorena raises his arms in victory as he crosses the finish line to win the men's 800 meters race at the 1976 Summer Olympics in...
Britain's Steve Ovett, left, is consoled by teammate Sebastian Coe, after Coe won the Silver Medal in the 800m and Ovett finished last in the same...
S Mark Spitz no sooner touches the wall than teammate Don Schollander dives out over him to cinch a US gold medal in the men's 800-meter freestyle...
Czechoslovakian wonder woman Jarmila Kratochvilova scores a win in the 800 meters as she works her way to a rare double in easy victories in the...
S Dave Wottle , of Canton, Ohio races across the finish line inches ahead of Soviet Union's Evgeni Arzhanov in the official finish photo of the...
Mexico City, Mexico: Australia's Ralph Doubell winning the men's 800 meter run in the 1968 Olympics. Wilson Kiprugut of Kenya is second.
Debbie Meyer, the 16-year-old Miss America of Olympic swimming, displays 3 Gold Medals she's won for the 200 meter, 400 meter and 800 meter freestyle.
America's Madeline Manning Jackson holds her Olympic gold medal from the '68 games in Mexico, and Olympic silver medal from the '72 games in Munich...
Cali, Colombia: Canada's Abby Hoffman wins the women's 800-meter final and a Pan American gold medal August 1, as the USA's Doris Brown, Seattle,...
American sprinter Madeline Manning sets a new Pan-American Games record in the women's 800-meter run with a time of 2:02.9. Fellow American sprinter...
Seventeen-year-old Murray Rose, holder of the Australian Junior 110 yards , Junior 220 yards , Junior 440 yards , 880 yards , 800 meters . Murray...
John B. Kelly Jr. , of Philadelphia, single sculls rowing champion of the U.S., Canada and the pan American games, and track star Thomas W. Courtney,...
Melbourne, Australia: XVITH OLYMPIAD. COURTNEY OF U.S. WINS 800 METERS. Tom Courtney, of the United States , is shown winning the final of the 800...
Philadelphia, PA: Ira Kaplan of New York University is shown breasting the tape as his school won the one-half mile college relay championship at...
New Zealander Peter Snell crosses the finish line ahead of Belgian Roger Moens in the 800-meter run at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy.
Katie Ledecky of the United States celebrates winning gold and setting a new world record in the time of 8:04.79sec in the Women's 800m Freestyle...
Katie Ledecky of United States celebrates winning the women's 800m Freestyle on Day 7 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium...
British middle distance runners Joy Jordan and Joyce Smith lead the field to finish first and second in the 800m race at a track and field meeting...
Gold medalist David Lekuta Rudisha of Kenya poses on the podium during the medal ceremony for the Men's 800 metres during day five of the 15th IAAF...
Gold medallist Katie Ledecky of the United States poses during the medal ceremony after setting a new world record of 8:07.39 in the Women's 800m...
The start of the 1948 Olympic 800 metres final at Wembley Stadium. The winner was America's Malvin Whitfield.
Douglas Lowe winning the 1/2 mile during the Oxford and Cambridge against Yale and Harvard athletics meeting at Wembley, London.
British athlete Douglas Lowe receives a congratulatory handshake from the runner-up, Switzerland's Paul Martin, after winning the Olympic 800 metres...
Katie Ledecky of the USA sets a new World Record time of 8:13.86 alongside Lotte Friis of Denmark and Lauren Boyle of New Zealand in the Swimming...
Katie Ledecky of Team United States celebrates winning gold in the in the Women's 800m Freestyle Final on day seven of the Fukuoka 2023 World...
David Lekuta Rudisha of Kenya celebrates after winning gold and setting a new world record in the Men's 800m Final on Day 13 of the London 2012...
Jessica Ennis of Great Britain crosses the line during the Women's Heptathlon 800m to win overall gold on Day 8 of the London 2012 Olympic Games at...
Runners compete in section two of the men's 800 meters at Sound Running and On: Track Nights Track Fest on May 06, 2023 in Los Angeles, California.
Adrian Ben of Spain crosses the line ahead of Benajim Robert of France to win the Men's 800m Final during Day 3 of the European Athletics Indoor...
Gold medalist Ana Fidelia Quirot from Cuba stands on the victory podium with her gold medal after winning the Women's 800 Metres event at the 5th...
Emmanuel Kipkurui Korir of Kenya celebrates their victory in the Men's 800m Final during the Weltklasse Zurich 2022, part of the 2022 Diamond League...
Katie Ledecky competes in the Women's LC 800 Meter Freestyle Final during day one of the 2022 Phillips 66 National Championships on July 26, 2022 in...
Emmanuel Kipkurui Korir of Team Kenya crosses the finish line to win gold in the Men's 800m Final on day nine of the World Athletics Championships...
Ana Fidelia Quirot of Cuba running in the semi final of the Women's 800 metres event at the 5th International Association of Athletics Federations...
Russian-born Soviet athlete Lyudmila Shevtsova finishes ahead of Australian athlete Brenda Jones in the final of the women's 800-metres event at the...
Katie Ledecky of Team United States competes in the Women's 800m Freestyle Final at Tokyo Aquatics Centre on July 31, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan.
