Record Timeline
Every record update in this archive, newest first.
| Date | Athlete | Country | Time | Location | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 May 2026 | Ko Ochiai | Japan | 1:43.90 | Fukuroi | Japan Record |
| 5 Jul 2025 | Rin Kubo | Japan | 1:59.52 | Tokyo | Japan Record |
| 31 Jul 2024 | Ko Ochiai | Japan | 1:44.80 | Fukuoka | Japan Record |
| 15 Jul 2024 | Rin Kubo | Japan | 1:59.93 | Kashihara | Japan Record |
| 11 May 2014 | Sho Kawamoto | Japan | 1:45.75 | Tokyo | Japan Record |
| 9 Aug 2012 | David Rudisha | Kenya | 1:40.91 | London | World Record |
| 29 Aug 2010 | David Rudisha | Kenya | 1:41.01 | Rieti | World Record |
| 22 Aug 2010 | David Rudisha | Kenya | 1:41.09 | Berlin | World Record |
| 18 Oct 2009 | Masato Yokota | Japan | 1:46.16 | Yokohama | Japan Record |
| 5 Jun 2005 | Miho Sugimori | Japan | 2:00.45 | Tokyo | Japan Record |
| 8 Jun 2003 | Miki Nishimura | Japan | 2:02.10 | Yokohama | Japan Record |
| 12 May 2001 | Miki Nishimura | Japan | 2:02.23 | Osaka | Japan Record |
| 24 Aug 1997 | Wilson Kipketer | Denmark | 1:41.11 | Cologne | World Record |
| 13 Aug 1997 | Wilson Kipketer | Denmark | 1:41.24 | Zurich | World Record |
| 30 Aug 1995 | Kumiko Okamoto | Japan | 2:04.22 | Fukuoka | Japan Record |
| 30 Aug 1995 | Kumiko Okamoto | Japan | 2:03.45 | Fukuoka | Japan Record |
| 26 Jun 1994 | Yusei Ono | Japan | 1:46.18 | Lapinlahti | Japan Record |
| 12 Jun 1994 | Yusei Ono | Japan | 1:46.73 | Tokyo | Japan Record |
| 29 Apr 1993 | Yusei Ono | Japan | 1:47.28 | Hiroshima | Japan Record |
| 14 Jun 1992 | Yumiko Tokuda | Japan | 2:04.82 | Tokyo | Japan Record |
| 26 Jul 1983 | Jarmila Kratochvilova | Czechoslovakia | 1:53.28 | Munich | World Record |
| 10 Jun 1981 | Sebastian Coe | Great Britain | 1:41.73 | Florence | World Record |
| 27 Jul 1980 | Nadezhda Olizarenko | Soviet Union | 1:53.43 | Moscow | World Record |
| 12 Jun 1980 | Nadezhda Olizarenko | Soviet Union | 1:54.85 | Moscow | World Record |
| 5 Jul 1979 | Sebastian Coe | Great Britain | 1:42.33 | Oslo | World Record |
| 21 Aug 1977 | Alberto Juantorena | Cuba | 1:43.44 | Sofia | World Record |
| 26 Jul 1976 | Tatyana Kazankina | Soviet Union | 1:54.94 | Montreal | World Record |
| 25 Jul 1976 | Alberto Juantorena | Cuba | 1:43.50 | Montreal | World Record |
| 24 Aug 1973 | Svetla Zlateva | Bulgaria | 1:57.48 | Athens | World Record |
| 11 Jul 1971 | Hildegard Falck | West Germany | 1:58.45 | Stuttgart | World Record |