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Discerningly Versed - Effective Iterative Learning Quiz Questions - 800 Metres Sprint
Discerningly Versed - Effective Iterative Learning


Which athlete won 3 World Championships in the 800 metres sprint in 1995, 1997 & 1999 ?

 

Paul Ruto
Rashid Ramzi
Andre Bucher
Wilson Kipketer

 Which athlete held the world record for the 800m event for 16 years until 1997 ?

 

Sebastian Coe
Wilfred Bungei
Joquin Cruz
Sunny Koskei
The only female athlete to win 3 World Championships at 800 metres, in 1993, 2001 & 2003 was

 

Ana Fidelia Quirot
Zulia Calatayud
Ludmila Formanova
Maria Mutola

 The 800 metres event represents how many laps of a standard outdoor athletics track ?

 

1 lap
2 laps
4 laps
3 laps
The US has won the mens Olympic 800m title 9 times, but which nation has won it on 6 occasions ?

 

New Zealand
Kenya
Russia
Britain

 Peter Snell won the Olympic Gold at 800 metres in 1960 & 1964. He was from

 

Britain
Australia
New Zealand
USA
Douglas Lowe, Mal Whitfield & Peter Snell have all won the 800 metres Olympic Gold how many times ?

 

2
5
3
4

 The mens world record for the 800 metres event ran by wilson Kipketer in 1997 was in a time of

 

1 mins 11.11 seconds
2 mins 41.11 seconds
1 mins 41.11 seconds
2 mins 11.11 seconds
The womens world record for the 800 metres event ran by Jarmila Kratochvilova in 1983 was in a time

 

2 mins 23.28 seconds
1 mins 23.28 seconds
2 mins 53.28 seconds
1 mins 53.28 seconds

 Mario Mutola who won gold at the 2000 Sydney Olympics in the 800 meter sprint is from

 

Cuba
Mozambique
Russia
USA


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