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Discerningly Versed - Effective Iterative Learning Quiz Questions - 800 Metres Sprint
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Peter Snell won the Olympic Gold at 800 metres in 1960 & 1964. He was from

 

USA
Britain
Australia
New Zealand

 The womens world record for the 800 metres event ran by Jarmila Kratochvilova in 1983 was in a time

 

1 mins 53.28 seconds
2 mins 23.28 seconds
1 mins 23.28 seconds
2 mins 53.28 seconds
Which athlete won 3 World Championships in the 800 metres sprint in 1995, 1997 & 1999 ?

 

Wilson Kipketer
Paul Ruto
Rashid Ramzi
Andre Bucher

 The US has won the mens Olympic 800m title 9 times, but which nation has won it on 6 occasions ?

 

Britain
New Zealand
Kenya
Russia
The only female athlete to win 3 World Championships at 800 metres, in 1993, 2001 & 2003 was

 

Maria Mutola
Ana Fidelia Quirot
Zulia Calatayud
Ludmila Formanova

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

 

Sunny Koskei
Sebastian Coe
Wilfred Bungei
Joquin Cruz
Douglas Lowe, Mal Whitfield & Peter Snell have all won the 800 metres Olympic Gold how many times ?

 

4
2
5
3

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

 

3 laps
1 lap
2 laps
4 laps
The mens world record for the 800 metres event ran by wilson Kipketer in 1997 was in a time of

 

2 mins 11.11 seconds
1 mins 11.11 seconds
2 mins 41.11 seconds
1 mins 41.11 seconds

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

 

USA
Cuba
Mozambique
Russia


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