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Quiz Questions - 800 Metres Sprint

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

4 laps
3 laps
2 laps
1 lap

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

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

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

3
4
5
2

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

New Zealand
USA
Australia
Britain

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

Joquin Cruz
Sunny Koskei
Wilfred Bungei
Sebastian Coe

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

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

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

Andre Bucher
Wilson Kipketer
Rashid Ramzi
Paul Ruto

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

Russia
Britain
Kenya
New Zealand

The only female athlete to win 3 World Championships at 800 metres, in 1993, 2001 & 2003 was

Ludmila Formanova
Maria Mutola
Zulia Calatayud
Ana Fidelia Quirot

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

Russia
USA
Mozambique
Cuba

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