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Quiz Questions - 800 Metres Sprint

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

5
3
2
4

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

Kenya
Russia
New Zealand
Britain

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

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

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

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

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

Zulia Calatayud
Ludmila Formanova
Ana Fidelia Quirot
Maria Mutola

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

Wilfred Bungei
Joquin Cruz
Sebastian Coe
Sunny Koskei

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

Mozambique
Russia
Cuba
USA

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

Rashid Ramzi
Andre Bucher
Paul Ruto
Wilson Kipketer

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

Australia
New Zealand
Britain
USA

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

2 laps
4 laps
1 lap
3 laps

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