2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres
Records

2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres

Section Title: Records
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World record	Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH)	1:53.28	Munich, West Germany	26 July 1983

Championship record	Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH)	1:54.68	Helsinki, Finland	9 August 1983

World leading	Caster Semenya (RSA)	1:55.45	Berlin, Germany	19 August 2009

African record	Pamela Jelimo (KEN)	1:54.01	Zürich, Switzerland	29 August 2008

Asian record	Liu Dong (CHN)	1:55.54	Beijing, China	9 September 1993

North American record	Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB)	1:54.44	Barcelona, Spain	9 September 1989

South American record	Letitia Vriesde (SUR)	1:56.68	Gothenburg, Sweden	13 August 1995

European record	Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH)	1:53.28	Munich, West Germany	26 July 1983

Oceanian record	Toni Hodgkinson (NZL)	1:58.25	Atlanta, United States	27 July 1996

Sentence(s)

Semenya lead the women's 800 metres with a time of one minute and 55.45 seconds.

final_sentence: Semenya lead the women's 800 metres with a time of one minute and 55.45 seconds.