2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres
Records
Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:

2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres

Section Title: Records
Table Section Text: Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:

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	Eunice Jepkoech Sum (KEN)	1:56.99	Paris, France	4 July 2015

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

NACAC 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)

Eunice Jepkoech Sum of Kenya participated in the 2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres as the world-leading athlete for the season with her time of 1:56.99 minutes.

final_sentence: Eunice Jepkoech Sum of Kenya participated in the 2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres as the world-leading athlete for the season with her time of 1:56.99 minutes.