The competitors at the start of the final of the women’s 800-metres event of the 1928 Summer Olympics, held at the Olympisch...
Gold medallist Katie Ledecky of the United States poses on the podium during the medal ceremony for the Women's 800m Freestyle on Day 7 of the London...
Gold medalist Keely Hodgkinson of Team Great Britain celebrates with a crown during the Women's 800m Final on day ten of the Olympic Games Paris 2024...
Metres Final. Melbourne: Athletes round the final bend during the final of the 800 metres today. Winner was Tom Courtney of the United States , with...
Katie Ledecky of the United States celebrates winning gold and setting a new world record in the time of 8:04.79sec in the Women's 800m Freestyle...
Hand over heart, America;s David Wottle stands on winner's podium after receiving the Gold Medal in the Olympic men's 800 meter race here today 9/2,...
German runner Lina Radke wins the women's 800 meter race in the 1928 Summer Olympics, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1928.
Track star Catherine Donovan, holder of the indoor 800 meter record, training for the 1928 Olympics, Newark, New Jersey, January 1928.
Seventeen year old Lorraine Crappy is being hailed as one of the world's greatest women swimmers and as Australia's hope in the forthcoming Olympics...
Emmanuel Wanyonyi of Team Kenya crosses the finish line to win the Gold medal in front of silver medalist Marco Arop of Team Canada the Men's 800m...
Gold medalist Keely Hodgkinson of Team Great Britain celebrates during the Women's 800m Final on day ten of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Stade de...
Katie Ledecky of Team United States reacts after winning gold in the Women's 800m Freestyle Final on day eight of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at...
Russian-born Soviet athlete Lyudmila Shevtsova finishes ahead of Australian athlete Brenda Jones in the final of the women's 800-metres event at the...
Japan, Tokyo: Track...runner in the women's 800 meter, #77, Anita worner of Germany, is mud covered after race.
The four members of the United States 800 meter swimming relay team, who set a new Olympic record of 8 minutes, 31.1 seconds when they won their...
Whitfield leads A.S. Wint in the last 100 yards dash, to win the 800 meters. Final at the Olympic stad., Helsinki.
Dramatic finish in 800m men's final - Soviet Union's Evgeni Arzhanov is seen falling at the finish line after leading the final. At the left is David...
Tokyo, Japan: Medal winners of the 800m run at the Tokyo Olympics. Bill Crothers watches as gold medal winner Peter Snell shakes hands with third...
Helsinki: Cuba's Alberto Juantorena screams in pain after crashing to the track during the fifth heat of men's 800 meter race at the World...
Sebastian Coe in action in 800 meters semi final, which he won here 7?25 at the Moscow Olympics 7/25.
Helsinki, Finland- Mal Whitfield , No. 986, is shown winning the 800 meter final in Olympic Stadium. Whitfield successfully defended his 800 meter...
London, England- Mal Whitfield, sensational American middle distance runner is shown as he crossed the finish line in the final of 800 meter Olympic...
Cuba's Alberto Juantorena raises his arms in victory as he crosses the finish line to win the men's 800 meters race at the 1976 Summer Olympics in...
Britain's Steve Ovett, left, is consoled by teammate Sebastian Coe, after Coe won the Silver Medal in the 800m and Ovett finished last in the same...
S Mark Spitz no sooner touches the wall than teammate Don Schollander dives out over him to cinch a US gold medal in the men's 800-meter freestyle...
Czechoslovakian wonder woman Jarmila Kratochvilova scores a win in the 800 meters as she works her way to a rare double in easy victories in the...
S Dave Wottle , of Canton, Ohio races across the finish line inches ahead of Soviet Union's Evgeni Arzhanov in the official finish photo of the...
Mexico City, Mexico: Australia's Ralph Doubell winning the men's 800 meter run in the 1968 Olympics. Wilson Kiprugut of Kenya is second.
Debbie Meyer, the 16-year-old Miss America of Olympic swimming, displays 3 Gold Medals she's won for the 200 meter, 400 meter and 800 meter freestyle.
America's Madeline Manning Jackson holds her Olympic gold medal from the '68 games in Mexico, and Olympic silver medal from the '72 games in Munich...
Cali, Colombia: Canada's Abby Hoffman wins the women's 800-meter final and a Pan American gold medal August 1, as the USA's Doris Brown, Seattle,...
American sprinter Madeline Manning sets a new Pan-American Games record in the women's 800-meter run with a time of 2:02.9. Fellow American sprinter...
Seventeen-year-old Murray Rose, holder of the Australian Junior 110 yards , Junior 220 yards , Junior 440 yards , 880 yards , 800 meters . Murray...
John B. Kelly Jr. , of Philadelphia, single sculls rowing champion of the U.S., Canada and the pan American games, and track star Thomas W. Courtney,...
Melbourne, Australia: XVITH OLYMPIAD. COURTNEY OF U.S. WINS 800 METERS. Tom Courtney, of the United States , is shown winning the final of the 800...
Philadelphia, PA: Ira Kaplan of New York University is shown breasting the tape as his school won the one-half mile college relay championship at...
Moscow: Sebastian Coe of Great Britain wins the Olmpic 1,500 meters gold medal in 3 minutes and 38.40 seconds here 8/1. East Germany's Jurgen Straub...
New Zealander Peter Snell crosses the finish line ahead of Belgian Roger Moens in the 800-meter run at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy.
Pierre-Ambroise Bosse of France crosses the line to win the Men's 800 metres final during day five of the 16th IAAF World Athletics Championships...
Jarmila Kratochvílova of Czechoslovakia stands on the podium after receiving her gold medal for winning the Women's 800 metres event at the IAAF...
British runner Ann Packer, no. 55, breaking the world record to win the gold medal in the 800 metres event at the Tokyo Olympics, 21st October 1964....
British runner Ann Packer, centre, with her gold medal for the 800 metres event at the Tokyo Olympics, 21st October 1964. Maryvonne Dupureur, left,...
Silver medalist Francine Niyonsaba of Burundi, gold medalist Caster Semenya of South Africa and bronze medalist Margaret Nyairera Wambui of Kenya...
Sivler medalist Jazz Carlin of Great Britain, gold medalist Katie Ledecky of United States and bronze medalist Boglarka Kapas of Hungary celebrate on...
Katie Ledecky of United States celebrates on the podium after winning gold in the Women's 800m Freestyle Final on Day 7 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games...
Katie Ledecky of United States celebrates on the podium after winning gold in the Women's 800m Freestyle Final on Day 7 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games...
Katie Ledecky of United States celebrates on the podium after winning gold in the Women's 800m Freestyle Final on Day 7 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games...
Katie Ledecky of the United States competes in the Women's 800m Freestyle Final on Day 7 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Aquatics...
Katie Ledecky of United States celebrates winning the women's 800m Freestyle on Day 7 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium...
British middle distance runners Joy Jordan and Joyce Smith lead the field to finish first and second in the 800m race at a track and field meeting...
Gold medalist David Lekuta Rudisha of Kenya poses on the podium during the medal ceremony for the Men's 800 metres during day five of the 15th IAAF...
The start of the 1948 Olympic 800 metres final at Wembley Stadium. The winner was America's Malvin Whitfield.
British athlete Douglas Lowe receives a congratulatory handshake from the runner-up, Switzerland's Paul Martin, after winning the Olympic 800 metres...
