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   800 M. Dash
  1. Cal Mak 1:59.6
  2. Brandt Humphrey 1:59.8
  3. Matt Trampe 2:00.6 r
  4. Matt Trampe 2:02.4
  5. Ben Slawski 2:02.4 r
  6. Alex Johnson 2:03.9 r
  7. Ben Slawski 2:04.1
  8. Brett Armstrong 2:05.9
  9. Collin Rees 2:06.3 r
  10. Alex Johnson 2:06.8
  11. Collin Rees 2:08.5
  12. Carter Graham 2:09.2 r
  13. David Prater 2:09.5 r
  14. Sam Weber 2:10.4
  15. Skylar Glandon 2:12.2 r
  16. Chris Brown 2:12.3
  17. J. Whitefoot 2:13.2
  18. Travis Walker 2:17.1 r
  19. Andrew Limbach 2:17.4
  20. Brandon Meseure 2:17.6
  21. Brady Schutte 2:23.2
  22. Nathan Hisey 2:22.8 r
  23. Nathan Hisey 2:24.0
  24. Will Lindstrom 2:24.9 r
  25. Will Lindstrom 2:27.3
  26. Chase Svoboda 2:27.5
  27. Gant Suhr 2:28.1 r
  28. Reed Murbach 2:28.9
  29. Mike Hlavinka 2:29.0
  30. Greg Nordhues 2:29.1 r
  31. Gant Suhr 2:29.2
  32. Ryan Perkins 2:33.2
  33. Will Richardson 2:50.2
History of the 800 M. Run
The 800 metres is the event where the demands of speed and speed-endurance converge. It is related to the half-mile (880 yards or 804.67m) and was first run in Britain by professionals around 1830.

For a long time, very fast opening laps were the norm. But in 1932 Tom Hampson (GBR) became the first man to break 1:50 with 1:49.7 which he achieved with even paced laps (54.8 + 54.9).

When Germany's Rudolf Harbig smashed the world record with 1:46.6 in 1939 it was largely due to the "interval training" devised by his coach Waldemar Gerschler. This developed specific endurance through fast training repetitions with short recoveries: i.e. 50 x 100m, 20 x 150m