W 800m - Jarmila Kratochvilova (Czech) - 1:53.28 - Munich (Germany) - 1983 - World Record

W 800m - Jarmila Kratochvilova (Czech) - 1:53.28 - Munich (Germany) - 1983 - World Record In 1983, Jarmila Kratochvilova set the world record for the 800 metres, which still stands and is currently the longest-standing individual world record in athletics. Only two athletes, Pamela Jelimo of Kenya (2008), and Caster Semenya of South Africa (2018), have come within a second of Kratochvílová&mark since it was set.