UTEP freshman Emmanuel Korir's 44.67 400 last week got us thinking about how rare it is to see an elite 800 guy break 45.00 for 400.
We looked at the 37 men who have broken 1:43.00 for 800 and believe only one man in history had sub 45 speed.
1976 Olympic 400/800 champ, Alberto Juantorena or Cuba, ran 44.26 for 400 and 1:43.44 for 800 pb.
Let us know if one of the following men also did it.
1 1:40.91 David Rudisha KEN
2 1:41.11 Wilson Kipketer DEN
3 1:41.73! Sebastian Coe GBR
3 1:41.73 Nijel Amos BOT
5 1:41.77 Joaquim Cruz BRA
6 1:42.23 Abubaker Kaki SUD
7 1:42.28 Sammy Koskei KEN
8 1:42.34 Wilfred Bungei KEN
9 1:42.37 Mohamed Aman ETH
10 1:42.47 Yuriy Borzakovskiy RUS
11 1:42.51 Amel Tuka BIH
12 1:42.53 Timothy Kitum KEN
12 1:42.53 Pierre-Ambroise Bosse FRA
14 1:42.55 André Bucher SUI
15 1:42.58 Vebjørn Rodal NOR
16 1:42.60 Johnny Gray USA
17 1:42.61 Taoufik Makhloufi ALG
18 1:42.62 Patrick Ndururi KEN
19 1:42.67 Alfred Kirwa Yego KEN
20 1:42.69 Hezekiél Sepeng RSA
20 1:42.69 Japheth Kimutai KEN
22 1:42.79 Fred Onyancha KEN
22 1:42.79 Youssef Saad Kamel BRN
24 1:42.81 Jean-Patrick Nduwimana BDI
25 1:42.82 Duane Solomon USA
26 1:42.84 Ferguson Cheruiyot KEN
27 1:42.85 Norberto Téllez CUB
28 1:42.86 Mbulaeni Mulaudzi RSA
29 1:42.87 Alfred Kipketer KEN
30 1:42.88 Steve Cram GBR
31 1:42.91 William Yiampoy KEN
32 1:42.93 Clayton Murphy USA
33 1:42.95 Boaz Lalang KEN
33 1:42.95 Nick Symmonds USA
35 1:42.97 Peter Elliott GBR
35 1:42.97 Ayanleh Souleiman DJI
37 1:42.98 Patrick Konchellah KEN