800 metres of August 2018 World junior records (19 and under) are held by Nijel Amos (1:41.73, London, 9 August 2012) and Pamela Jelimo (1:54.01, Zürich, 29 August 2008). Both marks coincidentally rank them as the third fastest ever. 800 metres The 800 metres, or 800 meters (US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest common middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of the track (400 metre track) and has been an Olympic event since the first games in 1896. During indoor track season the event is usually run on a 200-metre track,
Short track speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's 1500 metres Short track speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's 1500 metres The men's 1500 metres in short track speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics was held on 10 February 2014 at the Iceberg Skating Palace in Sochi, Russia. The qualifying heats, semifinal, and the final were held on 10 February. The defending Olympic Champion was Lee Jung-su of South Korea, while the defending World Champion was Sin Da-woon also of South Korea. Countries were assigned quotas using a combination of the four special Olympic Qualification classifications that were held at two world cups in November 2013. A