It’s easy to forget history, but based on the statistics, we have no doubt that the men\u2019s 800m lineup for the Bislett Games on June 12 is the strongest we\u2019ve ever had at the arena \u2013 and among the best the world has ever seen. David Rudisha\u2019s stadium record of 1:42.04 from 2010 is truly under threat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Emmanuel Wanyonyi from Kenya<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Second fastest of all time with 1:41.11. Djamel Sedjati from Algeria<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Fifth fastest of all time with 1:41.46. Gabriel Tual from France<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Sixth fastest of all time with 1:41.61. Mohamed Attaoui from Spain<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Eleventh fastest of all time with 1:42.04. Aaron Kemei Cheminingwa from Kenya<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Thirteenth fastest of all time with 1:42.08. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It’s easy to forget history, but based on the statistics, we have no doubt that the...","protected":false},"author":69,"featured_media":1862,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"city":[],"class_list":["post-1864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oslo-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oslo.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oslo.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oslo.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oslo.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/69"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oslo.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1864"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/oslo.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1864\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1865,"href":"https:\/\/oslo.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1864\/revisions\/1865"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oslo.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oslo.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oslo.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oslo.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1864"},{"taxonomy":"city","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oslo.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/city?post=1864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Number one on the 2024 world list.
Ranked number one by World Athletics.
Olympic champion 2024, silver medallists at the 2023 World Championships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Third on the 2024 world list.
Ranked number two by World Athletics.
Bronze medallist at the 2024 Olympics, silver at the 2022 World Championships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fourth on the 2024 world list.
Ranked number four by World Athletics.
Sixth at the 2024 Olympics, European Champion 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sixth on the 2024 world list.
Ranked number six by World Athletics.
Fifth at the 2024 Olympics, silver medallists at the 2024 European Championships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Seventh on the 2024 world list.
Ranked thirteenth by World Athletics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n