Where does Athing Mu rank on women’s 800m all-time list?

Athing Mu clocked 1:55.21 to win the women’s 800 meters title at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and win many hearts around the world, but where does her performance rank on the women’s 800m all-time list.

The teenage prodigy is trending toward becoming the face of USA middle distance running and is even being tipped to dominate the two-lap event for many years to come.

She introduced herself to the global world with a standout performance on her Olympic debut and then admitted that she was kind of expecting the win after the first two rounds.

Mu put away a very strong field to become the first American to win the Olympic 800m since Madeline Manning won the title at the 1968 Games, while setting a new national record and moved up to the No. 11 position on the all-time list behind the 1:53.28 world record of Czech Republic’s Jarmila Kratochvílová, set back in 1983.

She improved the previous 1:55.61 American record of Ajee’ Wilson in a race to produced four personal bests, two national records and a season’s best.

“It’s awesome. I feel like I’ve just accomplished one of my goals. I just wanted to be a medalist,” Mu, the 19-year-old star who was born to South Sudanese parents who migrated to the United States over 20 years ago, told reporters after her victory.

“I wasn’t really putting gold on that, but as it got closer to the final today, I was like, ‘Yeah, we want gold.’ “

Women’s 800m All-time List

1	1:53.28		WR	Jarmila Kratochvílová	CZE	26 Jan 51	1		München	26 Jul 1983
2	1:53.43		NR	Nadezhda Olizarenko	UKR	28 Nov 53	1	OG	Moskva	27 Jul 1980
3	1:54.01		AR WU20R	Pamela Jelimo	KEN	5 Dec 89	1	WK	Zürich	29 Aug 2008
4	1:54.25		NR	Caster Semenya	RSA	7 Jan 91	1	Meet Paris	Paris	30 Jun 2018
5	1:54.44		AR	Ana Fidelia Quirot	CUB	23 Mar 63	1		Barcelona	9 Sep 1989
6	1:54.81		NR	Olga Mineyeva	RUS	1 Sep 52	2	OG	Moskva	27 Jul 1980
7	1:54.94			Tatyana Kazankina	RUS	17 Dec 51	1	OG	Montréal	26 Jul 1976
8	1:55.05		NR	Doina Melinte	ROU	27 Dec 56	1		Bucureşti	1 Aug 1982
9	1:55.19		NR	Maria Mutola	MOZ	27 Oct 72	1	WK	Zürich	17 Aug 1994
9	1:55.19		NR	Jolanda Batagelj	SLO	12 Sep 76	1	NA	Heusden	20 Jul 2002
11	1:55.21		NR AU20R	Athing Mu	USA	8 Jun 02	1	OG	Tokyo	3 Aug 2021
12	1:55.26		NR NU23R	Sigrun Wodars	GER	7 Nov 65	1	WC	Roma	31 Aug 1987
13	1:55.32			Christine Wachtel	GER	6 Jan 65	2	WC	Roma	31 Aug 1987
14	1:55.42		NR NU23R	Nikolina Shtereva	BUL	21 Jan 55	2	OG	Montréal	26 Jul 1976
15	1:55.46			Tatyana Providokhina	RUS	26 Mar 53	3	OG	Moskva	27 Jul 1980
16	1:55.47		NR	Francine Niyonsaba	BDI	5 May 93	2	Herc	Monaco	21 Jul 2017
17	1:55.54		NR	Ellen van Langen	NED	9 Feb 66	1	OG	Barcelona	3 Aug 1992
17	1:55.54		AR WYB19	Liu Dong	CHN	24 Dec 73	1	NG	Beijing	9 Sep 1993
19	1:55.56			Lyubov Gurina	RUS	6 Aug 57	3	WC	Roma	31 Aug 1987
20	1:55.60			Elfi Zinn	GER	24 Aug 53	3	OG	Montréal	26 Jul 1976

Source: Tilastopaja