Women · Middle Distance · All-Time
800 Metres
1:53.28
Best mark
World record
1:57.34
Top 500 cutoff
500 rows
1:56.71
Median
Of the 500 performances
37
Countries
RUS 89 · KEN 42 · 35 others
Performance distribution
500 performances from 1:53.28 to 1:57.34 · median 1:56.71
Top 500 cutoff
The mark an athlete needed to make the list
World all-time top 500
All performances · data refreshed 17 Sep 2026 · methodology
500 rows
| # | Athlete | Country | Mark | Date | Venue | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jarmila Kratochvílová WR | CZE | 1:53.28 | 26 Jul 1983 | München | 32 |
| 2 | Nadezhda Olizarenko | UKR | 1:53.43 | 27 Jul 1980 | Moskva | 26 |
| 3 | Audrey Werro | SUI | 1:53.70 | 27 Aug 2026 | Zürich | 22 |
| 4 | Audrey Werro | SUI | 1:53.80 | 28 Jun 2026 | Paris | 22 |
| 5 | Audrey Werro | SUI | 1:53.98 | 7 Jun 2026 | Stockholm | 22 |
| 6 | Pamela Jelimo | KEN | 1:54.01 | 29 Aug 2008 | Zürich | 18 |
| 7 | Caster Semenya | RSA | 1:54.25 | 30 Jun 2018 | Paris | 27 |
| 8 | Keely Hodgkinson | GBR | 1:54.33 | 7 Jun 2026 | Stockholm | 24 |
| 9 | Ana Fidelia Quirot | CUB | 1:54.44 | 9 Sep 1989 | Barcelona | 26 |
| 10 | Audrey Werro | SUI | 1:54.45 | 16 Jun 2026 | Ostrava | 22 |
| 11 | Caster Semenya | RSA | 1:54.60 | 20 Jul 2018 | Monaco | 27 |
| 12 | Keely Hodgkinson | GBR | 1:54.61 | 20 Jul 2024 | London | 22 |
| 13 | Lilian Odira | KEN | 1:54.62 | 21 Sep 2025 | Tokyo | 26 |
| 14 | Jarmila Kratochvílová | CZE | 1:54.68 | 9 Aug 1983 | Helsinki | 32 |
| 15 | Femke Broeders-Bol | NED | 1:54.71 | 27 Aug 2026 | Zürich | 26 |
| 16 | Keely Hodgkinson | GBR | 1:54.74 | 16 Aug 2025 | Chorzów | 23 |
| 17 | Audrey Werro | SUI | 1:54.75 | 5 Sep 2026 | Bruxelles | 22 |
| 18 | Caster Semenya | RSA | 1:54.77 | 9 Sep 2018 | Ostrava | 27 |
| 19 | Olga Mineyeva | RUS | 1:54.81 | 27 Jul 1980 | Moskva | 27 |
| 19 | Audrey Werro | SUI | 1:54.81 | 14 Aug 2026 | Birmingham | 22 |
| 19 | Femke Broeders-Bol | NED | 1:54.81 | 5 Sep 2026 | Bruxelles | 26 |
| 22 | Ana Fidelia Quirot | CUB | 1:54.82 | 24 Aug 1997 | Köln | 34 |
| 23 | Nadezhda Olizarenko | UKR | 1:54.85 | 12 Jun 1980 | Moskva | 26 |
| 24 | Pamela Jelimo | KEN | 1:54.87 | 18 Aug 2008 | Beijing | 18 |
| 25 | Georgia Hunter Bell | GBR | 1:54.90 | 21 Sep 2025 | Tokyo | 31 |
| 26 | Keely Hodgkinson | GBR | 1:54.91 | 21 Sep 2025 | Tokyo | 23 |
| 27 | Tatyana Kazankina | RUS | 1:54.94 | 26 Jul 1976 | Montréal | 24 |
| 28 | Pamela Jelimo | KEN | 1:54.97 | 18 Jul 2008 | Saint-Denis | 18 |
| 28 | Athing Mu-Nikolayev | USA | 1:54.97 | 17 Sep 2023 | Eugene | |
| 30 | Caster Semenya | RSA | 1:54.98 | 3 May 2019 | Ad-Dawhah | 28 |
| 31 | Pamela Jelimo | KEN | 1:54.99 | 1 Jun 2008 | Berlin | 18 |
| 32 | Keely Hodgkinson | GBR | 1:55.01 | 14 Aug 2026 | Birmingham | 24 |
| 33 | Georgia Hunter Bell | GBR | 1:55.03 | 27 Aug 2026 | Zürich | 32 |
| 34 | Jarmila Kratochvílová | CZE | 1:55.04 | 23 Aug 1983 | Oslo | 32 |
| 34 | Athing Mu-Nikolayev | USA | 1:55.04 | 21 Aug 2021 | Eugene | |
| 36 | Doina Melinte | ROU | 1:55.05 | 1 Aug 1982 | Bucuresti | 25 |
| 37 | Olga Mineyeva | RUS | 1:55.1 | 6 Jul 1980 | Moskva | 27 |
| 38 | Pamela Jelimo | KEN | 1:55.16 | 5 Sep 2008 | Bruxelles | 18 |
| 38 | Caster Semenya | RSA | 1:55.16 | 13 Aug 2017 | London | 26 |
| 40 | Maria Mutola | MOZ | 1:55.19 | 17 Aug 1994 | Zürich | 21 |
| 40 | Jolanda Čeplak | SLO | 1:55.19 | 20 Jul 2002 | Heusden-Zolder | 25 |
| 40 | Keely Hodgkinson | GBR | 1:55.19 | 17 Sep 2023 | Eugene | 21 |
| 43 | Athing Mu-Nikolayev | USA | 1:55.21 | 3 Aug 2021 | Tokyo | |
| 44 | Sigrun Wodars | GDR | 1:55.26 | 31 Aug 1987 | Roma | 21 |
| 45 | Caster Semenya | RSA | 1:55.27 | 21 Jul 2017 | Monaco | 26 |
| 45 | Caster Semenya | RSA | 1:55.27 | 30 Aug 2018 | Zürich | 27 |
| 47 | Caster Semenya | RSA | 1:55.28 | 20 Aug 2016 | Rio de Janeiro | 25 |
| 48 | Maria Mutola | MOZ | 1:55.29 | 24 Aug 1997 | Köln | 24 |
| 49 | Christine Wachtel | GER | 1:55.32 | 31 Aug 1987 | Roma | 22 |
| 50 | Caster Semenya | RSA | 1:55.33 | 15 Jul 2016 | Monaco | 25 |
| 50 | Audrey Werro | SUI | 1:55.33 | 21 Aug 2026 | Lausanne | 22 |
| 52 | Olga Mineyeva | RUS | 1:55.41 | 8 Sep 1982 | Athínai | 29 |
| 52 | Pamela Jelimo | KEN | 1:55.41 | 6 Jun 2008 | Oslo | 18 |
| 52 | Femke Broeders-Bol | NED | 1:55.41 | 21 Aug 2026 | Lausanne | 26 |
| 55 | Nikolina Shtereva | BUL | 1:55.42 | 26 Jul 1976 | Montréal | 21 |
| 56 | Maria Mutola | MOZ | 1:55.43 | 17 Aug 1993 | Stuttgart | 20 |
| 57 | Caster Semenya | RSA | 1:55.45 | 19 Aug 2009 | Berlin | 18 |
| 58 | Tatyana Providokhina | RUS | 1:55.46 | 27 Jul 1980 | Moskva | 27 |
| 59 | Francine Niyonsaba | BDI | 1:55.47 | 21 Jul 2017 | Monaco | 24 |
| 60 | Olga Mineyeva | RUS | 1:55.5 | 21 Aug 1982 | Podolsk | 29 |
| 61 | Ellen van Langen | NED | 1:55.54 | 3 Aug 1992 | Barcelona | 26 |
| 61 | Liu Dong | CHN | 1:55.54 | 9 Sep 1993 | Beijing | 19 |
| 61 | Femke Broeders-Bol | NED | 1:55.54 | 14 Aug 2026 | Birmingham | 26 |
| 64 | Maria Mutola | MOZ | 1:55.55 | 19 Jul 2003 | Madrid | 30 |
| 65 | Lyubov Gurina | RUS | 1:55.56 | 31 Aug 1987 | Roma | 30 |
| 66 | Elfi Zinn | GDR | 1:55.60 | 26 Jul 1976 | Montréal | 22 |
| 66 | Femke Broeders-Bol | NED | 1:55.60 | 28 Jun 2026 | Paris | 26 |
| 68 | Ajee' Wilson | USA | 1:55.61 | 21 Jul 2017 | Monaco | |
| 68 | Jemma Reekie | GBR | 1:55.61 | 20 Jul 2024 | London | |
| 70 | Maria Mutola | MOZ | 1:55.62 | 4 Aug 1993 | Zürich | 20 |
| 71 | Anaïs Bourgoin | FRA | 1:55.65 | 28 Jun 2026 | Paris | |
| 72 | Ella Kovács | ROU | 1:55.68 | 2 Jun 1985 | Bucuresti | |
| 72 | Caster Semenya | RSA | 1:55.68 | 3 Sep 2016 | Berlin | 25 |
| 74 | Irina Podyalovskaya | RUS | 1:55.69 | 22 Jun 1984 | Kyiv | |
| 74 | Pamela Jelimo | KEN | 1:55.69 | 11 Jul 2008 | Roma | 18 |
| 74 | Keely Hodgkinson | GBR | 1:55.69 | 20 Aug 2025 | Lausanne | 23 |
| 77 | Sigrun Wodars | GDR | 1:55.70 | 9 Sep 1989 | Barcelona | 23 |
| 77 | Caster Semenya | RSA | 1:55.70 | 30 Jun 2019 | Palo Alto | 28 |
| 79 | Maria Mutola | MOZ | 1:55.72 | 9 Sep 1995 | Monaco | 22 |
| 80 | Anita Weiß | GDR | 1:55.74 | 26 Jul 1976 | Montréal | |
| 80 | Sarah Moraa | KEN | 1:55.74 | 21 Sep 2025 | Tokyo | |
| 82 | Pamela Jelimo | KEN | 1:55.76 | 24 May 2008 | Hengelo | 18 |
| 83 | Keely Hodgkinson | GBR | 1:55.77 | 9 Jun 2023 | Paris | 21 |
| 84 | Ana Fidelia Quirot | CUB | 1:55.78 | 13 Jul 1997 | Stuttgart | 34 |
| 84 | Keely Hodgkinson | GBR | 1:55.78 | 25 May 2024 | Eugene | 22 |
| 86 | Tatyana Providokhina | RUS | 1:55.80 | 31 Aug 1978 | Praha | 25 |
| 87 | Nadezhda Olizarenko | UKR | 1:55.82 | 31 Aug 1978 | Praha | 24 |
| 88 | Ana Fidelia Quirot | CUB | 1:55.84 | 31 Aug 1987 | Roma | 24 |
| 88 | Caster Semenya | RSA | 1:55.84 | 24 Aug 2017 | Zürich | 26 |
| 90 | Christine Wachtel | GER | 1:55.86 | 21 Aug 1987 | Potsdam | 22 |
| 90 | Francine Niyonsaba | BDI | 1:55.86 | 30 Jun 2018 | Paris | 25 |
| 92 | Sigrun Wodars | GDR | 1:55.87 | 29 Aug 1990 | Split | 24 |
| 92 | Svetlana Masterkova | RUS | 1:55.87 | 18 Jun 1999 | Moskva | |
| 94 | Keely Hodgkinson | GBR | 1:55.88 | 3 Aug 2021 | Tokyo | 19 |
| 94 | Audrey Werro | SUI | 1:55.88 | 12 Sep 2026 | Budapest | 22 |
| 96 | Sage Hurta-Klecker | USA | 1:55.89 | 21 Sep 2025 | Tokyo | |
| 97 | Tatyana Providokhina | RUS | 1:55.9 | 6 Jul 1980 | Moskva | 27 |
| 98 | Jarmila Kratochvílová | CZE | 1:55.91 | 17 Aug 1985 | Moskva | 34 |
| 98 | Audrey Werro | SUI | 1:55.91 | 28 Aug 2025 | Zürich | 21 |
| 100 | Francine Niyonsaba | BDI | 1:55.92 | 13 Aug 2017 | London | 24 |
| 100 | Caster Semenya | RSA | 1:55.92 | 26 May 2018 | Eugene | 27 |
| 102 | Maria Mutola | MOZ | 1:55.93 | 16 Aug 1995 | Zürich | 22 |
| 102 | Georgia Hunter Bell | GBR | 1:55.93 | 20 Jun 2026 | Birmingham | 32 |
| 104 | Lyudmila Veselkova | RUS | 1:55.96 | 8 Sep 1982 | Athínai | |
| 104 | Yekaterina Podkopayeva | RUS | 1:55.96 | 27 Jul 1983 | Leningrad | |
| 104 | Francine Niyonsaba | BDI | 1:55.96 | 20 Jul 2018 | Monaco | 25 |
| 104 | Natoya Goule | JAM | 1:55.96 | 17 Sep 2023 | Eugene | |
| 104 | Georgia Hunter Bell | GBR | 1:55.96 | 28 Aug 2025 | Zürich | 31 |
| 109 | Liliya Nurutdinova | RUS | 1:55.99 | 3 Aug 1992 | Barcelona | |
| 110 | Valentina Gerasimova | KAZ | 1:56.0 | 12 Jun 1976 | Kyiv | |
| 110 | Inna Yevseyeva | UKR | 1:56.0 | 25 Jun 1988 | Kyiv | |
| 110 | Nadezhda Olizarenko | UKR | 1:56.0 | 4 Jul 1988 | Kharkov | 34 |
| 110 | Tatyana Andrianova | RUS | 1:56.00 | 18 Jul 2008 | Kazan | |
| 114 | Nadezhda Olizarenko | UKR | 1:56.03 | 1 Aug 1988 | Kyiv | 34 |
| 114 | Mary Moraa | KEN | 1:56.03 | 27 Aug 2023 | Budapest | |
| 116 | Svetlana Masterkova | RUS | 1:56.04 | 10 Aug 1996 | Monaco | |
| 116 | Maria Mutola | MOZ | 1:56.04 | 11 Aug 1999 | Zürich | 26 |
| 116 | Janeth Jepkosgei | KEN | 1:56.04 | 28 Aug 2007 | Osaka | |
| 119 | Caster Semenya | RSA | 1:56.06 | 5 Aug 2018 | Asaba | 27 |
| 120 | Tatyana Andrianova | RUS | 1:56.07 | 11 Jul 2005 | Tula | |
| 120 | Janeth Jepkosgei | KEN | 1:56.07 | 18 Aug 2008 | Beijing | |
| 120 | Athing Mu-Nikolayev | USA | 1:56.07 | 27 Jun 2021 | Eugene | |
| 123 | Nadezhda Olizarenko | UKR | 1:56.09 | 22 Jun 1984 | Kyiv | 30 |
| 123 | Zulia Calatayud | CUB | 1:56.09 | 19 Jul 2002 | Monaco | |
| 125 | Ravilya Agletdinova | BLR | 1:56.1 | 21 Aug 1982 | Podolsk | |
| 125 | Sigrun Wodars | GDR | 1:56.10 | 26 Sep 1988 | Seoul | 22 |
| 125 | Daily Marlin Cooper | CUB | 1:56.10 | 28 Jun 2026 | Medellín | |
| 128 | Lyubov Gurina | RUS | 1:56.11 | 9 Aug 1983 | Helsinki | 26 |
| 128 | Christine Wachtel | GER | 1:56.11 | 29 Aug 1990 | Split | 25 |
| 128 | Ana Fidelia Quirot | CUB | 1:56.11 | 13 Aug 1995 | Göteborg | 32 |
| 128 | Maria Mutola | MOZ | 1:56.11 | 12 Aug 1998 | Zürich | 25 |
| 132 | Maria Mutola | MOZ | 1:56.15 | 25 Sep 2000 | Sydney | 27 |
| 132 | Natoya Goule | JAM | 1:56.15 | 20 Jul 2018 | Monaco | |
| 134 | Maria Mutola | MOZ | 1:56.16 | 19 Jul 2002 | Monaco | 29 |
| 135 | Anita Weiß | GDR | 1:56.17 | 19 Jun 1978 | Warszawa | |
| 135 | Janeth Jepkosgei | KEN | 1:56.17 | 26 Aug 2007 | Osaka | |
| 135 | Audrey Werro | SUI | 1:56.17 | 21 Sep 2025 | Tokyo | 21 |
| 138 | Lilian Odira | KEN | 1:56.19 | 4 Jul 2026 | Eugene | 27 |
| 139 | Totka Petrova | BUL | 1:56.2 | 6 Jul 1979 | Paris | |
| 139 | Tatyana Mishkel | UKR | 1:56.2 | 21 Aug 1982 | Podolsk | |
| 139 | Doina Melinte | ROU | 1:56.2 | 13 Jul 1986 | Bucuresti | 29 |
| 142 | Martina Steuk | GDR | 1:56.21 | 27 Jul 1980 | Moskva | |
| 142 | Zamira Zaytseva | UZB | 1:56.21 | 27 Jul 1983 | Leningrad | |
| 142 | Kelly Holmes | GBR | 1:56.21 | 9 Sep 1995 | Monaco | |
| 142 | Keely Hodgkinson | GBR | 1:56.21 | 18 Jul 2026 | London | 24 |
| 146 | Tatyana Andrianova | RUS | 1:56.23 | 31 Jul 2004 | Tula | |
| 146 | Pamela Jelimo | KEN | 1:56.23 | 14 Sep 2008 | Stuttgart | 18 |
| 148 | Ravilya Agletdinova | BLR | 1:56.24 | 1 Aug 1985 | Leningrad | |
| 148 | Qu Yunxia | CHN | 1:56.24 | 9 Sep 1993 | Beijing | 20 |
| 148 | Francine Niyonsaba | BDI | 1:56.24 | 15 Jul 2016 | Monaco | 23 |
| 151 | Nadezhda Olizarenko | UKR | 1:56.25 | 1 Aug 1985 | Leningrad | 31 |
| 151 | Liu Dong | CHN | 1:56.25 | 8 Sep 1993 | Beijing | 19 |
| 151 | Maria Mutola | MOZ | 1:56.25 | 2 Jul 2002 | Lausanne | 29 |
| 154 | Lyubov Gurina | RUS | 1:56.26 | 19 Jul 1984 | Moskva | 26 |
| 154 | Keely Hodgkinson | GBR | 1:56.26 | 12 Sep 2026 | Budapest | 24 |
| 156 | Jarmila Kratochvílová | CZE | 1:56.27 | 11 Aug 1985 | Praha | 34 |
| 157 | Rose Mary Almanza | CUB | 1:56.28 | 4 Jul 2021 | Stockholm | |
| 157 | Georgia Hunter Bell | GBR | 1:56.28 | 20 Jul 2024 | London | 30 |
| 159 | Nikolina Shtereva | BUL | 1:56.29 | 4 Aug 1979 | Torino | 24 |
| 159 | Ana Fidelia Quirot | CUB | 1:56.29 | 10 Aug 1996 | Monaco | 33 |
| 159 | Janeth Jepkosgei | KEN | 1:56.29 | 9 Sep 2007 | Rieti | |
| 159 | Audrey Werro | SUI | 1:56.29 | 24 Aug 2025 | Frauenfeld | 21 |
| 163 | Athing Mu-Nikolayev | USA | 1:56.30 | 24 Jul 2022 | Eugene | |
| 164 | Keely Hodgkinson | GBR | 1:56.34 | 27 Aug 2023 | Budapest | 21 |
| 165 | Caster Semenya | RSA | 1:56.35 | 4 Sep 2011 | Daegu | 20 |
| 166 | Ana Fidelia Quirot | CUB | 1:56.36 | 27 Jun 1988 | Villeneuve d'Ascq | 25 |
| 166 | Maria Mutola | MOZ | 1:56.36 | 27 Jun 1993 | Durban | 20 |
| 166 | Maria Mutola | MOZ | 1:56.36 | 13 Aug 1997 | Zürich | 24 |
| 169 | Nadezhda Olizarenko | UKR | 1:56.37 | 21 Jul 1984 | Potsdam | 30 |
| 169 | Svetlana Masterkova | RUS | 1:56.37 | 11 Aug 1999 | Zürich | |
| 171 | Kelly Holmes | GBR | 1:56.38 | 23 Aug 2004 | Athínai | |
| 171 | Keely Hodgkinson | GBR | 1:56.38 | 24 Jul 2022 | Eugene | 20 |
| 173 | Lyudmila Veselkova | RUS | 1:56.4 | 21 Aug 1982 | Podolsk | |
| 173 | Jearl Miles-Clark | USA | 1:56.40 | 11 Aug 1999 | Zürich | |
| 175 | Paula Ivan | ROU | 1:56.42 | 16 Jul 1988 | Ankara | 24 |
| 175 | Rose Mary Almanza | CUB | 1:56.42 | 19 Jun 2021 | Ordizia | |
| 177 | Jearl Miles-Clark | USA | 1:56.43 | 12 Aug 1998 | Zürich | |
| 177 | Hasna Benhassi | MAR | 1:56.43 | 23 Aug 2004 | Athínai | |
| 177 | Jolanda Čeplak | SLO | 1:56.43 | 23 Aug 2004 | Athínai | 27 |
| 180 | Svetlana Styrkina | RUS | 1:56.44 | 26 Jul 1976 | Montréal | |
| 180 | Caster Semenya | RSA | 1:56.44 | 1 Sep 2016 | Zürich | 25 |
| 180 | Natoya Goule | JAM | 1:56.44 | 4 Jul 2021 | Stockholm | |
| 183 | Maria Mutola | MOZ | 1:56.45 | 22 Aug 1997 | Bruxelles | 24 |
| 183 | Ajee' Wilson | USA | 1:56.45 | 20 Jul 2018 | Monaco | |
| 185 | Femke Broeders-Bol | NED | 1:56.46 | 18 Jul 2026 | London | 26 |
| 186 | Sigrun Wodars | GDR | 1:56.47 | 21 Aug 1987 | Potsdam | 21 |
| 186 | Ana Fidelia Quirot | CUB | 1:56.47 | 13 Aug 1997 | Zürich | 34 |
| 188 | Francine Niyonsaba | BDI | 1:56.49 | 20 Aug 2016 | Rio de Janeiro | 23 |
| 189 | Tatyana Kazankina | RUS | 1:56.5 | 12 Jul 1980 | Moskva | 28 |
| 190 | Slobodanka Colovic | CRO | 1:56.51 | 17 Jun 1987 | Beograd | |
| 190 | Maria Mutola | MOZ | 1:56.51 | 10 Jul 1993 | Oslo | 20 |
| 190 | Maria Mutola | MOZ | 1:56.51 | 23 Aug 2004 | Athínai | 31 |
| 193 | Lilian Odira | KEN | 1:56.52 | 16 Aug 2025 | Chorzów | 26 |
| 194 | Anita Weiß | GDR | 1:56.53 | 24 Jul 1976 | Montréal | |
| 194 | Doina Melinte | ROU | 1:56.53 | 11 Jul 1984 | Bucuresti | 27 |
| 194 | Lyubov Gurina | RUS | 1:56.53 | 30 Jul 1994 | Hechtel | 36 |
| 194 | Patricia Djaté | FRA | 1:56.53 | 9 Sep 1995 | Monaco | |
| 194 | Ana Fidelia Quirot | CUB | 1:56.53 | 13 Sep 1997 | Fukuoka | 34 |
| 194 | Keely Hodgkinson | GBR | 1:56.53 | 10 Oct 2025 | New York City | 23 |
| 200 | Doina Melinte | ROU | 1:56.55 | 9 Sep 1989 | Barcelona | 32 |
| 201 | Ana Fidelia Quirot | CUB | 1:56.56 | 21 Aug 1987 | Berlin | 24 |
| 201 | Lyubov Gurina | RUS | 1:56.56 | 14 Sep 1988 | Vladivostok | 31 |
| 201 | Maria Mutola | MOZ | 1:56.56 | 22 May 1993 | New York City | 20 |
| 201 | Ludmila Formanová | CZE | 1:56.56 | 11 Aug 1999 | Zürich | |
| 201 | Mary Moraa | KEN | 1:56.56 | 13 Sep 2024 | Bruxelles | |
| 201 | Audrey Werro | SUI | 1:56.56 | 31 May 2026 | Rabat | 22 |
| 207 | Zoya Rigel | RUS | 1:56.57 | 31 Aug 1978 | Praha | |
| 207 | Jarmila Kratochvílová | CZE | 1:56.57 | 22 Jun 1985 | Praha | 34 |
| 207 | Maria Mutola | MOZ | 1:56.57 | 1 Jul 2003 | Lausanne | 30 |
| 210 | Ella Kovács | ROU | 1:56.58 | 30 May 1993 | Bucuresti | |
| 211 | Totka Petrova | BUL | 1:56.59 | 31 Aug 1978 | Praha | |
| 211 | Jarmila Kratochvílová | CZE | 1:56.59 | 18 Sep 1982 | Praha | 31 |
| 211 | Natalya Khrushchelyova | RUS | 1:56.59 | 31 Jul 2004 | Tula | |
| 211 | Francine Niyonsaba | BDI | 1:56.59 | 7 Sep 2012 | Bruxelles | 19 |
| 215 | Tatyana Kazankina | RUS | 1:56.6 | 10 Jul 1976 | Colombes | 24 |
| 215 | Tamara Sorokina | RUS | 1:56.6 | 21 Aug 1982 | Podolsk | |
| 215 | Natalya Tsyganova | RUS | 1:56.60 | 25 Jul 2000 | Tula | |
| 218 | Ella Kovács | ROU | 1:56.61 | 20 Jun 1993 | Hengelo | |
| 218 | Yelena Afanaseyeva | RUS | 1:56.61 | 13 Aug 1997 | Zürich | |
| 218 | Ana Fidelia Quirot | CUB | 1:56.61 | 22 Aug 1997 | Bruxelles | 34 |
| 218 | Caster Semenya | RSA | 1:56.61 | 5 May 2017 | Ad-Dawhah | 26 |
| 218 | Athing Mu-Nikolayev | USA | 1:56.61 | 27 Aug 2023 | Budapest | |
| 223 | Argentina Paulino | MOZ | 1:56.62 | 22 May 1993 | New York City | |
| 223 | Ana Fidelia Quirot | CUB | 1:56.62 | 16 Aug 1995 | Zürich | 32 |
| 225 | Nadezhda Olizarenko | UKR | 1:56.63 | 17 Aug 1985 | Moskva | 31 |
| 225 | Yelena Afanaseyeva | RUS | 1:56.63 | 8 Aug 1998 | Monaco | |
| 227 | Christine Wachtel | GER | 1:56.64 | 26 Sep 1988 | Seoul | 23 |
| 227 | Nadezhda Loboyko | RUS | 1:56.64 | 7 Jul 1990 | Kyiv | |
| 227 | Stephanie Graf | AUT | 1:56.64 | 25 Sep 2000 | Sydney | |
| 227 | Svetlana Klyuka | RUS | 1:56.64 | 18 Jul 2008 | Kazan | |
| 227 | Caster Semenya | RSA | 1:56.64 | 22 May 2016 | Rabat | 25 |
| 227 | Caster Semenya | RSA | 1:56.64 | 2 Jun 2016 | Roma | 25 |
| 227 | Tsige Duguma | ETH | 1:56.64 | 3 May 2025 | Shaoxing | |
| 234 | Yekaterina Podkopayeva | RUS | 1:56.65 | 1 Aug 1985 | Leningrad | |
| 234 | Maria Mutola | MOZ | 1:56.65 | 8 Aug 1998 | Monaco | 25 |
| 234 | Ajee' Wilson | USA | 1:56.65 | 13 Aug 2017 | London | |
| 237 | Ellen van Langen | NED | 1:56.66 | 28 Jun 1992 | Hengelo | 26 |
| 237 | Janeth Jepkosgei | KEN | 1:56.66 | 11 Jul 2006 | Lausanne | |
| 239 | Fita Lovin | ROU | 1:56.67 | 12 Jun 1980 | Moskva | |
| 239 | Yekaterina Kostetskaya | RUS | 1:56.67 | 18 Jul 2008 | Kazan | |
| 239 | Werkuha Getachew | ETH | 1:56.67 | 8 Jun 2021 | Hengelo | 25 |
| 242 | Letitia Vriesde | SUR | 1:56.68 | 13 Aug 1995 | Göteborg | |
| 242 | Ludmila Formanová | CZE | 1:56.68 | 24 Aug 1999 | Sevilla | |
| 242 | Caster Semenya | RSA | 1:56.68 | 13 Apr 2018 | Gold Coast | 27 |
| 245 | Svetlana Styrkina | RUS | 1:56.7 | 12 Jun 1976 | Kyiv | |
| 245 | Nadezhda Olizarenko | UKR | 1:56.7 | 11 Jun 1980 | Moskva | 26 |
| 245 | Lyubov Gurina | RUS | 1:56.7 | 29 May 1983 | Krasnodar | 25 |
| 245 | Dalia Matuseviciene | LTU | 1:56.7 | 25 Jun 1988 | Kyiv | |
| 249 | Christine Wachtel | GER | 1:56.71 | 17 Aug 1985 | Moskva | 20 |
| 249 | Fita Lovin | ROU | 1:56.71 | 21 Aug 1985 | Zürich | |
| 249 | Maria Mutola | MOZ | 1:56.71 | 5 Aug 1998 | Stockholm | 25 |
| 249 | Francine Niyonsaba | BDI | 1:56.71 | 24 Aug 2017 | Zürich | 24 |
| 249 | Habitam Alemu | ETH | 1:56.71 | 20 Jul 2018 | Monaco | |
| 249 | Mary Moraa | KEN | 1:56.71 | 24 Jul 2022 | Eugene | |
| 249 | Mary Moraa | KEN | 1:56.71 | 25 May 2024 | Eugene | |
| 256 | Jarmila Kratochvílová | CZE | 1:56.72 | 21 Aug 1985 | Zürich | 34 |
| 256 | Maria Mutola | MOZ | 1:56.72 | 24 Aug 1999 | Sevilla | 26 |
| 256 | Caster Semenya | RSA | 1:56.72 | 31 Jul 2009 | Bambous | 18 |
| 256 | Francine Niyonsaba | BDI | 1:56.72 | 1 Jun 2013 | Eugene | 20 |
| 256 | Keely Hodgkinson | GBR | 1:56.72 | 5 Aug 2024 | Saint-Denis | 22 |
| 261 | Hasna Benhassi | MAR | 1:56.73 | 18 Aug 2008 | Beijing | |
| 261 | Laura Muir | GBR | 1:56.73 | 9 Jul 2021 | Monaco | 28 |
| 261 | Keely Hodgkinson | GBR | 1:56.73 | 4 Jul 2026 | Eugene | 24 |
| 264 | Georgia Hunter Bell | GBR | 1:56.74 | 19 Jul 2025 | London | 31 |
| 264 | Femke Broeders-Bol | NED | 1:56.74 | 12 Sep 2026 | Budapest | 26 |
| 266 | Ella Kovács | ROU | 1:56.76 | 20 Sep 1987 | Poiana Brasov | |
| 266 | Svetlana Masterkova | RUS | 1:56.76 | 4 Aug 1993 | Zürich | |
| 266 | Pamela Jelimo | KEN | 1:56.76 | 7 Jul 2012 | Heusden-Zolder | 22 |
| 266 | Francine Niyonsaba | BDI | 1:56.76 | 1 Sep 2016 | Zürich | 23 |
| 266 | Oratile Nowe | BOT | 1:56.76 | 16 Aug 2025 | Chorzów | |
| 271 | Maria Mutola | MOZ | 1:56.77 | 11 Jul 2006 | Lausanne | 33 |
| 272 | Lyudmila Borisova | RUS | 1:56.78 | 22 Jun 1984 | Kyiv | |
| 272 | Jearl Miles-Clark | USA | 1:56.78 | 22 Aug 1997 | Bruxelles | |
| 274 | Maria Mutola | MOZ | 1:56.79 | 16 Aug 1997 | Monaco | 24 |
| 275 | Slobodanka Colovic | CRO | 1:56.8 | 17 May 1987 | Osijek | |
| 275 | Ana Fidelia Quirot | CUB | 1:56.80 | 3 Aug 1992 | Barcelona | 29 |
| 275 | Kelly Holmes | GBR | 1:56.80 | 25 Sep 2000 | Sydney | |
| 278 | Anita Weiß | GDR | 1:56.81 | 19 Aug 1976 | Warszawa | |
| 278 | Tatyana Providokhina | RUS | 1:56.81 | 27 Jul 1983 | Leningrad | 30 |
| 278 | Doina Melinte | ROU | 1:56.81 | 4 Aug 1985 | Budapest | 28 |
| 278 | Sifan Hassan | NED | 1:56.81 | 21 Jul 2017 | Monaco | 24 |
| 278 | Raevyn Rogers | USA | 1:56.81 | 3 Aug 2021 | Tokyo | |
| 283 | Lyubov Gurina | RUS | 1:56.82 | 22 Jun 1984 | Kyiv | 26 |
| 283 | Lyudmila Rogachova | RUS | 1:56.82 | 13 Jul 1988 | Pärnu | |
| 283 | Sigrun Wodars | GDR | 1:56.82 | 23 Jun 1989 | Neubrandenburg | 23 |
| 283 | Francine Niyonsaba | BDI | 1:56.82 | 6 Jul 2017 | Lausanne | 24 |
| 287 | Liliya Nurutdinova | RUS | 1:56.83 | 28 Jun 1992 | Hengelo | |
| 287 | Natoya Goule | JAM | 1:56.83 | 20 Jul 2024 | London | |
| 287 | Addison Wiley | USA | 1:56.83 | 28 Aug 2024 | Szczecin | |
| 287 | Prudence Sekgodiso | RSA | 1:56.83 | 28 Jun 2026 | Paris | |
| 291 | Nina Ruchayeva | RUS | 1:56.84 | 19 Jul 1984 | Moskva | |
| 291 | Hasna Benhassi | MAR | 1:56.84 | 26 Aug 2007 | Osaka | |
| 293 | Olga Raspopova | RUS | 1:56.85 | 25 Jul 2000 | Tula | |
| 293 | Maria Mutola | MOZ | 1:56.85 | 17 Aug 2001 | Zürich | 28 |
| 293 | Mary Moraa | KEN | 1:56.85 | 16 Jul 2023 | Chorzów | |
| 293 | Lilian Odira | KEN | 1:56.85 | 19 Sep 2025 | Tokyo | 26 |
| 293 | Sanu Jallow | GAM | 1:56.85 | 13 Jun 2026 | Eugene | |
| 298 | Ajee' Wilson | USA | 1:56.86 | 26 May 2018 | Eugene | |
| 298 | Keely Hodgkinson | GBR | 1:56.86 | 4 Aug 2024 | Saint-Denis | 22 |
| 300 | Margaret Wambui | KEN | 1:56.87 | 24 Aug 2017 | Zürich | |
| 301 | Slobodanka Colovic | CRO | 1:56.88 | 19 Jul 1987 | Zagreb | |
| 301 | Tatyana Andrianova | RUS | 1:56.88 | 23 Aug 2004 | Athínai | |
| 301 | Francine Niyonsaba | BDI | 1:56.88 | 26 May 2018 | Eugene | 25 |
| 304 | Christine Wachtel | GER | 1:56.89 | 10 Jun 1987 | Neubrandenburg | 22 |
| 304 | Margaret Wambui | KEN | 1:56.89 | 20 Aug 2016 | Rio de Janeiro | |
| 306 | Lyudmila Veselkova | RUS | 1:56.9 | 6 Jul 1980 | Moskva | |
| 306 | Olga Dvirna | RUS | 1:56.9 | 21 Aug 1982 | Podolsk | 29 |
| 306 | Mary Slaney | USA | 1:56.90 | 16 Aug 1985 | Bern | |
| 306 | Ana Fidelia Quirot | CUB | 1:56.90 | 16 Aug 1997 | Monaco | 34 |
| 306 | Maria Mutola | MOZ | 1:56.90 | 11 Aug 2000 | Zürich | 27 |
| 306 | Jemma Reekie | GBR | 1:56.90 | 3 Aug 2021 | Tokyo | |
| 312 | Kim Gallagher | USA | 1:56.91 | 26 Sep 1988 | Seoul | |
| 312 | Tatyana Andrianova | RUS | 1:56.91 | 29 Jul 2005 | Oslo | |
| 312 | Zulia Calatayud | CUB | 1:56.91 | 11 Jul 2006 | Lausanne | |
| 315 | Ella Kovács | ROU | 1:56.92 | 22 Jun 1985 | Praha | |
| 315 | Ellen van Langen | NED | 1:56.92 | 18 Jul 1992 | Hechtel | 26 |
| 315 | Francine Niyonsaba | BDI | 1:56.92 | 5 Jun 2016 | Birmingham | 23 |
| 315 | Tsige Duguma | ETH | 1:56.92 | 18 Jul 2026 | London | |
| 315 | Ageze Saida Tsehaye | ETH | 1:56.92 | 21 Aug 2026 | Lausanne | |
| 320 | Jearl Miles-Clark | USA | 1:56.93 | 13 Aug 1997 | Zürich | |
| 320 | Maria Mutola | MOZ | 1:56.93 | 26 Aug 1997 | Berlin | 24 |
| 320 | Maria Mutola | MOZ | 1:56.93 | 13 Sep 1997 | Fukuoka | 24 |
| 320 | Svetlana Masterkova | RUS | 1:56.93 | 24 Aug 1999 | Sevilla | |
| 320 | Svetlana Cherkasova | RUS | 1:56.93 | 25 Jun 2005 | Kazan | |
| 320 | Rénelle Lamote | FRA | 1:56.93 | 28 Jun 2026 | Paris | |
| 326 | Svetlana Klyuka | RUS | 1:56.94 | 18 Aug 2008 | Beijing | |
| 326 | Pamela Jelimo | KEN | 1:56.94 | 11 May 2012 | Ad-Dawhah | 22 |
| 328 | Jolanta Januchta | POL | 1:56.95 | 11 Aug 1980 | Budapest | |
| 328 | Kelly Holmes | GBR | 1:56.95 | 13 Aug 1995 | Göteborg | |
| 330 | Zuzana Moravcíková | CZE | 1:56.96 | 27 Jul 1983 | Leipzig | |
| 330 | Ana Fidelia Quirot | CUB | 1:56.96 | 17 Aug 1988 | Zürich | 25 |
| 330 | Liu Li | CHN | 1:56.96 | 8 Sep 1993 | Beijing | |
| 330 | Jemma Reekie | GBR | 1:56.96 | 9 Jul 2021 | Monaco | |
| 334 | Valentina Parkhuta | BLR | 1:56.97 | 22 Jun 1984 | Kyiv | |
| 334 | Anaïs Bourgoin | FRA | 1:56.97 | 28 Aug 2025 | Zürich | |
| 336 | Anita Weiß | GDR | 1:56.98 | 13 Aug 1978 | Warszawa | |
| 336 | Lyudmila Veselkova | RUS | 1:56.98 | 25 Jul 1981 | Leningrad | |
| 336 | Maria Mutola | MOZ | 1:56.98 | 1 Aug 2000 | Stockholm | 27 |
| 336 | Maria Mutola | MOZ | 1:56.98 | 26 Aug 2007 | Osaka | 34 |
| 336 | Natoya Goule | JAM | 1:56.98 | 10 Aug 2022 | Monaco | |
| 341 | Maria Mutola | MOZ | 1:56.99 | 18 Sep 1995 | Harare | 22 |
| 341 | Maria Mutola | MOZ | 1:56.99 | 4 Aug 1999 | Monaco | 26 |
| 341 | Hasna Benhassi | MAR | 1:56.99 | 28 Aug 2007 | Osaka | |
| 341 | Eunice Sum | KEN | 1:56.99 | 4 Jul 2015 | Saint-Denis | |
| 341 | Audrey Werro | SUI | 1:56.99 | 19 Sep 2025 | Tokyo | 21 |
| 346 | Tatyana Providokhina | RUS | 1:57.0 | 7 Aug 1976 | College Park | 23 |
| 346 | Tatyana Providokhina | RUS | 1:57.0 | 12 Aug 1978 | Podolsk | 25 |
| 346 | Totka Petrova | BUL | 1:57.0 | 20 Aug 1978 | Sofia | |
| 346 | Olga Vakhrusheva | UKR | 1:57.0 | 12 Jun 1980 | Moskva | |
| 346 | Tatyana Kazankina | RUS | 1:57.0 | 12 Jun 1980 | Moskva | 28 |
| 346 | Nina Ruchayeva | RUS | 1:57.0 | 12 Jul 1980 | Moskva | |
| 346 | Ravilya Agletdinova | BLR | 1:57.0 | 28 May 1983 | Stayki | |
| 346 | Ella Kovács | ROU | 1:57.00 | 4 Aug 1993 | Zürich | |
| 346 | Wang Chunyu | CHN | 1:57.00 | 3 Aug 2021 | Tokyo | |
| 346 | Nelly Chepchirchir | KEN | 1:57.00 | 8 Sep 2024 | Zagreb | |
| 356 | Melissa Bishop-Nriagu | CAN | 1:57.01 | 21 Jul 2017 | Monaco | |
| 356 | Athing Mu-Nikolayev | USA | 1:57.01 | 9 Jun 2022 | Roma | |
| 356 | Nigist Getachew | ETH | 1:57.01 | 19 Jul 2025 | Heusden-Zolder | |
| 356 | Sarah Billings | AUS | 1:57.01 | 28 Jun 2026 | Paris | |
| 360 | Melissa Bishop-Nriagu | CAN | 1:57.02 | 20 Aug 2016 | Rio de Janeiro | |
| 360 | Diribe Welteji | ETH | 1:57.02 | 24 Jul 2022 | Eugene | 20 |
| 362 | Maria Mutola | MOZ | 1:57.03 | 1 Aug 1998 | Hechtel | 25 |
| 362 | Margaret Wambui | KEN | 1:57.03 | 5 May 2017 | Ad-Dawhah | |
| 364 | Patricia Djaté | FRA | 1:57.04 | 13 Aug 1995 | Göteborg | |
| 364 | Meredith Valmon | USA | 1:57.04 | 17 Jun 1996 | Atlanta | |
| 364 | Yelena Afanaseyeva | RUS | 1:57.04 | 16 Aug 1997 | Monaco | |
| 364 | Margaret Wambui | KEN | 1:57.04 | 1 Sep 2016 | Zürich | |
| 368 | Sigrun Wodars | GDR | 1:57.05 | 28 Jun 1986 | Jena | 20 |
| 368 | Habitam Alemu | ETH | 1:57.05 | 24 Aug 2017 | Zürich | |
| 370 | Ulrike Bruns | GDR | 1:57.06 | 10 Jul 1976 | Berlin | |
| 370 | Doina Melinte | ROU | 1:57.06 | 5 Jun 1983 | Bucuresti | 26 |
| 370 | Rénelle Lamote | FRA | 1:57.06 | 20 Jul 2024 | London | |
| 373 | Yekaterina Podkopayeva | RUS | 1:57.07 | 21 Jul 1984 | Potsdam | |
| 373 | Letitia Vriesde | SUR | 1:57.07 | 16 Aug 1995 | Zürich | |
| 373 | Maria Mutola | MOZ | 1:57.07 | 14 Aug 1996 | Zürich | 23 |
| 373 | Stephanie Graf | AUT | 1:57.07 | 11 Aug 1999 | Zürich | |
| 373 | Yuliya Chizhenko | RUS | 1:57.07 | 14 Jun 2006 | Tula | |
| 373 | Janeth Jepkosgei | KEN | 1:57.07 | 27 Aug 2006 | Rieti | |
| 373 | Mary Moraa | KEN | 1:57.07 | 6 Aug 2022 | Birmingham | |
| 380 | Ravilya Agletdinova | BLR | 1:57.08 | 27 Jul 1983 | Leningrad | |
| 380 | Galina Zakharova | RUS | 1:57.08 | 16 Sep 1984 | Baku | |
| 380 | Mary Moraa | KEN | 1:57.08 | 5 Sep 2024 | Zürich | |
| 383 | Christine Wachtel | GER | 1:57.09 | 5 Jun 1987 | Potsdam | 22 |
| 383 | Christine Wachtel | GER | 1:57.09 | 3 Jun 1988 | Jena | 23 |
| 383 | Letitia Vriesde | SUR | 1:57.09 | 10 Aug 1996 | Monaco | |
| 386 | Olga Vakhrusheva | UKR | 1:57.1 | 9 Jun 1979 | Sochi | |
| 386 | Lyudmila Rogachova | RUS | 1:57.1 | 23 Jun 1990 | Stayki | |
| 386 | Sigrun Wodars | GDR | 1:57.10 | 29 Jun 1989 | Helsinki | 23 |
| 386 | Lyubov Gurina | RUS | 1:57.10 | 17 Aug 1993 | Stuttgart | 36 |
| 386 | Tsige Duguma | ETH | 1:57.10 | 5 Jul 2025 | Eugene | |
| 386 | Mary Moraa | KEN | 1:57.10 | 21 Sep 2025 | Tokyo | |
| 392 | Maria Mutola | MOZ | 1:57.11 | 20 Jul 2001 | Monaco | 28 |
| 392 | Ajee' Wilson | USA | 1:57.11 | 30 Jun 2018 | Paris | |
| 394 | Tatyana Providokhina | RUS | 1:57.12 | 19 Aug 1976 | Warszawa | 23 |
| 394 | Doina Melinte | ROU | 1:57.12 | 21 Aug 1985 | Zürich | 28 |
| 394 | Maria Mutola | MOZ | 1:57.12 | 30 Jul 1999 | Stockholm | 26 |
| 394 | Sifan Hassan | NED | 1:57.12 | 24 Aug 2017 | Zürich | 24 |
| 394 | Susan Ejore-Sanders | KEN | 1:57.12 | 28 Aug 2024 | Szczecin | |
| 399 | Femke Broeders-Bol | NED | 1:57.13 | 16 Jun 2026 | Ostrava | 26 |
| 400 | Jarmila Kratochvílová | CZE | 1:57.14 | 24 Jun 1985 | Belfast | 34 |
| 400 | Kelly Holmes | GBR | 1:57.14 | 7 Jul 1997 | Stockholm | |
| 400 | Ana Fidelia Quirot | CUB | 1:57.14 | 9 Aug 1997 | Athínai | 34 |
| 403 | Nadezhda Olizarenko | UKR | 1:57.15 | 28 Aug 1986 | Stuttgart | 32 |
| 403 | Jearl Miles-Clark | USA | 1:57.15 | 5 Aug 1998 | Stockholm | |
| 403 | Natalya Tsyganova | RUS | 1:57.15 | 11 Aug 1999 | Zürich | |
| 403 | Tsige Duguma | ETH | 1:57.15 | 5 Aug 2024 | Saint-Denis | |
| 403 | Jessica Hull | AUS | 1:57.15 | 19 Sep 2025 | Tokyo | 28 |
| 408 | Martina Steuk | GDR | 1:57.16 | 15 Aug 1981 | Zagreb | |
| 408 | Ana Fidelia Quirot | CUB | 1:57.16 | 9 Sep 1995 | Monaco | 32 |
| 408 | Letitia Vriesde | SUR | 1:57.16 | 9 Sep 1995 | Monaco | |
| 408 | Ajee' Wilson | USA | 1:57.16 | 9 Sep 2018 | Ostrava | |
| 408 | Athing Mu-Nikolayev | USA | 1:57.16 | 26 Jun 2022 | Eugene | |
| 408 | Prudence Sekgodiso | RSA | 1:57.16 | 24 Jun 2025 | Ostrava | |
| 408 | Prudence Sekgodiso | RSA | 1:57.16 | 5 Jul 2025 | Eugene | |
| 415 | Maria Mutola | MOZ | 1:57.17 | 12 Aug 2001 | Edmonton | 28 |
| 415 | Habitam Alemu | ETH | 1:57.17 | 30 Jun 2018 | Paris | |
| 417 | Lyubov Tsyoma | RUS | 1:57.18 | 16 Jul 1986 | Kyiv | |
| 417 | Sigrun Wodars | GDR | 1:57.18 | 15 Aug 1990 | Zürich | 24 |
| 417 | Wang Yuan | CHN | 1:57.18 | 8 Sep 1993 | Beijing | |
| 417 | Liu Li | CHN | 1:57.18 | 9 Sep 1993 | Beijing | |
| 421 | Christine Wachtel | GER | 1:57.19 | 22 Sep 1985 | Berlin | 20 |
| 421 | Ella Kovács | ROU | 1:57.19 | 28 Jun 1992 | Hengelo | |
| 421 | Yekaterina Kostetskaya | RUS | 1:57.19 | 22 Jul 2011 | Cheboksary | |
| 424 | Nadezhda Olizarenko | UKR | 1:57.2 | 12 Aug 1978 | Podolsk | 24 |
| 424 | Yekaterina Podkopayeva | RUS | 1:57.2 | 23 Jul 1979 | Moskva | |
| 424 | Nikolina Shtereva | BUL | 1:57.2 | 29 Jul 1979 | Sofia | 24 |
| 424 | Paula Ivan | ROU | 1:57.2 | 3 Jul 1987 | Bucuresti | 23 |
| 424 | Nadezhda Loboyko | RUS | 1:57.2 | 25 Jun 1988 | Kyiv | |
| 424 | Hildegard Körner | GDR | 1:57.20 | 27 Jul 1980 | Moskva | |
| 424 | Inna Yevseyeva | UKR | 1:57.20 | 3 Aug 1992 | Barcelona | |
| 424 | Stephanie Graf | AUT | 1:57.20 | 12 Aug 2001 | Edmonton | |
| 424 | Kate Grace | USA | 1:57.20 | 9 Jul 2021 | Monaco | |
| 433 | Svetla Zlateva-Koleva | BUL | 1:57.21 | 26 Jul 1976 | Montréal | |
| 433 | Sigrun Wodars | GDR | 1:57.21 | 25 Sep 1988 | Seoul | 22 |
| 433 | Maria Mutola | MOZ | 1:57.21 | 11 Jul 2003 | Roma | 30 |
| 433 | Svetlana Klyuka | RUS | 1:57.21 | 14 Jun 2006 | Tula | |
| 433 | Audrey Werro | SUI | 1:57.21 | 26 Jul 2026 | Zürich | 22 |
| 438 | Olga Mineyeva | RUS | 1:57.22 | 12 Jun 1982 | Moskva | 29 |
| 438 | Margrit Klinger | FRG | 1:57.22 | 8 Sep 1982 | Athínai | |
| 438 | Janeth Jepkosgei | KEN | 1:57.22 | 11 Jun 2006 | Gateshead | |
| 441 | Sigrun Wodars | GDR | 1:57.23 | 5 Jun 1987 | Potsdam | 21 |
| 441 | Svetlana Masterkova | RUS | 1:57.23 | 11 Jul 1991 | Kyiv | |
| 441 | Svetlana Cherkasova | RUS | 1:57.23 | 14 Jun 2006 | Tula | |
| 441 | Caster Semenya | RSA | 1:57.23 | 11 Aug 2012 | London | 21 |
| 441 | Ajee' Wilson | USA | 1:57.23 | 26 Jun 2022 | Eugene | |
| 446 | Irina Podyalovskaya | RUS | 1:57.24 | 27 May 1984 | Sochi | |
| 446 | Natalya Dukhnova | BLR | 1:57.24 | 22 Jun 1996 | Gomel | |
| 446 | Maria Mutola | MOZ | 1:57.24 | 16 Aug 2002 | Zürich | 29 |
| 446 | Olga Kotlyarova | RUS | 1:57.24 | 14 Jun 2006 | Tula | |
| 446 | Pamela Jelimo | KEN | 1:57.24 | 7 Sep 2012 | Bruxelles | 22 |
| 446 | Tsige Duguma | ETH | 1:57.24 | 31 May 2026 | Rabat | |
| 452 | Lyudmila Veselkova | RUS | 1:57.25 | 15 Aug 1981 | Zagreb | |
| 452 | Liliya Nurutdinova | RUS | 1:57.25 | 7 Jul 1990 | Kyiv | |
| 452 | Doina Melinte | ROU | 1:57.25 | 28 Jun 1992 | Hengelo | 35 |
| 452 | Caster Semenya | RSA | 1:57.25 | 7 Jun 2018 | Oslo | 27 |
| 452 | Audrey Werro | SUI | 1:57.25 | 30 May 2025 | Bydgoszcz | 21 |
| 457 | Elzbieta Katolik | POL | 1:57.26 | 11 Aug 1980 | Budapest | |
| 457 | Ana Fidelia Quirot | CUB | 1:57.26 | 17 Jun 1987 | Beograd | 24 |
| 457 | Francine Niyonsaba | BDI | 1:57.26 | 6 Jul 2013 | Saint-Denis | 20 |
| 457 | Prudence Sekgodiso | RSA | 1:57.26 | 19 May 2024 | Marrakech | |
| 457 | Halimah Nakaayi | UGA | 1:57.26 | 20 Jul 2024 | London | |
| 462 | Lyubov Gurina | RUS | 1:57.27 | 17 Jul 1987 | Bryansk | 29 |
| 462 | Dalia Matuseviciene | LTU | 1:57.27 | 9 Sep 1989 | Barcelona | |
| 462 | Jearl Miles-Clark | USA | 1:57.27 | 23 Aug 2004 | Athínai | |
| 462 | Lilian Odira | KEN | 1:57.27 | 31 May 2026 | Rabat | 27 |
| 466 | Svetlana Styrkina | RUS | 1:57.28 | 24 Jul 1976 | Montréal | |
| 466 | Doina Melinte | ROU | 1:57.28 | 20 Jun 1982 | Warszawa | 25 |
| 466 | Milena Strnadová | CZE | 1:57.28 | 27 Jul 1983 | Leipzig | |
| 466 | Ana Fidelia Quirot | CUB | 1:57.28 | 14 Aug 1996 | Zürich | 33 |
| 466 | Yelena Soboleva | RUS | 1:57.28 | 24 Jun 2006 | Zhukovskiy | |
| 466 | Janeth Jepkosgei | KEN | 1:57.28 | 16 Aug 2008 | Beijing | |
| 466 | Keely Hodgkinson | GBR | 1:57.28 | 11 Aug 2026 | Birmingham | 24 |
| 473 | Slobodanka Colovic | CRO | 1:57.29 | 21 Aug 1987 | Berlin | |
| 473 | Shafiqua Maloney | VIN | 1:57.29 | 28 Aug 2025 | Zürich | |
| 475 | Zoya Rigel | RUS | 1:57.3 | 20 Jul 1978 | Vilnius | |
| 475 | Valentina Gerasimova | KAZ | 1:57.3 | 6 Jul 1980 | Moskva | |
| 475 | Zoya Rigel | RUS | 1:57.3 | 6 Jul 1980 | Moskva | |
| 475 | Lyudmila Veselkova | RUS | 1:57.3 | 12 Jul 1980 | Moskva | |
| 475 | Lyubov Gurina | RUS | 1:57.3 | 21 Aug 1982 | Podolsk | 25 |
| 475 | Tatyana Providokhina | RUS | 1:57.3 | 21 Aug 1982 | Podolsk | 29 |
| 475 | Anita Weiß | GDR | 1:57.30 | 10 Aug 1976 | Stockholm | |
| 475 | Sigrun Wodars | GDR | 1:57.30 | 3 Jun 1988 | Jena | 22 |
| 475 | Jemma Reekie | GBR | 1:57.30 | 23 Jul 2023 | London | |
| 475 | Jessica Hull | AUS | 1:57.30 | 21 Sep 2025 | Tokyo | 28 |
| 485 | Irina Podyalovskaya | RUS | 1:57.31 | 17 Aug 1984 | Praha | |
| 485 | Andrea Hahmann | GER | 1:57.31 | 10 Jun 1987 | Neubrandenburg | |
| 485 | Argentina Paulino | MOZ | 1:57.31 | 15 Aug 1993 | Stuttgart | |
| 485 | Pamela Jelimo | KEN | 1:57.31 | 16 Aug 2008 | Beijing | 18 |
| 489 | Fita Lovin | ROU | 1:57.32 | 25 Aug 1980 | Sofia | |
| 489 | Stephanie Graf | AUT | 1:57.32 | 1 Aug 2000 | Stockholm | |
| 489 | Yuliya Krevsun | UKR | 1:57.32 | 16 Aug 2008 | Beijing | |
| 489 | Oratile Nowe | BOT | 1:57.32 | 31 May 2026 | Rabat | |
| 493 | Larisa Chzhao | RUS | 1:57.33 | 11 Jul 2005 | Tula | |
| 493 | Ageze Saida Tsehaye | ETH | 1:57.33 | 27 Aug 2026 | Zürich | |
| 495 | Ana Fidelia Quirot | CUB | 1:57.34 | 15 Jul 1991 | Nice | 28 |
| 495 | Stephanie Graf | AUT | 1:57.34 | 11 Aug 2000 | Zürich | |
| 495 | Tetyana Petlyuk | UKR | 1:57.34 | 15 Jun 2006 | Kyiv | |
| 495 | Alysia Montaño | USA | 1:57.34 | 22 Jul 2010 | Monaco | |
| 495 | Audrey Werro | SUI | 1:57.34 | 20 Aug 2025 | Lausanne | 21 |
| 495 | Shafiqua Maloney | VIN | 1:57.34 | 6 Jun 2026 | College Station |