800 Meter Run

if you want money to college for running you need to run 50 or under. to be top 10 nationally you need a 46.5- 47 at least. 47-48 is still in a very elite category. I have seen freshman come in running 62 and end up running 50 by senior year and i have seen freshman running 55 run 53 as seniors, it depends a lot on body maturity. However a most recent graduate of mine ran 56.6 as a freshman 51.9 as a sophmore 49.4 as a junior and 48.5 as a senior. He now runs division one

As of February, 2008 that is Alan Webb of South Lakes HS in Reston, VA who ran a 3:53.43 at the Prefontaine Classic in 2001.

An average time for the 400m in the Olympics is under 45 seconds.

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that guy is wrong since the 400 metres current olympic world record is 45.28 how can the average be under 45 seconds IDIOTS on this site astound me!

At my school in 8th grade athletics the average is 1:24.

Our best time was 1:07.

Our worst was 1:59.

Great times are in between 1:07-1:14

Good times are between 1:15-1:24

Ok times 1:25-1:32

Everything else is considered “Bad”

It all depends on your age, an 18 year old tends to be faster than a 60 year old, it also varies with sex, as Males tend to be faster than Females. Averages are always hard to base upon due to various factors; age, sex, mobility, weight, height etc. with the below results being best estimates

Male averages:

Under 11 - 19 seconds

11-15 - 17 seconds

16-19 - 16 seconds

20-28 - 15 seconds

29-40 - 16 seconds

41-60 - 17 seconds

60+ - 18 seconds

Female averages:

Under 11 - 21 seconds

11-15 - 19 seconds

16-19 - 17 seconds

20-28 - 16 seconds

29-40 - 17 seconds

41-60 - 18 seconds

60+ - 22 seconds

These are based on the average person who does not do much exercise and of course people who do regular exercise, running, cycling, walking, swimming etc being slightly quicker.

A good time for an elementary student(5th grade) is 3:30 -4:15 however with strength and WEIGHT play a role in how well you do.

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well 800 meters that's 2 laps at my school so yeah i would say 3-3;30 ( that would be good and with someone athletic but that's good anything under 3 15 is good

Under 2.50 is good. Under 2.30 is very good

It depends what your gender and your age is. As a girl in 8th grade, I could run mine in like 2:35-2:40ish.

if you are the average runner you should work hared to get your time around 2:20 and below. This doesn't only pertain to a 15 yr old but anyone in HS. If you really want to be good then you should try to run a 2:10 and below. But the best times are usually 2:02 and below. i am a freshman and i run 400m in about high 57 and 800 in 2:15 and the mile in 5:10.

Yes you can run in track shoes without the spikes but, I think that you should have spikes at the bottom of your track shoes because if you have the spikes then you can run faster than you would without them.

Track and Field athletes that run during the indoor season run with studs, also known as blanks, in their shoes so as to not ruin the shoe or the track. They still choose to wear their spike shoes do to the lightweight nature of the shoe and the fact that they are accustomed to running in them. However, it is not recommended to wear stud/blanks on outdoor tracks.

35 secs is great keep on going but im running it in 34 at the moment

"Yeah that is a really good time for a 5 year old"

he is wrong im 13 and i hade a time of 2:26. best at 800m on my team. just work hard and you can get down to 2:30 no problem. just ignore the pain when you run its harde and you my want to throw up but keep going.

The men's world record for running 800 meters was set in 2010 by David Rudisha of Kenya in a time of 1:41.01.

The women's world record for running 800 meters was set in 1983 by Jarmila Kratochvílová of the Czech Republic in a time of 1:53.28.

In my middle school we run the mile once a week. (when the weather's OK). I'd say the faster boys in 7th grade run about 7 minutes and most boys run 8:00-8:30 min. Most girls run 8:00-9:00. I'm a twelve year old girl and I run in the late 8s. We're graded on our times and I get a high B, and 8-8.5 is a low A, and anything lower than an 8 is a 95+.

usually the 400 relay (also known as the 4x100), 800 relay (4x200), mile relay (4x400), and the 2 mile relay (4x800)

This can be looked up at milesplit.com. The average 13 year old (8th grader, we'll say) running track will run around a 2:35-2:40. The winners will go sub 2:15. Under 2:00 minutes is a great feat for a high school runner and middle school kids running that are probably exceedingly rare. If we're talking the entire population (not just athletes) 3:45 or higher is a likely average.

around 16 seconds for an adverage runner i think, :)

The world record holder for the 1600 meter dash is Hicham El Guerrouj with a time of 3:43.13.

Its really hardd, and my 40 year old son is running at a 1:01.28 time for 400m.

I am the mother of him and Im 41 years old and I can just make it 1:02:44. I am assuming for a 12 year old you should be able to run, between, 0:35 - 0:45.

not really.... if you could get that down to 2:20 that would be good

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800 meters are 0.497097 miles. Scroll down to related links and use the fine converter "Conversions of length (distance) units".

It is very good i am a middle school runner and my personal best is 2:47.

It's not bad. But a crack 12yo should at least be running in the 2.20s. My son is 10 and in training the other night, he ran five 800s in 2.37-2.42 with only 2min 50 rest in between.

You either need more fitness, or if you're lacking in speed, ditch the 800 and go for longer stuff - like cross country at your age.

My 10yo ran 2.23 the other day. A good 12yo should be running mid-low 2.20s.

to grip the track and give you more traction

Quincy Watts of the United States in a time of 43.50 seconds.