800 Metres

World Athletics Ultimate Championship

 Sold-out sessions and strong fan response mark successful Ultimate Championship debut

Jefferson-Wooden dashes to 21.47 Ultimate 200m victory in Budapest

Bednarek wins 200m for sprint double

Tamberi puts on a show to win Ultimate high jump in Budapest

<a href="https://worldathletics.org/athletes/united-states/melissa-jefferson-wooden-14756997" target="_blank" rel="noopener">200m &bull; 21.47</a>

MELISSA JEFFERSON-WOODEN

<a href="https://worldathletics.org/athletes/united-states/kenneth-bednarek-14715244" target="_blank" rel="noopener">200m &bull; 19.52</a>

KENNY BEDNAREK

<a href="https://worldathletics.org/athletes/great-britain-ni/josh-kerr-14533464" target="_blank" rel="noopener">1500m&bull; 3:29.35</a>

JOSH KERR

<a href="https://worldathletics.org/athletes/algeria/djamel-sedjati-14976579" target="_blank" rel="noopener">800m &bull; 1:41.91</a>

DJAMEL SEDIATI

<a href="https://worldathletics.org/athletes/senegal/saly-sarr-14894836">TRIPLE JUMP &bull; 15.06m</a>

SALY SARR

<a href="https://worldathletics.org/athletes/ethiopia/likina-amebaw-14877871" target="_blank" rel="noopener">5000m&bull; 14:30.36</a>

LIKINA AMEBAW

<a href="https://worldathletics.org/athletes/italy/gianmarco-tamberi-14375750">HIGH JUMP &bull; 2.37m</a>

GIANMARCO TAMBERI

<a href="https://worldathletics.org/athletes/brazil/alison-dos-santos-14755064" target="_blank" rel="noopener">400m HURDLES &bull; 45.98</a>

ALISON DOS SANTOS

<a href="https://worldathletics.org/athletes/sri-lanka/rumesh-tharanga-pathirage-14886862" target="_blank" rel="noopener">JAVELIN THROW &bull; 91.09m</a>

RUMESH PATHIRAGE

<a href="https://worldathletics.org/athletes/united-states/jasmine-jones-14715835" target="_blank" rel="noopener">400m HURDLES &bull; 52.45</a>

JASMINE JONES

<a href="https://worldathletics.org/athletes/united-states/kenneth-bednarek-14715244" target="_blank" rel="noopener">100m &bull; 9.85</a>

<a href="https://worldathletics.org/athletes/united-states/melissa-jefferson-wooden-14756997" target="_blank" rel="noopener">100m &bull; 10.62</a>

<a href="https://worldathletics.org/athletes/switzerland/audrey-werro-14856078" target="_blank" rel="noopener">800m &bull; 1:55.88</a>

AUDREY WERRO

<a href="https://worldathletics.org/athletes/greece/miltiadis-tentoglou-14669734" target="_blank" rel="noopener">LONG JUMP &bull; 8.35m</a>

MILTIADIS TENTOGLOU

<a href="https://worldathletics.org/athletes/poland/klaudia-kazimierska-14704467" target="_blank" rel="noopener">1500m &bull; 3:57.55</a>

KLAUDIA KAZIMIERSKA

<a href="https://worldathletics.org/athletes/united-states/sandi-morris-14373498">POLE VAULT &bull; 4.90m</a>

SANDI MORRIS

<a href="https://worldathletics.org/athletes/botswana/busang-collen-kebinatshipi-14935809" target="_blank" rel="noopener">400m&bull; 43.39</a>

COLLEN KEBINATSHIPI

<a href="https://worldathletics.org/athletes/japan/haruka-kitaguchi-14649131" target="_blank" rel="noopener">JAVELIN THROW &bull; 68.92m</a>

HARUKA KITAGUCHI

<a href="https://worldathletics.org/athletes/dominican-republic/marileidy-paulino-14749613" target="_blank" rel="noopener">400m &bull; 49.07</a>

MARILEIDY PAULINO

<a href="https://worldathletics.org/athletes/united-states/jakobe-tharp-15129238" target="_blank" rel="noopener">110m HURDLES &bull; 12.94</a>

JA'KOBE THARP

<a href="https://worldathletics.org/athletes/united-states/masai-russell-14659011" target="_blank" rel="noopener">100m HURDLES &bull; 12.22</a>

MASAI RUSSELL

<a href="https://worldathletics.org/athletes/italy/larissa-iapichino-14827877" target="_blank" rel="noopener">LONG JUMP &bull; 6.90m</a>

LARISSA IAPICHINO

<a href="https://worldathletics.org/athletes/norway/jakob-ingebrigtsen-14653717" target="_blank" rel="noopener">5000m &bull; 12:59.24</a>

JAKOB INGEBRIGTSEN

<a href="https://worldathletics.org/athletes/sweden/armand-duplantis-14679502" target="_blank" rel="noopener">POLE VAULT &bull; 6.20m</a>

MONDO DUPLANTIS

<a href="https://worldathletics.org/athletes/germany/merlin-hummel-14753981" target="_blank" rel="noopener">HAMMER THROW &bull; 81.46m</a>

MERLIN HUMMEL

<a href="https://worldathletics.org/athletes/ukraine/yaroslava-mahuchikh-14739628" target="_blank" rel="noopener">HIGH JUMP &bull; 1.99m</a>

YAROSLAVA MAHUCHIKH

<a href="https://worldathletics.org/athletes/united-states/sandi-morris-14373498">MIXED 4X400m &bull; 3:08.32</a>

MIXED 4x100m RELAY&bull; 39:64

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