| 800m | 2:10.50 | WINDBRAKE Rita |  FRG | 27 Jul 1981 | Köln, Germany |
| 800m | 2:11.6 | WINDBRAKE Rita | FRG | 23 Jul 1977 | Bucharest, Romania |
| 800m | 1:49.7 | BOND III Leo |  USA | 21 Jul 1977 | Bucharest, Romania |
| 800m | 2:13.9 | WINDBRAKE Rita | FRG | 26 Jul 1973 | Malmö, Sweden |
| 800m | 1:53.2 | BOND III Leo | USA | 24 Jul 1973 | Malmö, Sweden |
| 800m | 2:15.7 | WINDBRAKE Rita | FRG | 13 Aug 1969 | Belgrade, Serbia |
| 800m | 2:17.4 | BRZOSKA Wanda |  POL | 30 Jun 1965 | Washington, United States |
| 800m | 1:55.1 | DZHURUK Leonid |  URS | 29 Jun 1965 | Washington, United States |
| 800m | 1:56.6 | NYGAARD Karl | USA | 28 Jun 1965 | Washington, United States |
| 800m | 1:56.6 | PEDERSEN Willy |  DEN | 30 Aug 1957 | Milan, Italy |
| 800m | 1:57.8 | BAATH Bertil |  SWE | 25 Aug 1939 | Stockholm, Sweden |
| 800m | 1:59.8 | HALL Andrew |  GBR | 21 Aug 1935 | London, Great Britain |
| 800m | 2:08.2 | CHRISTENSEN Tage | DEN | 22 Aug 1931 | Nuremberg, Germany |
| 800m | 2:08.4 | RIEDINGER Maurice |  FRA | 23 Aug 1928 | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| 800m | 2:13.2 | RIEDINGER Maurice | FRA | 14 Aug 1924 | Paris, France |