Arop runs 1:41.84 and Werro 1:53.80 in Paris, the third-fastest women's 800 m in history
At Stade Charléty, Werro took her own Diamond League record under 1:54 again and finished half a second from the 1983 world record; Arop ran a world lead.
Photograph: Audrey Werro in the 800 m at Weltklasse Zürich in August 2026, by Quejaytee, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia CommonsAudrey Werro ran 1:53.80 for 800 m at the Meeting de Paris on Sunday. Three weeks after her 1:53.98 in Stockholm, it is a Swiss record again, a Diamond League record again, the fastest time in the world this year, and the third-fastest 800 m a woman has ever run; only Jarmila Kratochvílová's 1:53.28 from 1983, the world record, and one other performance are ahead of it. Werro is the first woman to break 1:54 twice. Femke Broeders-Bol was second in 1:55.60 and Anaïs Bourgoin third in a French record 1:55.65.
Marco Arop won the men's race in 1:41.84, a world lead, pulling clear of a bunched field. Niels Laros of the Netherlands was second in a personal best 1:43.60 and Norway's Tobias Grønstad third in 1:43.63. Arop's own best is the 1:41.20 he ran at the Olympics in Saint-Denis two years ago.
The steeplechase went to Germany's Karl Bebendorf in 8:05.55, a lifetime best, from Gemechu Godana, 8:05.86, and Edmund Serem. Georgia Hunter Bell won the women's 1500 m in 3:55.63 from Freweyni Hailu, 3:55.92, with Agathe Guillemot running a French record 3:56.24 for third.
Elsewhere at Charléty, Trayvon Bromell beat Noah Lyles in the 100 m, 9.91 to 9.92; Busang Collen Kebinatshipi ran 43.54 and Marileidy Paulino 48.48, both Diamond League records; and Armand Duplantis cleared 6.13 m.
Half a second from a record that has outlived everyone who thought it would never go. June is early.
Sources: Wikipedia; FloTrack; Athletics Illustrated.
