Dame Kelly Holmes won three Olympic medals. Gold - 2004 800 meter run 2004 1500 meter run Bronze - 2000 800 meter run
800 Meter Freestyle
an elite 400 and 800 meter time would be 55-54 and an elite 800 time would be 204-209
An Olympic pool is 50 long therefore 800m is 16 lengths
1:45 or lower
The 400 meter individual medley is the longest medley in the Olympics.
Rebecca Adlington's time of 8:14.10 in the finals of the women's 800 meter freestyle was an Olympic record and a world record.
1928 Games in Amsterdam. Women participated in 100 meter dash, 4x100 meter relay, 800 meter run, discus, and high jump.
Twenty in a 50 meter pool (Olympic), or 40 in a 25 yard pool (collegiate). However, there is no 1 km race in an olympic pool, it is either an 800 meter or a 1500 meter, which they call the mile.
The 2008 Games will be Somalia's 7th time competing. No Somalian athlete has won an Olympic medal. The 2008 team will have two athletes. Samiyo Yusuf will compete in the women's 400 meter and 800 meter runs and Abdinasir Sneed will compete in the men's 5000 and 10000 meter runs.
The great Alberto Juantorena in men's 400 meter run and 800 meter run.
Peter Snell won three Olympic medals, all gold. He won the 800 meter run at the 1960 Games in Rome and the 800 meter run and 1500 meter run at the 1964 Games in Tokyo.