Kenya's David Lekuta Rudisha smashed his 800m personal best and posted a new African record of 1:41.51 - the fastest time in the world this year at the KBC Night of Athletics in Heusden-Zolder, Belgium.
Rudisha thus became the second fastest man ever over 800m since former Kenyan Wilson Kipketer, now of Denmark, broke the World record (1:41.11) at two occasions in 1997.
The 22-year-old is only the fourth man to go under the barrier of 1 min 42sec over two laps of the track, leaping in front of Britain's Sebastian Coe and Brazil's Joaquim Cruz, who were both former Olympic 800m champions.
His 1:42.04 at the Bislett Games in Oslo last month was already the world leading mark of 2010.
After the race Rudisha said: "Today I wanted to do something that I had never done before.
"In the final stages it is always tough and I will need to improve on my last 50m if I want to break the World record. I do not feel disappointed at all about not breaking the world record. I enjoy to run well and to gradually become better and better.
"Today I wanted to run in the 1:41 and that is what I achieved and I feel great about that."
"But I'm confident that I will still improve and that is why breaking the World record is the next step in my development. It will happen," he added.
Rudisha's winning time is also the 3rd fastest on record, behind Wilson Kipketer's 1:41.24 from Zurich in 1997 and his world record of 1:41.11 from Cologne in the same year.
Selected results
100 m Women Nat heats Time :17:08 Heat:1 Wind : -0.2 1 636 EFONYE KIMBERLEY 94 BEL 12.46 2 642 MOONEN SANNE 90 BEL 12.56 3 639 HUYSMANS JANE 93 BEL 12.70 4 643 PAUWELS LAURANNE 92 BEL 12.85 5 640 LEMMENS KAROLIEN 89 BEL 12.86 6 638 HUYNEN C/LINE 88 BEL 13.14 7 779 SNYERS HANNE 94 BEL 13.17 100 m Women Nat heats Time :17:08 Heat:2 Wind : -0.9 1 644 PENEN FRAUKE 85 BEL 11.65 2 22 ZAGRE ANNE 93 BEL 11.93 3 641 MADUANGELE CYNTHIA 93 BEL 12.09 4 645 VAN LEEUWEN NIKKI 89 NED 12.22 5 637 FEYEN GWENDOLINE 89 BEL 12.37 6 758 VERBOVEN AN 86 BEL 12.99 100 m Men Nat heats Time :17:16 Heat:1 Wind : -0.3 1 650 DA SILVA FRANCISCO 89 BEL 10.97 2 648 BRUYLANDTS YANN 92 BEL 11.12 3 652 LOSSIE YAHNICK 91 BEL 11.17 4 658 WILLAERT MICHIEL 78 NED 11.27 5 654 SMOLDERS PIETER 89 BEL 11.31 6 651 DE CAUWER NIKKI 85 BEL 11.63 100 m Men Nat heats Time :17:16 Heat:2 Wind : -0.6 1 657 VERHOEVEN WOUT 88 BEL 10.68 2 649 CLAES FREDERIK 92 BEL 10.91 3 656 VERHELST JENS 88 BEL 10.97 4 757 DEVRINDT SANDER 05 BEL 11.05 5 781 CHARLEMAGNE CHRIS 82 NED 11.34 653 OTIS MCDANIEL 86 USA DNS 1500 m B Men Time :17:36 Heat:1 1 152 BALOYI MTHOBISI 85 RSA 3:41.58 2 564 BEUGNET GREGORY 87 FRA 3:41.99 3 604 VERWER NIELS 89 NED 3:42.75 4 660 MURAKAMI YASUNORI 83 JPN 3:42.99 5 581 MUNKHOLM MORTEN 85 DEN 3:43.00 6 603 VELDE MORTEN 84 NOR 3:43.89 7 154 VANDERBURGT ATE 78 NED 3:48.02 8 602 VANDERMARLIERE KOEN 85 BEL 3:52.33 9 599 VAN DYCK MAARTEN 91 BEL 3:55.02 10 593 TAKAYA MASAHIRO 86 JPN 4:02.62 773 FOX MATTHEW 87 AUS DNF 200 m Men Nat Time :17:59 Heat:1 Wind : -1.0 1 57 HURTAULT ERISON 84 DMA 21.15 2 50 GILLET ANTOINE 88 BEL 21.30 3 49 DESTATTE ARNAUD 88 BEL 21.48 4 56 SAFER IZZET 90 TUR 21.51 5 43 HAECK JORIS 89 BEL 21.53 6 52 OYOWE WILL 87 BEL 23.14 337 BENNETT LARON 82 USA DNS Pole Vault Men Time :20:32 Heat:1 1 319 GRUBER HENDRIK 86 GER 5.70 2 316 SCOTT JEREMY 81 USA 5.60 3 324 RANS KEVIN 82 BEL 5.40 4 318 SPIEGELBURG RICHARD 77 GER 5.40 4 321 WURSTER JASON 84 CAN 5.40 6 326 GOMES DA SILVA FABIO 83 BRA 5.30 7 329 KOUFIDIS STEFANOS 88 GRE 5.30 8 325 HOLLIS MARK 84 USA 5.30 8 317 NIEDERMEYER DARREN 82 USA 5.30 10 323 JANSEN ROBBERT JAN 83 NED 5.30 11 320 VAN WENGERDEN WOUT 87 NED 5.10 11 322 SINTNICOLAAS EELCO 87 NED 5.10 327 STRAUB ALEXANDER 83 GER NM 330 KOUROUPAKIS STRAVOS 83 GRE NM 200 m Men Time :18:18 Heat:1 Wind : -1.3 1 42 FORSYTHE MARIO 85 JAM 20.43 2 41 CARTER XAVIER 85 USA 20.47 3 44 CONNAUGHTON JARED 85 CAN 20.65 4 48 MULLINGS STEVE 82 JAM 20.66 5 45 BORLEE KEVIN 88 BEL 20.94 6 58 VAN LUIJK PATRICK 84 NED 21.13 7 51 GHISLAIN ARNAUD 88 BEL 21.24 8 55 KAYAS EKBER 87 TUR 21.86 200 m Women Nat Time :18:26 Heat:1 Wind : -0.3 1 31 BARBER ME'LISA 80 USA 23.18 2 32 BORLEE OLIVIA 86 BEL 23.32 3 39 DAMOLA OSAYOMI 86 NGR 23.44 4 33 ROBINSON MOUSHAUMI 81 USA 23.61 5 36 LALOVA IVET 84 BUL 23.71 6 35 MARIEN HANNA 82 BEL 23.83 7 37 OUEDRAOGO ELODIE 81 BEL 23.88 8 40 HAJAR AIT HASSOU 89 MAR 25.18 High Jump Women Time :20:22 Heat:1 1 11 FRIEDRICH ARIANNE 84 GER 2.02 2 1 HELLEBAUT TIA 78 BEL 1.95 3 3 STYOPINA VITA 76 UKR 1.92 4 8 PATTERSON LIZ 88 USA 1.86 5 10 DESMET HANNELORE 89 BEL 1.83 6 9 VAN HESSCHE HANNE 91 BEL 1.83 7 4 KR/GER MEIKE 86 GER 1.83 7 5 RYAN DEIRDRE 82 IRE 1.83 9 6 FORRESTER NICOLE 76 CAN 1.80 10 2 CAKOVA NATALJA 80 LAT 1.80 100m Hurdles Women Time :18:41 Heat:1 Wind : -0.1 1 19 CHERRY DAMU 77 USA 12.67 2 17 WELLS KELLIE 82 USA 12.93 3 21 BERINGS ELINE 86 BEL 13.14 4 18 BLISS ANDREA 80 JAM 13.23 5 16 TOMIC MARINA 82 SLO 13.33 6 20 DAVIN ELISABETH 81 BEL 13.53 7 22 ZAGRE ANNE 93 BEL 13.59 8 24 BENNETT GEMMA 84 GBR 13.64 800 m Women - 23 Time :19:00 Heat:1 1 79 HARRER CORINNA 91 GER 2:04.89 2 76 /BERG SOFIA 90 SWE 2:05.72 3 77 DE BLEECKER CAMILLA 94 BEL 2:06.89 4 81 VANGANSBEKE ZENOBIE 92 BEL 2:07.28 5 80 PAREWYCK MARISKA 88 BEL 2:08.00 6 82 KOSTER MAUREEN 92 NED 2:08.20 7 85 VAN DER STRICHT LYNN 88 BEL 2:08.63 8 83 VANDENBERGHE YENTL 91 BEL 2:09.12 86 VAN DER VEEN JOSE 80 NED DNF Shot Put Women Time :19:52 Heat:1 1 291 BOEKELMAN MELISSA 89 NED 17.96 2 292 SCHWANITZ CHRISTINA 85 GER 17.69 3 293 KLEEBERG SOPHIE 90 GER 16.50 4 286 NORTHOVER ZARA 84 JAM 16.10 5 289 TIMMERMANS CATHERINE 86 BEL 16.03 6 290 VALESOVA ANDREA 80 CZE 14.78 7 287 ANGELL MARY 89 USA 14.34 8 294 AERTS SARA 84 BEL 13.14 Javelin Men Time :20:33 Heat:1 1 301 VADLEJCH JAKUB 90 CZE 78.57 2 308 ESENWEIN PETER 67 GER 76.50 3 306 GOYVAERTS TOM 84 BEL 76.46 4 311 FARQUHAR STUART 82 NZL 75.47 5 307 BLOMMERDE BJORN 87 NED 74.14 6 303 YAMAMOTO KAZUKI 83 JPN 72.28 7 302 KOSYNSKIY DMYTRO 89 UKR 71.77 8 309 ILTSIOS YEORGIOS 81 GRE 71.11 9 305 HERMAN TIMOTHY 90 BEL 67.19 10 304 TAMBERI GIANLUCA 90 ITA 66.97 11 353 JILEK JAROSLAV 89 CZE 64.26 12 312 VAN ALPHEN HANS 82 BEL 60.84 800 m Men - 23 Time :19:11 Heat:1 1 103 YOKOTA MASATO 87 JPN 1:46.63 2 117 WINDY JONAS 90 RSA 1:46.64 3 124 LUDOLPH S/REN 88 GER 1:47.29 4 96 VAN DEN BROECK JAN 89 BEL 1:48.77 5 98 ROTH THOMAS 91 NOR 1:48.89 6 100 HAMDI ALI 89 BEL 1:48.91 7 101 STUBBE MATHIAS 90 BEL 1:49.24 8 105 SMOUT ANDREAS 90 BEL 1:49.28 9 99 EKHAMRE THOBIAS 88 SWE 1:49.78 10 123 MOUKRIME TARIK 92 BEL 1:50.46 11 106 BLAHUT MATEJ 89 CZE 1:50.71 12 102 CIRNARU ADRIAN 91 ROM 1:51.37 97 SANG ALEX 84 KEN DNF 800 m Men Nat Time :19:18 Heat:1 1 120 RUDISHA DAVID 88 KEN 1:41.51 2 126 MANSOOR BELAL 84 QAT 1:44.95 3 125 MANSEUR NADJIM 88 ALG 1:46.97 4 116 ROSSEEUW MATTHIAS 85 BEL 1:47.44 5 118 LATHOUWERS ROBERT 83 NED 1:47.90 121 TANGUI SAMMY 85 KEN DNF 122 LALANG BOAZ 89 KEN DNF 400 m Women Time :19:28 Heat:1 1 61 LLOYD SHEREEFA 82 JAM 51.48 2 33 ROBINSON MOUSHAUMI 81 USA 51.49 3 62 WILLIAMS CLORA 83 USA 52.72 4 63 LE-ROY ANASTICIA 87 JAM 53.26 5 67 NWACHUKU SORINA 87 GER 53.50 6 69 EL HABZ LAMAE 84 MAR 55.02 7 71 COZIJNS LINDSEY 91 BEL 55.85 8 70 DESONDRE JUSTINE 88 BEL 56.78 4 x 400 m Men Time :19:42 Heat:1 1 BEL 1 3:02.82 50 GILLET ANTOINE 88 45 BORLEE KEVIN 88 51 GHISLAIN ARNAUD 88 340 DUERINCK NILS 84 2 USA 3:02.95 339 SANFORD DONALD 87 57 HURTAULT ERISON 84 DMA 355 DANIELS MATT 87 337 BENNETT LARON 82 3 NED 3:06.37 345 MOERMAN JOERI 87 347 RIETVELD PELLE 85 346 SPILLEKOM DENNIS 90 348 BLAUWHOF BJORN 90 4 CZE 3:14.72 334 BRYDL IVO 89 335 VINKLER MIROSLAV 80 332 NIX TOMAS 82 333 PODOBA TOMAS 82 BEL 2 DNF 49 DESTATTE ARNAUD 88 43 HAECK JORIS 89 52 OYOWE WILL 87 657 VERHOEVEN WOUT 88 3000m steeple Men Time :20:09 Heat:1 1 208 TALEB BRAHIM 85 MAR 8:17.71 2 203 CHEMLAL ABDELLATIF 82 MAR 8:18.36 3 214 YEGO HILLARY 92 KEN 8:19.50 4 198 MOHAMED MUSTAFA 79 SWE 8:22.99 5 201 PAULO ALBERTO 85 POR 8:24.06 6 218 LAGAT HARON 83 KEN 8:25.04 7 210 MARTIN ELISEO 73 ESP 8:25.11 8 209 AYEKO SIMON 87 UGA 8:25.94 9 215 KOSGEI COLLINS 86 KEN 8:27.33 10 216 VAN KOOLWIJK KRIJN 81 BEL 8:30.88 11 206 OLINGER BRYAN 83 USA 8:38.86 12 197 JACOBSEN PER 77 SWE 8:39.26 13 200 TAMAYO DIEGO 83 ESP 8:42.51 14 212 KILIMO DAVID 85 KEN 8:52.81 217 JIMENEZ ANTONIO DAVID 77 ESP DNF 199 RIBEIRO PEDRO 81 POR DNF 1500 m Men Nat Time :20:16 Heat:1 1 151 KOMEN DANIEL 76 KEN 3:32.16 2 149 KOMBICH ISMAEL 85 KEN 3:33.31 3 155 ACOSTA AJ 88 USA 3:36.48 4 145 VAN MALDEREN KRISTOF 83 BEL 3:37.13 5 146 LOHSE KRISTOF 83 GER 3:37.60 6 143 CHOGE RAYMOND 83 KEN 3:37.93 7 141 LOMONG LOPEZ 85 USA 3:38.39 8 136 RUELL KIM 87 BEL 3:38.85 9 147 STOKVIS RENE 87 NED 3:39.72 10 140 EMANUEL LEE 85 GBR 3:40.66 11 137 D HOEDT JEROEN 90 BEL 3:42.62 12 138 BODEN JOEL 83 SWE 3:43.54 150 KIMUTAI PHILOMON 83 KEN DNF 148 BETT REUBEN 84 KEN DNF 153 JANSEN GUUS 81 NED DNS 144 DIRSHE RIZAK 72 SWE DNS 1500 m Women Time :20:31 Heat:1 1 185 ARIGAWI ABEBE 90 ETH 4:01.96 2 170 DONOHUE ERIN 83 USA 4:03.91 3 172 HAMBLIN NIKKI 88 NZL 4:05.93 4 176 BELETE ALMENSH 89 ETH 4:06.87 5 354 KALMER RENE 80 RSA 4:07.57 6 356 MAPASEKA MAKHANYA 80 RSA 4:08.18 7 167 MCKNIGHT KAILA 86 AUS 4:08.95 8 168 MORTIMER AMY 81 USA 4:10.54 9 178 MAGNANI MARGHERITA 87 ITA 4:12.54 10 180 DE GRANDE LINDSEY 89 BEL 4:12.92 11 184 FOLLETT KATIE 87 USA 4:14.78 12 171 DELANEY BRIDEY 89 AUS 4:16.26 13 166 JELIZAROVA POLINA 89 LAT 4:19.11 14 177 KREBS DENISE 87 GER 4:20.90 15 173 LEHMANN VALERIE 80 SUI 4:21.43 16 179 MAVEAU BARBARA 87 BEL 4:25.46 169 DORNIDEN HEATHER 87 USA DNF 5000 m Men Time :20:46 Heat:1 1 242 CHESHARI JACOB 84 KEN 12:59.72 2 234 MENJO JOSPHAT 79 KEN 13:00.67 3 237 KOMON LEONARD 88 KEN 13:17.32 4 241 KORIR JAPHET 93 KEN 13:19.43 5 238 BETT JOSPHAT 90 KEN 13:19.77 6 236 NELSON TIM 84 USA 13:20.33 7 247 LEBED SERGEY 75 UKR 13:23.66 8 248 BELLANI HICHAM 79 MAR 13:24.20 9 230 SATO YUKI 86 JPN 13:27.36 10 228 TASAMA DAME 87 ETH 13:28.19 11 231 BERHANU DELALE 84 ETH 13:30.28 12 229 MOTTRAM CRAIG 80 AUS 13:36.03 13 239 CHERUIYOT JONAS 84 KEN 13:44.94 14 246 EL HIMER DRISS 74 FRA 14:00.57 245 ZIOINE BADRE 76 FRA DNF 233 GABIUS ARNE 81 GER DNF 227 RIZKI MONDER 79 BEL DNF 243 EMANUEL MESEL 90 ERI DNF 244 PLANQUE THOMAS 79 FRA DNF 240 RONO VINCENT 90 KEN DNF