Nadine Debois

Nadine Debois (; born 25 September 1961) is a French former athlete who specialised in the 400 metres and combined events. She was the world record holder for the fastest 800 metres ever run in a heptathlon from 1987 to 2025, until Anna Hall improved her mark en route to breaking 7000 points.

Biography Nadine Debois was the first holder of the French record in the heptathlon in 1981 with 5,537 points. She improved this record in 1986 with 6,333 points.

In 1987, she was part of the French women's 4 × 400 m relay that placed seventh during the 1987 World Championships in Athletics in Rome. French national team with Debois finished with the same result in this discipline at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul.

She won five French championship titles: two outdoors in the long jump and heptathlon, and three in the indoor 400 metres and pentathlon.

Achievements Prize list French Athletics Championships Long jump: 1985 Heptathlon: 1987 French Indoor Athletics Championships 400 metres: 1986 Pentathlon: 1986, 1987

Personal bests Event Performance Place Date Notes800 metres 2:01.84 min Talence, France 27 September 1987 Former world record in a heptathlonHeptathlon 6242 pts Arles, France 8 September 1985