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Olympic Games 1896-2004
Men's 800m Results

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Men's 800m. Final. Olympic Games 2004

1. Yuriy Borzakovskiy        (RUS)   1:44.45
2. Mbulaeni Mulaudzi         (RSA)   1:44.61 
3. Wilson Kipketer           (DEN)   1:44.65
4. Mouhssin Chehibi          (MOR)   1:45.16
5. Wilfred Bungei            (KEN)   1:45.31
6. Hezekiel Sepeng           (RSA)   1:45.53
7. Djabir Said Guerni        (ALG)   1:45.61
8. Ismail Ahmed Ismail       (SUD)   1:52.49
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Men's 800m. Final. Olympic Games 2000

1. Nils Schumann             (GER)   1:45.08
2. Wilson Kipketer           (DEN)   1:45.14
3. Aissa Djabir Said Guern   (ALG)   1:45.16
4. Hezekiel Sepeng           (RSA)   1:45.29
5. Andre Bucher              (SWI)   1:45.40
6. Yuriy Borzakovskiy        (RUS)   1:45.83
7. Glody Dube                (BOT)   1:46.24
   Andrea Longo              (ITA)   DSQ
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Men's 800m. Final. Olympic Games 1996

1. Vebjoern Rodal            (NOR)   1:42.58 
2. Hezekiel Sepeng           (RSA)   1:42.74 
3. Fred Onyancha             (KEN)   1:42.79 
4. Norberto Tellez           (CUB)   1:42.85 
5. Nico Motchebon            (GER)   1:43.91 
6. David Kiptoo              (KEN)   1:44.19 
7. Johnny Gray               (USA)   1:44.21 
8. Benyounes Lahlou          (MOR)   1:45.52
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Men's 800m. Final. Olympic Games 1992

1. William Tanui             (KEN)   1.43.66
2. Nixon Kiprotich           (KEN)   1.43.70
3. Johnny Gray               (USA)   1.43.97
4. Jose-Luis Barbosa         (BRA)   1.45.06
5. Andrea Benvenuti          (ITA)   1.45.23
6. Curtis Robb               (GBR)   1.45.57
7. Reda Abdenouz             (ALG)   1.48.34
8. Mark Everett              (USA)   DNF
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Men's 800m. Final. Olympic Games 1988

1. Paul Ereng                (KEN)   1.43.45
2. Joaquim Cruz              (BRA)   1.43.90
3. Said Aouita               (MOR)   1.44.06
4. Peter Elliott             (GBR)   1.44.12
5. Johnny Gray               (USA)   1.44.80
6. Jose Luis Barbosa         (BRA)   1.46.39
7. Donato Sabia              (ITA)   1.48.03
8. Nixon Kiprotich           (KEN)   1.49.55
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Men's 800m. Final. Olympic Games 1984

1. Joaquim CRUZ              (BRA)   1:43:00
2. Sebastian COE             (GBR)   1:43:64  
3. Earl JONES                (USA)   1:43:83   
4. Billy KONCHELLAH          (KEN)   1:44:03
5. Doanta SABIA              (ITA)   1:44:53
6. Edwin KOECH               (KEN)   1:44:86
7. Johnny GRAY               (USA)   1:47:89
8. Steve OVETT               (GBR)   1:52:28
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Men's 800m. Final. Olympic Games 1980

1. Steve OVETT               (GBR)   1:45.40   
2. Sebastian COE             (GBR)   1:45.85
3. Nikolai KIROV             (SOV)   1:45.94
4. Agberto GUIMARAES         (BRA)   1:46.20
5. Andreas BUSSE             (GDR)   1:46.81
6. Detlef WAGENKNECHT        (GDR)   1:46.91
7. Jose MARAJO               (FRA)   1:47.26   
8. David WARREN              (GBR)   1:49.25
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Men's 800m. Final. Olympic Games 1976

1. Alberto JUANTORENA        (CUB)   1:43.50   WR
2. Ivo van DAMME             (BEL)   1:43.86
3. Richard WOHLHUTER         (USA)   1:44.12
4. Willi WULBECK             (GER)   1:45.26
5. Steve OVETT               (GBR)   1:45.44
6. Luciana SUSANJ            (YUG)   1:45.75
7. Sriram SINGH              (IND)   1:45.77
8. Carlo GRIPPO              (ITA)   1:48.39
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Men's 800m. Final. Olympic Games 1972

1. Dave WOTTLE               (USA)   1:45.9
2. Yevhen ARZHANOV           (SOV)   1:45.9
3. Michael BOIT              (KEN)   1:46.0
4. Franz-Josef KEMPER        (GER)   1:46.5
5. Robert OUKO               (KEN)   1:46.5
6. Andrew CARTER             (GBR)   1:46.6
7. Andrej KUPCZYK            (POL)   1:47.1
8. Dieter FROMM              (GDR)   1:48.0
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Men's 800m. Final. Olympic Games 1968

1. Ralph DOUBELL             (AUS)   1:44.3   EWR
2. Wilson Kiprugut CHUMA     (KEN)   1:44.5
3. Thomas FARRELL            (USA)   1:45.4
4. Walter ADAMS              (GER)   1:45.8
5. Josef PLACHY              (CZE)   1:45.9
6. Dieter FROMM              (GDR)   1:46.2
7. Thomas SAISI              (KEN)   1:47.5
8. Benedict CAYENNE          (TRI)   1:54.3
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Men's 800m. Final. Olympic Games 1964

1. Peter SNELL               (NZL)   1:45.1   OR
2. William CROTHERS          (CAN)   1:45.6
3. Wilson Kiprogut CHUMA     (KEN)   1:45.9
4. George KERR               (BWI)   1:45.9
5. Thomas FARRELL            (USA)   1:46.6
6. Jerome SIEBERT            (USA)   1:47.0
7. Dieter BOGATSKI           (USA)   1:47.2
8. Jacques PENNEWAERT        (BEL)   1:50.5
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Men's 800m. Final. Olympic Games 1960

1. Peter SNELL               (NZL)   1:46.3   OR
2. Roger MOENS               (BEL)   1:46.5
3. George KERR               (BWI)   1:47.1
4. Paul SCHMIDT              (GER)   1:47.6
5. Christian WAGLI           (SWI)   1:48.1
6. Manfred MATUSCHEWSKI      (GDR)   1:52.0
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Men's 800m. Final. Olympic Games 1956

1. Tom COURTNEY              (USA)   1:47.7   OR
2. Derek JOHNSON             (GBR)   1:47.8
3. Auden BOYSEN              (NOR)   1:48.1
4. Arnold SOWELL             (USA)   1:48.3
5. Michael FARRELL           (GBR)   1:49.2
6. Lonnie SPURRIER           (USA)   1:49.3
7. Emile LEVA                (BEL)   1:51.8
8. Bill BUTCHART             (AUS)   1:52.5
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Men's 800m. Final. Olympic Games 1952

1. Malvin WHITFIELD          (USA)   1:49.2   OR
2. Arthur WINT               (JAM)   1:49.4
3. Heinz ULZHEIMER           (GER)   1:49.7
4. Gunnar NEILSEN            (DEN)   1:49.7
5. Albert WEBSTER            (DEN)   1:50.2
6. Gunter STEINES            (GER)   1:50.6
7. Reginald PEARMAN          (USA)   1:52.1
8. Lars-Eric WOLFBRANDT      (SWE)   1:52.1
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Men's 800m. Final. Olympic Games 1948

1. Malvin WHITFIELD          (USA)   1:49.2   OR
2. Arthur WINT               (JAM)   1:49.5
3. Marcel HANSENNE           (FRA)   1:49.8.
4. Herbert BARTEN            (USA)   1:50.1
5. Ingvar BENGTSSON          (SWE)   1:50.5
6. Robert CHAMBERS           (USA)   1:52.1
7. Robert CHEF D'HOTEL       (FRA)   1:53.0
8. Niels HOIST-SORENSEN      (DEN)   1:53.4
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Men's 800m. Final. Olympic Games 1936

1. John WOODRUFF             (USA)   1.52.9	
2. Mario LANZI               (ITA)   1.53.3 	
3. Philip EDWARDS            (CAN)   1.53.6
4. Kazimierz KUCHARSKI       (POL)   1.53.8
5. Charles HORNBOSTEL        (USA)   1.54.6
6. Harry WILLIAMSON          (USA)   1.55.8
7. Juan Carlos ANDERSON      (ARG)   N/A   
8. Gerald BACKHOUSE          (AUS)   N/A
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Men's 800m. Final. Olympic Games 1932

1. Thomas HAMPSON            (GBR)   1.49.8	
2. Alexander WILSON          (CAN)   1.49.9 	
3. Philip EDWARDS            (CAN)   1.51.5
4. Edwin GENUNG              (USA)   1.51.7
5. Edwin TURNER              (USA)   1.51.7
6. Charles HORNBOSTEL        (USA)   1.52.7
7. John POWELL               (GBR)   1.53.1
8. Seraphin MARTIN           (FRA)   1.53.6
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Men's 800m. Final. Olympic Games 1928

1. Douglas LOWE              (GBR)   1.51.8   OR
2. Erik BYLEHN               (SWE)   1.52.8	
3. Hermann ENGELHARDT        (GER)   1.53.2
4. Philip EDWARDS            (CAN)   1.54.0
5. Lloyd HAHN                (USA)   1.54.2
6. Seraphin MARTIN           (FRA)   1.54.6
7. Earl FULLER               (USA)   1.55.0
8. Jean KELLER               (FRA)   1.57.0
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Men's 800m. Final. Olympic Games 1924

1. Douglas LOWE              (GBR)   1.52.4
2. Paul MARTIN               (SWI)   1.52.5
3. Schuyler ENCK             (USA)   1.52.9
4. Henry STALLARD            (GBR)   1.53.0
5. William RICHARDSON        (USA)   1.53.7
6. Ray DODGE                 (USA)   1.54.2
7. John WATTERS              (USA)   1.54.8
8. Charles HOFF              (NOR)   1.56.7
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Men's 800m. Final. Olympic Games 1920

1. Albert HILL               (GBR)   1.53.4 
2. Earl EBY                  (USA)   1.53.6
3. Bevil RUDD                (SAF)   1.54.0
4. Edgar MOUNTAIN            (GBR)   1.54.6
5. Donald SCOTT              (USA)   1.56.0
6. Albert SPROTT             (USA)   1.56.4
7. Adriaan PAULEN            (HOL)   1.56.4
8. Jean ESPARBES             (FRA)   1.58.0
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Men's 800m. Final. Olympic Games 1912

1. Ted MEREDITH              (USA)   1.51.9   WR
2. Melvin SHEPPARD           (USA)   1.52.0
3. Ira DAVENPORT             (USA)   1.52.0
4. Daniel CALDWELL           (USA)   1.52.8
5. Melville BROOK            (CAN)   1.53.0
6. Hanns BRAUN               (GER)   1.53.0
7. Clarence EDMUNDSEN        (USA)   N/A    
8. Herbert PUTNAM            (USA)   N/A
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Men's 800m. Final. Olympic Games 1908

1. Melvin SHEPPARD           (USA)   1.52.8   WR
2. Emilio LUNGHI             (ITA)   1.54.2
3. Hanns BRAUN               (GER)   1.55.2
4. Odon BODOR                (HUN)   1.55.4
5. Theodore JUST             (GBR)   1.56.4
6. John HALSTEAD             (USA)   N/A
   Clarke BEARD              (USA)   DSQ
   Ivo FAIRBAIRN-CRAWFORD    (GBR)   DSQ
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Men's 800m. Final. Olympic Games 1906

1. Paul PILGRIM              (USA)   2.01.5
2. James LIGHTBODY           (USA)   2.01.6
3. Wyndham HALSWELLE         (GBR)   2.03.0
4. Reginald Percy CRABBE     (GBR)   N/A
5. Kristian HELLSTROM        (SWE)   N/A
6. Charles BACON             (USA)   N/A   
7. Eli PARSONS               (USA)   N/A
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Men's 800m. Final. Olympic Games 1904

1. James LIGHTBODY           (USA)   1.56.0   OR
2. Howard VALENTINE          (USA)   1.56.3
3. Emil BREITKREUTZ          (USA)   1.56.4
4. George UNDERWOOD          (USA)   N/A
5. Johannes RUNGE            (GER)   N/A
6. William Frank VERNER      (USA)   N/A
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Men's 800m. Final. Olympic Games 1900

1. Alfred TYSOE              (GBR)   2.01.2
2. John CREGAN               (USA)   2.01.8
3. David HALL                (USA)   2.03.0
4. Henri DELOGE              (FRA)   N/A
5. Zoltan SPIEDL             (HUN)   N/A
6. John BRAY                 (USA)   N/A
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Men's 800m. Final. Olympic Games 1896

1. Edwin FLACK               (AUS)   2.11.0
2. Nandor DANI               (HUN)   2.11.8
3. Demitrios GOLEMIS         (GRE)   2.28.0
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