Marco AROP

Marco AROP - Canada - 800m silver medal at 2024 Paris Olympic Games.

Photo/Foto: George Herringshaw

Date: 10 August 2024

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    • DATE OF BIRTH
      Sunday, 20 September 1998
    • PLACE OF BIRTH
      Khartoum, Sudan.
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Marco AROP - Canada - 800m silver medal at 2024 Paris Olympic Games.

Marco Arop, the 2023 World 800m Champion,  battling with

Emmanuel Wanyonyi for victory in the men's 800m final in Paris.

They were shulder to shouder on the finish line (top left image) but

it was the Kenyan who just won - by  just 0.01 of a second.



2024 Paris Olympic Games.

Men's 800 metres final.

 

1.  Emmanuel Wanyonyi (Kenya) 1:41.19 PB

2.  Marco Arop (Canada) 1:41.20 AR

3.  Djamel Sedjati (Algeria) 1:41.50

4.  Bryce Hoppel  (United States) 1:41.67 NR

5.  Mohamed Attaoui (Spain) 1:42.08

6.  Gabriel Tual (France) 1:42.14

7.  Tshepiso Masalela (Botswana) 1:42.82 PB

8.  Max Burgin (Great Britain) 1:43.84.