Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 800 metres

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Athletics at the
1984 Summer Olympics
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These are the official results of the Men's 800 metres event at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. The event took place between 3 and 6 August.

Medalists

Gold Joaquim Cruz
 Brazil
Silver Sebastian Coe
 Great Britain
Bronze Earl Jones
 United States

Abbreviations

Q automatic qualification
q qualification by rank
DNS did not start
NM no mark
OR olympic record
WR world record
AR area record
NR national record
PB personal best
SB season best

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1984 Summer Olympics.

World Record 1:41.73 United Kingdom Sebastian Coe Florence (ITA) June 10, 1981
Olympic Record 1:43.50 Cuba Alberto Juantorena Montreal (CAN) July 25, 1976

In the final Joaquim Cruz set a new Olympic record with 1:43.00 minutes.

Quarterfinals

RANK HEAT 1 TIME
1.  Edwin Koech (KEN) 1:44.74
2.  Donato Sabia (ITA) 1:44.90
3.  Agberto Guimarães (BRA) 1:45.18
4.  Peter Elliott (GBR) 1:45.49
5.  Faouzi Lahbi (MAR) 1:45.67
6.  Babacar Niang (SEN) 1:45.71
7.  Sotirios Moutsanas (GRE) 1:46.34


RANK HEAT 2 TIME
1.  Billy Konchellah (KEN) 1:46.15
2.  Omar Khalifa (SUD) 1:46.33
3.  Sebastian Coe (GBR) 1:46.75
4.  José Luiz Barbosa (BRA) 1:46.87
5.  John Marshall (USA) 1:47.18
6.  Riccardo Materazzi (ITA) 1:47.90
7.  Ahmed Belkessam (ALG) 1:48.11
8.  Marco Mayr (SUI) 1:48.30


RANK HEAT 3 TIME
1.  Joaquim Cruz (BRA) 1:44.84
2.  Steve Ovett (GBR) 1:45.72
3.  Johnny Gray (USA) 1:45.82
4. 22x20px William Wuycke (VEN) 1:46.17
5.  Abdi Bile (SOM) 1:46.49
6.  Owen Hamilton (JAM) 1:46.74
7.  Pat Scammel (AUS) 1:47.90
8.  Bruce Roberts (CAN) 1:49.72


RANK HEAT 4 TIME
1.  Earl Jones (USA) 1:45.44
2.  Hans-Peter Ferner (FRG) 1:45.52
3.  Juma Ndiwa (KEN) 1:45.59
4.  Moussa Fall (SEN) 1:45.71
5. 22x20px Mohamed Alouini (TUN) 1:45.78
6.  Marcus O'Sullivan (IRL) 1:46.21
7.  Oslen Barr (GUY) 1:46.97
8.  Philippe Dupont (FRA) 1:48.95

Semifinals

RANK HEAT 1 TIME
1.  Joaquim Cruz (BRA) 1:43.82
2.  Edwin Koech (KEN) 1:44.12
3.  Earl Jones (USA) 1:44.51
4.  Steve Ovett (GBR) 1:44.81
5.  Omar Khalifa (SUD) 1:44.87
6.  Moussa Fall (SEN) 1:45.03
7. 22x20px William Wuycke (VEN) 1:47.32


RANK HEAT 2 TIME
1.  Sebastian Coe (GBR) 1:45.51
2.  Billy Konchellah (KEN) 1:45.67
3.  Johnny Gray (USA) 1:45.82
4.  Donato Sabia (ITA) 1:45.96
5.  Hans-Peter Ferner (FRG) 1:46.16
6.  Agberto Guimarães (BRA) 1:46.65
7.  Juma Ndiwa (KEN) 1:48.06
8.  José Luiz Barbosa (BRA) 1:48.70

Final

RANK FINAL TIME
Med 1.png  Joaquim Cruz (BRA) 1:43.00
Med 2.png  Sebastian Coe (GBR) 1:43.64
Med 3.png  Earl Jones (USA) 1:43.83
4.  Billy Konchellah (KEN) 1:44.03
5.  Donato 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

See also

References

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