The men's 800 metres event was part of the track and field athletics programme

Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics

At the 1924 Summer Olympics held in Paris, 27 athletics events were contested, all for men only.-Medal table:-Medal summary:-Participating nations:657 athletes from 40 nations competed. Ten nations competed in athletics for the first time...

 at the 1924 Summer Olympics

1924 Summer Olympics

The 1924 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VIII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1924 in Paris, France...

. The competition was held from Sunday, July 6, 1924 to Tuesday, July 8, 1924.

As for all other races the track was 500 metres in circumference.

Forty-three middle distance runners from 21 nations competed.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1924 Summer Olympics.

World Record	1:51.9	Ted Meredith Ted Meredith James Edwin "Ted" Meredith was an American athlete, winner of two gold medals at the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was born in Chester Heights, Pennsylvania and died in Camden, New Jersey, aged 65...	Stockholm Stockholm Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...  (SWE Sweden Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund.... )	July 8, 1912
Olympic Record	1:51.9	Ted Meredith Ted Meredith James Edwin "Ted" Meredith was an American athlete, winner of two gold medals at the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was born in Chester Heights, Pennsylvania and died in Camden, New Jersey, aged 65...	Stockholm Stockholm Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...  (SWE Sweden Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund.... )	July 8, 1912

Round 1

All heats were held on Sunday, July 6, 1924.

The best three finishers of every heat qualified for the semi-finals.

Heat 1

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1		1:59.0	Q
2		1:59.6	Q
3		1:59.9	Q
4

Heat 2

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1		1:58.0	Q
2		1:58.4	Q
3		1:58.6	Q
4
5
6		2:02.5

Heat 3

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1		2:00.2	Q
2		2:01.4	Q
3		2:01.6	Q
4

Heat 4

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1		1:59.2	Q
2		1:59.8	Q
3		2:00.1	Q
4
5
6

Heat 5

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1		1:57.6	Q
2			Q
3			Q
4
5
6		2:09.0

Heat 6

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1		1:58.4	Q
2			Q
3			Q
4		2:01.6
5
6
7

Heat 7

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1		1:57.6	Q
2		1:58.6	Q
3		1:58.8	Q
4
5

Heat 8

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1		1:58.0	Q
2		1:59.2	Q
3		2:02.1	Q
4		2:03.8
5

Semifinals

All semi-finals were held on Monday, July 7, 1924.

The best three finishers of every heat qualified for the final.

Semifinal 1

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1		1:54.2	Q
2		1:55.0	Q
3		1:55.6	Q
4		1:55.7
5
6
7		1:57.6
8		1:58.5

Semifinal 2

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1		1:56.8	Q
2		1:57.3	Q
3		1:57.4	Q
4		1:57.6
5		1:58.3
6		1:58.5
7		1:59.6
8		2:00.2

Semifinal 3

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1		1:57.0	Q
2		1:57.6	Q
3		1:58.4	Q
4		1:58.8
5		1:59.4
6
7
8

Final

The final was held on Tuesday, July 8, 1924.

Place	Athlete	Time
1		1:52.4
2		1:52.6
3		1:53.0
4		1:53.0
5		1:53.8
6		1:54.2
7		1:54.8
8		1:56.7
9		1:58.0