Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Men's 800 metres

These are the official results of the Men's 800 metres
Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics
At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, 44 events in athletics were contested, 24 by men and 20 by women. There were a total number of 2053 participating athletes from 191 countries.-Men:...

event at the 1996 Summer Olympics
1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics of Atlanta, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially known as the Centennial Olympics, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States....

in Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta, Georgia

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. There were a total of 57 competitors, with one non-starter.

Medalists

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1996 Summer Olympics.

World Record	1:41.73	Sebastian Coe	Florence Florence Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area.... (ITA Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and... )	June 10, 1981
Olympic Record	1:43.00	Joaquim Cruz Joaquim Cruz Joaquim Carvalho Cruz is a former Brazilian athlete, winner of the 800 m at the 1984 Summer Olympics. He is one of only four men to run the 800 m in less than 1:42....	Los Angeles Los Angeles, California Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California... (USA United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... )	August 6, 1984

In the final Vebjørn Rodal

Vebjørn Rodal

Vebjørn Rodal is a Norwegian former middle distance athlete, his career high point coming when he won the gold medal in the 800 m at the 1996 Summer Olympics.-Biography:...

set a new Olympic record with 1:42.58 minutes.

Final classification

RANK		1:42.58	1	1:43.96	1:45.30
	1:42.74	6	1:45.16	1:45.45
	1:42.79	7	1:44.02	1:46.07
4.	1:42.85	4	1:43.79	1:47.24
5.	1:43.91	8	1:45.40	1:45.82
6.	1:44.19	5	1:43.90	1:45.11
7.	1:44.21	2	1:44.00	1:45.87
8.	1:45.52	3	1:43.99	1:45.85

Non-qualifiers

RANK	—		1:44.92	1:47.10
—		1:45.58	1:45.34
—		1:46.41	1:46.85
—		1:46.97	1:45.27
—		1:47.58	1:47.05
—		1:48.02	1:46.04
—		1:46.78	1:46.46
—		1:47.48	1:45.85
—		1:48.06	1:45.63
—		1:50.33	1:46.58
—		1:46.41	1:45.88
—		1:47.83	1:46.76
—		1:48.50	1:45.64
—		1:50.30	1:46.63
—		DNF	1:47.45
—		DNQ	1:47.12
—		DNQ	1:47.33
—		DNQ	1:48.29
—		DNQ	1:47.23
—		DNQ	1:48.52
—		DNQ	1:48.91
—		DNQ	1:56.20
—		DNQ	1:47.67
—		DNQ	1:47.86
—		DNQ	1:48.60
—		DNQ	1:51.46
—		DNQ	2:00.07
—		DNQ	1:47.31
—		DNQ	1:47.95
—		DNQ	1:55.07
—		DNQ	1:58.70
—		DNQ	1:47.46
—		DNQ	1:47.96
—		DNQ	1:48.88
—		DNQ	1:49.99
—		DNQ	1:52.68
—		DNQ	1:47.73
—		DNQ	1:48.29
—		DNQ	1:59.02
—		DNQ	1:47.26
—		DNQ	1:48.47
—		DNQ	1:48.82
—		DNQ	1:49.35
—		DNQ	1:50.03
—		DNQ	1:47.40
—		DNQ	1:48.50
—		DNQ	1:56.08
—		DNQ	DNS

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