Athletics 2024/Men's 800 metre

The men's 800 metre of Athletics 2024 during the 2024 Summer Olympics was held on 7–10 August 2024 in the Stade de France. With 53 athletes competing, the event was won by Emmanuel Wanyonyi from Kenya, with Marco Arop from Canada taking the silver medal and Djamel Sedjati from Algeria taking bronze.

Format[]

The competition exists out of four rounds, each with races of up to eight athletes. In the opening round, the top two with the fastest time advance to the semifinal. The rest of the athletes have another chance for the remaining spots through the new repechage round. In the semifinal round, the top two with the fastest time advance to the final, together with a number of fastest non-qualifiers. The fastest competitor in the final is the winner of the event.

Preview[]

Fifty-three athletes qualified for the event with world number one Djamel Sedjati, reigning world champion Marco Arop, and the Kenyan runners as the top favorites for the title.

Athlete	Nationality
Eliott Crestan	Belgium
Abraham Guem	South Sudan
Abubaker Haydar Abdalla	Qatar
Handal Roban	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Peyton Craig	Australia
Tumo Nkape	Botswana
James Preston	New Zealand
Marco Arop	Canada
Abdelati El Guesse	Morocco
Mohammed Dwedar	Palestine
Tshepiso Masalela	Botswana
Jakub Dudycha	Czech Republic
Mark English	Ireland
Mohamed Ali Gouaned	Algeria
Ali Idow Hassan	Somalia
Edose Ibadin	Nigeria
Gabriel Tual	France
Koitatoi Kidali	Kenya
Joseph Deng	Australia
Catalin Tecuceanu	Italy
Andreas Kramer	Sweden
Tibo de Smet	Belgium
Brandon Miller	United States
Yervand Mkrtchyan	Armenia
Ryan Clarke	Netherlands
Adrian Ben	Spain
Emmanuel Wanyonyi	Kenya
Djamel Sedjati	Algeria
Elvin Josue Canales	Spain
Pieter Sisk	Belgium
Musa Suliman	Refugee Olympic Team
Hobbs Keesler	United States
Dennick Luke	Dominica
Peter Bol	Australia
Simone Barontini	Italy
Elliot Giles	Great Britain
Benjamin Robert	France
Ben Pattison	Great Britain
Edmund de Plessis	South Africa
Bunthorn Chuun	Cambodia
Wyclife Kinyamal	Kenya
Mateusz Borkowski	Poland
Navasky Anderson	Jamaica
Jose Maita	Venezuela
Tobias Gronstad	Norway
Max Burgin	Great Britain
Jesus Tonatiu Lopez	Mexico
Slimane Moula	Algeria
Bryce Hoppel	United States
Kethobogile Haingura	Botswana
Corentin le Clezio	France
Mohamed Attaoui	Spain
Tom Dradriga	Uganda

Current Records[]

Record	Date	Nat.	Name	Time
WR	9 August 2012		David Lekuta Rudisha	1:40.91
OR	9 August 2012		David Lekuta Rudisha	1:40.91

Summary[]

Round 1[]

Heat 1 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Eliott Crestan	1:45.51	Q
2		Marco Arop	1:45.74	Q
3		Peyton Craig	1:45.81	Q
4		Handal Roban	1:46.00
5		Abdelati El Guesse	1:46.91
6		Tumo Nkape	1:46.99
7		Abubaker Haydar Abdalla	1:48.42
8		James Preston	1:48.50
9		Abraham Guem	1:48.74	PR

Heat 2 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Gabriel Tual	1:45.13	Q
2		Mark English	1:45.15	Q
3		Tshepiso Masalela	1:45.58	Q
4		Jakub Dudycha	1:45.62
5		Koitatoi Kidali	1:45.84
6		Edose Ibadin	1:46.56
7		Mohamed Ali Gouaned	1:47.34
8		Ali Idow Hassan	1:48.72
9		Mohammed Dwedar	1:54.83

Heat 3 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Emmanuel Wanyonyi	1:44.64	Q
2		Catalin Tecuceanu	1:44.80	Q
3		Andreas Kramer	1:44.93	Q
4		Adrian Ben	1:45.03
5		Ryan Clarke	1:45.56
6		Joseph Deng	1:45.87
7		Tibo de Smet	1:46.03
8		Brandon Miller	1:46.34
9		Yervand Mkrtchyan	1:49.91	NR

Heat 4 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Djamel Sedjati	1:45.84	Q
2		Elliot Giles	1:45.93	Q
3		Hobbs Kessler	1:46.15	Q
4		Simone Barontini	1:46.33
5		Elvin Josue Canales	1:46.48
6		Pieter Sisk	1:46.60
7		Peter Bol	1:47.50
8		Dennick Luke	1:47.54
9		Musa Suliman	1:49.61

Heat 5 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Ben Pattison	1:45.56	Q
2		Edmund du Plessis	1:45.73	Q
3		Wyclife Kinyamal	1:45.86	Q
4		Benjamin Robert	1:45.92
5		Navasky Anderson	1:46.82
6		Tobias Gronstad	1:46.85
7		Mateusz Borkowski	1:47.50
8		Jose Maita	1:48.02
9		Bunthorn Chuun	1:53.31

Heat 6 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Mohamed Attaoui	1.44.81	Q
2		Bryce Hoppel	1:45.24	Q
3		Max Burgin	1:45.36	Q
4		Corentin le Clezio	1:45.42
5		Jesus Tonatiu Lopez	1:45.82
6		Tom Dradriga	1:46.05
7		Kethobogile Haingura	1:46.46
8		Slimane Moula	1:46.71

Repechages[]

Repechage 1 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Kethobogile Haingura	1:45.52	Q
2		Slimane Moula	1:45.67
3		Corentin le Clezio	1:45.72
4		Peter Bol	1:46.12
5		Tom Dradriga	1:46.15
6		Dennick Luke	1:46.81	NR
7		Edose Ibadin	1:49.09
8		Bunthorn Chuun	1:53.42
—		Abdelati El Guesse	DNS

Repechage 2 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Jesus Tonatiu Lopez	1:45.13	Q
2		Adrian Ben	1:45.37
3		Pieter Sisk	1:45.49
4		Handal Roban	1:45.80
5		Navasky Anderson	1:46.01
6		Koitatoi Kidali	1:46.37
7		Jakub Dudycha	1:49.94
8		Yervand Mkrtchyan	1:50.07
9		Musa Suliman	1:50.11

Repechage 3 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Simone Barontini	1:45.56	Q
2		Benjamin Robert	1:45.83
3		Jose Maita	1:46.44
4		Tibo de Smet	1:46.59
5		Joseph Deng	1:48.58
6		James Preston	1:50.53
—		Abubaker Haydar Abdalla	DNS
—		Ali Idow Hassan	DNS

Repechage 4 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Brandon Miller	1:44.21	Q
2		Mohamed Ali Gouaned	1:44.37	q, PR
3		Tobias Gronstad	1:44.57	q, PR
4		Elvin Josue Canales	1:44.65
5		Ryan Clarke	1:44.70	PR
6		Mateusz Borkowski	1:45.27	PR
7		Tumo Nkape	1:45.57
8		Abraham Guem	1:49.45
9		Mohammed Dwedar	1:54.83

Semifinals[]

Semifinal 1 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Djamel Sedjati	1:45.08	Q
2		Tshepiso Masalela	1:45.33	Q
3		Catalin Tecuceanu	1:45.38
4		Ben Pattison	1:45.57
5		Brandon Miller	1:45.79
6		Mark English	1:45.97
7		Andreas Kramer	1:46.52
8		Jesus Tonatiu Lopez	1:50.38

Semifinal 2 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Marco Arop	1:45.05	Q
2		Gabriel Tual	1:45.16	Q
3		Wyclife Kinyamal	1:45.29
4		Edmund du Plessis	1:45.34
5		Elliot Giles	1:45.46
6		Hobbs Kessler	1:46.20
7		Tobias Gronstad	1:46.37
8		Mohamed Ali Gouaned	1:46.52

Semifinal 3 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Emmanuel Wanyonyi	1:43.32	Q
2		Bryce Hoppel	1:43.41	Q
3		Max Burgin	1:43.50	q, PR
4		Mohamed Attaoui	1:43.69	q
5		Eliott Crestan	1:43.72
6		Peyton Craig	1:44.11	PR
7		Kethobogile Haingura	1:44.95
8		Simone Barontini	1:46.17

Final[]

Final Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Emmanuel Wanyonyi	1:41.19	PR
2		Marco Arop	1:41.20	AR
3		Djamel Sedjati	1:41.50
4		Bryce Hoppel	1:41.67	NR
5		Mohamed Attaoui	1:42.08
6		Gabriel Tual	1:42.14
7		Tshepiso Masalela	1:42.82
8		Max Burgin	1:43.84

Results[]

Result	Athlete	Nationality
	Emmanuel Wanyonyi	Kenya
	Marco Arop	Canada
	Djamel Sedjati	Algeria
4	Bryce Hoppel	United States
5	Mohamed Attaoui	Spain
6	Gabriel Tual	France
7	Tshepiso Masalela	Botswana
8	Max Burgin	Great Britain
9	Eliott Crestan	Belgium
10	Peyton Craig	Australia
11	Kethobogile Haingura	Botswana
12	Wyclife Kinyamal	Kenya
13	Edmund du Plessis	South Africa
14	Catalin Tecuceanu	Italy
15	Elliot Giles	Great Britain
16	Ben Pattison	Great Britain
17	Brandon Miller	United States
18	Mark English	Ireland
19	Simone Barontini	Italy
20	Hobbs Kessler	United States
21	Tobias Gronstad	Norway
22	Mohamed Ali Gouaned	Algeria
23	Andreas Kramer	Sweden
24	Jesus Tonatiu Lopez	Mexico
25	Elvin Josue Canales	Spain
26	Ryan Clarke	Netherlands
27	Mateusz Borkowski	Poland
28	Adrian Ben	Spain
29	Pieter Sisk	Belgium
30	Tumo Nkape	Botswana
31	Slimane Moula	Algeria
32	Corentin le Clezio	France
33	Handal Roban	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
34	Benjamin Robert	France
35	Navasky Anderson	Jamaica
36	Peter Bol	Australia
37	Tom Dradriga	Uganda
38	Koitatoi Kidali	Kenya
39	Jose Maita	Venezuela
40	Tibo de Smet	Belgium
41	Dennick Luke	Dominica
42	Joseph Deng	Australia
43	Edose Ibadin	Nigeria
44	Abraham Guem	South Sudan
45	Jakub Dudycha	Czech Republic
46	Yervand Mkrtchyan	Armenia
47	Musa Suliman	Refugee Olympic Team
48	James Preston	New Zealand
49	Bunthorn Chuun	Cambodia
50	Mohammed Dwedar	Palestine
51	Abdelati El Guesse	Morocco
52	Abubaker Haydar Abdalla	Qatar
53	Ali Idow Hassan	Somalia

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