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At this event a men's 800 m was held and Paul Pilgrim, a 1904 Olympic gold medalist in the 4-mile team race, won the competition. The reigning 800 m and 1500 metres champion from the 1904 Olympics, James Lightbody, was the runner-up and Britain's Wyndham Halswelle, later the 1908 Olympic champion, was the bronze medalist. [7]
A. Athletics at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's 800 metres; Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's 800 metres; Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics – Men's 800 metres
The men's 800 metres event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place from 31 July to 4 August 2021 at the Japan National Stadium. [1] In total 48 athletes were to start, but only 47 (from 29 nations) actually did. [2] Emmanuel Korir of Kenya won the event by 0.17 seconds, with his countryman Ferguson Rotich taking silver. It was the fourth ...
The men's 800 metres at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, took place on 2 September 1972. [1] Sixty-one athletes from 46 nations competed. [ 2 ] The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at three since the 1930 Olympic Congress.
Olympic champion Keely Hodgkinson will be sidelined for six weeks with a hamstring tear that ended her hopes of breaking the women's indoor 800 meter world record at an event Saturday. The 22-year ...
Semenya becomes the fifth woman to win two medals in the Women's Olympic 800. Since the disqualification of Mariya Savinova from 2012, she has become the first two time gold medalist. The medals were presented by Barbara Kendall , IOC member , New Zealand and Hamad Kalkaba Malboum , Vice President of the IAAF .
The men's 800 metres competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, was held at the Olympic Stadium on 6–9 August. [1] Fifty-five athletes from 43 nations competed. [ 2 ] The event was won in a world record time of 1:40.91 by David Rudisha of Kenya, the second consecutive and fourth overall title for Kenya in the event.
The men's 800 metres event at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place between 12–15 August at the Olympic Stadium. [1] Fifty-eight athletes from 39 nations competed. [2] The event was won by 0.46 seconds by David Rudisha of Kenya, the fourth man to successfully defend Olympic gold in the 800 metres.