Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's 800 metres

Men's 800 metres
at the Games of the XI Olympiad
VenueOlympiastadion: Berlin, Germany
DatesAugust 2 (heats)
August 3 (semifinals)
August 4 (final)
Competitors42 from 23 nations
Medalists
 
 
 
Athletics at the
1936 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men
400 m men
800 m men
1500 m men
5000 m men
10,000 m men
80 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men
3000 m steeple men
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men
Road events
Marathon men
50 km walk men
Field events
Long jump men
Triple jump men
High jump men women
Pole vault men
Shot put men
Discus throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Hammer throw men
Combined events
Decathlon men

The men's 800 metres event at the 1936 Summer Olympic Games took place between August 2 and August 4. The final was won by American John Woodruff.

Results

Heats

The fastest four runners in each of the six heats advanced to the semifinal round.

Heat one

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Phil Edwards Canada 1:53.7
2 Chuck Hornbostel United States 1:53.7
3 Jean Verhaert Belgium 1:54.3
4Ferenc Temesvári Hungary 1:55.0
5Pierre Hemmer Luxembourg 1:56.3
6Rudolf Harbig Germany 1:56.8
7Francisco Váldez Peru
8Stavros Velkopoulos Greece

Heat two

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Harry Williamson United States 1:56.2
2 Ab Conway Canada 1:56.2
3 Pat Boot New Zealand 1:56.6
4Emil Hübscher Austria 1:57.3
5Emil Goršek Yugoslavia 1:59.5
6Carlos Marcenaro Peru 2:00.8

Heat three

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Brian MacCabe Great Britain 1:54.5
2 Raymond Petit France 1:54.8
3 Hjalmar Johannessen Norway 1:54.9
4Ewald Mertens Germany 1:55.1
5Clarke Scholtz South Africa 1:57.6
6Toshinao Tomie Japan 1:59.9
7Stanislav Otáhal Czechoslovakia
8Gyan Bhalla India

Heat four

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Gerald Backhouse Australia 1:57.7
2 Miklós Szabó Hungary 1:57.8
3 John Woodruff United States 1:58.7
4Frank Handley Great Britain 1:58.9
5Evžen Rošický Czechoslovakia 1:59.5
6Paul Martin Switzerland 2:00.0
7Charles Stein Luxembourg

Heat five

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Jack Powell Great Britain 1:56.0
2 Mario Lanzi Italy 1:56.1
3 Franz Eichberger Austria 1:56.3
4József Vadas Hungary 1:56.5
5Willie Botha South Africa 1:57.0
6Grigorios Georgakopoulos Greece 1:57.3
7Jack Liddle Canada

Heat six

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Juan Carlos Anderson Argentina 1:55.1
2 Kazimierz Kucharski Poland 1:55.7
3 Wolfgang Dessecker Germany 1:56.0
4René Soulier France 1:56.1
5William Lindeque South Africa 1:56.4
6Kumao Aochi Japan 1:56.8

Semifinals

The fastest three runners in each of the three heats advanced to the final round.

Heat one

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 John Woodruff United States 1:52.7
2 Kazimierz Kucharski Poland 1:54.7
3 Juan Carlos Anderson Argentina 1:54.8
4Miklós Szabó Hungary 1:55.1
5Wolfgang Dessecker Germany 1:55.3
6Franz Eichberger Austria 1:56.2
7Pat Boot New Zealand
8Frank Handley Great Britain

Heat two

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Harry Williamson United States 1:53.1
2 Gerald Backhouse Australia 1:53.2
3 Phil Edwards Canada 1:53.2
4Jack Powell Great Britain 1:54.8
5Ewald Mertens Germany 1:54.9
6René Soulier France 1:56.8
7Emil Hübscher Austria
8József Vadas Hungary

Heat three

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Chuck Hornbostel United States 1:53.2
2 Mario Lanzi Italy 1:54.1
3 Brian MacCabe Great Britain 1:55.4
4Raymond Petit France 1:55.7
5Ab Conway Canada 1:55.9
6Hjalmar Johannessen Norway 1:56.0
7Ferenc Temesvári Hungary
8Jean Verhaert Belgium

Final

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st John Woodruff United States 1:52.9
2nd Mario Lanzi Italy 1:53.3
3rd Phil Edwards Canada 1:53.6
4 Kazimierz Kucharski Poland 1:53.8
5 Chuck Hornbostel United States 1:54.6
6 Harry Williamson United States 1:55.8
7 Juan Carlos Anderson Argentina
8 Gerald Backhouse Australia
9 Brian MacCabe Great Britain

References

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