Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 800 metres

Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
3000 m				women
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
20 km walk		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men
Wheelchair races

These are the official results of the Men's 800 metres event at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. The event took place between 3 and 6 August.

Medalists

Gold	Joaquim Cruz Brazil (BRA)
Silver	Sebastian Coe Great Britain (GBR)
Bronze	Earl Jones United States (USA)

Abbreviations

Q	automatic qualification
q	qualification by rank
DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
OR	olympic record
WR	world record
AR	area record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1984 Summer Olympics.

World Record	1:41.73	Sebastian Coe	Florence (ITA)	June 10, 1981
Olympic Record	1:43.50	Alberto Juantorena	Montreal (CAN)	July 25, 1976

In the final Joaquim Cruz set a new Olympic record with 1:43.00 minutes.

Quarterfinals

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Edwin Koech (KEN)	1:44.74
2.	Donato Sabia (ITA)	1:44.90
3.	Agberto Guimarães (BRA)	1:45.18
4.	Peter Elliott (GBR)	1:45.49
5.	Faouzi Lahbi (MAR)	1:45.67
6.	Babacar Niang (SEN)	1:45.71
7.	Sotirios Moutsanas (GRE)	1:46.34

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Billy Konchellah (KEN)	1:46.15
2.	Omar Khalifa (SUD)	1:46.33
3.	Sebastian Coe (GBR)	1:46.75
4.	José Luiz Barbosa (BRA)	1:46.87
5.	John Marshall (USA)	1:47.18
6.	Riccardo Materazzi (ITA)	1:47.90
7.	Ahmed Belkessam (ALG)	1:48.11
8.	Marco Mayr (SUI)	1:48.30

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.	Joaquim Cruz (BRA)	1:44.84
2.	Steve Ovett (GBR)	1:45.72
3.	Johnny Gray (USA)	1:45.82
4.	William Wuycke (VEN)	1:46.17
5.	Abdi Bile (SOM)	1:46.49
6.	Owen Hamilton (JAM)	1:46.74
7.	Pat Scammel (AUS)	1:47.90
8.	Bruce Roberts (CAN)	1:49.72

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.	Earl Jones (USA)	1:45.44
2.	Hans-Peter Ferner (FRG)	1:45.52
3.	Juma Ndiwa (KEN)	1:45.59
4.	Moussa Fall (SEN)	1:45.71
5.	Mohamed Alouini (TUN)	1:45.78
6.	Marcus O'Sullivan (IRL)	1:46.21
7.	Oslen Barr (GUY)	1:46.97
8.	Philippe Dupont (FRA)	1:48.95

Semifinals

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Joaquim Cruz (BRA)	1:43.82
2.	Edwin Koech (KEN)	1:44.12
3.	Earl Jones (USA)	1:44.51
4.	Steve Ovett (GBR)	1:44.81
5.	Omar Khalifa (SUD)	1:44.87
6.	Moussa Fall (SEN)	1:45.03
7.	William Wuycke (VEN)	1:47.32

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Sebastian Coe (GBR)	1:45.51
2.	Billy Konchellah (KEN)	1:45.67
3.	Johnny Gray (USA)	1:45.82
4.	Donato Sabia (ITA)	1:45.96
5.	Hans-Peter Ferner (FRG)	1:46.16
6.	Agberto Guimarães (BRA)	1:46.65
7.	Juma Ndiwa (KEN)	1:48.06
8.	José Luiz Barbosa (BRA)	1:48.70

Final

RANK	FINAL	TIME
	Joaquim Cruz (BRA)	1:43.00
	Sebastian Coe (GBR)	1:43.64
	Earl Jones (USA)	1:43.83
4.	Billy Konchellah (KEN)	1:44.03
5.	Donato Sabia (ITA)	1:44.53
6.	Edwin Koech (KEN)	1:44.86
7.	Johnny Gray (USA)	1:47.89
8.	Steve Ovett (GBR)	1:52.28

See also

• 1982 Men's European Championships 800 metres (Athens)
• 1983 Men's World Championships 800 metres (Helsinki)
• 1986 Men's European Championships 800 metres (Stuttgart)

References

• Results
• Results