Athletics at the 2003 Pan American Games – Men's 800 metres

Athletics at the
2003 Pan American Games

Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
5000 m men women
10,000 m men women
100 m h women
110 m h men
400 m h men women
3000 m s men
4×100 m men women
4×400 m men women
Road events
Marathon men women
20 km walk men women
50 km walk men
Field events
High jump men women
Pole vault men women
Long jump men women
Triple jump men women
Shot put men women
Discus men women
Hammer men women
Javelin men women
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men

The final of the Men's 800 metres event at the 2003 Pan American Games took place on Wednesday August 6, 2003, with the heats staged a day earlier. The Moroccan-born Canadian Achraf Tadili ran a very quick finish to win in a record time of 1:45.05, faster than the previous Pan Am Record (1:45.38) set by USA’s Johnny Gray four years earlier in Winnipeg. Brazil’s Osmar dos Santos (1:45.64) could not respond to his rival’s late surge and finished second, ahead of his compatriot Fabiano Peçanha (1:46.39).

Medalists

Gold Achraf Tadili
Canada (CAN)
Silver Osmar dos Santos
Brazil (BRA)
Bronze Fabiano Peçanha
Brazil (BRA)

Records

World Record  Wilson Kipketer (DEN) 1:41.11 August 24, 1997 Germany Cologne, Germany
Pan Am Record  Johnny Gray (USA) 1:45.38 July 25, 1999 Canada Winnipeg, Canada

Results

Rank Athlete Heats Final
Time Rank Time
1 Canada Achraf Tadili (CAN) 1:49.70 6 1:45.05
2 Brazil Osmar dos Santos (BRA) 1:49.63 5 1:45.64
3 Brazil Fabiano Peçanha (BRA) 1:49.34 3 1:46.39
4 United States Jess Strutzel (USA) 1:49.58 4 1:46.45
5 Trinidad and Tobago Sherridan Kirk (TRI) 1:49.78 7 1:47.50
6 Puerto Rico Ricardo Etheridge (PUR) 1:48.90 2 1:48.53
7 Jamaica Marvin Watts (JAM) 1:50.18 8 1:48.98
8 United States Floyd Thompson (USA) 1:48.86 1 1:50.04
9 Jamaica Jermaine Myers (JAM) 1:50.57 9
10 Ecuador Cristian Matute (ECU) 1:50.88 10
11 Haiti Jean Destine (HAI) 1:51.20 11

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References

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