1992 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 800 m (men)

sport	athletics
discipline	800 meter run
gender	Men
Attendees	59 athletes from 49 countries
Competition location	Olympic Stadium Barcelona
Competition phase	August 1, 1992 (preliminary round) August 2, 1992 (semi-finals) August 5, 1992 (final)
Medalist William Tanui ( KEN )   Nixon Kiprotich ( KEN )   Johnny Gray ( USA )

The men's 800-meter race at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona was held in three rounds on August 1st, 2nd and 5th, 1992 in the Olympic Stadium in Barcelona . 59 athletes took part.

In this competition there was a Kenyan double victory. William Tanui won ahead of his compatriot Nixon Kiprotich . Bronze went to the American Johnny Gray .

Jörg Haas started for Germany and was eliminated in the preliminary round.
Athletes from Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein did not take part.

Current title holders

Olympic champion in 1988	Paul Ereng ( Kenya )	1: 43.45 min	Seoul 1988
World Champion 1991	Billy Konchellah ( Kenya )	1: 43.99 min	Tokyo 1991
European champion 1990	Tom McKean ( Great Britain )	1: 44.76 min	Split 1990
Pan American champion 1991	Ocky Clark ( USA )	1: 46.91 min	Havana 1991
Central America and Caribbean Champion 1991	Stevon Roberts ( Barbados )	1: 49.63 min	Xalapa 1991
South American Champion 1991	Flávio Godoy ( Brazil )	1: 47.94 min	Manaus 1991
Asian champion 1991	Lee Jin-il ( South Korea )	1: 51.42 min	Kuala Lumpur 1991
African Champion 1992	Charles Nkazamyampi ( Burundi )	1: 46.95 min	Belle Vue Maurel 1992
Oceania Champion 1990	Derek Renz ( New Zealand )	1: 53.33 min	Suva 1990

Existing records

World record	1: 41.73 min	Sebastian Coe ( Great Britain )	Florence , Italy	June 10, 1981
Olympic record	1: 43.00 min	Joaquim Cruz ( Brazil )	Los Angeles final , USA	August 6, 1984

Preliminary round

Date: August 1, 1992

The athletes competed in a total of eight preliminary runs. The first two runners per run qualified for the semi-finals. In addition, the eight fastest drivers, the so-called lucky losers , made it through. The directly qualified athletes are highlighted in light blue, the lucky losers in light green.

Forward 1

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Piotr Piekarski	Poland	1: 48.51 min
2	Mark Everett	United States	1: 48.65 min
3	Lee Jin-il	South Korea	1: 48.68 min
4th	El-Mahjoub Haida	Morocco	1: 48.72 min
5	Jörg Haas	Germany	1: 50.42 min
6th	Symphories samba	Republic of the Congo	1: 51.75 min
7th	Mohamed Al-Tunaiji	United Arab Emirates	1: 53.91 min
8th	Ilunga Kafila	Zaire	1: 57.73 min

Forward 2

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Tom McKean	Great Britain	1: 47.85 min
2	Atle Douglas	Norway	1: 48.08 min
3	Freddie Williams	Canada	1: 48.20 min
4th	Frédéric Cornette	France	1: 48.22 min
5	Eversley Linley	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	1: 52.49 min
6th	Chérif Baba Aidara	Mauritania	1: 56.71 min
7th	Bassam Kawas	Lebanon	1: 58.71 min
8th	Hussain Riyaz	Maldives	2: 00.93 min

Forward 3

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Johnny Gray	United States	1: 46.62 min
2	Tomás de Teresa	Spain	1: 46.78 min
3	Babacar Niang	Senegal	1: 46.69 min
4th	Tommy Asinga	Suriname	1: 47.23 min
5	Vebjørn Rodal	Norway	1: 48.00 min
6th	Terap Adoum Yaya	Chad	1: 54.43 min
7th	Baptiste Firiam	Vanuatu	1: 57.96 min

Forward 4

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	William Tanui	Kenya	1: 47.02 min
2	Kennedy Osei	Ghana	1: 47.17 min
3	Sipho Dlamini	Swaziland	1: 48.70 min
4th	José Arconada	Spain	1: 49.23 min
5	Mohamed Sy Savané	Guinea	1: 51.80 min
DSQ	Tamimou Idrissou	Benin
DNS	Giuseppe D'Urso	Italy

Forward 5

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Curtis Robb	Great Britain	1: 46.16 min
2	Clive Terrelonge	Jamaica	1: 46.64 min
3	Luis González Fanega	Spain	1: 46.65 min
4th	Paul Ereng	Kenya	1: 46.65 min
5	João N'Tyamba	Angola	1: 48.54 min
6th	Zacharia Maidjida	Central African Republic	1: 50.41 min
7th	Emiliano Buale	Equatorial Guinea	1: 58.95 min
DNS	Baba Njie	Gambia

Forward 6

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Nixon Kiprotich	Kenya	1: 47.45 min
2	Andrea Benvenuti	Italy	1: 47.58 min
3	Mbiganyi Thee	Botswana	1: 48.04 min
4th	Robin van Helden	Netherlands	1: 48.05 min
5	Dale Jones	Antigua and Barbuda	1: 50.43 min
6th	Melford Homela	Zimbabwe	1: 50.50 min
7th	Abdullah Al-Anbari	Oman	1: 50.72 min
8th	Khambieng Khamiar	Laos	2: 02.45 min

Forward 7

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	José Luíz Barbosa	Brazil	1: 46.16 min
2	Reda Abdenouz	Algeria	1: 46.82 min
3	Mohamed Ismail Youssef	Qatar	1: 49.32 min
4th	Slobodan Popović	IOP	1: 49.69 min
5	Antonio Abrantes	Portugal	1: 50.89 min
6th	Desmond Hector	Guyana	1: 51.43 min
DSQ	John Palacio	Belize

Forward 8

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Steve Heard	Great Britain	1: 46.42 min
2	Marko Koers	Netherlands	1: 46.88 min
3	Anatoly Makarevich	EUN	1: 47.30 min
4th	José Parrilla	United States	1: 48.17 min
5	Prince Amara	Sierra Leone	1: 51.76 min
6th	Stevon Roberts	Barbados	1: 52.30 min
7th	Anwar Mohamed	Yemen	1: 52.71 min
8th	Francis Munthali	Malawi	1: 56.69 min

Semifinals

The Dutchman Marko Koers made it to the semi-finals and was eliminated there in seventh place of his run

Date: August 2, 1992

The first two athletes in the three races qualified for the final. In addition, the two fastest times, the so-called lucky losers , made it through. The directly qualified athletes are highlighted in light blue, the lucky losers in light green.

Run 1

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Johnny Gray	United States	1: 45.66 min
2	Andrea Benvenuti	Cuba	1: 45.80 min
3	Nixon Kiprotich	Kenya	1: 46.02 min
4th	Tomás de Teresa	Spain	1: 46.08 min
5	Mbiganyi Thee	Botswana	1: 46.13 min
6th	Steve Heard	Great Britain	1: 46.19 min
7th	Anatoly Markevich	EUN	1: 46.69 min
8th	Tommy Asinga	Suriname	1: 46.78 min

Run 2

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Curtis Robb	Great Britain	1: 45.25 min
2	José Luíz Barbosa	Brazil	1: 45.32 min
3	Reda Abdenouz	Algeria	1: 46.06 min
4th	Kennedy Osei	Ghana	1: 46.20 min
5	Robin van Helden	Netherlands	1: 46.98 min
6th	Luis González Fanega	Spain	1: 47.09 min
7th	Atle Douglas	Norway	1: 48.63 min
8th	Paul Ereng	Kenya	1: 49.90 min

Run 3

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	William Tanui	Kenya	1: 46.59 min
2	Mark Everett	United States	1: 46.94 min
3	Babacar Niang	Senegal	1: 46.95 min
4th	Tom McKean	Great Britain	1: 48.77 min
5	Vebjørn Rodal	Norway	1: 49.53 min
6th	Clive Terrelonge	Jamaica	1: 51.03 min
7th	Marko Koers	Netherlands	1: 52.23 min
DSQ	Piotr Piekarski	Poland

final

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	William Tanui	Kenya	1: 43.66 min
2	Nixon Kiprotich	Kenya	1: 43.70 min
3	Johnny Gray	United States	1: 43.97 min
4th	José Luíz Barbosa	Brazil	1: 45.06 min
5	Andrea Benvenuti	Italy	1: 45.23 min
6th	Curtis Robb	Great Britain	1: 45.57 min
7th	Reda Abdenouz	Algeria	1: 48.34 min
DNF	Mark Everett	United States

Date: August 5, 1992

For the final on August 5, two Kenyans and two Americans as well as one runner each from Algeria, Brazil, Italy and Great Britain had qualified.

World champion Billy Konchellah could not take part due to illness, the Olympic champion of 1988 Paul Ereng failed in the semifinals. Among the favorites for the medals were the two remaining Kenyan participants, Nixon Kiprotich and William Tanui, the Brazilian vice world champion José Luíz Barbosa and the World Cup third mark Everett from the United States.

The final was led in the first round by US runner Johnny Gray. When sorting the runners after they had run the first hundred meters in lanes, there were brief battles for positions behind the leaders. Barbosa ran in second place. The pace was so fast that there were a few gaps in the field before the 400 meter mark was passed. Gray and Barbosa were ahead with a 400-meter split of 49.99 s. Tanui followed a little further behind, followed by the rest of the field, which was led by Kiprotich, with a gap in between. The two Kenyans approached the leading duo on the back straight. The Brit Curtis Robb followed well behind. All the others were further beaten. Kiprotich attacked while still in the finish curve and Tanui tried to overtake on the outside. But Gray was still ahead, while Barbosa had difficulty maintaining the high pace. It stayed tight for the last hundred meters. The two Kenyans fought for gold and shortly before the finish, William Tanui prevailed with four hundredths of a second, Nixon Kiprotich won silver. Johnny Gray was rewarded with the bronze medal for his speed run, almost three tenths of a second behind Kiprotich he crossed the finish line in third place. José Luíz Barbosa was a little more than a second behind fourth in front of the Italian Andrea Benvenuti and Curtis Robb.

Web links

• SportsReference 800m , accessed February 6, 2018
• Official report on the Olympic Games in Barcelona , athletics results: p. 42, Catalan / Spanish / English / French (PDF, 38.871 MB), accessed on February 6, 2018

Video

• 800m. 1992 Olympic Games, Barcelona , published June 14, 2016 on youtube.com, accessed February 6, 2018

Individual evidence

1. ^ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Beijing 2015, page 669 , accessed on February 6, 2018
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Official report on the Olympic Games in Barcelona , athletics results: p. 42, Catalan / Spanish / English / French (PDF, 38.871 MB), accessed on February 6, 2018