Olympic Summer Games 2008 / Athletics - 800 m (men)
 
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| sport | athletics |
| discipline | 800 meter run |
| gender | Men |
| place | Beijing National Stadium |
| Attendees | 58 athletes from 42 countries |
| Competition phase | August 20-23, 2008 |
| Medalist | |
 gold |
Wilfred Bungei ( KEN )
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 silver |
Ismail Ahmed Ismail ( SDN )
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 bronze |
Alfred Kirwa Yego ( KEN )
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The men's 800-meter race at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing was held from August 20 to 23, 2008 in the Beijing National Stadium. 58 athletes took part.
The three medal winners came from Africa. Olympic champion was the Kenyan Wilfred Bungei , silver won Ismail Ahmed Ismail from Sudan and the Kenyan Alfred Kirwa Yego won the bronze medal.
Current title holders
| Olympic champion 2004 |
Yuri Borsakowski ( Russia )
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1: 44.45 min | Athens 2004 |
| World Champion 2007 |
Alfred Kirwa Yego ( Kenya )
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1: 47.09 min | Osaka 2007 |
| European champion 2006 |
Bram Som ( Netherlands )
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1: 46.56 min | Gothenburg 2006 |
| Pan American Champion 2007 |
Yeimer López ( Cuba )
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1: 44.58 min | Rio de Janeiro 2007 |
| Central America and Caribbean champions 2008 |
Andy González ( Cuba )
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1: 46.11 min | Cali 2008 |
| South America Champion 2007 | Kléberson Davide ( Brazil )
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1: 49.61 min | São Paulo 2007 |
| Asian champion 2007 | Mohammed Al-Salhi ( Saudi Arabia )
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1: 51.73 min | Amman 2007 |
| Africa Champion 2008 |
David Lekuta Rudisha ( Kenya )
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1: 44.20 min | Addis Ababa 2008 |
| Oceania Champion 2008 | Aunese Curreen ( Samoa )
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1: 51.16 min | Saipan 2008 |
Existing records at the time of the games
| World record | 1: 41.11 min |
Wilson Kipketer ( Denmark )
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Cologne , Germany | August 24, 1997 |
| Olympic record | 1: 42.58 min |
Vebjørn Rodal ( Norway )
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Atlanta Final , USA | July 31, 1996 |
Prelims
There were eight preliminary runs. The first two of each run - highlighted in light blue - and the eight fastest athletes - highlighted in light green - qualified for the semi-finals.
Forward 1
August 20, 2008 , 7:00 p.m.
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wilfred Bungei |
Kenya
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1: 44.90 min | |
| 2 | Yuri Borsakovsky |
Russia
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1: 45.15 min | |
| 3 | Nadjim Manseur |
 Algeria
|
1: 45.62 min | |
| 4th | Fabiano Peçanha |
Brazil
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1: 46.54 min | |
| 5 | Thomas Chamney |
 Ireland
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1: 47.66 min | |
| 6th | Lachlan Renshaw |
 Australia
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1: 49.19 min | |
| 7th | Ehsan Mohajer Shojaei |
 Iran
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1: 49.25 min |
Forward 2
August 20, 2008 , 7:08 pm
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abubaker persimmon |
Sudan
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1: 46.98 min | |
| 2 | Mohamed Al-Salhi |
Saudi Arabia
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1: 47.02 min | |
| 3 | Dmitry Bogdanov |
Russia
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1: 47.49 min | |
| 4th | Onalenna Baloyi |
 Botswana
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1: 47.89 min | |
| 5 | Jozef Repčík |
 Slovakia
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1: 48.64 min | |
| 6th | Leonardo Price |
 Argentina
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1: 49.39 min |
Forward 3
August 20, 2008 , 7:16 pm
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Rimmer |
 Great Britain
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1: 47.61 min | |
| 2 | Mbulaeni Mulaudzi |
 South Africa
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1: 47.64 min | |
| 3 | Paweł Czapiewski |
 Poland
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1: 47.66 min | |
| 4th | Miguel Quesada |
 Spain
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1: 48.06 min | |
| 5 | Li Xiangyu |
 People's Republic of China
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1: 48.44 min | |
| 6th | Vitaly Koslow |
 Lithuania
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1: 48.96 min | |
| 7th | Samwel Mwera |
 Tanzania
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1: 50.67 min |
Forward 4
August 20, 2008 , 7:24 pm
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nick Symmonds |
 United States
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1: 46.01 min | |
| 2 | Alfred Kirwa Yego |
Kenya
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1: 46.04 min | |
| 3 | Antonio Manuel Reina |
Spain
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1: 46.30 min | |
| 4th | Andy González |
Cuba
|
1: 46.59 min | |
| 5 | Mouhssin Chehibi |
 Morocco
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1: 46.75 min | |
| 6th | Eduar Villanueva |
 Venezuela
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1: 47.64 min | |
| 7th | Nguyễn Đình Cương |
 Vietnam
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1: 52.06 min | |
| 8th | Derek Mandell |
 Guam
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1: 57.48 min | PB |
Forward 5
August 20, 2008 , 7:32 p.m.
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manuel Olmedo |
Spain
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1: 45.78 min | |
| 2 | Ismail Ahmed Ismail |
Sudan
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1: 45.87 min | |
| 3 | Gary Reed |
 Canada
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1: 46.02 min | |
| 4th | Dmitrijs Miļkevičs |
 Latvia
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1: 47.12 min | |
| 5 | Samson Ngoepe |
South Africa
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1: 47.42 min | |
| 6th | Aunese Curreen |
Samoa
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1: 47.45 min | NO |
| 7th | Souleymane Chebal Moctar |
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1: 57.43 min |
Forward 6
August 20, 2008 , 7:40 p.m.
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amine Laalou |
Morocco
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1: 47.86 min | |
| 2 | Abraham Chepkirwok |
 Uganda
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1: 47.93 min | |
| 3 | Jakub Holuša |
 Czech Republic
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1: 48.19 min | |
| 4th | Christian Smith |
United States
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1: 48.20 min | |
| 5 | Kléberson Davide |
Brazil
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1: 48.53 min | |
| 6th | Achraf Tadili |
Canada
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1: 48.87 min | |
| 7th | Fadrique Iglesias |
 Bolivia
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1: 50.57 min | |
| 8th | Mohammed Al-Yafaee |
 Yemen
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1: 54.82 min |
Forward 7
August 20, 2008 , 7:48 p.m.
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mohamed Al-Azemi |
 Kuwait
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1: 46.94 min | |
| 2 | Yusuf Saad camel |
 Bahrain
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1: 46.94 min | |
| 3 | Robert Lathouwers |
Netherlands
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1: 46.94 min | |
| 4th | Andrew Wheating |
United States
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1: 47.05 min | |
| 5 | Abdoulaye Wagne |
 Senegal
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1: 47.50 min | |
| 6th | Aldwyn Sappleton |
 Jamaica
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1: 48.19 min | |
| 7th | Sergei Pakura |
 Kyrgyzstan
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1: 50.54 min |
Forward 8
August 20, 2008 , 7:56 p.m.
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeimer López |
Cuba
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1: 45.66 min | |
| 2 | Boaz Kiplagat Lalang |
Kenya
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1: 45.72 min | |
| 3 | Nabil Madi |
Algeria
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1: 45.75 min | |
| 4th | Marcin Lewandowski |
Poland
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1: 45.89 min | |
| 5 | Belal Mansoor Ali |
Bahrain
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1: 45.95 min | |
| 6th | Sajjad Moradi |
Iran
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1: 46.10 min | |
| 7th | Yassine Bensghir |
Morocco
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1: 46.88 min | |
| 8th | Mikko Lahtio |
 Finland
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1: 47.20 min |
Failed in the third run: the Pole Paweł Czapiewski
Kléberson Davide from Brazil fails in the sixth run
The Dutchman Robert Lathouwers is eliminated after photo evaluation in the lead seven
Andrew Wheating from the USA is also leaving
Semifinals
The semi-finals were held in three runs, in which the two best runners - highlighted in light blue - and two other fastest runners - highlighted in light green - qualified for the final.
Run 1
August 21, 2008 , 7:50 p.m.
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wilfred Bungei |
Kenya
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1: 46.23 min | |
| 2 | Yeimer López |
Cuba
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1: 46.40 min | |
| 3 | Yuri Borsakovsky |
Russia
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1: 46.53 min | |
| 4th | Amine Laalou |
Morocco
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1: 46.74 min | |
| 5 | Nick Symmonds |
United States
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1: 46.96 min | |
| 6th | Mohammed Al-Salhi |
Saudi Arabia
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1: 47.14 min | |
| 7th | Marcin Lewandowski |
Poland
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1: 47.24 min | |
| 8th | Mohammad Al-Azemi |
Kuwait
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1: 47.65 min |
Run 2
August 21, 2008 , 7:58 pm
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alfred Kirwa Yego |
Kenya
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1: 44.73 min | |
| 2 | Ismail Ahmed Ismail |
Sudan
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1: 44.91 min | |
| 3 | Yusuf Saad camel |
Bahrain
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1: 44.95 min | |
| 4th | Nadjim Manseur |
Algeria
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1: 45.54 min | |
| 5 | Sajjad Moradi |
Iran
|
1: 46.08 min | |
| 6th | Mbulaeni Mulaudzi |
South Africa
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1: 46.24 min | |
| 7th | Antonio Manuel Reina |
Spain
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1: 46.40 min | |
| 8th | Fabiano Peçanha |
Brazil
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1: 47.07 min |
Run 3
August 21, 2008 , 8:06 pm
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nabil Madi |
Algeria
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1: 45.63 min | |
| 2 | Gary Reed |
Canada
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1: 45.85 min | |
| 3 | Boaz Kiplagat Lalang |
Kenya
|
1: 45.87 min | |
| 4th | Manuel Olmedo |
Spain
|
1: 45.91 min | |
| 5 | Belal Mansoor Ali |
Bahrain
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1: 46.37 min | |
| 6th | Michael Rimmer |
Great Britain
|
1: 48.07 min | |
| 7th | Abraham Chepkirwok |
Uganda
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1: 49.16 min | |
| 8th | Abubaker persimmon |
Sudan
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1: 49.19 min |
The 2004 Olympic champion Yuri Borsakowski from Russia is eliminated in the semifinals
The Moroccan Amine Laalou fails in the semifinals
The American Nick Symmonds is also out
The Saudi Mohammed Al-Salhi also fails
The Pole Marcin Lewandowski retires
The silver medalist from Athens is eliminated: Mbulaeni Mulaudzi, South Africa
The Spaniard Manuel Olmedo fails in the semi-finals
Eliminated: Belal Mansoor Ali from Bahrain
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final
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wilfred Bungei |
Kenya
|
1: 44.65 min | |
| 2 | Ismail Ahmed Ismail |
Sudan
|
1: 44.70 min | |
| 3 | Alfred Kirwa Yego |
Kenya
|
1: 44.82 min | |
| 4th | Gary Reed |
Canada
|
1: 44.94 min | |
| 5 | Yusuf Saad camel |
Bahrain
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1: 44.95 min | |
| 6th | Yeimer López |
Cuba
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1: 45.88 min | |
| 7th | Nabil Madi |
Algeria
|
1: 45.96 min | |
| 8th | Nadjim Manseur |
Algeria
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1: 47.19 min |
August 23, 2008 , 7:30 p.m.
There was no clear favorite for this race, an exciting competition was expected. With good prospects the incumbent were world champion Alfred Kirwa Yego from Kenya and his compatriot Wilfred Bungei, WM -Vierter 2005 and WM -Fünfter from 2007 into the race. Surprisingly, the Russian Yuri Borsakowski, who has been convincing in recent years, Olympic champion in 2004 , vice world champion in 2005 and third in the 2007 World Cup , did not reach the final. The Canadian vice world champion from 2007 Gary Reed was also rated highly.
In the final, two Algerians and two Kenyans as well as one runner each from Bahrain, Canada, Cuba and Sudan faced each other.
Right from the start, Bungei took the lead in this race without setting a high pace. The first four hundred meters were covered in 53.53 seconds with Bungei on top. The field stayed close together. The Sudanese Ismail Ahmed Ismail and Yego followed in the next places. Even on the back straight of the final lap, there was hardly any change in the ranking. Cuban Yeimer López only attacked decisively in the finish curve and took third place behind Bungei and Ismail, who were still in the lead. But in the final sprint López had nothing more to add and fell back again. Bungei and Ismail, on the other hand, could not be taken away from their top positions. Wilfred Bungei was Olympic champion ahead of Ismail Ahmed Ismail. The Bahraini Yusuf Saad Kamel was still in third place up to thirty meters from the finish line. But in the last few meters, Alfred Kirwa Yego released the last of his strength and won the bronze medal. From the very back, Gary Reed also overtook Yusuf Saad Kamel with a strong finish, the two finishing fourth and fifth. Yeimer López went sixth.
All three medals went to runners from Africa.
Ismail Ahmed Ismail won the first ever Olympic medal for Sudan with his silver medal.
Olympic champion Wilfred Bungei from Kenya
Bronze medal for the Kenyan Alfred Kirwa Yego
The Canadian Gary Reed runs in fourth place
Yusuf Saad Kamel from Bahrain finished fifth
The Algerian Nabil Madi reached seventh place
Web links
- SportsReference 800m , accessed May 29, 2018
- Official Report of the XXVIIIth Olympiad, Results Athletics , English / French (PDF, 3054 kB), accessed on May 29, 2018
Video
- Wilfred Bungei wins Men's 800m Olympic final | Beijing 2008 , published August 19, 2015 on youtube.com, accessed May 29, 2018
Individual evidence
- ↑ Campeonato CAC de Atletismo 2008 on athlecac.org, accessed on May 29, 2018
- ↑ Campeonato Sudamericano de Atletismo 2007 on athlecac.org, accessed on May 29, 2018
- ↑ 17th Asian Athletics Championship 2007 ( Memento of the original from July 14, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at athleticsasia.org (PDF, 417 kB), accessed on May 29, 2018
- ↑ Oceania Area Championships - 25/06/2008 to 28/06/2008 on athletics-oceania.com (PDF, 130 kB), accessed on May 29, 2018
- ^ IAAF, 800 m men , accessed on May 29, 2018
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