2011 Pan American Games / Athletics - Men's 800m
The men's 800-meter run at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on October 27 and 28, 2011 at the Telmex Athletics Stadium in Guadalajara .
15 athletes from twelve countries took part in the competition. Andy González won the gold medal after 1: 45.58 min, silver went to Kléberson Davide with 1: 45.75 min and the bronze medal went to Raidel Acea with 1: 46.23 min.
Records
Before the competition, the following records were in place:
| World record |
 David Rudisha
|
1: 41.01 min | Rieti , Italy | August 29, 2010 |
| Record of games |
 Yeimer López
|
1: 44.58 min | Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil | July 28, 2007 |
Prelims
From the two preliminary runs, the first three of each run - highlighted in light blue - and the two fastest runners - highlighted in light green - qualified for the final.
Run 1
October 27, 2011, 4:45 p.m.
| space | train | athlete | country | Time (min) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7th | Andy González |
Cuba
|
1: 48.21 |
| 2 | 1 | Mark Wieczorek |
 United States
|
1: 48.31 |
| 3 | 2 | Lutimar Paes |
 Brazil
|
1: 48.37 |
| 4th | 6th | Rafith Rodríguez |
 Colombia
|
1: 48.41 |
| 5 | 5 | Moise Joseph |
 Haiti
|
1: 49.12 |
| 6th | 4th | Nico Herrera |
 Venezuela
|
1: 49.29 |
| 7th | 8th | Jose Esparza |
 Mexico
|
1: 50.65 |
| 8th | 3 | Jon Rankin |
 Cayman Islands
|
2: 21.36 |
Run 2
October 27, 2011, 4:52 p.m.
| space | train | athlete | country | Time (min) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7th | Tyler Mulder |
United States
|
1: 49.65 |
| 2 | 6th | Kléberson Davide |
Brazil
|
1: 49.65 |
| 3 | 2 | Raidel Acea |
Cuba
|
1: 50.04 |
| 4th | 1 | Jamaal James |
 Trinidad and Tobago
|
1: 50.14 |
| 5 | 5 | Jenner Pelico |
 Guatemala
|
1: 51.12 |
| 6th | 3 | Juan Sebastián Vega |
 Nicaragua
|
1: 52.60 |
| 7th | 8th | Edgard Cortez |
 Argentina
|
1: 59.02 |
| 4th | Eduar Villanueva |
Venezuela
|
DNS |
final
October 28, 2011, 4:10 p.m.
| space | train | athlete | country | Time (min) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
8th | Andy González |
Cuba
|
1: 45.58 SB |
 |
3 | Kléberson Davide |
Brazil
|
1: 45.75 |
 |
7th | Raidel Acea |
Cuba
|
1: 46.23 |
| 4th | 4th | Tyler Mulder |
United States
|
1: 46.46 |
| 5 | 2 | Mark Wieczorek |
United States
|
1: 47.75 |
| 6th | 6th | Lutimar Paes |
Brazil
|
1: 47.76 |
| 7th | 1 | Jon Rankin |
Cayman Islands
|
1: 52.72 |
| 8th | 1 | Moise Joseph |
Haiti
|
1: 54.88 |
| 9 | 5 | Rafith Rodríguez |
Colombia
|
1: 58.27 |
Web links and sources
- Results on todor66.com (English)
- Guadalajara 2011 Sesiones Deportivas. (PDF; 3.6 MB) In: www.guadalajara2011.org.mx. Archived from the original on June 26, 2011 ; accessed on October 6, 2019 (Spanish).