Pan American Games 2019 / Athletics - Men's 800m

The winner Marco Arop (2017)

The men's 800-meter run at the 2019 Pan American Games took place on August 9th and 10th at the Villa Deportiva Nacional in the Peruvian capital Lima .

13 runners from ten countries competed in the races. Marco Arop won the gold medal after 1: 44.25 minutes, which was also a new record for the Pan American Games. Silver went to Wesley Vázquez with 1: 44.48 min and Ryan Sánchez won the bronze medal with 1: 45.19 min.

Records

Before the competition, the following records were in place:

World record	David Rudisha	1: 40.91 min	Olympic Games in London , United Kingdom	August 9, 2012
Record of games	Yeimer López	1: 44.58 min	Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil	July 28, 2007

Semifinals

From the two semi-finals, the first three of each run - highlighted in light blue - and the two fastest times - highlighted in light green - qualified for the final.

Run 1

August 9, 2019, 3:50 p.m.

space	train	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	3	Wesley Vázquez	Puerto Rico	1: 48.38
2	4th	Marco Arop	Canada	1: 48.71
3	9	Jelssin Robledo	Colombia	1: 49.51
4th	5	Alejandro Peirano	Chile	1: 49.99
5	6th	James Jauavney	Jamaica	1: 50.38
6th	7th	Dage Minors	Bermuda	1: 50.68
	8th	Jesús Tonatiu López	Mexico	DNF

Run 2

August 9, 2019, 4:00 p.m.

space	train	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	6th	Bryce Hoppel	United States	1: 48.04
2	7th	Ryan Sánchez	Puerto Rico	1: 48.62
3	9	Marco Vilca	Peru	1: 49.49
4th	4th	Lucirio Antonio Garrido	Venezuela	1: 49.51
5	5	Rafael Muñoz	Chile	1: 50.03
6th	8th	Jorge Montes	Mexico	1: 50.47

final

August 10, 2019, 2:55 pm

space	train	athlete	country	Time (min)
	5	Marco Arop	Canada	1: 44.25 PR
	4th	Wesley Vázquez	Puerto Rico	1: 44.48
	6th	Ryan Sánchez	Puerto Rico	1: 45.19
4th	7th	Bryce Hoppel	United States	1: 47.48
5	2	Marco Vilca	Peru	1: 47.65 PB
6th	9	Jelssin Robledo	Colombia	1: 47.98
	3	Alejandro Peirano	Chile	DNF
	8th	Lucirio Antonio Garrido	Venezuela	DNS

Web links and sources

• Results on the 2019 Pan American Games website