Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Men's 800 metres

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Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics
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
10000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
10 km walk		women
20 km walk	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men

These are the official results of the Men's 800 metres event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There were a total number of 57 competitors, with one non-starter.

1 Medalists
2 Records
3 Final Classification
4 Non-qualifiers
5 See also
6 References

[edit] Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Vebjørn Rodal Norway (NOR)	Hezekiel Sepeng South Africa (RSA)	Fred Onyancha Kenya (KEN)

[edit] Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1996 Summer Olympics.

World Record	1:41.73	Sebastian Coe	Florence (ITA)	June 10, 1981
Olympic Record	1:43.00	Joaquim Cruz	Los Angeles (USA)	August 6, 1984

In the final Vebjørn Rodal set a new Olympic record with 1:42.58 minutes.

[edit] Final Classification

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	FINAL	LANE	SEMI	HEAT
	Vebjørn Rodal (NOR)	1:42.58	1	1:43.96	1:45.30
	Hezekiel Sepeng (RSA)	1:42.74	6	1:45.16	1:45.45
	Fred Onyancha (KEN)	1:42.79	7	1:44.02	1:46.07
4.	Norberto Téllez (CUB)	1:42.85	4	1:43.79	1:47.24
5.	Nico Motchebon (GER)	1:43.91	8	1:45.40	1:45.82
6.	David Kiptoo (KEN)	1:44.19	5	1:43.90	1:45.11
7.	Johnny Gray (USA)	1:44.21	2	1:44.00	1:45.87
8.	Benyounes Lahlou (MAR)	1:45.52	3	1:43.99	1:45.85

[edit] Non-qualifiers

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	SEMI	HEAT
—	Arthémon Hatungimana (BDI)	1:44.92	1:47.10
—	Philip Kibitok (KEN)	1:45.58	1:45.34
—	André Bucher (SUI)	1:46.41	1:46.85
—	Giuseppe D'Urso (ITA)	1:46.97	1:45.27
—	Paul Byrne (AUS)	1:47.58	1:47.05
—	Bruno Konczylo (FRA)	1:48.02	1:46.04
—	Savieri Ngidhi (ZIM)	1:46.78	1:46.46
—	Curtis Robb (GBR)	1:47.48	1:45.85
—	Johan Botha (RSA)	1:48.06	1:45.63
—	José Luiz Barbosa (BRA)	1:50.33	1:46.58
—	Einārs Tupurītis (LAT)	1:46.41	1:45.88
—	David Matthews (IRL)	1:47.83	1:46.76
—	Jimmy Jean-Joseph (FRA)	1:48.50	1:45.64
—	Balázs Korányi (HUN)	1:50.30	1:46.63
—	Andrea Benvenuti (ITA)	DNF	1:47.45
—	Joachim Dehmel (GER)	DNQ	1:47.12
—	Joseph Rakotoarimanana (MAD)	DNQ	1:47.33
—	Tommy Asinga (SUR)	DNQ	1:48.29
—	Adem Hecini (ALG)	DNQ	1:47.23
—	Abdulrahman Abdulla (QAT)	DNQ	1:48.52
—	Flavio Godoy (BRA)	DNQ	1:48.91
—	Cherif Aidara (MTN)	DNQ	1:56.20
—	Pavel Soukup (CZE)	DNQ	1:47.67
—	Andrés Díaz (ESP)	DNQ	1:47.86
—	Atle Douglas (NOR)	DNQ	1:48.60
—	Cedric Harris (DMA)	DNQ	1:51.46
—	Fernando Arlete (GBS)	DNQ	2:00.07
—	Ibrahim Aden (SOM)	DNQ	1:47.31
—	Charles Nkazamyampi (BDI)	DNQ	1:47.95
—	Tavakalo Kailes (VAN)	DNQ	1:55.07
—	Naseer Ismail (MDV)	DNQ	1:58.70
—	Marius van Heerden (RSA)	DNQ	1:47.46
—	David Strang (GBR)	DNQ	1:47.96
—	Boris Kaveshnikov (KGZ)	DNQ	1:48.88
—	José Parrilla (USA)	DNQ	1:49.99
—	Yaya Terap Adoum (CHA)	DNQ	1:52.68
—	Antonio Abrantes (POR)	DNQ	1:47.73
—	Clive Terrelonge (JAM)	DNQ	1:48.29
—	Themba Makhanya (SWZ)	DNQ	1:59.02
—	Andrea Giocondi (ITA)	DNQ	1:47.26
—	Brandon Rock (USA)	DNQ	1:48.47
—	Jean Destine (HAI)	DNQ	1:48.82
—	Saeed Basweidan (YEM)	DNQ	1:49.35
—	Greg Rhymer (IVB)	DNQ	1:50.03
—	Alex Morgan (JAM)	DNQ	1:47.40
—	Mohamed Babiker (SUD)	DNQ	1:48.50
—	Manlio Molinari (SMR)	DNQ	1:56.08
—	Roberto Parra (ESP)	DNQ	DNS