Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 800 metres

Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics
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These are the official results of the Men's 800 metres event at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. The event took place between 3 and 6 August.

With four notable front runners in the race the battle to the break was important. Edwin Koech on the far outside and Joaquim Cruz went out hard around the first turn, with Earl Jones and Johnny Gray to the inside. Cruz, Jones and Gray converged at the same spot, Gray getting the short end of the stick and suddenly losing ground to the back of the field, then Koech converged from the outside, closing the door on Cruz and Jones, with Cruz edging ahead of Jones as contact was made causing Cruz to jump 200 metres into the race. The lead group was marked by British rivals, defending champion Steve Ovett and world record holder Sebastian Coe. They held that order through the next 200 metres, only upset by Gray long striding along the outside up to Coe's shoulder. Gray's added speed seemed to force the leaders to run faster to stay ahead of him, while Ovett withered out the back of the field. With 200 to go Gray seemed to tighten up, frustrated that his hard effort only netted him fifth place. Through the turn, Cruz inched closer to Koech, still marked by Coe and Jones. When Cruz pounced coming off the turn, Koech wilted, outside of him Coe and Jones were in a shoulder to shoulder sprint battle. Cruz had won the war, sprinting away to a clear 5 metre victory. Coe was able to make a slight gain on Jones to take silver. Jones still held off a late charge by Billy Konchellah for bronze.

Medalists

Gold	Joaquim Cruz Brazil
Silver	Sebastian Coe Great Britain
Bronze	Earl Jones United States

Abbreviations

Q	automatic qualification
q	qualification by rank
DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
OR	olympic record
WR	world record
AR	area record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1984 Summer Olympics.

World Record	1:41.73	Sebastian Coe	Florence (ITA)	June 10, 1981
Olympic Record	1:43.50	Alberto Juantorena	Montreal (CAN)	July 25, 1976

In the final Joaquim Cruz set a new Olympic record with 1:43.00 minutes.

Quarterfinals

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Edwin Koech (KEN)	1:44.74
2.	Donato Sabia (ITA)	1:44.90
3.	Agberto Guimarães (BRA)	1:45.18
4.	Peter Elliott (GBR)	1:45.49
5.	Faouzi Lahbi (MAR)	1:45.67
6.	Babacar Niang (SEN)	1:45.71
7.	Sotirios Moutsanas (GRE)	1:46.34

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Billy Konchellah (KEN)	1:46.15
2.	Omar Khalifa (SUD)	1:46.33
3.	Sebastian Coe (GBR)	1:46.75
4.	José Luiz Barbosa (BRA)	1:46.87
5.	John Marshall (USA)	1:47.18
6.	Riccardo Materazzi (ITA)	1:47.90
7.	Ahmed Belkessam (ALG)	1:48.11
8.	Marco Mayr (SUI)	1:48.30

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.	Joaquim Cruz (BRA)	1:44.84
2.	Steve Ovett (GBR)	1:45.72
3.	Johnny Gray (USA)	1:45.82
4.	William Wuycke (VEN)	1:46.17
5.	Abdi Bile (SOM)	1:46.49
6.	Owen Hamilton (JAM)	1:46.74
7.	Pat Scammel (AUS)	1:47.90
8.	Bruce Roberts (CAN)	1:49.72

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.	Earl Jones (USA)	1:45.44
2.	Hans-Peter Ferner (FRG)	1:45.52
3.	Juma Ndiwa (KEN)	1:45.59
4.	Moussa Fall (SEN)	1:45.71
5.	Mohamed Alouini (TUN)	1:45.78
6.	Marcus O'Sullivan (IRL)	1:46.21
7.	Oslen Barr (GUY)	1:46.97
8.	Philippe Dupont (FRA)	1:48.95

Semifinals

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Joaquim Cruz (BRA)	1:43.82
2.	Edwin Koech (KEN)	1:44.12
3.	Earl Jones (USA)	1:44.51
4.	Steve Ovett (GBR)	1:44.81
5.	Omar Khalifa (SUD)	1:44.87
6.	Moussa Fall (SEN)	1:45.03
7.	William Wuycke (VEN)	1:47.32

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Sebastian Coe (GBR)	1:45.51
2.	Billy Konchellah (KEN)	1:45.67
3.	Johnny Gray (USA)	1:45.82
4.	Donato Sabia (ITA)	1:45.96
5.	Hans-Peter Ferner (FRG)	1:46.16
6.	Agberto Guimarães (BRA)	1:46.65
7.	Juma Ndiwa (KEN)	1:48.06
8.	José Luiz Barbosa (BRA)	1:48.70

Final

RANK	FINAL	TIME
	Joaquim Cruz (BRA)	1:43.00
	Sebastian Coe (GBR)	1:43.64
	Earl Jones (USA)	1:43.83
4.	Billy Konchellah (KEN)	1:44.03
5.	Donato Sabia (ITA)	1:44.53
6.	Edwin Koech (KEN)	1:44.86
7.	Johnny Gray (USA)	1:47.89
8.	Steve Ovett (GBR)	1:52.28

References

800 metres at the Olympic Games

Summary

Men	1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

Women	1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

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