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

Men's 800 metres at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Dates	28 to 31 July
Medalists
Vebjørn Rodal  Norway Hezekiél Sepeng  South Africa Fred Onyancha  Kenya

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
10,000 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
Wheelchair races

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

Medalists

Gold	Vebjørn Rodal  Norway
Silver	Hezekiél Sepeng  South Africa
Bronze	Fred Onyancha  Kenya

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.

Final classification

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	FINAL	LANE	SEMI	HEAT
	Vebjørn Rodal (NOR)	1:42.58	1	1:43.96	1:45.30
	Hezekiél 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

Non-qualifiers

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	SEMI	HEAT
—	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
—	Craig Winrow (GBR)	1:48.57	1:47.41
—	Arthémon Hatungimana (BDI)	1:44.92	1:47.10
—	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
—	Chérif Baba Aidara (MTN)	DNQ	1:56.20
—	Pavel Soukup (CZE)	DNQ	1:47.67
—	Andrés Manuel 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

See also

• Women's 800 metres

References

• Official Report
• Results