Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's 800 metres

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The 800 m at the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium from August 25 to August 28.

Records

Medalists

Qualifying

From the initial nine heats the first two in each plus six fastest losers progressed through to the semi-finals.

The final was made up of the first two finishers from each of the semi-finals plus two fastest losers.

Heats

All times shown are in minutes:seconds.
Q denotes automatic qualification.
q denotes fastest losers.
DNS denotes did not start.
DNF denotes did not finish.
NR denotes national record.
PB denotes personal best.
SB denotes seasons best.

Heat 1

# 1:45.7 Q
# 1:45.8 Q
# 1:46.2 PB
# 1:46.4
# 1:46.4
# 1:49.6 PB
# 1:51.1
# 1:51.9

Heat 2

# , Kenya 1:45.7 Q
# 1:45.7 Q PB
# 1:45.9 q
# 1:46.6
# 1:47.0
# 1:47.4 SB
# 1:47.7
# 1:49.8 NR

Heat 3

# 1:44.7 Q
# 1:45.3 Q
# , Burundi 1:45.4 q
# 1:45.9 q
# 1:46.2 PB
# 1:46.7 SB
# 1:49.6
# 1:54.3

Heat 4

# , Kenya 1:44.8 Q
# 1:45.2 Q PB
# 1:45.3 q NR
# 1:45.3 q
# 1:45.7 q
# 1:47.4
# 1:47.7
# 1:48.3

Heat 5

# 1:46.2 Q
# 1:46.3 Q
# 1:46.3
# 1:46.7
# 1:47.9
# 1:48.2
# 1:49.1
# 1:49.9 PB

Heat 6

# 1:45.9 Q
# 1:45.9 Q SB
# , United States 1:46.1
# , Russia 1:47.0
# , Algeria 1:47.5
# 1:47.8
# 1:49.5
# 1:57.1

Heat 7

# 1:46.7 Q
# , Spain 1:46.7 Q
# , France 1:46.9
# 1:47.9
# 1:48.0
# 1:48.4 SB
# , Russia 1:49.3
# 1:51.8

Heat 8

# 1:46.8 Q
# , South Africa 1:46.8 Q
# 1:47.3
# , Spain 1:47.7
# 1:47.9
# 1:48.1
# 1:49.0 SB
# 1:53.9

Heat 9

# , Canada 1:46.7 Q
# , Morocco 1:46.8 Q
# 1:46.9
# , United States 1:47.6
# 1:48.2
# 1:48.4
# 1:48.4
# 2:00.1

emi-finals

Heat 1

#Djabir Said Guerni, Algeria 1:45.8 Q
#Mbulaeni Mulaudzi, South Africa 1:46.1 Q
#Antonio Manuel Reina, Spain 1:46.2
#Ivan Heshko, Ukraine 1:46.7
#Nicolas Aissat, France 1:47.1
#Berhanu Alemu, Ethiopia 1:47.4
#Amine Laalou, Morocco 1:47.5
#Rene Herms, Germany 1:47.7

Heat 2

#Wilfred Bungei, Kenya 1:44.3 Q
#Yuriy Borzakovskiy, Russia 1:44.3 Q
#Mouhssin Chehibi, Morocco 1:44.6 q PB
#Hezekiel Sepeng, South Africa 1:44.8 q
#Bram Som, Netherlands 1:45.5
#Dmitrijs Milkevics, Latvia 1:46.6
#Gary Reed, Canada 1:47.4Mwera Samwel, Tanzania DISQ

Heat 3

#Wilson Kipketer, Denmark 1:44.6 Q
#Ismail Ahmed Ismail, Sudan 1:45.5 Q
#Joseph Mutua, Kenya 1:45.5
#Andrea Longo, Italy 1:46.0
#Jean Patrick Nduwimana, Burundi 1:46.2
#Ricky Soos, Great Britain 1:46.7
#Osmar dos Santos, Brazil 1:48.2
#Jonathan Johnson, United States 1:50.1

Final

#Yuriy Borzakovskiy, Russia 1:44.45
#Mbulaeni Mulaudzi, South Africa 1:44.61 SB
#Wilson Kipketer, Denmark 1:44.65
#Mouhssin Chehibi, Morocco 1:45.16
#Wilfred Bungei, Kenya 1:45.31
#Hezekiel Sepeng, South Africa 1:45.53
#Djabir Said Guerni, Algeria 1:45.61
#Ismail Ahmed Ismail, Sudan 1:52.49