Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics - Men's 800 metres

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The men's 800 metres was a track & field athletics event at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris. It was held on 14 July and 16 July 1900. 18 athletes from seven nations competed.

1 Medalists
2 Results
- 2.1 First round
- 2.2 Final
3 Sources

[edit] Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Alfred Tysoe Great Britain	John Cregan United States	David Hall United States

[edit] Results

[edit] First round

In the first round, there were three heats. The top two runners in each advanced to the final.

[edit] First round, heat 1

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	David Hall	United States	1:59.0 OR
2	Alfred Tysoe	Great Britain	Unknown
3	Howard Hayes	United States	Unknown
4	Maurice Salomez	France	Unknown
5	Christian Christensen	Denmark	Unknown
6-7	Walter Drumheller	United States	Unknown
6-7	Alexander Grant	United States	Unknown

Hall's Olympic record time surprised most of those present, as Tysoe had been the favorite in the heat.

[edit] First round, heat 2

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Henri Deloge	France	2:00.6
2	Zoltán Spiedl	Hungary	Unknown
3	Justus Scrafford	United States	Unknown
4-6	Emilio Banfi	Italy	Unknown
	Edward Bushnell	United States	Unknown
	Harrison Smith	United States	Unknown

Deloge finished about three metres in front of Spiedl, with the other runners trailing.

[edit] First round, heat 3

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	John Cregan	United States	2:03.0
2	John Bray	United States	Unknown
3	Harvey Lord	United States	Unknown
4-5	Edward Mechling	United States	Unknown
4-5	Ondřej Pukl	Bohemia	Unknown

Cregan won the slowest of the three heats with relative ease.

[edit] Final

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Alfred Tysoe	Great Britain	2:01.2
2	John Cregan	United States	2:03.0
3	David Hall	United States	Unknown
4	Henri Deloge	France	Unknown
5	Zoltán Spiedl	Hungary	Unknown
6	John Bray	United States	Unknown

Deloge led early, but was passed just before the final straight by Tysoe and Cregan. Hall, who had set an Olympic record in the heats, was just barely able to catch Deloge to finish third, but had no chance of passing the two leaders.

[edit] Sources

International Olympic Committee.
De Wael, Herman. Herman's Full Olympians: "Athletics 1900". Accessed 18 March 2006. Available electronically at [1].
Mallon, Bill (1998). The 1900 Olympic Games, Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. ISBN 0-7864-0378-0.