Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Men's 800 metres

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The men's 800 metres was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fifth appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics.

The Olympic record of 1:52.8, which had seemed fairly safe through the first two rounds of competition, was broken by all three medalists and tied by the fourth-place runner in the final. Mel Sheppard, the previous record-holder, and Ira Davenport beat the old record by .8 seconds at 1:52.0, taking silver and bronze behind Ted Meredith and his new record of 1:51.9.

Contents 1 Results 1.1 Heats 1.2 Semifinals 1.3 Final 2 References

[edit] Results

[edit] Heats

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
Heat 1
1.	Daniel Caldwell (USA)	1:58.6	QS
2.	Emilio Lunghi (ITA)		QS
3.	Walter McClure (USA)
4.	Eric Lindholm (SWE)	2:01.5
5.	Joseph Caulle (FRA)
Heat 2
1.	Percy Mann (GBR)	1:56.0	QS
2.	Herbert N. Putnam (USA)		QS
3.	Ole Pedersen (NOR)
4.	Leopoldo Palma (CHI)
Heat 3
1.	John Jones (USA)	2:01.8	QS
2.	Armando Luzarte-Cortesão (POR)		QS
3.	Oscar Larsen (NOR)
4.	Guido Calvi (ITA)
Heat 4
1.	Clarence Edmundson (USA)	1:56.5	QS
2.	John Tait (CAN)		QS
3.	Charles Poulenard (FRA)
4.	Richard Jahn (GER)	2:02.0
—	Robert Burton (GBR)	Did not finish
Heat 5
1.	Ira Davenport (USA)	1:59.0	QS
2.	Frederick Hulford (GBR)		QS
3.	Ödön Bodor (HUN)
4.	Julius Person (GER)
5.	Dimitrij Nazarow (RUS)
—	Zdeněk Městecký (BOH)	Did not finish
	Philip Noel-Baker (GBR)	Did not finish
Heat 6
1.	Harlan Holden (USA)	1:58.1	QS
2.	Evert Björn (SWE)		QS
3.	Richard Yorke (GBR)
4.	Karl Haglund (SWE)	2:01.2
5-7	Ferenc Forgács (HUN)
	Aleksandr Jelizarow (RUS)
	Federico Mueller (CHI)
—	Haret Papazyan (TUR)	Did not finish
Heat 7
1.	James Soutter (GBR)	2:00.4	QS
2.	Mel Sheppard (USA)		QS
3.	Erich Lehmann (GER)
—	János Antal (HUN)	Did not finish
	Leopolds Villemson (RUS)	Did not finish
Heat 8
1.	George Brock (CAN)	1:57.0	QS
2.	Ted Meredith (USA)		QS
3.	John Victor (RSA)
—	Alan Patterson (GBR)	Did not finish
Heat 9
1.	Ernest Henley (GBR)	1:57.6	QS
2.	Hanns Braun (GER)		QS
3.	Erik Frisell (SWE)	1:59.2
4.	Thomas Halpin (USA)	1:59.2
—	Lauri Pihkala (FIN)	Did not finish
	Károly Radóczy (HUN)	Did not finish

[edit] Semifinals

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
Semifinal 1
1.	Ted Meredith (USA)	1:54.4	QF
2.	Hanns Braun (GER)	1:54.6	QF
3.	Mel Sheppard (USA)	1:54.8	QF
4.	Herbert Putnam (USA)	1:55.0	QF
5.	John Tait (CAN)
6.	Percy Mann (GBR)
—	Frederick Hulford (GBR)	Did not finish
	James Soutter (GBR)	Did not finish
	John Jones (USA)	Did not start
Semifinal 2
1.	George Brock (CAN)	1:55.7	QF
2.	Clarence Edmundson (USA)	1:55.8	QF
3.	Daniel Caldwell (USA)	1:55.9	QF
4.	Ira Davenport (USA)	1:55.9	QF
5.	Emilio Lunghi (ITA)
6-9	Evert Björn (SWE)
	Ernest Henley (GBR)
	Harlan Holden (USA)
	Armando Luzarte-Cortesão (POR)

[edit] Final

Place	Athlete	Time
Final
	Ted Meredith (USA)	1:51.9 OR
	Mel Sheppard (USA)	1:52.0
	Ira Davenport (USA)	1:52.0
4.	Daniel Caldwell (USA)	1:52.8
5.	George Brock (CAN)	1:53.0
6.	Hanns Braun (GER)	1:53.0
7.	Clarence Edmundson (USA)
8.	Herbert Putnam (USA)

[edit] References

• Bergvall, Erik (ed.) (1913). in Adams-Ray, Edward (trans.).: The Official Report of the Olympic Games of Stockholm 1912. Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand. 
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich. Retrieved on 27 August 2006. (Polish)