Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's 800 metres

Men's 800 metres
at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
Venue Estadio Olímpico Universitario
Date October 13–15
Competitors 43 from 33 nations
Winning time 1:44.3
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Ralph Doubell  Australia
2nd, silver medalist(s) Wilson Kiprugut  Kenya
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Tom Farrell  United States
Athletics at the
1968 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men
5000 m men
10,000 m men
80 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men
3000 m
steeplechase		 men
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men
Road events
Marathon men
20 km walk men
50 km walk men
Field events
Long jump men women
Triple jump men
High jump men women
Pole vault men
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Hammer throw men
Combined events
Pentathlon women
Decathlon men

The Men's 800 metres competition at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. The event were held at the University Olympic Stadium on October 13–15.

Competition format

The competition had seven heats in the first round, two semi-finals and a final. The top two in the first round heats progressed, as did the four fastest non-qualifiers. The top four finishers in the semi-final race reached the finals.

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World record  Peter Snell (NZL) 1:44.3 Christchurch, New Zealand February 2, 1962
Olympic record  Peter Snell (NZL) 1:45.1 Tokyo, Japan October 16, 1964

Results

Round 1

Qual. rule: first 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 4 fastest times (q) qualified.

Heat 1

Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes
1 Thomas Saisi  Kenya 1:47.0 Q
2 Jean-Pierre Dufresne  France 1:47.6 Q
3 Matias Habtemichael  Ethiopia 1:49.6
4 Papa M'Baye N'Diaye  Senegal 1:51.3
5 Wade Bell  United States 1:51.5
6 Róbert Honti  Hungary 1:53.8

Heat 2

Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes
1 Dieter Fromm  East Germany 1:46.9 Q
2 Franz-Josef Kemper  West Germany 1:47.0 Q
3 Ron Kutschinski  United States 1:47.6 q
4 Ramasamy Subramaniam  Malaysia 1:50.8
5 Gilbert Van Manshoven  Belgium 1:52.3
N/A Guillermo Cuello  Argentina DNF

Heat 3

Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes
1 Walter Adams  West Germany 1:48.4 Q
2 Jozef Plachý  Czechoslovakia 1:48.6 Q
3 Noel Carroll  Ireland 1:49.0
4 Ahmed Issa  Chad 1:49.0
5 Roberto Silva  Mexico 1:50.4
6 Gerd Larsen  Denmark 1:51.9
N/A Neville Myton  Jamaica DNF

Heat 4

Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes
1 Ralph Doubell  Australia 1:47.2 Q
2 Henryk Szordykowski  Poland 1:47.4 Q
3 Robert Ouko  Kenya 1:47.6 q
4 John Ametepey  Ghana 1:50.7
5 Gilles Sibon  France 1:50.8
6 Chris Carter  Great Britain 1:52.9
7 José L'Oficial  Dominican Republic 1:55.6
8 Alfredo Cubías  El Salvador 2:08.7

Heat 5

Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes
1 Wilson Kiprugut  Kenya 1:46.1 Q
2 Tom Farrell  United States 1:47.9 Q
3 Tomáš Jungwirth  Czechoslovakia 1:48.7
4 Anders Gärderud  Sweden 1:48.9
5 Jun Nagai  Japan 1:51.2
6 Angelo Hussein  Sudan 1:53.4
7 Jacques Pennewaert  Belgium 1:53.8
8 Francisco Menocal  Nicaragua 1:58.9

Heat 6

Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes
1 Dave Cropper  Great Britain 1:47.9 Q
2 Ben Cayenne  Trinidad and Tobago 1:48.2 Q
3 Yevhen Arzhanov  Soviet Union 1:48.4 q
4 Byron Dyce  Jamaica 1:48.5 q
5 Mamo Sebsibe  Ethiopia 1:49.7
6 Gianni Del Buono  Italy 1:50.2
7 Xaver Frick, Jr.  Liechtenstein 1:52.6
8 Carlos Báez  Puerto Rico 1:52.6

Semifinals

Qual. rule: first 4 of each heat (Q) qualified.

Heat 1

Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes
1 Walter Adams  West Germany 1:46.4 Q
2 Dieter Fromm  East Germany 1:46.5 Q
3 Thomas Saisi  Kenya 1:46.6 Q
4 Ben Cayenne  Trinidad and Tobago 1:46.8 Q
5 Ron Kutschinski  United States 1:47.3
6 Jean-Pierre Dufresne  France 1:51.8

Heat 2

Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes
1 Ralph Doubell  Australia 1:45.7 Q
2 Wilson Kiprugut  Kenya 1:45.8 Q
3 Jozef Plachý  Czechoslovakia 1:45.9 Q
4 Tom Farrell  United States 1:46.1 Q
5 Robert Ouko  Kenya 1:47.1
6 Byron Dyce  Jamaica 1:47.2
7 Franz-Josef Kemper  West Germany 1:47.3
8 Dave Cropper  Great Britain 1:47.6

Final

Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Ralph Doubell  Australia 1:44.3 NR
2nd, silver medalist(s) Wilson Kiprugut  Kenya 1:44.5
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Tom Farrell  United States 1:45.4
4 Walter Adams  West Germany 1:45.8
5 Jozef Plachý  Czechoslovakia 1:45.9
6 Dieter Fromm  East Germany 1:46.2
7 Thomas Saisi  Kenya 1:47.5
8 Ben Cayenne  Trinidad and Tobago 1:54.3

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