Host City: Seoul, South Korea |
Format: Top four in each heat advanced to the final. |
Date Started: September 23, 1988 |
Format: Top four in each heat advanced to the semi-finals. |
Date Finished: September 26, 1988 |
Format: Top three in each heat and next five fastest advanced to the quarter-finals. |
(Competitors: 70; Countries: 53; Finalists: 8) |
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Venue(s): Olympic Stadium, Seoul Sports Complex, Seoul
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Overview by IAAF |
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Saïd Aouita had the greatest range of any distance runner in history. The best m runner in 1986, Aouita was to top the world rankings in the 800m in 1988, and was the favourite for Seoul. Ereng, an outsider, was the fastest heat winner (1:46.10), and Aouita was the speediest quarterfinalist (1:45.24). Ereng showed he was a medal contender in winning the first semi-final in 1:44.55 ahead of Cruz (1:44.75), while Kiprotich led from the gun in the other semi and held off Aouita 1:44.71 to 1:44.79. In the final Kiprotich led for the first 300m in a suicidal 36.33, and then Barbosa took over, in an effort to try and take the sting out of Aouita’s finish. Barbosa led until 600m (1:16.3) when Elliott led briefly, only to be overtaken by Cruz, with Aouita in third. Ereng, seventh at the bell was now moving up, and by the beginning of the straight had weaved his way to fourth. He quickly passed the tiring Elliott and Aouita, and caught Cruz with 50m to go, elegantly flowing away from the defending champion to win by almost 4m. Ereng had been a 400m runner, running 45.6 in 1987, before moving up to win the NCAA title, and place third in the Kenyan Olympic trials. |
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Summary by Sports-reference.com |
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The favorite was Morocco's Saïd Aouita, who had been world ranked #1 over 10,000 metres in 1986, demonstrating his unparalleled range as a middle-distance and distance runner. The defending champion was Brazil's Joaquim Cruz, who was back trying to win a second gold medal. Nixon Kiprotich (KEN) led the final for the first 300 metres in a suicidal 36.4, when Brazil's José Luíz Barbosa took over and injected some sanity into the pace, pasing the bell in 49.5. At 600 metres Briton's Peter Elliott took a brief lead before being passed by Cruz. Kenya's Paul Ereng was seventh entering the final curve, but moved up to fourth at the homestretch. But he was full of run still and caught Cruz 50 metres from the line, winning pulling away, with Aouita getting the bronze medal. |
Records
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics.
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Results |
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800 m |
Men |
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Final |
26 September |
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Rank |
Mark |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Birth Date |
Records |
1 |
1.43.45 |
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Paul Ereng |
Kenya |
KEN |
22 Aug 67 |
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2 |
1.43.90 |
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Joaquim Cruz |
Brazil |
BRA |
12 Mar 63 |
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3 |
1.44.06 |
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Saïd Aouita |
Morocco |
MAR |
2 Nov 59 |
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4 |
1.44.12 |
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Peter Elliott |
Great Britain |
GBR |
9 Oct 62 |
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5 |
1.44.80 |
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Johnny Gray |
United States |
USA |
19 Jun 60 |
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6 |
1.46.39 |
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José Luiz Barbosa |
Brazil |
BRA |
27 May 61 |
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7 |
1.48.03 |
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Donato Sabia |
Italy |
ITA |
11 Sep 63 |
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8 |
1.49.55 |
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Nixon Kiprotich |
Kenya |
KEN |
4 Dec 62 |
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800 m |
Men |
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Semifinal 1 |
25 September |
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Rank |
Mark |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Birth Date |
Records |
1 |
1.44.55 |
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Paul Ereng |
Kenya |
KEN |
22 Aug 67 |
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2 |
1.44.75 |
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Joaquim Cruz |
Brazil |
BRA |
12 Mar 63 |
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3 |
1.44.90 |
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Donato Sabia |
Italy |
ITA |
11 Sep 63 |
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4 |
1.44.94 |
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Peter Elliott |
Great Britain |
GBR |
9 Oct 62 |
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5 |
1.45.09 |
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Babacar Niang |
Senegal |
SEN |
9 Sep 58 |
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6 |
1.45.11 |
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Slobodan Popovic |
Yugoslavia |
YUG |
28 Sep 62 |
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7 |
1.47.30 |
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Simon Hoogewerf |
Canada |
CAN |
11 May 63 |
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8 |
1.47.43 |
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Peter Braun |
West Germany |
FRG |
1 Aug 62 |
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800 m |
Men |
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Semifinal 2 |
25 September |
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Rank |
Mark |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Birth Date |
Records |
1 |
1.44.71 |
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Nixon Kiprotich |
Kenya |
KEN |
4 Dec 62 |
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2 |
1.44.79 |
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Saïd Aouita |
Morocco |
MAR |
2 Nov 59 |
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3 |
1.44.99 |
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José Luiz Barbosa |
Brazil |
BRA |
27 May 61 |
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4 |
1.45.04 |
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Johnny Gray |
United States |
USA |
19 Jun 60 |
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5 |
1.45.12 |
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Álvaro Silva |
Portugal |
POR |
21 Apr 65 |
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6 |
1.45.93 |
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Cheikh Boye |
Senegal |
SEN |
10 Aug 61 |
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7 |
1.45.95 |
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Réda Abdenouz |
Algeria |
ALG |
25 Sep 68 |
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8 |
1.46.62 |
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Ibrahim Okash |
Somalia |
SOM |
18 Sep 64 |
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800 m |
Men |
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Heat 1 |
24 September |
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Rank |
Mark |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Birth Date |
Records |
1 |
1.46.10 |
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Joaquim Cruz |
Brazil |
BRA |
12 Mar 63 |
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2 |
1.46.38 |
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Paul Ereng |
Kenya |
KEN |
22 Aug 67 |
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3 |
1.46.62 |
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Cheikh Boye |
Senegal |
SEN |
10 Aug 61 |
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4 |
1.46.97 |
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Réda Abdenouz |
Algeria |
ALG |
25 Sep 68 |
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5 |
1.47.07 |
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Vladimir Graudyn |
Soviet Union |
URS |
26 Aug 63 |
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6 |
1.48.02 |
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Paul Osland |
Canada |
CAN |
1 Jan 64 |
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7 |
1.50.85 |
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Tonino Viali |
Italy |
ITA |
16 Sep 60 |
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DNF |
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Ari Suhonen |
Finland |
FIN |
19 Dec 65 |
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800 m |
Men |
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Heat 2 |
24 September |
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Rank |
Mark |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Birth Date |
Records |
1 |
1.45.96 |
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Johnny Gray |
United States |
USA |
19 Jun 60 |
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2 |
1.45.99 |
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Simon Hoogewerf |
Canada |
CAN |
11 May 63 |
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3 |
1.46.20 |
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José Luiz Barbosa |
Brazil |
BRA |
27 May 61 |
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4 |
1.46.55 |
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Ibrahim Okash |
Somalia |
SOM |
18 Sep 64 |
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5 |
1.46.91 |
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Rob Druppers |
Netherlands |
NED |
29 Apr 62 |
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6 |
1.47.27 |
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Juma N'diwa |
Kenya |
KEN |
28 Nov 60 |
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7 |
1.47.32 |
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Faouzi Lahbi |
Morocco |
MAR |
2 Mar 58 |
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DQ |
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Tom McKean |
Great Britain |
GBR |
27 Oct 63 |
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800 m |
Men |
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Heat 3 |
24 September |
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Rank |
Mark |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Birth Date |
Records |
1 |
1.45.24 |
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Saïd Aouita |
Morocco |
MAR |
2 Nov 59 |
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2 |
1.45.30 |
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Slobodan Popovic |
Yugoslavia |
YUG |
28 Sep 62 |
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3 |
1.45.38 |
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Babacar Niang |
Senegal |
SEN |
9 Sep 58 |
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4 |
1.45.68 |
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Nixon Kiprotich |
Kenya |
KEN |
4 Dec 62 |
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5 |
1.46.45 |
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Pablo Squella |
Chile |
CHI |
14 Aug 63 |
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6 |
1.46.47 |
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Steve Cram |
Great Britain |
GBR |
14 Oct 60 |
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7 |
1.46.61 |
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Robin van Helden |
Netherlands |
NED |
6 Feb 65 |
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8 |
1.48.01 |
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Tomás De Teresa |
Spain |
ESP |
5 Sep 68 |
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800 m |
Men |
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Heat 4 |
24 September |
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Rank |
Mark |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Birth Date |
Records |
1 |
1.46.58 |
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Donato Sabia |
Italy |
ITA |
11 Sep 63 |
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2 |
1.46.61 |
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Peter Elliott |
Great Britain |
GBR |
9 Oct 62 |
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3 |
1.46.65 |
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Álvaro Silva |
Portugal |
POR |
21 Apr 65 |
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4 |
1.46.86 |
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Peter Braun |
West Germany |
FRG |
1 Aug 62 |
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5 |
1.46.93 |
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Ahmed Belkessam |
Algeria |
ALG |
27 Mar 62 |
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6 |
1.47.72 |
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Ryszard Ostrowski |
Poland |
POL |
6 Feb 61 |
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7 |
1.48.12 |
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Colomán Trabado |
Spain |
ESP |
2 Jan 58 |
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8 |
1.49.62 |
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Melford Homela |
Zimbabwe |
ZIM |
3 Jun 70 |
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800 m |
Men |
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Heat 1 |
23 September |
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Rank |
Mark |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Birth Date |
Records |
1 |
1.47.82 |
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Faouzi Lahbi |
Morocco |
MAR |
2 Mar 58 |
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2 |
1.48.68 |
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Nixon Kiprotich |
Kenya |
KEN |
4 Dec 62 |
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3 |
1.49.04 |
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Ryszard Ostrowski |
Poland |
POL |
6 Feb 61 |
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4 |
1.49.14 |
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Moussa Fall |
Senegal |
SEN |
28 Aug 63 |
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5 |
1.49.84 |
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Spyros Spyrou |
Cyprus |
CYP |
11 May 58 |
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6 |
1.50.72 |
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Porfirio Mendez |
Paraguay |
PAR |
18 Apr 66 |
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7 |
1.51.03 |
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Mansoor Al-Bulushi |
Oman |
OMA |
4 Apr 68 |
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8 |
1.57.97 |
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Yeski Moli Youssouf |
Chad |
CHA |
65 |
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800 m |
Men |
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Heat 2 |
23 September |
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Rank |
Mark |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Birth Date |
Records |
1 |
1.47.65 |
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Babacar Niang |
Senegal |
SEN |
9 Sep 58 |
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2 |
1.47.77 |
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Steve Cram |
Great Britain |
GBR |
14 Oct 60 |
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3 |
1.47.84 |
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Donato Sabia |
Italy |
ITA |
11 Sep 63 |
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4 |
1.48.20 |
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Ismael Mohamed Youssef |
Qatar |
QAT |
10 Aug 67 |
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5 |
1.48.61 |
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Ryu Tae-Kyung |
South Korea |
KOR |
27 Aug 66 |
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6 |
1.51.71 |
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Eversly Linley |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
VIN |
1 Nov 69 |
NJR |
7 |
1.54.48 |
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Lui Muavesi |
Fiji |
FIJ |
25 Feb 66 |
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DQ |
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Hadi Al-Qahtani |
Saudi Arabia |
KSA |
6 Nov 64 |
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800 m |
Men |
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Heat 3 |
23 September |
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Rank |
Mark |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Birth Date |
Records |
1 |
1.48.83 |
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Johnny Gray |
United States |
USA |
19 Jun 60 |
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2 |
1.48.90 |
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Ari Suhonen |
Finland |
FIN |
19 Dec 65 |
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3 |
1.48.97 |
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Ibrahim Okash |
Somalia |
SOM |
18 Sep 64 |
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4 |
1.49.01 |
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António Abrantes |
Portugal |
POR |
15 May 68 |
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5 |
1.49.03 |
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Mauricio Hernández |
Mexico |
MEX |
30 Nov 61 |
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6 |
1.50.60 |
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Kenneth Dzekedzeke |
Malawi |
MAW |
1 Apr 69 |
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7 |
1.52.95 |
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Lin Kuang-Liang |
Chinese Taipei |
TPE |
15 Sep 69 |
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800 m |
Men |
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Heat 4 |
23 September |
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Rank |
Mark |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Birth Date |
Records |
1 |
1.48.90 |
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Vladimir Graudyn |
Soviet Union |
URS |
26 Aug 63 |
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2 |
1.48.99 |
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Pablo Squella |
Chile |
CHI |
14 Aug 63 |
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3 |
1.49.09 |
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Álvaro Silva |
Portugal |
POR |
21 Apr 65 |
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4 |
1.49.86 |
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Mark Everett |
United States |
USA |
2 Sep 68 |
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5 |
1.50.16 |
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Michael Watson |
Bermuda |
BER |
29 Mar 58 |
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6 |
1.51.58 |
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Syed Meesaq Rizvi |
Pakistan |
PAK |
23 Jan 62 |
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7 |
1.52.35 |
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Manlio Molinari |
San Marino |
SMR |
24 Aug 64 |
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8 |
1.56.12 |
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John Siguria |
Papua New Guinea |
PNG |
28 Jul 65 |
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800 m |
Men |
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Heat 5 |
23 September |
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Rank |
Mark |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Birth Date |
Records |
1 |
1.49.67 |
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Saïd Aouita |
Morocco |
MAR |
2 Nov 59 |
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2 |
1.49.76 |
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Simon Hoogewerf |
Canada |
CAN |
11 May 63 |
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3 |
1.49.89 |
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Cheikh Boye |
Senegal |
SEN |
10 Aug 61 |
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4 |
1.50.38 |
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Tracy Baskin |
United States |
USA |
3 Nov 65 |
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5 |
1.50.48 |
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Ado Maude |
Nigeria |
NGR |
15 Feb 67 |
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6 |
1.52.08 |
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Eulucane Ndagijimana |
Rwanda |
RWA |
22 Mar 61 |
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7 |
1.53.76 |
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Maher Abbas |
Lebanon |
LIB |
25 Sep 68 |
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8 |
1.57.88 |
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David Sawyer |
Sierra Leone |
SLE |
6 May 61 |
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800 m |
Men |
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Heat 6 |
23 September |
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Rank |
Mark |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Birth Date |
Records |
1 |
1.47.32 |
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Peter Braun |
West Germany |
FRG |
1 Aug 62 |
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2 |
1.47.48 |
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Rob Druppers |
Netherlands |
NED |
29 Apr 62 |
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3 |
1.47.74 |
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Tonino Viali |
Italy |
ITA |
16 Sep 60 |
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4 |
1.48.08 |
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Bobby Gaseitsiwe |
Botswana |
BOT |
14 Nov 66 |
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5 |
1.48.49 |
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Agberto Guimarães |
Brazil |
BRA |
18 Aug 57 |
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6 |
1.55.24 |
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Fahmi Abdul Wahab |
Yemen |
YEM |
15 Apr 65 |
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7 |
1.55.57 |
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Momodou Bello |
Gambia |
GAM |
13 Nov 69 |
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8 |
1.58.43 |
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Mimely Twegbe |
Liberia |
LBR |
9 Sep 63 |
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800 m |
Men |
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Heat 7 |
23 September |
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Rank |
Mark |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Birth Date |
Records |
1 |
1.46.83 |
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Peter Elliott |
Great Britain |
GBR |
9 Oct 62 |
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2 |
1.46.99 |
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Robin van Helden |
Netherlands |
NED |
6 Feb 65 |
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3 |
1.47.11 |
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Juma N'diwa |
Kenya |
KEN |
28 Nov 60 |
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4 |
1.47.32 |
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Tomás De Teresa |
Spain |
ESP |
5 Sep 68 |
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5 |
1.47.96 |
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Ahmed Belkessam |
Algeria |
ALG |
27 Mar 62 |
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6 |
1.52.17 |
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Duan Xiuquan |
China |
CHN |
67 |
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DQ |
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Kazanga Makok |
DR Congo |
COD |
12 Dec 66 |
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DQ |
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Tommy Asinga |
Suriname |
SUR |
20 Nov 68 |
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800 m |
Men |
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Heat 8 |
23 September |
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Rank |
Mark |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Birth Date |
Records |
1 |
1.46.14 |
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Paul Ereng |
Kenya |
KEN |
22 Aug 67 |
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2 |
1.46.32 |
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José Luiz Barbosa |
Brazil |
BRA |
27 May 61 |
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3 |
1.46.49 |
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Slobodan Popovic |
Yugoslavia |
YUG |
28 Sep 62 |
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4 |
1.46.76 |
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Colomán Trabado |
Spain |
ESP |
2 Jan 58 |
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5 |
1.47.16 |
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Paul Osland |
Canada |
CAN |
1 Jan 64 |
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6 |
1.51.16 |
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Hossain Milzer |
Bahamas |
BAN |
11 Feb 67 |
NR |
7 |
1.53.34 |
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Josep Graells |
Andorra |
AND |
1 Feb 64 |
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800 m |
Men |
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Heat 9 |
23 September |
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Rank |
Mark |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Birth Date |
Records |
1 |
1.47.16 |
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Joaquim Cruz |
Brazil |
BRA |
12 Mar 63 |
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2 |
1.47.24 |
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Tom McKean |
Great Britain |
GBR |
27 Oct 63 |
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3 |
1.47.36 |
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Melford Homela |
Zimbabwe |
ZIM |
3 Jun 70 |
NJR |
4 |
1.47.67 |
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Réda Abdenouz |
Algeria |
ALG |
25 Sep 68 |
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5 |
1.49.31 |
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Dale Jones |
Antigua and Barbuda |
ANT |
12 Mar 64 |
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6 |
1.53.23 |
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João N'Tyamba |
Angola |
ANG |
20 Mar 68 |
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7 |
1.55.95 |
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Oslen Barr |
Guyana |
GUY |
3 Apr 61 |
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8 |
1.58.80 |
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William Taramai |
Cook Islands |
COK |
23 Apr 61 |
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