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Show medals won by any nation at the Olympic Games in 800m · all years

2024 Paris

1 800m Men KEN Emmanuel Wanyonyi OG 1:41.19
2 800m Men CAN Marco Arop 1:41.20 AR
3 800m Men ALG Djamel Sedjati 1:41.50

2021 Tokyo

1 800m Men KEN Emmanuel Korir OG 1:45.06
2 800m Men KEN Ferguson Cheruiyot Rotich 1:45.23
3 800m Men POL Patryk Dobek 1:45.39

2016 Rio de Janeiro

1 800m Men KEN David Rudisha OG 1:42.15
2 800m Men ALG Taoufik Makhloufi OG 1:42.61 NR
3 800m Men USA Clayton Murphy 1:42.93

2012 London

1 800m Men KEN David Rudisha OG 1:40.91 WR
2 800m Men BOT Nijel Amos 1:41.73
3 800m Men KEN Timothy Kitum 1:42.53

2008 Beijing

1 800m Men KEN Wilfred Bungei OG 1:44.65
2 800m Men SUD Ismail Ahmed Ismail 1:44.70
3 800m Men KEN Alfred Kirwa Yego 1:44.82

2004 Athens

1 800m Men RUS Yuriy Borzakovskiy OG 1:44.45
2 800m Men RSA Mbulaeni Mulaudzi 1:44.61
3 800m Men DEN Wilson Kipketer 1:44.65

2000 Sydney

1 800m Men GER Nils Schumann OG 1:45.08
2 800m Men DEN Wilson Kipketer 1:45.14
3 800m Men ALG Djabir Said-Guerni 1:45.16

1996 Atlanta

1 800m Men NOR Vebjorn Rodal OG 1:42.58 ORNR
2 800m Men RSA Hezekiel Sepeng 1:42.74
3 800m Men KEN Fred Onyancha 1:42.79

1992 Barcelona

1 800m Men KEN William Tanui OG 1:43.66
2 800m Men KEN Nixon Kiprotich 1:43.70
3 800m Men USA Johnny Gray 1:43.97

1988 Seoul

1 800m Men KEN Paul Ereng OG 1:43.45
2 800m Men BRA Joaquim Cruz OG 1:43.90
3 800m Men MAR Said Aouita OG 1:44.06

1984 Los Angeles

1 800m Men BRA Joaquim Cruz OG 1:43.00 OR
2 800m Men GBR Sebastian Coe OG 1:43.64
3 800m Men USA Earl Jones 1:43.83

1980 Moscow

1 800m Men GBR Steve Ovett OG 1:45.40
2 800m Men GBR Sebastian Coe OG 1:45.85
3 800m Men URS Nikolay Kirov 1:45.94

1976 Montreal

1 800m Men CUB Alberto Juantorena OG 1:43.50 WR
2 800m Men BEL Ivo Van Damme 1:43.86 NR
3 800m Men USA Rick Wohlhuter 1:44.12

1972 Munich

1 800m Men USA Dave Wottle OG 1:45.86
2 800m Men URS Yevgeniy Arzhanov 1:45.89
3 800m Men KEN Mike Boit 1:46.01

1968 Mexico City ↗

1 800m Men AUS Ralph Doubell OG 1:44.3 WR= note
2 800m Men KEN Wilson Kiprugut (1938) 1:44.5 note
3 800m Men USA Tom Farrell 1:45.4 note

1964 Tokyo

1 800m Men NZL Peter Snell OG 1:45.1 OR
2 800m Men CAN Bill Crothers 1:45.6
3 800m Men KEN Wilson Kiprugut (1938) 1:45.9

1960 Rome

1 800m Men NZL Peter Snell OG 1:46.3 OR note
2 800m Men BEL Roger Moens 1:46.5 note
3 800m Men BWI George Kerr 1:47.1 note

1956 Melbourne

1 800m Men USA Tom Courtney OG 1:47.7 OR note
2 800m Men GBR Derek Johnson 1:47.8 note
3 800m Men NOR Audun Boysen 1:48.1 note

1952 Helsinki

1 800m Men USA Mal Whitfield OG 1:49.2 OR= note
2 800m Men JAM Arthur Wint OG 1:49.4 note
3 800m Men GER Heinz Ulzheimer 1:49.7 note

1948 London

1 800m Men USA Mal Whitfield OG 1:49.2 OR
2 800m Men JAM Arthur Wint OG 1:49.5
3 800m Men FRA Marcel Hansenne 1:49.8 NR

1936 Berlin

1 800m Men USA John Woodruff OG 1:52.9
2 800m Men ITA Mario Lanzi 1:53.3
3 800m Men CAN Phil Edwards 1:53.6

1932 Los Angeles

1 800m Men GBR Tommy Hampson OG 1:49.8 WR note
2 800m Men CAN Alex Wilson (1907) 1:49.9
3 800m Men CAN Phil Edwards 1:51.5

1928 Amsterdam

1 800m Men GBR Douglas Lowe OG 1:51.8 OR
2 800m Men SWE Erik Bylehn 1:52.8 e NR
3 800m Men GER Hermann Engelhard 1:53.2 e

1924 Paris

1 800m Men GBR Douglas Lowe OG 1:52.4
2 800m Men SUI Paul Martin 1:52.5 e
3 800m Men USA Sky Enck 1:52.9 e

1920 Antwerp

1 800m Men GBR Albert Hill OG 1:53.4
2 800m Men USA Earl Eby 1:53.7 e
3 800m Men RSA Bevil Rudd OG 1:53.7 e note

1912 Stockholm

1 800m Men USA Ted Meredith OG 1:51.9 WR
2 800m Men USA Mel Sheppard OG 1:52.0
3 800m Men USA Ira Davenport 1:52.0

1908 London

1 800m Men USA Mel Sheppard OG 1:52.8 WR
2 800m Men ITA Emilio Lunghi 1:54.2
3 800m Men GER Hanns Braun 1:55.2

1906 Athens

1 800m Men USA Paul Pilgrim OG 2:01.5
2 800m Men USA Jim Lightbody OG 2:01.6 e
3 800m Men GBR Wyndham Halswelle OG 2:03.0 e

1904 St. Louis

1 800m Men USA Jim Lightbody OG 1:56.0 OR
2 800m Men USA Howard Valentine OG 1:56.3 e
3 800m Men USA Emil Breitkreutz 1:56.4 e

1900 Paris

1 800m Men GBR Alfred Tysoe OG 2:01.2
2 800m Men USA John Cregan 2:01.8 e
3 800m Men USA David Hall 2:05.0 e

1896 Athens

1 800m Men AUS Edwin Flack OG 2:11.0 OR
2 800m Men HUN Nandor Dani 2:11.8 e
3 800m Men GRE Dimitrios Golemis 2:28.0 e