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Events
800 metres, Men
Great Britain
Results for Great Britain in 800 metres, Men
Olympic and Intercalated results only.
Games
Athlete/Team
Placement
1896 Summer Olympics
George Marshall
4 h1 r1/2
1900 Summer Olympics
Alfred Tysoe
1
Gold
1906 Intercalated Games
Wyndham Halswelle
3
Bronze
Reginald Crabbe
4
John Horne
3 h3 r1/2
William Anderson
4 h1 r1/2
John McGough
AC h4 r1/2
Ken Cornwallis
DNS
Reginald MacPherson
DNS
1908 Summer Olympics
Theodore Just
5
George Butterfield
2 h1 r1/2
James Lintott
2 h2 r1/2
John Lee
2 h3 r1/2
Arthur Astley
2 h5 r1/2
George Morphy
3 h3 r1/2
Harold Holding
3 h7 r1/2
Ivo Fairbairn-Crawford
AC
Murray Ashford
AC h1 r1/2
Larry Manogue
AC h4 r1/2
Joe English
DNS
John McGough
DNS
1912 Summer Olympics
Percy Mann
6 h1 r2/3
Fred Hulford
AC h1 r2/3
James Soutter
AC h1 r2/3
Ernest Henley
AC h2 r2/3
Richard Yorke
3 h6 r1/3
Robert Burton
AC h4 r1/3
Philip Baker
AC h5 r1/3
Alan Patterson
AC h8 r1/3
James Hill
DNS
Bob Hales
DNS
Laurie Anderson
DNS
1920 Summer Olympics
Albert Hill
1
Gold
Edgar Mountain
4
Philip Baker
1 h3 r1/3
1924 Summer Olympics
Douglas Lowe
1
Gold
Henry Stallard
4
Harry Houghton
9
Edgar Mountain
7 h3 r2/3
1928 Summer Olympics
Douglas Lowe
1
Gold
Ralph Starr
5 h2 r2/3
Wilfrid Tatham
7 h3 r2/3
Harry Houghton
6 h4 r1/3
1932 Summer Olympics
Tommy Hampson
1
Gold
Jack Powell
7
1936 Summer Olympics
Brian MacCabe
9
Jack Powell
4 h2 r2/3
Frank Handley
8 h1 r2/3
1948 Summer Olympics
John Parlett
8
Tom White
5 h3 r2/3
Harry Tarraway
AC h2 r2/3
1952 Summer Olympics
Albert Webster
5
Tom White
5 h2 r2/3
Frank Evans
8 h3 r2/3
1956 Summer Olympics
Derek Johnson
2
Silver
Mike Farrell
5
Mike Rawson
5 h2 r2/3
1960 Summer Olympics
John Wenk
4 h3 r2/4
Tom Farrell
5 h4 r2/4
Brian Hewson
4 h1 r1/4
1964 Summer Olympics
John Boulter
4 h2 r2/3
Chris Carter
4 h3 r2/3
Alan Dean
5 h4 r1/3
1968 Summer Olympics
Dave Cropper
8 h2 r2/3
Chris Carter
6 h4 r1/3
John Davies
DNS
1972 Summer Olympics
Andy Carter
6
Dave Cropper
3 h1 r2/3
Colin Campbell
6 h2 r1/3
1976 Summer Olympics
Steve Ovett
5
Frank Clement
8 h2 r2/3
1980 Summer Olympics
Steve Ovett
1
Gold
Seb Coe
2
Silver
Dave Warren
8
1984 Summer Olympics
Seb Coe
2
Silver
Steve Ovett
8
Peter Elliott
4 h1 r2/4
1988 Summer Olympics
Peter Elliott
4
Steve Cram
6 h3 r2/4
Tom McKean
AC h2 r2/4
1992 Summer Olympics
Curtis Robb
6
Tom McKean
4 h3 r2/3
Steve Heard
6 h1 r2/3
1996 Summer Olympics
Curtis Robb
6 h2 r2/3
Craig Winrow
8 h1 r2/3
David Strang
4 h6 r1/3
2000 Summer Olympics
James McIlroy
6 h1 r2/3
Andy Hart
6 h2 r1/3
2004 Summer Olympics
Ricky Soos
6 h3 r2/3
2008 Summer Olympics
Michael Rimmer
6 h3 r2/3
2012 Summer Olympics
Andrew Osagie
8
Gareth Warburton
5 h3 r1/3
Michael Rimmer
5 h5 r1/3
2016 Summer Olympics
Michael Rimmer
8 h1 r2/3
Elliot Giles
7 h4 r1/3
2020 Summer Olympics
Elliot Giles
3 h3 r2/3
Daniel Rowden
5 h2 r2/3
Oliver Dustin
6 h2 r1/3
2024 Summer Olympics
Max Burgin
8
Ben Pattison
4h1 r3/4
Elliot Giles
5h2 r3/4