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800 metres, Men

Date	25 April – 1 May 1906
Status	Intercalated
Location	Panathinaiko Stadio, Athina
Participants	23 from 8 countries
Olympic Record	1:56.0 / Jim Lightbody USA / 1 September 1904 / Details

The favorites in this event were defending champion Jim Lightbody and two Britons, Wyndham Halswelle and Reginald Crabbe. After the heats were settled, Paul Pilgrim was given an outside chance, based on his previous day’s performance in the 400 metres. In a very slow pace, Lightbody took the lead early and held it throughout most of the race. At 500 metres, the pack was still bunched together. Sixty yards from the finish, Pilgrim pulled up to his shoulder and displayed his speed to win the sprint by two feet. There was nobody close to them at the finish.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	R1	Final
1	511	Paul Pilgrim	USA	2:06.6 (1 h4)	2:01.5 (1)	Gold
2	370	Jim Lightbody	USA	2:05.4 (1 h1)	at 2 feet (2)	Silver
3	246	Wyndham Halswelle	GBR	at 2 yards (2 h2)	at 10 yards (3)	Bronze
4	–	Reginald Crabbe	GBR	2:07.6 (1 h3)	– (4)
5	253	Kristian Hellström	SWE	2:05.8 (1 h2)	– (5)
6	43	Charles Bacon	USA	at 8 yards (2 h1)	– (6)
7	524	Eli Parsons	USA	– (2 h3)	– (7)
AC	590	Johannes Runge	GER	at 4 yards (2 h4)	– (DNF)
3 h1 r1/2	637	Ernst Serrander	SWE	– (3 h1)	–
3 h2 r1/2	714	Howard Valentine	USA	– (3 h2)	–
3 h3 r1/2	256	John Horne	GBR	– (3 h3)	–
3 h4 r1/2	726	Dad Wheatley	AUS	– (3 h4)	–
4 h1 r1/2	13	William Anderson	GBR	– (4 h1)	–
4 h2 r1/2	5	Georgios Anastasiadis	GRE	– (4 h2)	–
AC h2 r1/2	621	Michel Soalhat	FRA	– (AC h2)	–
AC h2 r1/2	87	Loukas Venizelos	GRE	– (AC h2)	–
AC h2 r1/2	626	James Sullivan	USA	– (AC h2)	–
AC h3 r1/2	162	Vincent Duncker	GER	– (DNF h3)	–
AC h3 r1/2	187	Pantelis Ektoros	GRE	– (AC h3)	–
AC h3 r1/2	431	Hjalmar Mellander	SWE	– (AC h3)	–
AC h4 r1/2	428	John McGough	GBR	– (AC h4)	–
AC h4 r1/2	696	Christos Tsatsanifos	GRE	– (AC h4)	–
AC h4 r1/2	516	Vahram Papazyan	TUR	– (AC h4)	–
DNS	620	G. Sofochleous	GRE	–	–
DNS	144	Jan Dvoräk	BOH	–	–
DNS	481	N. Nikoloudakis	GRE	–	–
DNS	122	Ken Cornwallis	GBR	–	–
DNS	430	Reginald MacPherson	GBR	–	–
DNS	405	Raoul Matet	FRA	–	–
DNS	53	George Blake	AUS	–	–
DNS	824	Felix Kwieton	AUT	–	–
DNS	829	Emilio Lunghi	ITA	–	–
DNS	849	Pericle Pagliani	ITA	–	–
DNS	848	Roberto Penna	ITA	–	–
DNS	147	Edward Dahl	SWE	–	–
DNS	54	George Bonhag	USA	–	–
DNS	108	Harvey Cohn	USA	–	–
DNS	44	Nigel Barker	AUS	–	–
DNS	50	Marc Bellin du Coteau	FRA	–	–
DNS	168	Ioannis Demestichas	GRE	–	–
DNS	341	Dimitrios Kantzias	GRE	–	–
DNS	693	Alkiviadis Tzelepopoulos	GRE	–	–
DNS	73	Evangelos Volanakis	CRT	–	–
DNS	295	Michail Giannarakis	CRT	–	–
DNS	804	Miksa Hellmich	HUN	–	–

Round One

Date	25 April 1906
Format	Top 2 in each heat advanced to the final round.

Heat #1

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	370	Jim Lightbody	USA	2:05.4	Q
2	43	Charles Bacon	USA	at 8 yards	Q
3	637	Ernst Serrander	SWE	–
4	13	William Anderson	GBR	–

Heat #2

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	253	Kristian Hellström	SWE	2:05.8	Q
2	246	Wyndham Halswelle	GBR	at 2 yards	Q
3	714	Howard Valentine	USA	–
4	5	Georgios Anastasiadis	GRE	–
AC	87	Loukas Venizelos	GRE	–
AC	621	Michel Soalhat	FRA	–
AC	626	James Sullivan	USA	–

Heat #3

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	–	Reginald Crabbe	GBR	2:07.6	Q
2	524	Eli Parsons	USA	–	Q
3	256	John Horne	GBR	–
AC	187	Pantelis Ektoros	GRE	–
AC	431	Hjalmar Mellander	SWE	–
DNF	162	Vincent Duncker	GER	–

Heat #4

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	511	Paul Pilgrim	USA	2:06.6	Q
2	590	Johannes Runge	GER	at 4 yards	Q
3	726	Dad Wheatley	AUS	–
AC	696	Christos Tsatsanifos	GRE	–
AC	428	John McGough	GBR	–
AC	516	Vahram Papazyan	TUR	–

Final Round

Date	1 May 1906

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	511	Paul Pilgrim	USA	2:01.5
2	370	Jim Lightbody	USA	at 2 feet
3	246	Wyndham Halswelle	GBR	at 10 yards
4	–	Reginald Crabbe	GBR	–
5	253	Kristian Hellström	SWE	–
6	43	Charles Bacon	USA	–
7	524	Eli Parsons	USA	–
DNF	590	Johannes Runge	GER	–

Split Times

Time	Athlete(s)	NOC	Result	Notes
400 m	Jim Lightbody