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800 metres, Men

Date	1 – 5 August 1992
Status	Olympic
Location	Estadio Olímpico de Montjuïc, Barcelona
Participants	59 from 49 countries

All the major titles since 1987 had been won by Kenyans. Billy Konchellah was the World Champion in 1987 and 1991, while Paul Ereng had won the 1988 Olympic gold medal, and Sammy Tirop had won the 1990 Commonwealth Games. Ereng was back in Barcelona but did finished last in the second semi-final. Nixon Kiprotich, finalist in 1988, was also back, with William Tanui the third Kenyan runner. The early leader in the final was American Johnny Gray, who passed 400 metres in a quick 49.99. Gray held that lead for much of the last lap, only faltering in the stretch as both Kenyan finalists shot by him with 50 metres to go. Tanui won the gold, outleaning Kiprotich in a close photo-finish (0.04 seconds).

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	1141	William Tanui	KEN	1:47.02 (1 h4)	1:46.59 (1 h3)	1:43.66 (1)	Gold
2	1122	Nixon Kiprotich	KEN	1:47.45 (1 h6)	1:46.02 (3 h1)	1:43.70 (2)	Silver
3	1701	Johnny Gray	USA	1:46.62 (1 h3)	1:45.66 (1 h1)	1:43.97 (3)	Bronze
4	136	Zequinha Barbosa	BRA	1:46.16 (1 h7)	1:45.32 (2 h2)	1:45.06 (4)
5	991	Andrea Benvenuti	ITA	1:47.58 (2 h6)	1:45.80 (2 h1)	1:45.23 (5)
6	754	Curtis Robb	GBR	1:46.16 (1 h5)	1:45.25 (1 h2)	1:45.57 (6)
7	3	Réda Abdenouz	ALG	1:46.82 (2 h7)	1:46.06 (3 h2)	1:48.34 (7)
AC r3/3	1874	Mark Everett	USA	1:48.65 (2 h1)	1:46.94 (2 h3)	– (DNF)
3 h3 r2/3	1500	Babacar Niang	SEN	1:46.79 (3 h3)	1:46.95 (3 h3)	–
4 h1 r2/3	412	Tomás de Teresa	ESP	1:46.78 (2 h3)	1:46.08 (4 h1)	–
4 h2 r2/3	875	Kennedy Osei	GHA	1:47.17 (2 h4)	1:46.20 (4 h2)	–
4 h3 r2/3	741	Tom McKean	GBR	1:47.85 (1 h2)	1:48.77 (4 h3)	–
5 h1 r2/3	135	Mbiganyi Thee	BOT	1:48.04 (3 h6)	1:46.13 (5 h1)	–
5 h2 r2/3	1288	Robin van Helden	NED	1:48.05 (4 h6)	1:46.98 (5 h2)	–
5 h3 r2/3	1320	Vebjørn Rodal	NOR	1:48.00 (5 h3)	1:49.53 (5 h3)	–
6 h1 r2/3	720	Steve Heard	GBR	1:46.42 (1 h8)	1:46.19 (6 h1)	–
6 h2 r2/3	424	Luis González	ESP	1:46.65 (3 h5)	1:47.07 (6 h2)	–
6 h3 r2/3	1065	Clive Terrelonge	JAM	1:46.64 (2 h5)	1:51.03 (6 h3)	–
7 h1 r2/3	531	Anatoly Makarevich	EUN	1:47.30 (3 h8)	1:46.69 (7 h1)	–
7 h2 r2/3	1314	Atle Douglas	NOR	1:48.08 (2 h2)	1:48.63 (7 h2)	–
7 h3 r2/3	1283	Marko Koers	NED	1:46.88 (2 h8)	1:52.23 (7 h3)	–
8 h1 r2/3	1560	Tommy Asinga	SUR	1:47.23 (4 h3)	1:46.78 (8 h1)	–
8 h2 r2/3	1113	Paul Ereng	KEN	1:46.65 (4 h5)	1:49.90 (8 h2)	–
AC h3 r2/3	1380	Piotr Piekarski	POL	1:48.51 (1 h1)	– (DQ h3)	–
3 h1 r1/3	1153	Lee Jin-Il	KOR	1:48.68 (3 h1)	–	–
3 h2 r1/3	248	Freddie Williams	CAN	1:48.20 (3 h2)	–	–
3 h4 r1/3	1580	Sipho Dlamini	SWZ	1:48.70 (3 h4)	–	–
3 h7 r1/3	1445	Mohamed Ismail Youssef	QAT	1:49.32 (3 h7)	–	–
4 h1 r1/3	1207	El-Mahjoub Haïda	MAR	1:48.72 (4 h1)	–	–
4 h2 r1/3	623	Frédéric Cornette	FRA	1:48.22 (4 h2)	–	–
4 h4 r1/3	397	José Arconada	ESP	1:49.23 (4 h4)	–	–
4 h7 r1/3	942	Slobodan Popović	IOA	1:49.69 (4 h7)	–	–
4 h8 r1/3	1745	Tony Parrilla	USA	1:48.17 (4 h8)	–	–
5 h1 r1/3	807	Jörg Haas	GER	1:50.42 (5 h1)	–	–
5 h2 r1/3	1797	Eversley Linley	VIN	1:52.49 (5 h2)	–	–
5 h4 r1/3	896	Malal Sy Savané	GUI	1:51.80 (5 h4)	–	–
5 h5 r1/3	19	João N'Tyamba	ANG	1:48.54 (5 h5)	–	–
5 h6 r1/3	23	Dale Jones	ANT	1:50.43 (5 h6)	–	–
5 h7 r1/3	1385	António Abrantes	POR	1:50.89 (5 h7)	–	–
5 h8 r1/3	1509	Prince Amara	SLE	1:51.76 (5 h8)	–	–
6 h1 r1/3	260	Symphorien Samba	CGO	1:51.75 (6 h1)	–	–
6 h2 r1/3	1263	Chérif Baba Aidara	MTN	1:56.41 (6 h2)	–	–
6 h3 r1/3	263	Terap Adoum Yaya	CHA	1:54.43 (6 h3)	–	–
6 h5 r1/3	200	Zacharia Maidjida	CAF	1:50.41 (6 h5)	–	–
6 h6 r1/3	1821	Melford Homela	ZIM	1:50.50 (6 h6)	–	–
6 h7 r1/3	900	Desmond Hector	GUY	1:51.43 (6 h7)	–	–
6 h8 r1/3	103	Stevon Roberts	BAR	1:52.30 (6 h8)	–	–
7 h1 r1/3	1657	Mohamed Salem Al-Tunaiji	UAE	1:53.91 (7 h1)	–	–
7 h2 r1/3	1182	Bassam Kawas	LBN	1:58.71 (7 h2)	–	–
7 h3 r1/3	1786	Baptiste Firiam	VAN	1:57.96 (7 h3)	–	–
7 h5 r1/3	774	Emiliano Buale	GEQ	1:58.95 (7 h5)	–	–
7 h6 r1/3	1336	Abdullah Mohamed Al-Anbari	OMA	1:50.72 (7 h6)	–	–
7 h8 r1/3	1868	Anwar Mohamed	YEM	1:52.71 (7 h8)	–	–
8 h1 r1/3	1806	Ilunga Kafila	COD	1:57.73 (8 h1)	–	–
8 h2 r1/3	1223	Hussain Riyaz	MDV	2:00.93 (8 h2)	–	–
8 h6 r1/3	1163	Khambieng Khamiar	LAO	2:02.45 (8 h6)	–	–
8 h8 r1/3	1216	Francis Munthali	MAW	1:56.69 (8 h8)	–	–
AC h4 r1/3	112	Idrissou Tamimou	BEN	– (DQ h4)	–	–
AC h7 r1/3	121	John Palacio	BIZ	– (DQ h7)	–	–
DNS	1851	Momodou Bello N'Jie	GAM	– (DNS h5)	–	–
DNS	997	Giuseppe D'Urso	ITA	– (DNS h4)	–	–

Round One (1 August 1992)

Top two in each heat and next eight fastest advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat One (18:45)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	6	Piotr Piekarski	POL	1:48.51	Q
2	3	Mark Everett	USA	1:48.65	Q
3	8	Lee Jin-Il	KOR	1:48.68
4	1	El-Mahjoub Haïda	MAR	1:48.72
5	7	Jörg Haas	GER	1:50.42
6	2	Symphorien Samba	CGO	1:51.75
7	4	Mohamed Salem Al-Tunaiji	UAE	1:53.91
8	5	Ilunga Kafila	COD	1:57.73

Splits

400 m	54.48	Mark Everett

Heat Two (18:50)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	3	Tom McKean	GBR	1:47.85	Q
2	1	Atle Douglas	NOR	1:48.08	Q
3	2	Freddie Williams	CAN	1:48.20
4	5	Frédéric Cornette	FRA	1:48.22
5	4	Eversley Linley	VIN	1:52.49
6	7	Chérif Baba Aidara	MTN	1:56.41
7	6	Bassam Kawas	LBN	1:58.71
8	8	Hussain Riyaz	MDV	2:00.93

Splits

400 m	53.33	Tom McKean

Heat Three (18:55)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	3	Johnny Gray	USA	1:46.62	Q
2	1	Tomás de Teresa	ESP	1:46.78	Q
3	5	Babacar Niang	SEN	1:46.79	q
4	4	Tommy Asinga	SUR	1:47.23	q
5	6	Vebjørn Rodal	NOR	1:48.00	q
6	2	Terap Adoum Yaya	CHA	1:54.43
7	7	Baptiste Firiam	VAN	1:57.96

Splits

400 m	52.80	Johnny Gray

Heat Four (19:00)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	1	William Tanui	KEN	1:47.02	Q
2	6	Kennedy Osei	GHA	1:47.17	Q
3	2	Sipho Dlamini	SWZ	1:48.70
4	5	José Arconada	ESP	1:49.23
5	4	Malal Sy Savané	GUI	1:51.80
DQ	3	Idrissou Tamimou	BEN	–
DNS	7	Giuseppe D'Urso	ITA	–

Splits

400 m	53.14	William Tanui

Heat Five (19:05)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	4	Curtis Robb	GBR	1:46.16	Q
2	6	Clive Terrelonge	JAM	1:46.64	Q
3	1	Luis González	ESP	1:46.65	q
4	3	Paul Ereng	KEN	1:46.65	q
5	8	João N'Tyamba	ANG	1:48.54
6	2	Zacharia Maidjida	CAF	1:50.41
7	7	Emiliano Buale	GEQ	1:58.95
DNS	5	Momodou Bello N'Jie	GAM	–

Splits

400 m	51.93	Clive Terrelonge

Heat Six (19:10)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	7	Nixon Kiprotich	KEN	1:47.45	Q
2	3	Andrea Benvenuti	ITA	1:47.58	Q
3	8	Mbiganyi Thee	BOT	1:48.04	q
4	6	Robin van Helden	NED	1:48.05	q
5	1	Dale Jones	ANT	1:50.43
6	4	Melford Homela	ZIM	1:50.50
7	5	Abdullah Mohamed Al-Anbari	OMA	1:50.72
8	2	Khambieng Khamiar	LAO	2:02.45

Splits

400 m	53.46	Nixon Kiprotich

Heat Seven (19:15)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	3	Zequinha Barbosa	BRA	1:46.16	Q
2	5	Réda Abdenouz	ALG	1:46.82	Q
3	6	Mohamed Ismail Youssef	QAT	1:49.32
4	4	Slobodan Popović	IOA	1:49.69
5	2	António Abrantes	POR	1:50.89
6	1	Desmond Hector	GUY	1:51.43
DQ	7	John Palacio	BIZ	–

Splits

400 m	51.25	Zequinha Barbosa

Heat Eight (19:20)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	7	Steve Heard	GBR	1:46.42	Q
2	5	Marko Koers	NED	1:46.88	Q
3	6	Anatoly Makarevich	EUN	1:47.30	q
4	8	Tony Parrilla	USA	1:48.17
5	3	Prince Amara	SLE	1:51.76
6	2	Stevon Roberts	BAR	1:52.30
7	1	Anwar Mohamed	YEM	1:52.71
8	4	Francis Munthali	MAW	1:56.69

Splits

400 m	53.46	Steve Heard

Semi-Finals (2 August 1992)

Top two in each heat and next two fastest advanced to the final.

Heat One (20:30)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	3	Johnny Gray	USA	1:45.66	Q
2	6	Andrea Benvenuti	ITA	1:45.80	Q
3	4	Nixon Kiprotich	KEN	1:46.02	q
4	7	Tomás de Teresa	ESP	1:46.08
5	8	Mbiganyi Thee	BOT	1:46.13
6	5	Steve Heard	GBR	1:46.19
7	1	Anatoly Makarevich	EUN	1:46.69
8	2	Tommy Asinga	SUR	1:46.78

Splits

400 m	51.10	Johnny Gray

Heat Two (20:38)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	6	Curtis Robb	GBR	1:45.25	Q
2	3	Zequinha Barbosa	BRA	1:45.32	Q
3	7	Réda Abdenouz	ALG	1:46.06	q
4	1	Kennedy Osei	GHA	1:46.20
5	2	Robin van Helden	NED	1:46.98
6	8	Luis González	ESP	1:47.07
7	5	Atle Douglas	NOR	1:48.63
8	4	Paul Ereng	KEN	1:49.90

Splits

400 m	50.70	Zequinha Barbosa

Heat Three (20:46)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	4	William Tanui	KEN	1:46.59	Q
2	8	Mark Everett	USA	1:46.94	Q
3	2	Babacar Niang	SEN	1:46.95
4	3	Tom McKean	GBR	1:48.77
5	5	Vebjørn Rodal	NOR	1:49.53
6	7	Clive Terrelonge	JAM	1:51.03
7	1	Marko Koers	NED	1:52.23
DQ	6	Piotr Piekarski	POL	–

Splits

400 m	53.66	William Tanui

Final (5 August 1992 — 21:05)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	8	William Tanui	KEN	1:43.66
2	2	Nixon Kiprotich	KEN	1:43.70
3	5	Johnny Gray	USA	1:43.97
4	4	Zequinha Barbosa	BRA	1:45.06
5	6	Andrea Benvenuti	ITA	1:45.23
6	3	Curtis Robb	GBR	1:45.57
7	1	Réda Abdenouz	ALG	1:48.34
DNF	7	Mark Everett	USA	–

Splits

400 m	49.99	Johnny Gray