Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's 800 metres

Men's 800 metres at the Games of the X Olympiad
Venue	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Dates	August 1 and August 2
Medalists
Tommy Hampson  Great Britain Alex Wilson  Canada Phil Edwards  Canada

The men's 800 metres middle distance event at the 1932 Summer Olympics took place on August 1 and August 2 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.

Results

Heats

Three heats were held; the fastest three runners advanced to the final round.

Heat one

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Eddie Genung	United States	1:54.8
2	Phil Edwards	Canada	1:55.1
3	Jack Powell	Great Britain	1:55.6
4	Cyril Evans	New Zealand	1:56.6
5	Paul Martin	Switzerland	1:58.4
6	Nestor Gomes	Brazil	2:00.5
-	Jean Keller	France	DNF

Heat Two

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Chuck Hornbostel	United States	1:52.4
2	Alex Wilson	Canada	1:52.5
3	Otto Peltzer	Germany	1:53.6
4	Hjalle Johannesen	Norway	1:54.3
5	Hermenegildo del Rosso	Argentina	1:54.9
6	René Morel	France	1:55.2
7	José Lucílo Iturbe	Mexico	1:55.6

Heat Three

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Tommy Hampson	Great Britain	1:53.0
2	Séra Martin	France	1:53.2
3	Edwin Turner	United States	1:54.0
4	Eddie King	Canada	1:54.4
5	Max Danz	Germany	1:58.9
6	Domingos Puglisi	Brazil	1:59.4
-	Miguel Vasconcelos	Mexico	2:00.0

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Tommy Hampson	Great Britain	1:49.7	WR
	Alex Wilson	Canada	1:49.9
	Phil Edwards	Canada	1:51.5
4	Eddie Genung	United States	1:51.7
5	Edwin Turner	United States	1:52.5
6	Chuck Hornbostel	United States	1:52.7
7	Jack Powell	Great Britain	1:53.0
8	Séra Martin	France	1:53.6
9	Otto Peltzer	Germany	1:55.0

Key: WR = world record; DNF = did not finish

References

• 1932 Summer Olympics results: Men's 800 metres, from http://www.sports-reference.com/; Retrieved 2010-07-15