Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 800 metres

Men's 800 metres at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Medalists
Steve Ovett  Great Britain Sebastian Coe  Great Britain Nikolay Kirov  Soviet Union

Official Video

These are the official results of the Men's 800 metres event at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union. There were a total number of 41 participating athletes, with six qualifying heats, three semifinals and the final held on Saturday July 26, 1980.

Medallists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Steve Ovett  Great Britain	Sebastian Coe  Great Britain	Nikolay Kirov  Soviet Union

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1980 Summer Olympics.

World Record	1:42.33	Sebastian Coe	Oslo (NOR)	July 5, 1979
Olympic Record	1:43.50	Alberto Juantorena	Montreal (CAN)	July 25, 1976

Results

Final

RANK	FINAL	TIME
	Steve Ovett (GBR)	1:45.4
	Sebastian Coe (GBR)	1:45.9
	Nikolay Kirov (URS)	1:46.0
4.	Agberto Guimarães (BRA)	1:46.2
5.	Andreas Busse (GDR)	1:46.9
6.	Detlef Wagenknecht (GDR)	1:47.0
7.	José Marajo (FRA)	1:47.3
8.	Dave Warren (GBR)	1:49.3

Semifinals

• Held on Friday 1980-07-25

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Steve Ovett (GBR)	1:46.6
2.	Andreas Busse (GDR)	1:46.9
3.	Agberto Guimarães (BRA)	1:46.9
4.	Owen Hamilton (JAM)	1:47.6
5.	Milovan Savić (YUG)	1:47.6
6.	Roger Milhau (FRA)	1:48.1
7.	Colomán Trabado (ESP)	1:48.1
8.	Mehdi Aidet (ALG)	1:48.2

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Sebastian Coe (GBR)	1:46.7
2.	Detlef Wagenknecht (GDR)	1:46.7
3.	Binko Kolev (BUL)	1:47.3
4.	William Wuycke (VEN)	1:47.4
5.	Anatoly Reshetnyak (URS)	1:48.2
6.	Philippe Dupont (FRA)	1:49.7
7.	Musa Luliga (TAN)	1:51.5
8.	Derradji Harrek (ALG)	1:51.9

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.	Nikolay Kirov (URS)	1:46.6
2.	David Warren (GBR)	1:47.2
3.	José Marajo (FRA)	1:47.3
4.	Olaf Beyer (GDR)	1:47.6
5.	Antonio Páez (ESP)	1:47.8
6.	Carlo Grippo (ITA)	1:48.7
7.	András Paróczai (HUN)	1:48.8
8.	Sriram Singh (IND)	1:49.0

Qualifying Heats

• Held on Thursday 1980-07-24

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Steve Ovett (GBR)	1:49.4
2.	Antonio Páez (ESP)	1:49.5
3.	Philippe Dupont (FRA)	1:49.6
4.	Sri Ram Singh (IND)	1:49.8
5.	Abebe Zerihun (ETH)	1:50.3
6.	Langa Mudongo (BOT)	1:52.5
7.	Kenneth Hlasa (LES)	1:56.1

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Detlef Wagenknecht (GDR)	1:47.5
2.	Nikolay Kirov (URS)	1:47.5
3.	András Paróczai (HUN)	1:47.5
4.	Colomán Trabado (ESP)	1:47.9
5.	Musa Luliga (TAN)	1:49.6
6.	Jón Didriksson (ISL)	1:51.1
7.	George Branche (SLE)	1:54.6

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.	Andreas Busse (GDR)	1:47.4
2.	Anatoly Reshetnyak (URS)	1:47.9
3.	Agberto Guimarães (BRA)	1:48.2
4.	William Wuycke (VEN)	1:48.5
5.	Derradji Harek (ALG)	1:49.9
6.	Tisbite Rakotoarisoa (MAD)	1:50.5
7.	Khaled Hussain Mahmoud (KUW)	1:54.6

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.	Sebastian Coe (GBR)	1:48.5
2.	Roger Milhau (FRA)	1:48.5
3.	Binko Kolev (BUL)	1:48.7
4.	Carlo Grippo (ITA)	1:48.9
5.	Archfell Musango (ZAM)	1:51.6
6.	Mohamed Makhlouf (SYR)	1:52.3
7.	Jimmy Massallay (SLE)	2:04.4

RANK	HEAT 5	TIME
1.	Olaf Beyer (GDR)	1:48.9
2.	Milovan Savić (YUG)	1:49.2
3.	Owen Hamilton (JAM)	1:49.3
4.	Salem El-Margini (LBA)	1:50.0
5.	Atre Bezabeh (ETH)	1:52.7
6.	Adam Assimi (BEN)	1:59.9

RANK	HEAT 6	TIME
1.	José Marajo (FRA)	1:49.6
2.	David Warren (GBR)	1:49.9
3.	Mehdi Aidet (ALG)	1:50.4
4.	Nigusse Bekele (ETH)	1:51.1
5.	Sekou Camara (GUI)	1:58.9
6.	Vongdeuane Phongsavanh (LAO)	2:05.5
7.	Sahr Kendor (SLE)	2:06.5

See also

• 1978 Men's European Championships 800 metres (Prague)
• 1982 Men's European Championships 800 metres (Athens)
• 1983 Men's World Championships 800 metres (Helsinki)
• 1984 Men's Olympic Games 800 metres (Los Angeles)
• 1986 Men's European Championships 800 metres (Stuttgart)

References

• Results