Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 800 metres

Men's 800 metres at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Medalists
Paul Ereng  Kenya   Joaquim Cruz  Brazil   Saïd Aouita  Morocco
«1984	1992»

Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
3000 m				women
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
20 km walk		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The men's 800 metres at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea had an entrylist of 70 competitors, with nine qualifying heats (70), four second-round races (32) and two semi-finals (16), before the final (8) took off on Monday September 26, 1988.

Medalists

Gold	Paul Ereng Kenya (KEN)
Silver	Joaquim Cruz Brazil (BRA)
Bronze	Saïd Aouita Morocco (MAR)

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics.

World Record	1:41.73	Sebastian Coe	Florence (ITA)	June 10, 1981
Olympic Record	1:43.00	Joaquim Cruz	Los Angeles (USA)	August 6, 1984

Final

RANK	FINAL	TIME
	Paul Ereng (KEN)	1:43.55
	Joaquim Cruz (BRA)	1:43.90
	Saïd Aouita (MAR)	1:44.06
4.	Peter Elliott (GBR)	1:44.12
5.	Johnny Gray (USA)	1:44.80
6.	José Luiz Barbosa (BRA)	1:46.39
7.	Donato Sabia (ITA)	1:48.03
8.	Nixon Kiprotich (KEN)	1:49.55

Semi finals

• Held on Sunday 1988-09-25

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Paul Ereng (KEN)	1:44.55
2.	Joaquim Cruz (BRA)	1:44.75
3.	Donato Sabia (ITA)	1:44.90
4.	Peter Elliott (GBR)	1:44.94
5.	Babacar Niang (SEN)	1:45.09
6.	Slobodan Popović (YUG)	1:45.11
7.	Simon Hoogewerf (CAN)	1:47.30
8.	Peter Braun (FRG)	1:47.43

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Nixon Kiprotich (KEN)	1:44.71
2.	Saïd Aouita (MAR)	1:44.79
3.	José Luiz Barbosa (BRA)	1:44.99
4.	Johnny Gray (USA)	1:45.04
5.	Alvaro Silva (POR)	1:45.12
6.	Cheikh Boyé (SEN)	1:45.93
7.	Réda Abdenouz (ALG)	1:45.95
8.	Ibrahim Okash Omar (SOM)	1:46.62

Quarter finals

• Held on Saturday 1988-09-24

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Joaquim Cruz (BRA)	1:46.10
2.	Paul Ereng (KEN)	1:46.38
3.	Cheikh Boyé (SEN)	1:46.62
4.	Réda Abdenouz (ALG)	1:46.97
5.	Vladimir Graudyn (URS)	1:47.07
6.	Paul Osland (CAN)	1:48.02
7.	Tonino Viali (ITA)	1:50.85
—	Ari Suhonen (FIN)	DNF

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Johnny Gray (USA)	1:45.96
2.	Simon Hoogewerf (CAN)	1:45.99
3.	José Luiz Barbosa (BRA)	1:46.20
4.	Tom McKean (GBR)	1:46.40
5.	Ibrahim Okash Omar (SOM)	1:46.55
6.	Rob Druppers (NED)	1:46.91
7.	Juma Ndiwa (KEN)	1:47.27
8.	Faouzi Lahbi (MAR)	1:47.32

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.	Saïd Aouita (MAR)	1:45.24
2.	Slobodan Popović (YUG)	1:45.30
3.	Babacar Niang (SEN)	1:45.38
4.	Nixon Kiprotich (KEN)	1:45.68
5.	Pablo Squella (CHI)	1:46.45
6.	Steve Cram (GBR)	1:46.47
7.	Robin van Helden (NED)	1:46.61
8.	Tomas de Teresa (ESP)	1:48.01

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.	Donato Sabia (ITA)	1:46.58
2.	Peter Elliott (GBR)	1:46.61
3.	Alvaro Silva (POR)	1:46.65
4.	Peter Braun (FRG)	1:46.86
5.	Ahmed Belkessam (ALG)	1:46.93
6.	Ryszard Ostrowski (POL)	1:47.72
7.	Colomán Trabado (ESP)	1:48.12
8.	Melford Homela (ZIM)	1:49.62

Qualifying heats

• Held on Friday 1988-09-23

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Faouzi Lahbi (MAR)	1:47.82
2.	Nixon Kiprotich (KEN)	1:48.68
3.	Ryszard Ostrowski (POL)	1:49.04
4.	Moussa Fall (SEN)	1:49.14
5.	Spyros Spyrou (CYP)	1:49.84
6.	Porfirio Méndez (PAR)	1:50.72
7.	Mansour Al-Baloushi (OMA)	1:51.03
8.	Yussuf Moli Yesky (CHA)	1:57.97

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Babacar Niang (SEN)	1:47.65
2.	Steve Cram (GBR)	1:47.77
3.	Donato Sabia (ITA)	1:47.84
4.	Mohamed Ismail Youssef (QAT)	1:48.20
5.	Yu Tae-Gyeong (KOR)	1:48.61
6.	Eversley Linley (VIN)	1:51.71
7.	Lui Muavesi (FIJ)	1:54.48
—	Haji Bakr Al-Qahtani (KSA)	DSQ

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.	Johnny Gray (USA)	1:48.83
2.	Ari Suhonen (FIN)	1:48.90
3.	Ibrahim Okash (SOM)	1:48.97
4.	António Abrantes (POR)	1:49.01
5.	Mauricio Hernández (MEX)	1:49.03
6.	Kenneth Dzekedzeke (MAW)	1:50.60
7.	Lin Kuang-Liang (TPE)	1:52.95

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.	Vladimir Graudyn (URS)	1:48.90
2.	Pablo Squella (CHI)	1:48.99
3.	Alvaro Silva (POR)	1:49.09
4.	Mark Everett (USA)	1:49.86
5.	Mike Watson (BER)	1:50.16
6.	Syed Meshaq Rizvi (PAK)	1:51.58
7.	Manlio Molinari (SMR)	1:52.35
8.	John Siguria (PNG)	1:56.12

RANK	HEAT 5	TIME
1.	Saïd Aouita (MAR)	1:49.67
2.	Simon Hoogewerf (CAN)	1:49.76
3.	Cheikh Tidiane Boye (SEN)	1:49.89
4.	Tracy Baskin (USA)	1:50.38
5.	Ado Maude (NGR)	1:50.48
6.	Eulucane Ndagijimana (RWA)	1:52.08
7.	Maher Abbas (LIB)	1:53.76
8.	David Sawyerr (SLE)	1:57.88

RANK	HEAT 6	TIME
1.	Peter Braun (FRG)	1:47.32
2.	Rob Druppers (NED)	1:47.48
3.	Tonino Viali (ITA)	1:47.74
4.	Bobby Gaseitsiwe (BOT)	1:48.08
5.	Agberto Guimarães (BRA)	1:48.49
6.	Fahmi Abdul Wahab (YAR)	1:55.24
7.	Momodou Bello N'Jie (GAM)	1:55.57
8.	Nimley Twegbe (LBR)	1:58.43

RANK	HEAT 7	TIME
1.	Peter Elliott (GBR)	1:46.83
2.	Robin van Helden (NED)	1:46.99
3.	Juma Ndiwa (KEN)	1:47.11
4.	Tomás de Teresa (ESP)	1:47.32
5.	Ahmed Bel Kessam (ALG)	1:47.96
6.	Duan Xiuquan (CHN)	1:52.17
—	Kazanga Makok (ZAI)	DSQ
—	Tommy Asinga (SUR)	DSQ

RANK	HEAT 8	TIME
1.	Paul Ereng (KEN)	1:46.14
2.	José Luíz Barbosa (BRA)	1:46.32
3.	Slobodan Popović (YUG)	1:46.49
4.	Colomán Trabado (ESP)	1:46.76
5.	Paul Osland (CAN)	1:47.16
6.	Mohamed Hossain Milzer (BAN)	1:51.16
7.	Josep Graells (AND)	1:53.34

RANK	HEAT 9	TIME
1.	Joaquim Cruz (BRA)	1:47.16
2.	Tom McKean (GBR)	1:47.24
3.	Melford Homela (ZIM)	1:47.36
4.	Réda Abdenouz (ALG)	1:47.67
5.	Dale Jones (ANT)	1:49.31
6.	João N'Tyamba (ANG)	1:53.23
7.	Oslen Barr (GUY)	1:55.95
8.	William Taramai (COK)	1:58.80

See also

• 1986 Men's European Championships 800 metres (Stuttgart)
• 1987 Men's World Championships 800 metres (Rome)
• 1990 Men's European Championships 800 metres (Split)

References

• (English) Official Report