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

Men's 800 metres
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Venue Olympic Stadium
Dates 23 September 1988 (heats)
24 September 1988 (quarter-finals)
25 September 1888 (semi-finals)
26 September 1988 (final)
Competitors 70 from 52 nations
Winning time 1:43.55
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Paul Ereng
 Kenya
2nd, silver medalist(s) Joaquim Cruz
 Brazil
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Saïd Aouita
 Morocco

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.[1]

Summary

The final started out as a battle for the pole as José Luiz Barbosa and his teammate Joaquim Cruz led through the first turn, with Nixon Kiprotich in close pursuit. Barbosa was the first across the break line but Kiprotich ran hard down the backstretch to demand the lead. At the beginning of the second turn, Cruz tried to get around Barbosa. He was successful for a moment, the Barbosa accelerated and moved onto challenging position on Kiprotich's shoulder. Coming off the second turn, Barbosa put a finishing move on Kiprotich, but it was only the first lap, Barbosa getting the bell at a fast 49.54. Johnny Gray, known for this kind of destructive first lap was back in a more conservative fifth place, just behind Peter Elliott. Through the third turn, Saïd Aouita came forward from lagging at the back to move into challenging position behind Elliott. Paul Ereng followed Aouita from the back. His head bobbing, Kiprotich strained past Barbosa down the backstretch, but Cruz and Elliott were right with him, the defending champion Cruz continuing and edging ahead in the middle of the final turn. Kiprotich faded while Elliott and Aouita were challenging on Cruz's shoulder. Weaving his way around Barbosa and then Kiprotich, Ereng moved behind Elliott. Coming off the turn, Cruz accelerated, opening a 2 metre gap on his three pursuers, but his departure left a gap between Elliott and the curb, which Ereng gladly raced through. With more speed than the others, Ereng drifted to the outside, passing a helpless Cruz, who could only turn and look at who was passing him. Ereng ran away for gold while Cruz struggled. Further to the outside, Aouita took a run at Elliott, but ran into his elbow. Deterred for a moment, Aouita took a second run at Elliott, edging ahead for bronze, but too far back to catch Cruz for silver.

Medalists

GoldPaul Ereng
 Kenya
SilverJoaquim Cruz
 Brazil
BronzeSaïd Aouita
 Morocco

Records

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

World Record 1:41.73 United Kingdom Sebastian Coe Florence (ITA) June 10, 1981
Olympic Record 1:43.00 Brazil 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 (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.  Ibrahim Okash (SOM) 1:46.55
5.  Rob Druppers (NED) 1:46.91
6.  Juma Ndiwa (KEN) 1:47.27
7.  Faouzi Lahbi (MAR) 1:47.32
DISQ  Tom McKean (GBR) 1:46.40


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

References

  1. ↑ "Athletics at the 1988 Seoul Games: Men's 800 metres". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
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