Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1920 Summer Olympics. The competition was held from Sunday, August 15, 1920 to Tuesday, August 17, 1920. Forty runners from 17 nations competed.[1]

Men's 800 metres
at the Games of the VII Olympiad
VenueOlympisch Stadion
DatesAugust 15–17
Competitors40 from 17 nations
Medalists
Albert Hill  Great Britain
Earl Eby  United States
Bevil Rudd  South Africa
Athletics at the
1920 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 mmen
200 mmen
400 mmen
800 mmen
1500 mmen
5000 mmen
10,000 mmen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmen
3000 m steeplechasemen
4×100 m relaymen
4×400 m relaymen
3000 m team racemen
3 km walkmen
10 km walkmen
Road events
Marathonmen
Field events
Long jumpmen
Triple jumpmen
High jumpmen
Pole vaultmen
Shot putmen
Discus throwmen
Hammer throwmen
Javelin throwmen
56 lb weight throwmen
Combined events
Pentathlonmen
Decathlonmen
Cross-country events
Individualmen
Teammen

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1920 Summer Olympics.

World Record 1:51.9 Ted Meredith Stockholm (SWE) July 8, 1912
Olympic Record 1:51.9 Ted Meredith Stockholm (SWE) July 8, 1912

Results

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinal 1

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 Edgar Mountain (GBR)1:57.6Q
2 Giuseppe Bonini (ITA)2:02.2Q
3 Fernand Bauduin (FRA)2:02.5Q
4 James Doig (RSA)2:03.0Q
5 Joseph Van Der Wee (BEL)
6 Saburo Hasumi (JPN)
7 José Luis Grasset (ESP)
8 Karel Přibyl (TCH)
9 Jean Proess (LUX)

Quarterfinal 2

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 Bevil Rudd (RSA)1:55.0Q
2 Albert Hill (GBR)1:56.2Q
3 Earl Eby (USA)1:57.7Q
4 Paul Esparbès (FRA)1:57.7Q
5 Elis Johansson (SWE)
6 Arturo Porro (ITA)
7 Léoncé Oleffe (BEL)
8 Hec Phillips (CAN)
9 Odolf Larsen (NOR)

Quarterfinal 3

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 Philip Noel-Baker (GBR)1:56.0Q
2 Donald Scott (USA)1:56.9Q
3 Tolly Bolin (SWE)1:57.8Q
4 Adje Paulen (NED)1:58.4Q
5 Agide Simonazzi (ITA)1:58.9
6 Paul Martin (SUI)1:59.0
7 Karel Frankenstein (TCH)2:00.0

Quarterfinal 4

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 Robert Goullieux (FRA)1:58.8Q
2 Tom Campbell (USA)1:59.4Q
3 Henry Dafel (RSA)1:59.9Q
4 Ernesto Ambrosini (ITA)2:00.2Q
5 Nils Engdahl (SWE)
6 Johannes Villemson (EST)
7 Josef Teplý (TCH)
— Jean Delarge (BEL)DNF

Quarterfinal 5

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 Sven Lundgren (SWE)2:00.6Q
2 Albert Sprott (USA)2:01.5Q
3 Miguel García Onsalo (ESP)2:02.2Q
4 Kléber Argouac'h (FRA)2:02.5Q
5 Jaroslav Procházka (TCH)
6 Henri Godin (BEL)
7 Émile Barral (MON)

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 Donald Scott (USA)1:57.2Q
2 Edgar Mountain (GBR)1:58.0Q
3 Albert Sprott (USA)1:58.7Q
4 Ernesto Ambrosini (ITA)1:59.5
5 Robert Goullieux (FRA)1:59.6
6 Miguel García Onsalo (ESP)2:01.2
7 James Doig (RSA)2:01.5

Semifinal 2

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 Bevil Rudd (RSA)1:57.0Q
2 Tom Campbell (USA)1:57.6Q
3 Adje Paulen (NED)1:57.8Q
4 Sven Lundgren (SWE)1:58.1
5 Giuseppe Bonini (ITA)1:58.1
6 Kléber Argouac'h (FRA)

Semifinal 3

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 Albert Hill (GBR)1:56.4Q
2 Earl Eby (USA)1:57.0Q
3 Paul Esparbès (FRA)1:57.3Q
4 Tolly Bolin (SWE)1:57.5
5 Fernand Bauduin (FRA)1:58.0
6 Henry Dafel (RSA)
— Philip Noel-Baker (GBR)DNS

Final
PlaceAthleteTime
1 Albert Hill (GBR)1:53.4
2 Earl Eby (USA)1:53.6
3 Bevil Rudd (RSA)1:54.0
4 Edgar Mountain (GBR)1:54.6
5 Donald Scott (USA)1:56.0
6 Albert Sprott (USA)1:56.4
7 Adje Paulen (NED)1:56.4
8 Paul Esparbès (FRA)1:58.0
— Tom Campbell (USA)DNF

References
  1. "Athletics at the 1920 Antwerp Summer Games: Men's 800 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  • Belgium Olympic Committee (1957). Olympic Games Antwerp 1920: Official Report (in French).
  • Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 18 January 2008. Retrieved 4 January 2008.
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