Men 800m Athletics XXVI Olympic Games Atlanta, United States 1996 - Wednesday, 31st July - Gold Medal: Vebjorn Rodal, Norway
FinaltimeL400m800m
1. Vebjorn RodalNORNOR1:42.58149.98s52.60s
2. Hezekiel SepengRSARSA1:42.74650.11s52.63s
3. Fred OnyanchaKENKEN1:42.79749.78s53.01s
4. Norberto TellezCUBCUB1:42.85450.08s52.77s
5. Nico MotchebonGERGER1:43.91850.27s53.64s
6. David KiptooKENKEN1:44.19549.87s54.32s
7. Johnny GrayUSAUSA1:44.21249.55s54.66s
8. Benyounes LahlouMARMAR1:45.52349.91s55.61s

world Men 800m History

Venue: Centennial Olympic Stadium.
56 competitors from 40 nations.
RoundHAthlDate
Semi-Finals323--.07
Heats857--.07
Wilson Kipketer, the Kenyan-born World Champion, would have been a hot favourite, but did not compete as the Kenyan Olympic Committee refused to allow him to represent his adopted country of Denmark. The first (of three) semi finals was won by Sepeng (1:45.16), with Philip Kibitok, winner of the Kenyan trials, left waiting to see if his third place 1:45.58 would be quick enough. Gray sensibly set a fast pace (50.7) in the second race and was edged by 1/100th by Lahlou’s 1:43.99, with Onyancha 8m clear of fourth place with 1:44.02. Téllez, a statuesque former 400m runner, reminiscent of Juantorena, led the third heat at 400m (51.3) and won the fastest ever preliminary in 1:43.79, with Kiptoo (1:43.90) just beating Rodal, whose 1:43.96 was the fastest of the time qualifiers.
As expected, Gray, in his fourth straight final, took the lead from the gun, passing 200m in 24.3 and reaching the bell in 49.55, with the field closely bunched. Gray still led at 600m (1:15.9), with all but Lahlou and Sepeng close. With 120m to go Rodal kicked hard, as Gray began to fade. He quickly had a 3m lead with Onyancha and Téllez the first to react. Sepeng had now closed but was still seventh with 100m to go. Finishing quickest, the young South African eventually passed Onyancha with 5m to go, but was never in with a chance of catching the flying Norwegian.
Splits200m400m600m
Rodal24.1s49.98s1:16.3
Sepeng24.1s50.11s1:16.5
Onyancha24.0s49.78s1:16.3
Téllez24.2s50.08s1:16.5
Motchebon24.3s50.27s1:16.6
Kiptoo24.0s49.87s1:16.2
Gray23.9s49.55s1:15.9
Lahlou24.2s49.91s1:16.6

Semi-Finals

First 2 from each of 3 Semis and Best 2 times advanced to Final.
Semi 1timeL
1. Hezekiel SepengRSARSA1:45.165
2. Nico MotchebonGERGER1:45.406
3. Philip KibitokKENKEN1:45.583
4. Andre BucherSUISUI1:46.412
5. Giuseppe d'ursoITAITA1:46.974
6. Paul ByrneAUSAUS1:47.587
7. Bruno KonczyloFRAFRA1:48.021
Semi 2timeL
1. Benyounes LahlouMARMAR1:43.995
2. Johnny GrayUSAUSA1:44.003
3. Fred OnyanchaKENKEN1:44.024
4. Arthemon HatungimanaBDIBDI1:44.926
5. Savieri NgidhiZIMZIM1:46.787
6. Curtis RobbGBRGBR1:47.482
7. Johan BothaRSARSA1:48.061
8. Jose Luiz BarbosaBRABRA1:50.338
Semi 3timeL
1. Norberto TellezCUBCUB1:43.794
2. David KiptooKENKEN1:43.903
3. Vebjorn RodalNORNOR1:43.966
4. Einars TupuritisLATLAT1:46.415
5. David MatthewsIRLIRL1:47.838
6. Jimmy Jean-JosephFRAFRA1:48.501
7. Balazs KoranyiHUNHUN1:50.307
-. Andrea BenvenutiITAITADNF2

Heats

First 2 from each of 8 Heaats and Best 8 times advanced to Semi-Finals.
Heat 1timeL
1. Vebjorn RodalNORNOR1:45.305
2. Curtis RobbGBRGBR1:45.853
3. Jose Luiz BarbosaBRABRA1:46.581
4. David MatthewsIRLIRL1:46.767
5. Joachim DehmelGERGER1:47.124
6. Joseph RakotoarimananaMADMAD1:47.336
7. Tommy AsingaSURSUR1:48.292
Heat 2timeL
1. Philip KibitokKENKEN1:45.342
2. Nico MotchebonGERGER1:45.826
3. Bruno KonczyloFRAFRA1:46.045
4. Adem HeciniALGALG1:47.237
5. Abdulrahman AbdullaQATQAT1:48.523
6. Flavio GodoyBRABRA1:48.914
7. Cherif AidaraMTNMTN1:56.201
Heat 3timeL
1. Norberto TellezCUBCUB1:47.242
2. Craig WinrowGBRGBR1:47.417
3. Pavel SoukupCZECZE1:47.671
4. Andres DiazESPESP1:47.865
5. Atle DouglasNORNOR1:48.606
6. Cedric HarrisDMADMA1:51.463
7. Fernando ArleteGBSGBS2:00.074
Heat 4timeL
1. David KiptooKENKEN1:45.113
2. Giuseppe d'ursoITAITA1:45.275
3. Johan BothaRSARSA1:45.636
4. Jimmy Jean-JosephFRAFRA1:45.644
5. Ibrahim AdenSOMSOM1:47.317
6. Charles NkazamyampiBDIBDI1:47.958
7. Tavakalo KailesVANVAN1:55.071
8. Naseer IsmailMDVMDV1:58.702
Heat 5timeL
1. Johnny GrayUSAUSA1:45.873
2. Einars TupuritisLATLAT1:45.886
3. Savieri NgidhiZIMZIM1:46.464
4. Balazs KoranyiHUNHUN1:46.635
5. Antonio AbrantesPORPOR1:47.732
6. Clive TerrelongeJAMJAM1:48.297
7. Themba MakhanyaSWZSWZ1:59.021
Heat 6timeL
1. Arthemon HatungimanaBDIBDI1:47.102
2. Andrea BenvenutiITAITA1:47.455
3. Marius van HeerdenRSARSA1:47.464
4. David StrangGBRGBR1:47.963
5. Boris KaveshnikovKGZKGZ1:48.881
6. Jose ParrillaUSAUSA1:49.997
7. Yaya Terap AdoumCHACHA1:52.686
Heat 7timeL
1. Benyounes LahlouMARMAR1:45.853
2. Fred OnyanchaKENKEN1:46.074
3. Paul ByrneAUSAUS1:47.051
4. Alex MorganJAMJAM1:47.407
5. Mohamed BabikerSUDSUD1:48.502
6. Manlio MolinariSMRSMR1:56.086
-. Roberto ParraESPESPDNS5
Heat 8timeL
1. Hezekiel SepengRSARSA1:46.456
2. Andre BucherSUISUI1:46.854
3. Andrea GiocondiITAITA1:47.263
4. Brandon RockUSAUSA1:48.475
5. Jean DestineHAIHAI1:48.822
6. Saeed BasweidanYEMYEM1:49.351
7. Greg RhymerIVBIVB1:50.037
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