Athletics at the 2010 South American Games – Men's 800m

Athletics at the 2010 South American Games
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men	women
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
20,000m walk	men	women
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men

The Men's 800m event at the 2010 South American Games was held on March 21 at 18:20.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Rafith Rodríguez Colombia	Lutimar Paes Brazil	Diomar de Souza Brazil

Standing records prior to the 2010 South American Games
World record	Wilson Kipketer	Denmark	1:41.11	Köln, Germany	24 August 1997
World Leading	David Rudisha	Kenya	1:43.15	Melbourne, Australia	4 March 2010
South American record	Joaquim Cruz	Brazil	1:41.77	Köln, Germany	26 August 1984
South American U23 record	Joaquim Cruz	Brazil	1:41.77	Köln, Germany	26 August 1984

The following records were set during the competition:

Date	Event	Athlete	Time	Notes
21 March	Final	Rafith Rodríguez (COL)	1:47.20 s	NR

Results were published.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Rafith Rodríguez	Colombia	1:47.20	NR
	Lutimar Paes	Brazil	1:47.52
	Diomar de Souza	Brazil	1:50.14
4	Tomás Squella	Chile	1:50.62
5	Julio Alfredo Pérez	Perú	1:50.66	SB
6	Diego Rincón	Colombia	1:52.31	SB
7	Luciano Joaquín Almirón	Argentina	1:53.06	SB
8	José Alarcón	Chile	1:53.08
9	David Washco	Ecuador	1:53.46
10	Franco Díaz	Argentina	2:05.55