Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's 800 metres
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Men's 800 metres at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
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Venue | Wembley Stadium | |||||||||
Dates | July 30 (heats) July 31 (semifinals) August 2 (final) |
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Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics |
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Track events | ||||
100 m | men | women | ||
200 m | men | women | ||
400 m | men | |||
800 m | men | |||
1500 m | men | |||
5000 m | men | |||
10,000 m | men | |||
80 m hurdles | women | |||
110 m hurdles | men | |||
400 m hurdles | men | |||
3000 m steeplechase |
men | |||
4×100 m relay | men | women | ||
4×400 m relay | men | |||
Road events | ||||
Marathon | men | |||
10 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 | ||||
Decathlon | men |
The men's 800 metres event at the 1948 Olympic Games took place July 30, July 31 and August 2. The final was won by American Mal Whitfield.
Contents
Results
Heats
The first four in each heat qualified for the Semi-finals.[1]
Heat 1
Rank | Country | Athletes | Time (hand) |
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1 | France | Marcel Hansenne | 1:54.6 |
2 | Great Britain | John Parlett | 1:55.0 |
2 | Australia | Ramsay, J. | 1:55.0 |
4 | Switzerland | Volkmer, K. | 1:55.3 |
5 | Argentina | Torres, A. | 1:56.7 |
6 | South Korea | Lee, Yun Suk | 2:01.4 |
- | 23x15px Egypt | Khedr, R. | Also competed |
Heat 2
Rank | Country | Athletes | Time (hand) |
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1 | United States | Herb Barten | 1:55.6 |
2 | New Zealand | Harris, D. | 1:56.6 |
2 | Great Britain | White, C. | 1:56.6 |
4 | Belgium | Rosier, R. | 1:56.7 |
5 | Greece | Mavroidis, B. | 1:57.4 |
6 | Peru | Mongrut Munoz, A. | 1:58.7 |
- | Denmark | Christensen, H. | Also competed |
- | Turkey | Onel,C. | Also competed |
Heat 3
Rank | Country | Athletes | Time (hand) |
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1 | Denmark | Niels Holst-Sørensen | 1:54.2 |
1 | Norway | Vade, B. | 1:54.2 |
3 | United States | Bob Chambers | 1:54.3 |
4 | Belgium | Brys, J. | 1:55.4 |
4 | Iceland | Jonsson, O. | 1:55.4 |
6 | 23x15px Canada | Parnell, C. | 1:55.7 |
- | 23x15px Spain | Adarraga Elizaran, J. | Also competed |
Heat 4
Rank | Country | Athletes | Time (hand) |
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1 | Jamaica | Arthur Wint | 1:53.9 |
2 | Netherlands | de Ruyter, F. | 1:54.4 |
3 | Luxembourg | Barthel, J. | 1:54.8 |
4 | Czechoslovakia | Winter, V. | 1:55.1 |
5 | 23x15px Canada | Henniger, E. | 1 55.4 |
6 | 23x15px Trinidad and Tobago | Tull, W. | 1:55.7 |
- | Turkey | Dincturk, S. | Also competed |
Heat 5
Rank | Country | Athletes | Time (hand) |
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1 | Sweden | Ljunggren, O. | 1:56.1 |
2 | France | Robert Chef d’Hôtel | 1:56.2 |
3 | Switzerland | Streuli, H. | 1:56.5 |
4 | Great Britain | Tarraway, H. | 1:56.6 |
4 | Argentina | Avalos, A. | 1:56.6 |
6 | Turkey | Ishman, R. | 2:01.1 |
- | Greece | Karageorgos, G. | Also competed |
Heat 6
Rank | Country | Athletes | Time (hand) |
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1 | United States | Mal Whitfield | 1:52.8 |
2 | Sweden | Ingvar Bengtsson | 1 52.9 |
3 | 23x15px Canada | Hutchins, J. | 1:55.5 |
4 | France | Mayordome, G. | 1:55.7 |
5 | Greece | Stratakos, S. | 2:02.2 |
Semifinals
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Final
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time (hand) | Notes |
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Mal Whitfield | United States | 1:49.2 | OR | |
Arthur Wint | Jamaica | 1:49.5 | ||
Marcel Hansenne | France | 1:49.8 | ||
4 | Herb Barten | United States | 1:50.1 | |
5 | Ingvar Bengtsson | Sweden | 1:50.5 | |
6 | Bob Chambers | United States | 1:52.1 | |
7 | Robert Chef d’Hôtel | France | 1:53.0 | |
8 | John Parlett | Great Britain | 1:53.4 | |
9 | Niels Holst-Sørensen | Denmark | 1:54.0 |
Key: OR = Olympic record
References
- 1948 Summer Olympics results: Men's 800 metres, from http://www.sports-reference.com/; retrieved 2010-06-05.
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