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Men's 800 metres at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Venue	Athens Olympic Stadium
Dates	August 25 to August 28
Competitors	79 from 62 nations
Medalists
Yuriy Borzakovskiy   Russia   Mbulaeni Mulaudzi   South Africa   Wilson Kipketer   Denmark
«2000	2008»

Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics
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
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
20 km walk		men		women
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		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 800 m at the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium from August 25 to August 28.

Records

World record	Wilson Kipketer (DEN)	1:41.11	Cologne, Germany	24 August 1997
Olympic record	Vebjorn Rodal (NOR)	1:42.58	Atlanta, USA	29 July 1996

Qualifying

From the initial nine heats the first two in each plus six fastest losers progressed through to the semi-finals.

The final was made up of the first two finishers from each of the semi-finals plus two fastest losers.

Heats

All times shown are in minutes:seconds.
Q denotes automatic qualification.
q denotes fastest losers.
DNS denotes did not start.
DNF denotes did not finish.
NR denotes national record.
PB denotes personal best.
SB denotes seasons best.

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	3	Wilson Kipketer	Denmark	1:44.7	Q
2	4	Wilfred Bungei	Kenya	1:44.8	Q
3	4	Ismail Ahmed Ismail	Sudan	1:45.2	Q, PB
4	3	Jonathan Johnson	United States	1:45.3	Q
4	4	Mwera Samwel	Tanzania	1:45.3	q, NR
4	4	Nicolas Aissat	France	1:45.3	q
7	3	Jean Patrick Nduwimana	Burundi	1:45.4	q
8	1	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi	South Africa	1:45.7	Q
8	2	Joseph Mutua	Kenya	1:45.7	Q
8	2	Ricky Soos	Great Britain	1:45.7	Q, PB
8	4	Bram Som	Netherlands	1:45.7	q
12	1	Rene Herms	Germany	1:45.8	Q
13	2	Djabir Said Guerni	Algeria	1:45.9	q
13	3	Osmar dos Santos	Brazil	1:45.9	q
13	6	Amine Laalou	Morocco	1:45.9	Q
13	6	Ivan Heshko	Ukraine	1:45.9	Q, SB
17	6	Khadevis Robinson	United States	1:46.1
18	1	Jae Hoon Lee	South Korea	1:46.2	PB
18	3	Jason Stewart	New Zealand	1:46.2	PB
18	5	Yuriy Borzakovskiy	Russia	1:46.2	Q
21	5	Berhanu Alemu	Ethiopia	1:46.3	Q
21	5	Miguel Quesada	Spain	1:46.3
23	1	Arthemon Hatungimana	Burundi	1:46.4
23	1	Michael Rotich	Kenya	1:46.4
25	2	Achraf Tadili	Canada	1:46.6
26	3	Joao Pires	Portugal	1:46.7	SB
26	5	Joeri Jansen	Belgium	1:46.7
26	7	Dmitrijs Milkevics	Latvia	1:46.7	Q
26	7	Antonio Manuel Reina	Spain	1:46.7	Q
26	9	Gary Reed	Canada	1:46.7	Q
31	8	Andrea Longo	Italy	1:46.8	Q
31	8	Hezekiel Sepeng	South Africa	1:46.8	Q
31	9	Mouhssin Chehibi	Morocco	1:46.8	Q
34	7	Florent Lacasse	France	1:46.9
34	9	Yusuf Saad Kamel	Bahrain	1:46.9
36	2	David Fiegen	Luxembourg	1:47.0
36	6	Dmitriy Bogdanov	Russia	1:47.0
38	8	Andre Bucher	Switzerland	1:47.3
39	2	Mindaugas Norbutas	Lithuania	1:47.4	SB
39	4	Mihail Kolganov	Kazakhstan	1:47.4
41	6	Nabil Madi	Algeria	1:47.5
42	9	Derrick Peterson	United States	1:47.6
43	2	Panayiotis Stroubakos	Greece	1:47.7
43	4	Mohammad K Al Azemi	Kuwait	1:47.7
43	8	Manuel Olmedo	Spain	1:47.7
46	6	Selahattin Cobanoglu	Turkey	1:47.8
47	5	Paskar Owor	Uganda	1:47.9
47	7	Majed Saeed Sultan	Qatar	1:47.9
47	8	Michal Sneberger	Czech Republic	1:47.9
50	7	Abdoulaye Wagne	Senegal	1:48.0
51	8	Sherridan Kirk	Trinidad and Tobago	1:48.1
52	5	Moise Joseph	Haiti	1:48.2
52	9	Glody Dube	Botswana	1:48.2
54	4	Erkinjon Isakov	Uzbekistan	1:48.3
55	7	Mohammed Al Salhi	Saudi Arabia	1:48.4	SB
55	9	Prince Mumba	Zambia	1:48.4
55	9	Byron Piedra	Ecuador	1:48.4
58	8	Vanco Stojanov	Macedonia	1:49.0	SB
59	5	Isireli Naikelekelevesi	Fiji	1:49.1
60	7	Ramil Aritkulov	Russia	1:49.3
61	6	Sadjad Moradi	Iran	1:49.5
62	1	Nazar Begliyev	Turkmenistan	1:49.6	PB
62	3	Jasmin Salihovic	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1:49.6
64	2	le van Duong	Vietnam	1:49.8	NR
65	5	Kondwani Chiwina	Malawi	1:49.9	PB
66	1	Alibay Shukurov	Azerbaijan	1:51.1
67	7	Ali M Al Balooshi	United Arab Emirates	1:51.8
68	1	Fadrique Iglesias	Bolivia	1:51.9
69	8	Abdalsalam Aldabaji	Palestine	1:53.9
70	3	Jan Sekpona	Togo	1:54.3
71	6	Andy Grant	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1:57.1
72	9	Cornelis Sibe	Suriname	2:00.1

Semi-finals

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	2	Wilfred Bungei	Kenya	1:44.3	Q
1	2	Yuriy Borzakovskiy	Russia	1:44.3	Q
3	2	Mouhssin Chehibi	Morocco	1:44.6	q, PB
3	3	Wilson Kipketer	Denmark	1:44.6	Q
5	2	Hezekiel Sepeng	South Africa	1:44.8	q
6	2	Bram Som	Netherlands	1:45.5
6	3	Ismail Ahmed Ismail	Sudan	1:45.5	Q
6	3	Joseph Mutua	Kenya	1:45.5
9	1	Djabir Said Guerni	Algeria	1:45.8	Q
10	3	Andrea Longo	Italy	1:46.0
11	1	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi	South Africa	1:46.1	Q
12	1	Antonio Manuel Reina	Spain	1:46.2
12	3	Jean Patrick Nduwimana	Burundi	1:46.2
14	2	Dmitrijs Milkevics	Latvia	1:46.6
15	1	Ivan Heshko	Ukraine	1:46.7
15	3	Ricky Soos	Great Britain	1:46.7
17	1	Nicolas Aissat	France	1:47.1
18	1	Berhanu Alemu	Ethiopia	1:47.4
18	2	Gary Reed	Canada	1:47.4
20	1	Amine Laalou	Morocco	1:47.5
21	1	Rene Herms	Germany	1:47.7
22	3	Osmar dos Santos	Brazil	1:48.2
23	3	Jonathan Johnson	United States	1:50.1
99 	2	Mwera Samwel	Tanzania	DSQ

Final

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1 	Yuriy Borzakovskiy	Russia	1:44.45
2 	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi	South Africa	1:44.61	SB
3 	Wilson Kipketer	Denmark	1:44.65
4	Mouhssin Chehibi	Morocco	1:45.16
5	Wilfred Bungei	Kenya	1:45.31
6	Hezekiel Sepeng	South Africa	1:45.53
7	Djabir Said Guerni	Algeria	1:45.61
8	Ismail Ahmed Ismail	Sudan	1:52.49

References

• Official Olympic Report