The men's 800 metres

800 metres

The 800 meter race is a common track running event. It is the shortest common middle distance track event. The 800 meter is run over two laps of the track and has always been an Olympic event. During indoor track season the event is usually run on a 200 meter track, therefore requiring four laps...

event was part of the track and field athletics programme

Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics

At the 1920 Summer Olympics held in Antwerp, 29 athletics events were contested, all for men only. The competitions were held from August 15, 1920 to August 23, 1920.-Medal table:-Medal summary:-Participating nations:...

 at the 1920 Summer Olympics

1920 Summer Olympics

The 1920 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event in 1920 in Antwerp, Belgium....

. The competition was held from Sunday, August 15, 1920 to Tuesday, August 17, 1920.

Forty runners from 17 nations competed.

Records

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

World Record	1:51.9	Ted Meredith Ted Meredith James Edwin "Ted" Meredith was an American athlete, winner of two gold medals at the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was born in Chester Heights, Pennsylvania and died in Camden, New Jersey, aged 65...	Stockholm Stockholm Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...  (SWE Sweden Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund.... )	July 8, 1912
Olympic Record	1:51.9	Ted Meredith Ted Meredith James Edwin "Ted" Meredith was an American athlete, winner of two gold medals at the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was born in Chester Heights, Pennsylvania and died in Camden, New Jersey, aged 65...	Stockholm Stockholm Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...  (SWE Sweden Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund.... )	July 8, 1912

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinal 1

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1		1:57.6	Q
2		2:02.2	Q
3		2:02.5	Q
4		2:03.0	Q
5
6
7
8
9

Quarterfinal 2

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1		1:55.0	Q
2		1:56.2	Q
3		1:57.7	Q
4		1:57.7	Q
5
6
7
8
9

Quarterfinal 3

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1		1:56.0	Q
2		1:56.9	Q
3		1:57.8	Q
4		1:58.4	Q
5		1:58.9
6		1:59.0
7		2:00.0

Quarterfinal 4

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1		1:58.8	Q
2		1:59.4	Q
3		1:59.9	Q
4		2:00.2	Q
5
6
7
—		DNF

Quarterfinal 5

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1		2:00.6	Q
2		2:01.5	Q
3		2:02.2	Q
4		2:02.5	Q
5
6
7

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1		1:57.2	Q
2		1:58.0	Q
3		1:58.7	Q
4		1:59.5
5		1:59.6
6		2:01.2
7		2:01.5

Semifinal 2

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1		1:57.0	Q
2		1:57.6	Q
3		1:57.8	Q
4		1:58.1
5		1:58.1
6

Semifinal 3

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1		1:56.4	Q
2		1:57.0	Q
3		1:57.3	Q
4		1:57.5
5		1:58.0
6
—		DNS

Final

Place	Athlete	Time
1		1:53.4
2		1:53.6
3		1:54.0
4		1:54.6
5		1:56.0
6		1:56.4
7		1:56.4
8		1:58.0
—		DNF