Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's 800 metres

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 at the 1936 Summer Olympic Games took place between August 2 and August 4. The final was won by American

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John Woodruff.

Semifinals

The fastest three runners in each of the three heats advanced to the final round.

Heat one

Rank	Name	Time
1	John Woodruff John Woodruff John Youie Woodruff was an American athlete and winner of the 800 metres at the 1936 Summer Olympics....	1:52.7
2	Kazimierz Kucharski	1:54.7
3	Juan Carlos Anderson	1:54.8
4	Miklós Szabó	1:55.1
5	Wolfgang Dessecker	1:55.3
6	Franz Eichberger	1:56.2
7	Pat Boot Pat Boot Vernon Patrick "Pat" Boot was a New Zealand middle distance runner from Canterbury, who represented New Zealand at the 1936 Summer Olympics at Berlin and at the 1938 British Empire Games at Sydney....
8	Frank Handley Frank Handley Francis "Frank" Richard Handley was an English athlete who competed for Great Britain in the 1936 Summer Olympics.He was born and died in Salford....

Heat two

Rank	Name	Time
1	Harry Williamson	1:53.1
2	Gerald Backhouse Gerald Backhouse Gerald Ian d'Acres Backhouse is an Australian athlete who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics....	1:53.2
3	Phil Edwards	1:53.2
4	Jack Powell	1:54.8
5	Ewald Mertens	1:54.9
6	René Soulier	1:56.8
7	Emil Hübscher
8	József Vadas

Heat three

Rank	Name	Time
1	Chuck Hornbostel	1:53.2
2	Mario Lanzi Mario Lanzi Mario Lanzi was an Italian athlete in the 1930s who specialised in the 800m and also competed over 400m.-Life:Lanzi was born at Castelletto sopra Ticino, in the province of Novara ....	1:54.1
3	Brian MacCabe Brian MacCabe Brian Farmer MacCabe was an English athlete who competed for Great Britain in the 1936 Summer Olympics.He was born in Willesden and died in Beaconsfield.In 1936 he finished ninth in the 800 metres event....	1:55.4
4	Raymond Petit	1:55.7
5	Ab Conway	1:55.9
6	Hjalmar Johannessen Hjalmar Johannessen Hjalmar Johannessen was a Norwegian athlete who specialized in the 400 and 800 metres.At the 1932 Summer Olympics he reached the heats in the 800 metres, where he failed to progress with a time of 1:54.3 minutes, and also the quarterfinal in the 400 metres, where he achieved 49.4 seconds...	1:56.0
7	Ferenc Temesvári
8	Jean Verhaert

Final

Rank	Name	Time
	John Woodruff John Woodruff John Youie Woodruff was an American athlete and winner of the 800 metres at the 1936 Summer Olympics....	1:52.9
	Mario Lanzi Mario Lanzi Mario Lanzi was an Italian athlete in the 1930s who specialised in the 800m and also competed over 400m.-Life:Lanzi was born at Castelletto sopra Ticino, in the province of Novara ....	1:53.3
	Phil Edwards	1:53.6
4	Kazimierz Kucharski	1:53.8
5	Chuck Hornbostel	1:54.6
6	Harry Williamson	1:55.8
7	Juan Carlos Anderson
8	Gerald Backhouse Gerald Backhouse Gerald Ian d'Acres Backhouse is an Australian athlete who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics....
9	Brian MacCabe Brian MacCabe Brian Farmer MacCabe was an English athlete who competed for Great Britain in the 1936 Summer Olympics.He was born in Willesden and died in Beaconsfield.In 1936 he finished ninth in the 800 metres event....

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