Athletics at the 1960 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...

middle distance event at the 1960 Olympic Games
1960 Summer Olympics
The 1960 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held from August 25 to September 11, 1960 in Rome, Italy...

took place between August 31 and September 2.

Heats

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

Heat one

Rank	Name	Time
1	Donal Smith	1:51.86
2	Valery Bulyshev	1:51.83
3	Zbigniew Makomaski	1:52.70
4	Brian Hewson Brian Hewson Brian Stanford Hewson is a retired track and field athlete, who represented Great Britain at two consecutive Summer Olympics in the men's 1500 metres and in the men's 800 metres. He won the gold medal in the men's 1500 metres at the 1958 European Championships in Stockholm, Sweden.-References:* *...	1:54.73
5	Yair Pantilat	1:54.86
6	George Johnson	1:56.04

Heat two

Rank	Name	Time
1	Tom Farrell	1:49.05
2	Jerry Siebert	1:49.08
3	Jos Lambrechts	1:49.24
4	Pierre-Yvon Lenoir	1:49.41
5	Jaromír Šlégr	1:50.23
6	Moussa Said	1:50.49

Heat three

Rank	Name	Time
1	Peter Snell Peter Snell Sir Peter George Snell, KNZM, MBE is a former New Zealand athlete, now resident in Texas, United States. He had one of the shortest careers of world famous international sportsmen, yet achieved so much that he was voted New Zealand’s "Sports Champion of the Century"...	1:48.22
2	Christian Wägli	1:48.88
3	Ernie Cunliffe	1:48.95
4	István Rózsavölgyi István Rózsavölgyi István Rózsavölgyi was a Hungarian athlete who competed mainly in the 1500 metres.One of the star pupils of Mihály Iglói, Rózsavölgyi entered the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia as the world record holder over 1000 metres, 1500 metres and 2000 metres and was expected to be a...	1:49.51

Heat four

Rank	Name	Time
1	Tony Blue	1:50.82
2	Ergas Leps	1:50.93
3	Manfred Matuschewski Manfred Matuschewski Manfred Matuschewski is a retired track and field athlete from Germany.He competed in the 800m event where he finished sixth at the 1960 Olympics. He was a two time European champion 1962 and 1966.-References:...	1:51.17
4	Vasily Savinkov	1:51.49
5	Konstantinos Moragiemos	1:54.60
6	Ahmed Lazreg	1:55.91

Heat five

Rank	Name	Time
1	Abram Krivosheyev	1:53.49
2	Jörg Balke	1:53.72
3	John Wenk	1:54.27
4	Norbert Haupert Norbert Haupert Norbert Haupert is a retired Luxembourgian athlete and currently a politician, sitting in the Chamber of Deputies for the Christian Social People's Party...	1:54.83
5	Frederick Owusu	1:55.41
6	Egon Oehri	2:00.49

Heat six

Rank	Name	Time
1	Roger Moens Roger Moens Roger Moens is a former Belgian middle distance runner. At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome he won a silver medal. He also was the person to break Rudolf Harbig's long-standing world record over 800 m.-References:...	1:50.73
2	Per Knuts	1:51.36
3	Lajos Kovács Lajos Kovács Lajos Nems Kovács was a Hungarian footballer and manager from Budapest. He is most noted for his career as a footballing manager in Italy at clubs such as Roma, Bologna and Alessandria.-References:...	1:51.45
4	Stefan Lewandowski	1:51.75
5	Svavar Markússon	1:52.88
6	Abdeslem Dargouth	1:54.87

Heat seven

Rank	Name	Time
1	George Kerr George Kerr (athlete) George Ezekiel Kerr was a Jamaican athlete who competed in the 400 metres and 800 metres twice making the Olympic Games final in the latter event....	1:51.11
2	Terry Sullivan	1:51.26
3	Péter Parsch	1:51.34
4	Borut Ingolič	1:51.51
5	Pertti Ålander	1:52.20
6	Zbigniew Orywał	1:55.89

Heat eight

Rank	Name	Time
1	Paul Schmidt	1:50.97
2	Rudolf Klaban	1:50.96
3	Ronnie Delany	1:51.19
4	Joe Mullins	1:51.46
5	Gianfranco Baraldi	1:52.15
6	Julio Gómez Julio Gómez Julio Ramón Gómez Pando is a retired boxer from Spain. He represented his native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. There, he was stopped in the first round of the flyweight division by Colombia's Álvaro Mercado.-References:*...	1:53.90
7	Somsakdi Tongaram	1:57.24

Heat nine

Rank	Name	Time
1	Tom Murphy Tom Murphy (athlete) Thomas Joseph Murphy is a former middle distance runner from the United States, who represented his native country at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. He is best known for winning the gold medal in the men's 800 metres event at the 1959 Pan American Games in Chicago.-References:*...	1:52.30
2	Ralph Gomes Ralph Gomes Ralph Gomes is a retired track and field athlete from Guyana. He competed in the middle-distances, and represented his native country at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy.-References:*...	1:53.06
3	Ekrem Koçak	1:59.12
4	Sig Ohlemann	2:07.40

Quarterfinals

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

Heat one

Rank	Name	Time
1	Tom Murphy Tom Murphy (athlete) Thomas Joseph Murphy is a former middle distance runner from the United States, who represented his native country at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. He is best known for winning the gold medal in the men's 800 metres event at the 1959 Pan American Games in Chicago.-References:*...	1:48.12
2	Christian Wägli	1:48.15
3	Manfred Matuschewski Manfred Matuschewski Manfred Matuschewski is a retired track and field athlete from Germany.He competed in the 800m event where he finished sixth at the 1960 Olympics. He was a two time European champion 1962 and 1966.-References:...	1:48.24
4	Donal Smith	1:48.52
5	Terry Sullivan	1:50.01

Heat two

Rank	Name	Time
1	Paul Schmidt	1:51.38
2	Abram Krivosheyev	1:51.40
3	Jerry Siebert	1:51.53
4	Zbigniew Makomaski	1:51.72
5	Ralph Gomes Ralph Gomes Ralph Gomes is a retired track and field athlete from Guyana. He competed in the middle-distances, and represented his native country at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy.-References:*...	1:52.47
6	Lajos Kovács Lajos Kovács Lajos Nems Kovács was a Hungarian footballer and manager from Budapest. He is most noted for his career as a footballing manager in Italy at clubs such as Roma, Bologna and Alessandria.-References:...	1:52.55
7	Per Knuts	1:52.91

Heat three

Rank	Name	Time
1	George Kerr George Kerr (athlete) George Ezekiel Kerr was a Jamaican athlete who competed in the 400 metres and 800 metres twice making the Olympic Games final in the latter event....	1:49.58
2	Ernie Cunliffe	1:49.83
3	Tony Blue	1:50.05
4	John Wenk	1:50.13
5	Valery Bulyshev	1:50.74
6	Ronnie Delany	151.42

Heat four

Rank	Name	Time
1	Roger Moens Roger Moens Roger Moens is a former Belgian middle distance runner. At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome he won a silver medal. He also was the person to break Rudolf Harbig's long-standing world record over 800 m.-References:...	1:48.69
2	Peter Snell Peter Snell Sir Peter George Snell, KNZM, MBE is a former New Zealand athlete, now resident in Texas, United States. He had one of the shortest careers of world famous international sportsmen, yet achieved so much that he was voted New Zealand’s "Sports Champion of the Century"...	1:48.84
3	Jörg Balke	1:48.98
4	Rudolf Klaban	1:50.32
5	Tom Farrell	1:50.84
6	Ergas Leps	1:52.13
7	Ekrem Koçak	1:52.66

Semifinals

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

Heat one

Rank	Name	Time	Notes
1	George Kerr George Kerr (athlete) George Ezekiel Kerr was a Jamaican athlete who competed in the 400 metres and 800 metres twice making the Olympic Games final in the latter event....	1:47.26	OR
2	Christian Wägli	1:47.40
3	Manfred Matuschewski Manfred Matuschewski Manfred Matuschewski is a retired track and field athlete from Germany.He competed in the 800m event where he finished sixth at the 1960 Olympics. He was a two time European champion 1962 and 1966.-References:...	1:47.54
4	Jörg Balke	1:47.63
5	Tony Blue	1:47.97
6	Tom Murphy Tom Murphy (athlete) Thomas Joseph Murphy is a former middle distance runner from the United States, who represented his native country at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. He is best known for winning the gold medal in the men's 800 metres event at the 1959 Pan American Games in Chicago.-References:*...	1:48.29

Heat two

Rank	Name	Time
1	Peter Snell Peter Snell Sir Peter George Snell, KNZM, MBE is a former New Zealand athlete, now resident in Texas, United States. He had one of the shortest careers of world famous international sportsmen, yet achieved so much that he was voted New Zealand’s "Sports Champion of the Century"...	1:47.34
2	Roger Moens Roger Moens Roger Moens is a former Belgian middle distance runner. At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome he won a silver medal. He also was the person to break Rudolf Harbig's long-standing world record over 800 m.-References:...	1:47.49
3	Paul Schmidt	1:47.95
4	Jerry Siebert	1:48.20
5	Abram Krivosheyev	1:48.25
6	Ernie Cunliffe	1:50.92

Final

Rank	Name	Time	Notes
	Peter Snell Peter Snell Sir Peter George Snell, KNZM, MBE is a former New Zealand athlete, now resident in Texas, United States. He had one of the shortest careers of world famous international sportsmen, yet achieved so much that he was voted New Zealand’s "Sports Champion of the Century"...	1:46.48	OR
	Roger Moens Roger Moens Roger Moens is a former Belgian middle distance runner. At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome he won a silver medal. He also was the person to break Rudolf Harbig's long-standing world record over 800 m.-References:...	1:46.55
	George Kerr George Kerr (athlete) George Ezekiel Kerr was a Jamaican athlete who competed in the 400 metres and 800 metres twice making the Olympic Games final in the latter event....	1:47.25
4	Paul Schmidt	1:47.82
5	Christian Wägli	1:48.19
6	Manfred Matuschewski Manfred Matuschewski Manfred Matuschewski is a retired track and field athlete from Germany.He competed in the 800m event where he finished sixth at the 1960 Olympics. He was a two time European champion 1962 and 1966.-References:...	1:52.21

Key: OR = Olympic record

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