These are the official results of the men's 800 metres

Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics

At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, 43 events in athletics were contested, 24 events by men and 19 by women. The competition ran from July 31, 1992 to August 9, 1992. Fourteen world record-holders were among the contenders...

event at the 1992 Summer Olympics

1992 Summer Olympics

The 1992 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event celebrated in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, in 1992. The International Olympic Committee voted in 1986 to separate the Summer and Winter Games, which had been held in the same...

in Barcelona, Spain. There were a total number of 63 participating athletes, with eight qualifying heats.

Medalists

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1992 Summer Olympics.

World Record	1:41.73	Sebastian Coe	Florence Florence Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area....  (ITA Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and... )	June 10, 1981
Olympic Record	1:43.00	Joaquim Cruz Joaquim Cruz Joaquim Carvalho Cruz is a former Brazilian athlete, winner of the 800 m at the 1984 Summer Olympics. He is one of only four men to run the 800 m in less than 1:42....	Los Angeles Los Angeles, California Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...  (USA United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... )	August 6, 1984

Final

• Held on August 5, 1992

  RANK	FINAL	TIME
  		1:43.66
  		1:43.70
  		1:43.97
  4.		1:45.06
  5.		1:45.23
  6.		1:45.57
  7.		1:48.34
  —		DNF

Semi finals

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.		1:45.66
2.		1:45.80
3.		1:46.02
4.		1:46.08
5.		1:46.13
6.		1:46.19
7.		1:46.69
8.		1:46.78

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.		1:45.25
2.		1:45.32
3.		1:46.06
4.		1:46.20
5.		1:46.98
6.		1:47.09
7.		1:48.63
8.		1:49.90

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.		1:46.59
2.		1:46.94
3.		1:46.95
4.		1:48.77
5.		1:49.53
6.		1:51.03
7.		1:52.23
—		DSQ

Heats

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.		1:48.51
2.		1:48.65
3.		1:48.68
4.		1:48.72
5.		1:50.42
6.		1:51.75
7.		1:53.91
8.		1:57.73

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.		1:47.85
2.		1:48.08
3.		1:48.20
4.		1:48.22
5.		1:52.49
6.		1:56.41
7.		1:58.71
8.		2:00.93

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.		1:46.62
2.		1:46.78
3.		1:46.69
4.		1:47.23
5.		1:48.00
6.		1:54.43
7.		1:57.96

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.		1:47.02
2.		1:47.17
3.		1:48.70
4.		1:49.23
5.		1:51.80
—		DSQ
—		DNS

RANK	HEAT 5	TIME
1.		1:46.16
2.		1:46.64
3.		1:46.65
4.		1:46.65
5.		1:48.54
6.		1:50.41 (NR)
7.		1:58.95
—		DNS

RANK	HEAT 6	TIME
1.		1:47.45
2.		1:47.58
3.		1:48.04
4.		1:48.05
5.		1:50.43
6.		1:50.50
7.		1:50.72
8.		2:02.45

RANK	HEAT 7	TIME
1.		1:46.16
2.		1:46.82
3.		1:49.32
4.		1:49.69
5.		1:50.89
6.		1:51.43
—		DSQ

RANK	HEAT 8	TIME
1.		1:46.42
2.		1:46.88
3.		1:47.30
4.		1:48.17
5.		1:51.76
6.		1:52.30
7.		1:52.71
8.		1:56.69

See also

• 1990 Men's European Championships 800 metres (Split)
  1990 European Championships in Athletics - Men's 800 metres
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• 1991 Men's World Championships 800 metres (Tokyo)
  1991 World Championships in Athletics - Men's 800 metres
  These are the official results of the Men's 800 metres event at the 1991 IAAF World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. There were a total number of 42 participating athletes, with three qualifying heats, two semi-finals and the final held on Tuesday August 27, 1991.-Medalists:-Schedule:*All times are...
  
  
• 1993 Men's World Championships 800 metres (Stuttgart)
  1993 World Championships in Athletics - Men's 800 metres
  These are the official results of the Men's 800 metres event at the 1993 IAAF World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. There were a total number of 44 participating athletes, with six qualifying heats, three semi-finals and the final held on Tuesday 1993-08-17.-Medalists:-Final:-Semi-Finals:*Held...
  
  
• 1994 Men's European Championships 800 metres (Helsinki)