2020 Olympic Games Statistics - Men’s 800m by K Ken Nakamura The records to look for in Tokyo: 1) Can Amos become first 800m runner to medal 8 years (actually 9) apart at the Olympics. Summary Page: All time Performance List at the Olympic Games Performance Performer Time Name Nat Pos Ven ue Ye ar 1 1 1:40 .91 David Rudisha KEN 1 London 2012 2 2 1:41.73 Nijel Amos BOT 2 London 2012 3 1:42.15 Davi d R udisha 1 Rio de Janeiro 2016 4 3 1:42.53 Timothy Kitum KEN 3 London 2012 5 4 1:42.58 Vebjørn Rodal NOR 1 Atlanta 1996 6 5 1:42.61 Taoufik Makh loufi ALG 2 Rio de Janeiro 2016 Slowest winning time since 1984: 1:45.08 by Nils Shumann in 2000 Margin of Victory Difference Winning time Name Nat Venue Year Max 1.4h 1:52.8h Mel Sheppard USA London 1908 1.0h 1:51.8h Douglas Lowe GBR Amsterdam 1928 0.82 1:40.91 David Rudisha KEN London 2012 Min 0.03 1:45.86 Dave Wottle USA Munchen 1972 Fastest time in each round Round Time Name Nat Venue Year Final 1:40.91 David Rudisha KEN London 2012 Semi -final 1:43.79 Norberto Telle z CUB Atlanta 1996 First round 1:44.69 Wilson Kipketer DEN Athinai 2004 Fastest non-qualifier for the final Time Position Name Nat Venue Year 1:44.70 3sf3 Adam Kszczot POL Rio de Janeiro 2016 1:44.81 3sf2 Yassine Hethat ALG Rio de Janeiro 2016 1:44.87 5sf1 Omar Khalifa SUD Los Angeles 1984 Best Marks for Places in the Olympics Pos Time Name Nat Venue Year 1 1:40.91 David Rudisha KEN London 2012 1:42.15 David Rudisha KEN Rio de Janeiro 2016 2 1:41.73 Nijel Amos BOT London 2012 1:42.61 Taoufik Makhloufi KEN Rio de Janeiro 2016 3 1:42.53 Timothy Kitum KEN London 2012 1:42.79 Fred Onyancha KEN Atlanta 1996 Last eight Olympics: Year Gold Nat Time Silver Nat Time Bronze Nat Time 2016 David Rudisha KEN 1:42.15 Taofuk Makhloufi ALG 1:42.61 Clayton Murphy USA 1:42.93 2012 David Rudisha KEN 1:40.91 Nijel Amos BOT 1:41.73 Timothy Kitum KEN 1:42.53 2008 Wilfred Bungei KEN 1:44.65 Ahmed Ismail SUD 1:44.70 Alfred Kirwa Yego KEN 1:44.82 2004 Yuriy Borzakovskiy RUS 1:44.45 Mbulaeni Mulaudzi RSA 1:44.61 Wilson Kipketer DEN 1:44.65 2000 Nils Schumann GER 1:45.08 Wilson Kipketer DEN 1:45.14 Djabir Said-Guerni ALG 1:45.16 1996 Vebjørn Rodal NOR 1:42.58 Hezekiel Sepeng RSA 1:42.74 Fred Onyancha KEN 1:42.79 1992 William Tanui KEN 1:43.66 Nixon Kiprotich KEN 1:43.70 Johnny Gray USA 1:43.97 1988 Paul Ereng KEN 1:43.45 Joaquim Cruz BRA 1:43.90 Said Aouita MAR 1:44.06 All time Performance List at the Olympic Games Performance Performer Time Name Nat Pos Venue Ye ar 1 1 1:40 .91 David Rudisha KEN 1 London 2012 2 2 1:41.73 Nijel Amos BOT 2 London 2012 3 1:42.15 Davi d R udisha 1 Rio de Janeiro 2016 4 3 1:42.53 Timothy Kitum KEN 3 London 2012 5 4 1:42.5 8 Vebjørn Rodal NOR 1 Atlanta 1996 6 5 1:42.61 Taoufik Makhloufi ALG 2 Rio de Janeiro 2016 7 6 1:42.74 Hezekiel Sepeng RSA 2 Atlanta 1996 8 7 1:42.79 Fred Onyancha KEN 3 Atlanta 1996 9 8 1:42.82 Duane Solomon USA 4 London 2012 10 9 1:42.85 Norberto Tellez CUB 4 Atlanta 1996 11 10 1:42.93 Clayton Murphy USA 3 Rio de Janeiro 2016 12 11 1:42.95 Nick Symmonds USA 5 London 2012 13 12 1:43.00 Joaquim Cruz BRA 1 Los Angeles 1984 14 13 1:43.20 Mohammed Aman ETH 6 London 2012 15 14 1:43.32 Abubaker K aki SUD 7 London 2012 16 15 1:43.41 Pierre-Ambroise Bosse FRA 4 Rio de Janeiro 2016 17 16 1:43.45 Paul Ereng KEN 1 Seoul 1988 18 17 1:43.50 Alberto Juantorena CUB 1 Montreal 1976 19 18 1:43.55 Ferguson Rotich KEN 5 Rio de Janeiro 2016 20 19 1:43.64 Sebastian Coe GBR 2 Los Angeles 1984 21 20 1:43.66 Will iam Tanui KEN 1 Barcelona 1992 22 21 1:43.70 Nixon Kiprotich KEN 2 Barcelona 1992 23 22 1:43.77 Andrew Osagie GBR 8 London 2012 24 1:43.79 Norberto Tellez 1sf3 Atlanta 1996 25 1:43.82 Joaquim Cruz 1sf1 Los Angeles 1984 26 23 1:43.83 Earl Jones US A 3 Los Angeles 1984 27 1:43.85 Pierre Ambroise Bosse 1sf1 Rio de Janeiro 2016 27 1:43.85 Taofik Makhloufi 2sf1 Rio de J aneiro 2016 29 24 1: 43.86 Ivo Van Damme BEL 2 Montreal 1976 30 1:43.88 David Rudisha 1sf3 Rio de Janeiro 2016 31 1:43.90 Joaquim Cruz 2 Seoul 1988 31 1:43.90 David Kiptoo 2sf3 Atlanta 1996 33 25 1:43.91 Nico Motchebon GER 5 Atlanta 1996 34 1:43.96 Vebjørn Rodal 3sf3 Atlanta 1996 35 26 1:43.97 Johnny Gray USA 3 Barcelona 1992 36 27 1:43.99 Benyounes Lahlou MAR 1s f1 Atlanta 1996 37 1:44.00 Johnny Gray 2sf1 Atlanta 1996 38 1:44.02 Fred Onyancha 3sf1 Atlanta 1996 39 28 1:44.03 Billy Konchellah KEN 4 Los Angeles 1984 40 29 1:44.0 6 Said Aouita MAR 3 Se oul 1988 41 30 1:44.12 Rick Wohlhuter USA 3 Montreal 1976 41 31 1:44.12 Edwin Koech KEN 2sf1 Los Angeles 1984 41 32 1:44.12 Peter Elliott GBR 4 Seoul 1988 44 33 1:44.19 David Kiptoo KEN 6 Atlanta 1996 44 34 1:44.19 Djabir Said -Gu erni ALG 1sf2 Sydney 2000 46 35 1:44.20 Marcin Lewandowski POL 6 Rio de Janeiro 2016 47 1:44.21 Johnny Gray 7 Atlanta 1996 48 36 1:44.22 Nils Schumann GER 1sf1 Sydney 2000 48 37 1:44.22 Wilson Kipketer DEN 1sf3 Sydney 2000 50 38 1:44.28 Wilfred Bungei KEN 1sf2 Athinai 2004 51 39 1:44.29 Yuriy Borzakovskiy RUS 2sf2 Athinai 2004 52 1:44.30 Clayton Murphy 2sf3 Rio de Janeiro 2016 53 1:44.33 Yuriy Borzakovskiy 2sf2 Sydney 2000 54 1:44.34 Mohammed Aman 1sf3 London 2012 55 1:44.35 David Rudisha 1sf2 London 2012 56 40 1:44.38 Andre Bucher SUI 2sf1 Sydney 2000 56 41 1:44. 38 Alfred Kipketer KEN 1sf2 Rio de Janeiro 2016 58 42 1:44.40 Ralph Doubell AUS 1 Mexico City 1968 59 43 1:44.43 Donato Sabia ITA 5 Los Angeles 1984 60 1:44.45 Yuriy Borzakovskiy 1 Athinai 2004 61 44 1:44.49 Andrea Longo ITA 2sf3 Sydney 2000 Slowest winning time since 1984: 1:45.08 by Nils Shumann in 2000 Margin of Victory Difference Winning time Name Nat Venue Year Max 1.4h 1:52.8h Mel Sheppard USA London 1908 1.0h 1:51.8h Douglas Lowe GBR Amsterdam 1928 0.82 1:40.91 David Rudisha KEN London 2012 0.8h 2:11.0 Edwin Flack AUS Athinai 1896 0.64 1:43.00 Joaquim Cruz BRA Los Angeles 1984 Min 0.03 1:45.86 Dave Wottle USA Munchen 1972 Difference between first and third Diff Winning time 3rd place time Winner’s Name Nat Ven ue Year Max 17.0h 2:11.0h 2:28.0h Edwin Flack AUS Athinai 1896 1.62 1:40.91 1:42.53 David Rudisha KEN London 2012 1.4h 1:51.8h 1:53.2h Douglas Lowe GBR Amsterdam 1928 1.06 1:44.40A 1:45.46A Ralph Doublell AUS Mexico City 1968 Min 0.08 1:45.08 1:45.16 Nils Schumann GER Syd ney 2000 Difference between third and fourth (medal versus no medal) Difference 3rd place time Name Nat Venue Year Max 1.14 1:44.12 Rick Wolhuter USA Montreal 1976 Min 0.06 1:42.79 Fred O nyancha KEN Atlanta 1996 1:44.06 Said Aouita MAR Seoul 1988 1:49.78 Heinz Ulzheimer FRG Helsinki 1952 0.0h 1:45.9h Wilson Kiprugut KEN Tokyo 1964 Fastest time in each round Round Time Name Nat Venue Year Final 1:40.91 David Rudisha KEN London 2012 Semi-final 1:43.79 Norberto Tellez CUB Atlanta 1996 First round 1:44.69 Wilson Kipketer DEN Athinai 2004 Fastest non-qualifier for the final Time Position Name Nat Venue Year 1:44.70 3sf3 Adam Kszczot POL Rio de Janeiro 2016 1:44.81 3sf2 Yassine Hethat ALG Rio de Janeiro 2016 1:44.87 5sf1 Omar Khalifa SUD Los Angeles 1984 Average of last nine Olympics Average 2016 2012 2008 2004 2000 1996 1992 1988 1984 Winning Time 1:43.33 1:42.15 1:40.91 1:44.65 1:44.45 1:45.08 1:42.58 1:43.66 1:43.45 1:43.00 Winning Medal 1:43.86 1:42.93 1:42.53 1:44.82 1:44.65 1:45.16 1:42.79 1:43.97 1:44.06 1:43.83 Miss Medal (4 th ) 1:44.19 1:43.41 1:42.82 1:44.94 1:45.16 1:45.29 1:42.85 1:45.06 1:44.12 1:44.03 Slowest to make final 1:45.58 1:44.65 1:44.93 1:46.40 1:46.09 1:44.85 1:45.40 1:46.94 1:45.04 1:45.96 Best Marks for Places in the Olympics Pos Time Name Nat Venue Year 1 1:40.91 David Rudisha KEN London 2012 1:42.15 David Rudisha KEN Rio de Janeiro 2016 1:42.58 Vebjørn Rodal NOR Atlanta 1996 2 1:41.73 Nijel Amos BOT London 2012 1:42.61 Taoufik Makhloufi KEN Rio de Janeiro 2016 1:4 2.74 Hezekiel Sepeng RSA Atlanta 1996 3 1:42.53 Timothy Kitum KEN London 2012 1:42.79 Fred Onyancha KEN Atlanta 1996 4 1:42.82 Duane Solomon USA London 2012 1:42.85 Norberto Tellez CUB Atlanta 1996 5 1:42.95 Nick Symmonds USA London 2012 1:43.55 Furguson Rotich KEN Rio de Janeiro 2016 1:43.91 Nico Motchebon GER Atlanta 1996 6 1:43.20 Mohammed Aman ETH London 2012 1:44.19 David Kiptoo KEN Atlanta 1996 7 1:43.32 Abubaker Kaki SUD London 2012 1:44.21 Johnny Gray USA Atlanta 1996 8 1:43.77 Andrew Osagie GBR London 2012 Best Marks for Places – All Competitions Pos Time Name Nat Venue Day Month Year 1 1:40.91 David Rudisha KEN London - OG 9 Aug 2012 1:41.01 David Rudisha KEN Rieti 29 Aug 2010 2 1:41.73 Nijel Amos BOT London – OG 9 Aug 2012 1:42.23 Abubaker Kaki SUD Oslo 4 June 2010 1:42.28 Sammy Koskei KEN Köln 26 Aug 1984 3 1:42.53 Timothy Kitum KEN London – OG 9 Aug 2012 1:42.69 Japheth Kimutai KEN Bruxelles 3 Sept 1999 4 1:42.82 Duane Solomon USA London – OG 9 Aug 2012 1:42.84 Ferguson Rotich Cheruiyot KEN Monaco 18 July 2014 1:42.85 Norberto Tellez CUB Atlanta 31 July 1996 5 1:42.95 Nick Symmonds USA London – OG 9 Aug 2012 1:42.98 David Rudisha KEN Monaco 18 July 2014 1:43.09 Djabir Said -Guerni ALG Bruxelles 3 Sept 1999 6 1:43.20 Mohamed Aman ETH London - OG 9 Aug 2012 1:43.30 Yuriy Borzakovskiy RUS Zürich 17 Aug 2001 7 1:43.32 Abubaker Kaki SUD London – OG 9 Aug 2012 1:43.73 Marcin Lewandowski POL Saint Denis 27 Aug 2016 1:43.89 Alfred Kirwa Yego KEN Rieti 27 Aug 2006 8 1:43.77 Andrew Osagie GBR London – OG 9 Aug 2012 1:44.09 Mohammed Aman ETH Monaco 17 July 2015 1:44.20 Yuriy Borzakovskiy RUS Bruxelles 30 Aug 2002 Multiple Gold Medalists: David Rudisha (KEN) 2012, 2016 Peter Snell (NZL): 1960, 1964 Mal Whitfield (USA): 1948, 1952 Douglas Lowe (GBR): 1924, 1928 Multiple Medalists: David Rudisha (KEN): 2012 Gold; 2016 Gold Wilson Kipketer (DEN): 2000