2016 Summer Olympics Results - Athletics
| Men's 800m | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 12 - Final | |||
 |  KENKenya | David Lekuta Rudisha | 1:42.15 |
 |  ALGAlgeria | Taoufik Makhloufi | 1:42.61 |
 |  USAUnited States | Clayton Murphy | 1:42.93 |
| 4 |  FRAFrance | Pierre-Ambroise Bosse | 1:43.41 |
| 5 | KENKenya | Ferguson Rotich | 1:43.55 |
| 6 |  POLPoland | Marcin Lewandowski | 1:44.20 |
| 7 | KENKenya | Alfred Kipketer | 1:46.02 |
| 8 | USAUnited States | Boris Berian | 1:46.15 |
| 9 | POLPoland | Adam Kszczot | 1:44.70 |
| 10 | ALGAlgeria | Yassine Hathat | 1:44.81 |
| 11 |  DJIDjibouti | Ayanleh Souleiman | 1:45.19 |
| 12 |  BIHBosnia and Herzegovina | Amel Tuka | 1:45.24 |
| 13 |  RSASouth Africa | Reinhardt Van Rensburg | 1:45.33 |
| 14 |  CANCanada | Brandon McBride | 1:45.41 |
| 15 |  MARMorocco | Mostafa Smaili | 1:45.78 |
| 16 |  DENDenmark | Andreas Bube | 1:45.87 |
| 17 |  IRLIreland | Mark English | 1:45.93 |
| 18 |  ETHEthiopia | Mohammed Aman | 1:46.14 |
| 19 |  BRABrazil | Kleberson Davide | 1:46.19 |
| 20 |  ITAItaly | Giordano Benedetti | 1:46.41 |
| 21 | ALGAlgeria | Amine Belferar | 1:46.55 |
| 22 |  PURPuerto Rico | Andrés Arroyo | 1:46.74 |
| 23 |  GBRGreat Britain | Michael Rimmer | 1:46.80 |
| 24 |  EGYEgypt | Hamada Mohamed | 1:48.17 |
| 25 |  COLColombia | Rafith Rodríguez | 1:46.65 |
| 26 |  ESPSpain | Álvaro De Arriba | 1:46.86 |
| 27 |  AUSAustralia | Jeffrey Riseley | 1:46.93 |
| 27 |  SLOSlovenia | Zan Rudolf | 1:46.93 |
| 29 | PURPuerto Rico | Wesley Vázquez | 1:46.96 |
| 30 | USAUnited States | Charles Jock | 1:47.06 |
| 31 |  INDIndia | Jinson Johnson | 1:47.27 |
| 32 |  BDIBurundi | Antoine Gakeme | 1:47.46 |
| 33 | CANCanada | Anthony Romaniw | 1:47.59 |
| 34 |  QATQatar | Abubaker Haydar Abdalla | 1:47.81 |
| 35 | GBRGreat Britain | Elliot Giles | 1:47.88 |
| 36 | BRABrazil | Lutimar Paes | 1:48.38 |
| 37 |  KOSKosovo | Musa Hajdari | 1:48.41 |
| 38 |  BOTBotswana | Boitumelo Masilo | 1:48.48 |
| 39 | ESPSpain | Daniel Andújar | 1:48.50 |
| 40 |  ANDAndorra | Pol Moya | 1:48.88 |
| 41 |  LUXLuxembourg | Charles Grethen | 1:48.93 |
| 42 | AUSAustralia | Peter Bol | 1:49.36 |
| 43 |  JPNJapan | Sho Kawamoto | 1:49.41 |
| 44 | RSASouth Africa | Jacob Rozani | 1:49.79 |
| 45 |  SVKSlovakia | Jozef Repcík | 1:49.95 |
| 46 | AUSAustralia | Luke Mathews | 1:50.17 |
| 47 |  GHAGhana | Alex Amankwah | 1:50.33 |
| 48 |  MONMonaco | Brice Etès | 1:50.40 |
| 49 | BOTBotswana | Nijel Amos | 1:50.46 |
| 50 |  GEQEquatorial Guinea | Benjamín Enzema | 1:52.14 |
| 51 |  COKCook Islands | Alex Beddoes | 1:52.76 |
| 52 |  CAFCentral African Republic | Francky-Edgard Mbotto | 1:52.97 |
| 53 | ESPSpain | Kevin López | 1:53.41 |
| 54 |  EORRefugee Olympic Team | Yiech Pur Biel | 1:54.67 |
 BRNBahrain | Abraham Rotich | DSQ | |
 GUMGuam | Joshua Ilustre | DSQ | |
| MARMorocco | Abdellatif El Guesse | DNF | |
| QATQatar | Musaeb Abdulrahman Balla | DNS | |
| Men's 800m, Round 1, Heat 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 12 - Final | |||
| 1 | DJIDjibouti | Ayanleh Souleiman | 1:45.48 Q |
| 2 | BIHBosnia and Herzegovina | Amel Tuka | 1:45.72 Q |
| 3 | USAUnited States | Boris Berian | 1:45.87 Q |
| 4 | BRABrazil | Kleberson Davide | 1:46.14 |
| 5 | SLOSlovenia | Zan Rudolf | 1:46.93 |
| 6 | BDIBurundi | Antoine Gakeme | 1:47.46 |
| 7 | KOSKosovo | Musa Hajdari | 1:48.41 |
| BRNBahrain | Abraham Rotich | DSQ | |
| Men's 800m, Round 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 12 - Final | |||
| 1 | KENKenya | David Lekuta Rudisha | 1:45.09 Q |
| 2 | DJIDjibouti | Ayanleh Souleiman | 1:45.48 Q |
| 3 | RSASouth Africa | Reinhardt Van Rensburg | 1:45.67 Q |
| 4 | BIHBosnia and Herzegovina | Amel Tuka | 1:45.72 Q |
| 5 | POLPoland | Adam Kszczot | 1:45.83 Q |
| 6 | USAUnited States | Boris Berian | 1:45.87 Q |
| 7 | CANCanada | Brandon McBride | 1:45.99 Q |
| 7 | GBRGreat Britain | Michael Rimmer | 1:45.99 Q |
| 9 | KENKenya | Ferguson Rotich | 1:46.00 Q |
| 10 | BRABrazil | Kleberson Davide | 1:46.14 q |
| 11 | PURPuerto Rico | Andrés Arroyo | 1:46.17 Q |
| 12 | USAUnited States | Clayton Murphy | 1:46.18 q |
| 13 | POLPoland | Marcin Lewandowski | 1:46.35 Q |
| 14 | IRLIreland | Mark English | 1:46.40 Q |
| 15 | KENKenya | Alfred Kipketer | 1:46.61 Q |
| 16 | EGYEgypt | Hamada Mohamed | 1:46.65 q |
| 17 | COLColombia | Rafith Rodríguez | 1:46.65 |
| 18 | DENDenmark | Andreas Bube | 1:46.67 Q |
| 19 | ALGAlgeria | Yassine Hathat | 1:46.81 Q |
| 20 | ESPSpain | Álvaro De Arriba | 1:46.86 |
| 21 | AUSAustralia | Jeffrey Riseley | 1:46.93 |
| 21 | SLOSlovenia | Zan Rudolf | 1:46.93 |
| 23 | PURPuerto Rico | Wesley Vázquez | 1:46.96 |
| 24 | USAUnited States | Charles Jock | 1:47.06 |
| 25 | INDIndia | Jinson Johnson | 1:47.27 |
| 26 | BDIBurundi | Antoine Gakeme | 1:47.46 |
| 27 | CANCanada | Anthony Romaniw | 1:47.59 |
| 28 | QATQatar | Abubaker Haydar Abdalla | 1:47.81 |
| 29 | GBRGreat Britain | Elliot Giles | 1:47.88 |
| 30 | FRAFrance | Pierre-Ambroise Bosse | 1:48.12 Q |
| 31 | ETHEthiopia | Mohammed Aman | 1:48.33 Q |
| 32 | BRABrazil | Lutimar Paes | 1:48.38 |
| 33 | ALGAlgeria | Amine Belferar | 1:48.40 Q |
| 34 | KOSKosovo | Musa Hajdari | 1:48.41 |
| 35 | BOTBotswana | Boitumelo Masilo | 1:48.48 |
| 36 | ESPSpain | Daniel Andújar | 1:48.50 |
| 37 | ANDAndorra | Pol Moya | 1:48.88 |
| 38 | LUXLuxembourg | Charles Grethen | 1:48.93 |
| 39 | ALGAlgeria | Taoufik Makhloufi | 1:49.17 Q |
| 40 | MARMorocco | Mostafa Smaili | 1:49.29 Q |
| 41 | AUSAustralia | Peter Bol | 1:49.36 |
| 42 | ITAItaly | Giordano Benedetti | 1:49.40 Q |
| 43 | JPNJapan | Sho Kawamoto | 1:49.41 |
| 44 | RSASouth Africa | Jacob Rozani | 1:49.79 |
| 45 | SVKSlovakia | Jozef Repcík | 1:49.95 |
| 46 | AUSAustralia | Luke Mathews | 1:50.17 |
| 47 | GHAGhana | Alex Amankwah | 1:50.33 |
| 48 | MONMonaco | Brice Etès | 1:50.40 |
| 49 | BOTBotswana | Nijel Amos | 1:50.46 |
| 50 | GEQEquatorial Guinea | Benjamín Enzema | 1:52.14 |
| 51 | COKCook Islands | Alex Beddoes | 1:52.76 |
| 52 | CAFCentral African Republic | Francky-Edgard Mbotto | 1:52.97 |
| 53 | ESPSpain | Kevin López | 1:53.41 |
| 54 | EORRefugee Olympic Team | Yiech Pur Biel | 1:54.67 |
| BRNBahrain | Abraham Rotich | DSQ | |
| GUMGuam | Joshua Ilustre | DSQ | |
| MARMorocco | Abdellatif El Guesse | DNF | |
| QATQatar | Musaeb Abdulrahman Balla | DNS | |
| Men's 800m, Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 16 - Final | |||
| 1 | KENKenya | David Lekuta Rudisha | 1:42.15 |
| 2 | ALGAlgeria | Taoufik Makhloufi | 1:42.61 |
| 3 | USAUnited States | Clayton Murphy | 1:42.93 |
| 4 | FRAFrance | Pierre-Ambroise Bosse | 1:43.41 |
| 5 | KENKenya | Ferguson Rotich | 1:43.55 |
| 6 | POLPoland | Marcin Lewandowski | 1:44.20 |
| 7 | KENKenya | Alfred Kipketer | 1:46.02 |
| 8 | USAUnited States | Boris Berian | 1:46.15 |
| Men's 800m, Semifinal, Semifinal 3 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 14 - Final | |||
| 1 | KENKenya | David Lekuta Rudisha | 1:43.88 Q |
| 2 | USAUnited States | Clayton Murphy | 1:44.30 Q |
| 3 | POLPoland | Adam Kszczot | 1:44.70 |
| 4 | DJIDjibouti | Ayanleh Souleiman | 1:45.19 |
| 5 | IRLIreland | Mark English | 1:45.93 |
| 6 | ITAItaly | Giordano Benedetti | 1:46.41 |
| 7 | ALGAlgeria | Amine Belferar | 1:46.55 |
| 8 | EGYEgypt | Hamada Mohamed | 1:48.17 |
| Men's 800m, Semifinal, Semifinal 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 14 - Final | |||
| 1 | KENKenya | Alfred Kipketer | 1:44.38 Q |
| 2 | USAUnited States | Boris Berian | 1:44.56 Q |
| 3 | ALGAlgeria | Yassine Hathat | 1:44.81 |
| 4 | BIHBosnia and Herzegovina | Amel Tuka | 1:45.24 |
| 5 | RSASouth Africa | Reinhardt Van Rensburg | 1:45.33 |
| 6 | CANCanada | Brandon McBride | 1:45.41 |
| 7 | DENDenmark | Andreas Bube | 1:45.87 |
| 8 | ETHEthiopia | Mohammed Aman | 1:46.14 |
| Men's 800m, Semifinal, Semifinal 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 14 - Final | |||
| 1 | FRAFrance | Pierre-Ambroise Bosse | 1:43.85 Q |
| 2 | ALGAlgeria | Taoufik Makhloufi | 1:43.85 Q |
| 3 | POLPoland | Marcin Lewandowski | 1:44.56 |
| 4 | KENKenya | Ferguson Rotich | 1:44.65 |
| 5 | MARMorocco | Mostafa Smaili | 1:45.78 |
| 6 | BRABrazil | Kleberson Davide | 1:46.19 |
| 7 | PURPuerto Rico | Andrés Arroyo | 1:46.74 |
| 8 | GBRGreat Britain | Michael Rimmer | 1:46.80 |
| Men's 800m, Semifinal | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 14 - Final | |||
| 1 | FRAFrance | Pierre-Ambroise Bosse | 1:43.85 Q |
| 2 | ALGAlgeria | Taoufik Makhloufi | 1:43.85 Q |
| 3 | KENKenya | David Lekuta Rudisha | 1:43.88 Q |
| 4 | USAUnited States | Clayton Murphy | 1:44.30 Q |
| 5 | KENKenya | Alfred Kipketer | 1:44.38 Q |
| 6 | POLPoland | Marcin Lewandowski | 1:44.56 q |
| 6 | USAUnited States | Boris Berian | 1:44.56 Q |
| 8 | KENKenya | Ferguson Rotich | 1:44.65 q |
| 9 | POLPoland | Adam Kszczot | 1:44.70 |
| 10 | ALGAlgeria | Yassine Hathat | 1:44.81 |
| 11 | DJIDjibouti | Ayanleh Souleiman | 1:45.19 |
| 12 | BIHBosnia and Herzegovina | Amel Tuka | 1:45.24 |
| 13 | RSASouth Africa | Reinhardt Van Rensburg | 1:45.33 |
| 14 | CANCanada | Brandon McBride | 1:45.41 |
| 15 | MARMorocco | Mostafa Smaili | 1:45.78 |
| 16 | DENDenmark | Andreas Bube | 1:45.87 |
| 17 | IRLIreland | Mark English | 1:45.93 |
| 18 | ETHEthiopia | Mohammed Aman | 1:46.14 |
| 19 | BRABrazil | Kleberson Davide | 1:46.19 |
| 20 | ITAItaly | Giordano Benedetti | 1:46.41 |
| 21 | ALGAlgeria | Amine Belferar | 1:46.55 |
| 22 | PURPuerto Rico | Andrés Arroyo | 1:46.74 |
| 23 | GBRGreat Britain | Michael Rimmer | 1:46.80 |
| 24 | EGYEgypt | Hamada Mohamed | 1:48.17 |
| Men's 800m, Round 1, Heat 7 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 12 - Final | |||
| 1 | FRAFrance | Pierre-Ambroise Bosse | 1:48.12 Q |
| 2 | ETHEthiopia | Mohammed Aman | 1:48.33 Q |
| 3 | ALGAlgeria | Amine Belferar | 1:48.40 Q |
| 4 | ESPSpain | Daniel Andújar | 1:48.50 |
| 5 | LUXLuxembourg | Charles Grethen | 1:48.93 |
| 6 | AUSAustralia | Peter Bol | 1:49.36 |
| 7 | CAFCentral African Republic | Francky-Edgard Mbotto | 1:52.97 |
| QATQatar | Musaeb Abdulrahman Balla | DNS | |
| Men's 800m, Round 1, Heat 6 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 12 - Final | |||
| 1 | CANCanada | Brandon McBride | 1:45.99 Q |
| 2 | POLPoland | Marcin Lewandowski | 1:46.35 Q |
| 3 | IRLIreland | Mark English | 1:46.40 Q |
| 4 | AUSAustralia | Jeffrey Riseley | 1:46.93 |
| 5 | QATQatar | Abubaker Haydar Abdalla | 1:47.81 |
| 6 | ANDAndorra | Pol Moya | 1:48.88 |
| 7 | GHAGhana | Alex Amankwah | 1:50.33 |
| MARMorocco | Abdellatif El Guesse | DNF | |
| Men's 800m, Round 1, Heat 5 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 12 - Final | |||
| 1 | ALGAlgeria | Taoufik Makhloufi | 1:49.17 Q |
| 2 | MARMorocco | Mostafa Smaili | 1:49.29 Q |
| 3 | ITAItaly | Giordano Benedetti | 1:49.40 Q |
| 4 | JPNJapan | Sho Kawamoto | 1:49.41 |
| 5 | RSASouth Africa | Jacob Rozani | 1:49.79 |
| 6 | SVKSlovakia | Jozef Repcík | 1:49.95 |
| 7 | BOTBotswana | Nijel Amos | 1:50.46 |
| 8 | ESPSpain | Kevin López | 1:53.41 |
| Men's 800m, Round 1, Heat 4 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 12 - Final | |||
| 1 | KENKenya | Alfred Kipketer | 1:46.61 Q |
| 2 | DENDenmark | Andreas Bube | 1:46.67 Q |
| 3 | ALGAlgeria | Yassine Hathat | 1:46.81 Q |
| 4 | ESPSpain | Álvaro De Arriba | 1:46.86 |
| 5 | PURPuerto Rico | Wesley Vázquez | 1:46.96 |
| 6 | USAUnited States | Charles Jock | 1:47.06 |
| 7 | GBRGreat Britain | Elliot Giles | 1:47.88 |
| 8 | EORRefugee Olympic Team | Yiech Pur Biel | 1:54.67 |
| GUMGuam | Joshua Ilustre | DSQ | |
| Men's 800m, Round 1, Heat 3 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 12 - Final | |||
| 1 | KENKenya | David Lekuta Rudisha | 1:45.09 Q |
| 2 | RSASouth Africa | Reinhardt Van Rensburg | 1:45.67 Q |
| 3 | GBRGreat Britain | Michael Rimmer | 1:45.99 Q |
| 4 | USAUnited States | Clayton Murphy | 1:46.18 |
| 5 | INDIndia | Jinson Johnson | 1:47.27 |
| 6 | CANCanada | Anthony Romaniw | 1:47.59 |
| 7 | BRABrazil | Lutimar Paes | 1:48.38 |
| 8 | GEQEquatorial Guinea | Benjamín Enzema | 1:52.14 |
| 9 | COKCook Islands | Alex Beddoes | 1:52.76 |
| Men's 800m, Round 1, Heat 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 12 - Final | |||
| 1 | POLPoland | Adam Kszczot | 1:45.83 Q |
| 2 | KENKenya | Ferguson Rotich | 1:46.00 Q |
| 3 | PURPuerto Rico | Andrés Arroyo | 1:46.17 Q |
| 4 | EGYEgypt | Hamada Mohamed | 1:46.65 |
| 5 | COLColombia | Rafith Rodríguez | 1:46.65 |
| 6 | BOTBotswana | Boitumelo Masilo | 1:48.48 |
| 7 | AUSAustralia | Luke Mathews | 1:50.17 |
| 8 | MONMonaco | Brice Etès | 1:50.40 |
Medal Tracker
Overall Medal Leaders
- 126
USA - 91
CHN - 65
GBR
Individual Medal Leaders
Gold
 USA | 40 |
 CHN | 40 |
 JPN | 20 |
Silver
| USA | 44 |
| CHN | 27 |
 FRA | 26 |
Bronze
| USA | 42 |
 GBR | 29 |
| CHN | 24 |
Overall Medal Leaders
- 6Yufei
- 5
Marchand - 5Huske
Individual Medal Leaders
Gold
| Marchand | 4 |
| Huske | 3 |
 O'Callaghan | 3 |
Silver
| Smith | 3 |
| Huske | 2 |
| Walsh | 2 |
Bronze
| Yufei | 5 |
| Junxuan | 3 |
| McKeown | 2 |
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