Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's 800 metres

Men's 800 metres at the Games of the VII Olympiad
Venue	Olympisch Stadion
Dates	August 15–17
Competitors	40 from 17 nations
Medalists
Albert Hill  Great Britain Earl Eby  United States Bevil Rudd 23x15px South Africa

Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men
200 m		men
400 m		men
800 m		men
1500 m		men
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men
4×400 m relay		men
3000 m team race		men
3 km walk		men
10 km walk		men
Road events
Marathon	men
Field events
Long jump	men
Triple jump	men
High jump	men
Pole vault	men
Shot put	men
Discus throw	men
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men
56 lb weight throw	men
Combined events
Pentathlon	men
Decathlon	men
Cross-country events
Individual	men
Team	men

The men's 800 metres event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1920 Summer Olympics. The competition was held from Sunday, August 15, 1920 to Tuesday, August 17, 1920.

Forty runners from 17 nations competed.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1920 Summer Olympics.

World Record	1:51.9	Ted Meredith	Stockholm (SWE)	July 8, 1912
Olympic Record	1:51.9	Ted Meredith	Stockholm (SWE)	July 8, 1912

Results

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinal 1

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Edgar Mountain (GBR)	1:57.6	Q
2	Giuseppe Bonini (ITA)	2:02.2	Q
3	Fernand Bauduin (FRA)	2:02.5	Q
4	22x20px James Doig (RSA)	2:03.0	Q
5	Joseph Van Der Wee (BEL)
6	Saburo Hasumi (JPN)
7	22x20px José Grasset (ESP)
8	Karel Přibyl (TCH)
9	Jean Proess (LUX)

Quarterfinal 2

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	22x20px Bevil Rudd (RSA)	1:55.0	Q
2	Albert Hill (GBR)	1:56.2	Q
3	Earl Eby (USA)	1:57.7	Q
4	Jean Esparbès (FRA)	1:57.7	Q
5	Elis Johansson (SWE)
6	Arturo Porro (ITA)
7	Léoncé Oleffe (BEL)
8	22x20px Hec Phillips (CAN)
9	Odolf Larsen (NOR)

Quarterfinal 3

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Philip Noel-Baker (GBR)	1:56.0	Q
2	Don Scott (USA)	1:56.9	Q
3	Tolly Bolin (SWE)	1:57.8	Q
4	Adje Paulen (NED)	1:58.4	Q
5	Agide Simonazzi (ITA)	1:58.9
6	Paul Martin (SUI)	1:59.0
7	Karel Frankenstein (TCH)	2:00.0

Quarterfinal 4

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Robert Goullieux (FRA)	1:58.8	Q
2	Tom Campbell (USA)	1:59.4	Q
3	22x20px Henry Dafel (RSA)	1:59.9	Q
4	Ernesto Ambrosini (ITA)	2:00.2	Q
5	Nils Engdahl (SWE)
6	Johannes Villemson (EST)
7	Josef Teplý (TCH)
—	Jean Delarge (BEL)	DNF

Quarterfinal 5

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Sven Lundgren (SWE)	2:00.6	Q
2	Albert Sprott (USA)	2:01.5	Q
3	22x20px Miguel García Onsalo (ESP)	2:02.2	Q
4	Kléber Argouac'h (FRA)	2:02.5	Q
5	Jaroslav Procházka (TCH)
6	Henri Godin (BEL)
7	Émile Barral (MON)

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Don Scott (USA)	1:57.2	Q
2	Edgar Mountain (GBR)	1:58.0	Q
3	Albert Sprott (USA)	1:58.7	Q
4	Ernesto Ambrosini (ITA)	1:59.5
5	Robert Goullieux (FRA)	1:59.6
6	22x20px Miguel García Onsalo (ESP)	2:01.2
7	22x20px James Doig (RSA)	2:01.5

Semifinal 2

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	22x20px Bevil Rudd (RSA)	1:57.0	Q
2	Tom Campbell (USA)	1:57.6	Q
3	Adje Paulen (NED)	1:57.8	Q
4	Sven Lundgren (SWE)	1:58.1
5	Giuseppe Bonini (ITA)	1:58.1
6	Kléber Argouac'h (FRA)

Semifinal 3

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Albert Hill (GBR)	1:56.4	Q
2	Earl Eby (USA)	1:57.0	Q
3	Jean Esparbès (FRA)	1:57.3	Q
4	Tolly Bolin (SWE)	1:57.5
5	Fernand Bauduin (FRA)	1:58.0
6	22x20px Henry Dafel (RSA)
—	Philip Noel-Baker (GBR)	DNS

Final

Place	Athlete	Time
1	Albert Hill (GBR)	1:53.4
2	Earl Eby (USA)	1:53.6
3	22x20px Bevil Rudd (RSA)	1:54.0
4	Edgar Mountain (GBR)	1:54.6
5	Don Scott (USA)	1:56.0
6	Albert Sprott (USA)	1:56.4
7	Adje Paulen (NED)	1:56.4
8	Jean Esparbès (FRA)	1:58.0
—	Tom Campbell (USA)	DNF

References

• sports-reference.com