Athletics at the 2010 South American Games – Men's 800 metres explained

See main article: Athletics at the 2010 South American Games. The Men's 800m event at the 2010 South American Games was held on March 21 at 18:20.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Rafith Rodríguez	Lutimar Paes	Diomar de Souza

Records

Standing records prior to the 2010 South American Games
World record			1:41.11	Köln, Germany	24 August 1997
World Leading			1:43.15	Melbourne, Australia	4 March 2010
South American record			1:41.77	Köln, Germany	26 August 1984
South American U23 record			1:41.77	Köln, Germany	26 August 1984

The following records were set during the competition:

Results

Results were published.

Rank	width=100	Athlete !	width=150	Nationality !	width=100	Result !	Notes
			1:47.20	NR
			1:47.52
			1:50.14
4			1:50.62
5		Perú	1:50.66	SB
6			1:52.31	SB
7			1:53.06	SB
8			1:53.08
9			1:53.46
10			2:05.55

Intermediate times:

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400m	52.48
600m	1:20.39

See also

• 2010 South American Under-23 Championships in Athletics

External links

• Report